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  • 18 Sep 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Getting It Done: Improving Nonprofit Performance

number of for-profits that are focusing on problems in areas such as education and welfare-to-work? According to Bloomberg Senior Lecturer in Philanthropy Allen Grossman, the answers to these kinds of questions must take into consideration one essential point.... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
  • October 2013
  • Teaching Note

Ahold versus Tesco—Analyzing Performance

By: Suraj Srinivasan
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Srinivasan, Suraj. "Ahold versus Tesco—Analyzing Performance." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 114-036, October 2013.
  • September 1999
  • Background Note

Improving from Inferior Performance

Introduces a module in the advanced course Strategy and Business Performance. View Details
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McGahan, Anita M. "Improving from Inferior Performance." Harvard Business School Background Note 700-057, September 1999.
  • April 2025
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Gender and Preferences for Performance Feedback

By: Katherine Baldiga Coffman and David Klinowski
Across multiple studies, we investigate whether there are gender differences in preferences for receiving performance feedback. We vary many features of the feedback context: whether the performance task is a cognitive test or a mock interview, whether the feedback is... View Details
Keywords: Feedback; Gender; Cognition and Thinking; Motivation and Incentives; Behavior
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Coffman, Katherine Baldiga, and David Klinowski. "Gender and Preferences for Performance Feedback." Management Science 71, no. 4 (April 2025): 3497–3516.
  • 2021
  • Working Paper

Diversity and Performance in Entrepreneurial Teams

By: Sophie Calder-Wang, Paul A. Gompers and Kevin Huang
We study the role of diversity and performance in the entrepreneurial teams. We exploit a unique dataset of MBA students who participated in a required course to propose and start a real micro-business that allows us to examine horizontal diversity (i.e., within the... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Groups and Teams; Diversity; Performance
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Calder-Wang, Sophie, Paul A. Gompers, and Kevin Huang. "Diversity and Performance in Entrepreneurial Teams." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 28684, April 2021.
  • 27 Nov 2006
  • What Do You Think?

What’s to Be Done About Performance Reviews?

Summing Up The topic of performance reviews triggers a wide range of complex responses. The fact that most of their strongest critics elected to reply anonymously to this month's column suggests that there are also political overtones to... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • September 1989
  • Background Note

Performance Curves: Costs, Prices, and Value

By: Robert J. Dolan and Benson P. Shapiro
Explains the concept of a family of performance curves. The most well known is the price/performance curve relating the prices of items in a product line to their performance. Also discusses the cost/performance curve and its impact on product positioning, product line... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Price; Product Positioning; Performance; Competition; Value
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Dolan, Robert J., and Benson P. Shapiro. "Performance Curves: Costs, Prices, and Value." Harvard Business School Background Note 590-010, September 1989.
  • 2012
  • Working Paper

Pay Dispersion and Work Performance

By: Alessandro Bucciol and Marco Piovesan
The effect of intra-firm pay dispersion on work performance is controversial and the empirical evidence is mixed. High pay dispersion may act as an extra incentive for employees' effort or it may reduce motivation and team cohesiveness. These effects can also coexist... View Details
Keywords: Performance; Wages; Motivation and Incentives; Groups and Teams; Italy
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Bucciol, Alessandro, and Marco Piovesan. "Pay Dispersion and Work Performance." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-075, February 2012.
  • May 1998 (Revised February 2007)
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Measuring Mutual Fund Performance

By: Andre F. Perold and Markus Mullarkey
Examines various approaches to measuring mutual fund performance. The approaches include the use of risk exposure and the Sharpe Ratio, as well as the Morningstar star system for rating mutual funds. Applies the approaches to a variety of mutual funds to demonstrate... View Details
Keywords: Investment Funds; Performance
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Perold, Andre F., and Markus Mullarkey. "Measuring Mutual Fund Performance." Harvard Business School Background Note 298-139, May 1998. (Revised February 2007.)
  • December 1999 (Revised December 2012)
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Measuring Interim Period Performance

