Performance Evaluations - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 26

Analysis of the Reduction Mammaplasty Learning Curve: A Statistical Process Model for Approaching Surgical Performance Improvement Authors:Matthew Carty, Rodney Chan, Robert S. Huckman, Daniel C. Snow, and Dennis Orgill... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 Jul 2008
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina

activities of a publicly funded public good? Which opportunities are attracting entrepreneurs? Within each opportunity area, what possibilities and constraints do entrepreneurs face? How might we evaluate the effectiveness of... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Education

21 Feb 2012
Research & Ideas

Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases

manifests itself in organizational practices that fail to take women's lives into account, hinder their ability to develop powerful networks, and create excessive performance pressure on women. A Fresh Approach The solution offered by... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Race Does Matter in Mentoring

minorities became discouraged when they failed to be fast-tracked early in their careers. They became demotivated—especially when they saw their white colleagues receive plum assignments and promotions—and de-skilled. As a result, their View Details

Keywords: by David A. Thomas

February 2011 (Revised April 2012)
Teaching Note

Braddock Industries, Inc. (TN)

By: William E. Fruhan

Teaching Note for 211061. View Details

Keywords: Value Creation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Motivation and Incentives; Compensation and Benefits; Economics; Business Units; Performance Evaluation

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Purchase

12 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

‘Let the Buyer Beware’ Doesn’t Protect Investors

do; they get them with the confirmation of a purchase rather than ahead of time. Were there a five-day waiting period before an order could be placed, the current system would perform better. But people want to act quickly, and in markets... View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

05 Sep 2012
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relative one. Hoffman and his performance management evaluation team must assess the practical and strategic effectiveness of the new system and present their findings and recommendations to the Board.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

August 2023 (Revised March 2024)
Case

Arla Foods: Data-Driven Decarbonization (A)

By: Michael Parzen, Michael W. Toffel, Susan Pinckney and Amram Migdal

The case describes Arla’s history, in particular its climate change mitigation efforts, and how it implemented a price incentive system to motivate individual farms to implement scope 1 greenhouse gas emissions mitigation measures and receive a higher milk price. The... View Details

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Educators

Purchase

29 Apr 2014
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Pvt. Ltd. (formerly SET Pvt. Ltd.), a leading television broadcaster in India. Describes Singh's decision to evaluate employees based on values as well as performance and the management committee's response.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Researchers Contribute Globalization of Markets Papers

Levitt's work. Here's a summary. The Globalization Of Markets: An Historical Perspective Theodore Levitt's "The Globalization of Markets": An Evaluation After Two Decades Professors Richard Tedlow and Rawi Abdelal acknowledge... View Details

Keywords: by Working Knowledge editors

15 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

High Ambition Leadership

the public record—articles, speeches, and views from those with direct knowledge—that the CEO was concerned with developing a people-centric, high commitment culture. In effect, we searched for CEOs who were leading high commitment, high View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

12 Mar 2012
Research & Ideas

Crowded at the Top: The Rise of the Functional Manager

collected information from some 300 large American firms, focusing primarily on the period between 1986 and 1999. By evaluating a combination of confidential compensation surveys, public accounting records, and technology investment data,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

12 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 12

(September-October 2011) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/gyu/TWFR%20Sept-Oct%202011%20The%20Return%20Experience%20of%20Hedge%20Fund%20Investors.pdf Dynamically Integrating Knowledge in Teams: A Resource-based View of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Counting Up the Effects of Sarbanes-Oxley

changes had any impact in the lead-up to the financial crisis. HBS Associate Professor Suraj Srinivasan and Harvard Law School Professor John C. Coates leverage the benefit of hindsight to assess research findings from over 120 papers in accounting, finance, and law to... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Accounting; Banking

16 Oct 2007
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First Look: October 16, 2007

that information disclosure is particularly likely to spur responses from firms whose legitimacy is threatened (and thus are shamed) and face lower-cost opportunities to respond (and thus are particularly able). Testing this by examining how firms respond when their... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

31 Jul 2007
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First Look: July 31, 2007

Working PapersCoupled Search Processes: Why Is It So Difficult to Find that Organizational Design Matters? Authors:Nicolaj Siggelkow and Jan W. Rivkin Abstract Organizational design affects performance via coupled search processes. At... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

June 2020
Supplement

TransDigm in 2017: Congressional Hearing on the DoD Inspector General’s Report (5/15/19)

By: Benjamin C. Esty

This video accompanies the case, “TransDigm in 2017: The Beginning of the End or the End of the Beginning?” View Details

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Purchase

23 Mar 2010
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globalization from the 19th century until the present day. The performance of specific multinationals depended on the extent to which their internal capabilities enabled them to respond to these external opportunities and threats.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Apr 2012
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asymmetry in message strength in turn permits cutoff equilibria, where players take action after receiving a minimum number of confirmations. Good Morning Creativity: Task Reactivation During Sleep Enhances Beneficial Effect of Sleep on Creative View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

02 Sep 2002
What Do You Think?

What Can Business Schools Do to Avoid Bad Apples?

sorting process in industry were generally more sympathetic to business school admissions offices and the Herculean task they face in taking values into consideration in admissions. As Linda Abraham said, "Considering that ... time devoted to View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina

Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases

Race Does Matter in Mentoring

Braddock Industries, Inc. (TN)

‘Let the Buyer Beware’ Doesn’t Protect Investors

First Look: September 5

Arla Foods: Data-Driven Decarbonization (A)

First Look: April 29

Researchers Contribute Globalization of Markets Papers

High Ambition Leadership

Crowded at the Top: The Rise of the Functional Manager

First Look: October 12

Counting Up the Effects of Sarbanes-Oxley

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First Look: July 31, 2007

TransDigm in 2017: Congressional Hearing on the DoD Inspector General’s Report (5/15/19)

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What Can Business Schools Do to Avoid Bad Apples?

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