By: David F. Hawkins
Covers interim period accounting objectives, theories, and practices. Special financial analysis concerns related to this topic are discussed. A rewritten version of an earlier note. View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Business Ventures; Policy; Management Practices and Processes; Measurement and Metrics; Performance Evaluation
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Hawkins, David F. "Measuring Interim Period Performance." Harvard Business School Background Note 100-002, December 1999. (Revised December 2012.)
  • December 2014
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Clusters, Convergence, and Economic Performance

By: Mercedes Delgado, Michael E. Porter and Scott Stern
This paper evaluates the role of regional cluster composition in regional industry performance. On the one hand, diminishing returns to specialization in a location can result in a convergence effect: the growth rate of an industry within a region may be declining in... View Details
Keywords: Clusters; Economics; Industry Clusters; Economy; Growth and Development; United States
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Delgado, Mercedes, Michael E. Porter, and Scott Stern. "Clusters, Convergence, and Economic Performance." Research Policy 43, no. 10 (December 2014): 1785–1799.
  • 02 Oct 2015
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Is Mandatory Nonfinancial Performance Measurement Beneficial?

Keywords: by Susanna Gallani, Takehisha Kajiwara & Ranjani Krishnan; Health
  • 2011
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The Performance Effects of Regulatory Oversight

This paper explores the heterogeneity in firm performance that can arise from exogenously varying levels of oversight in regulated industries. We use data on the performance of U.S. commercial banks to show that banks located physically closer to their supervisors'... View Details
Keywords: Performance; Corporate Governance
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Wilson, Kristin, and Stan Veuger. "The Performance Effects of Regulatory Oversight." 2011.
  • 2012
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Clusters, Convergence, and Economic Performance

By: Mercedes Delgado, Michael E. Porter and Scott Stern
This paper evaluates the role of regional cluster composition in the economic performance of industries, clusters, and regions. On the one hand, diminishing returns to specialization in a location can result in a convergence effect: the growth rate of an industry... View Details
Keywords: Industry Clusters; Performance; Economics
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Delgado, Mercedes, Michael E. Porter, and Scott Stern. "Clusters, Convergence, and Economic Performance." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 18250, July 2012.
  • 1999
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Developing the Star Performer

By: Linda A. Hill
Keywords: Growth and Development; Performance
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Hill, Linda A. "Developing the Star Performer." Leader to Leader (1999).
  • December 2018
  • Teaching Note

Bata versus Relaxo—Analyzing Performance

By: Suraj Srinivasan, Iris Leung and Quinn Pitcher
Teaching Note for HBS No. 119-050. View Details
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Srinivasan, Suraj, Iris Leung, and Quinn Pitcher. "Bata versus Relaxo—Analyzing Performance." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 119-051, December 2018.
  • November 2013
  • Teaching Note

Momentive Performance Materials, Inc.

By: Victoria Ivashina and David Scharfstein
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Ivashina, Victoria, and David Scharfstein. "Momentive Performance Materials, Inc." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 214-057, November 2013.
  • November 1981
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Helping Managers Improve Performance

By: Arthur N. Turner
Keywords: Management Skills
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Turner, Arthur N. "Helping Managers Improve Performance." Harvard Business School Background Note 482-055, November 1981.
  • October 2019 (Revised February 2023)
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Gupta Media: Performance Marketing in the Digital Age

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Courtney Han
Gupta Media is a Digital Marketing firm started in 2005 that places advertisements and marketing promotions for its clients in digital media, mainly social media such as Facebook and Google. Over the years it had built its expertise in promoting music labels, artists... View Details
Keywords: Marketing; Digital Marketing; Performance; Measurement and Metrics; Social Media; Advertising Industry
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Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Courtney Han. "Gupta Media: Performance Marketing in the Digital Age." Harvard Business School Case 520-031, October 2019. (Revised February 2023.)
  • 09 Apr 2018
  • Sharpening Your Skills

The Dark Side of Performance Bonuses

iPhoto Companies continually test ways to incent employees to perform more effectively, often turning to worker-motivation tools such as bonuses, “up or out” employee ranking tournaments, and employee of the month rewards. Behavioral... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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