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- 02 Jun 2011
- News
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unexpected) expenses and making investment decisions along the way about upgrades (such as lights and equipment) that will improve Angel’s performances (and pay). The impact of the games to date is encouraging. In surveys of participants... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Is AI OK?
data science (e.g., unbiased data and algorithms), better implementation (e.g., understanding the target audience and market conditions), and better policies (e.g., auditing algorithms to ensure they perform in an equitable manner). For... View Details
- 05 Apr 2004
- What Do You Think?
Should We Brace Ourselves for Another Era of M&A Value Destruction?
in an asymmetrical fashion (for example, through stock options), it is in their financial best interest to do M&A to add volatility to their business." Is M&A part of the natural Darwinian process of business, or is it rigged to produce inferior species of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 12, 2006
diverse backgrounds, had to develop an integrated organizational culture. Pedersen had just administered a new performance evaluation program for seventeen senior executives. This was the first time that they had been View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
A Politician's Investment Portfolio Might Tip Off Corruption Potential
bonds, a standard measurement used by investment firms. He then matched the data against instances of wrongdoing covering a six-year period. The more the portfolio balance tipped toward stocks, the greater the chance of trouble.... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 14 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 14
the scientists themselves. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52220 January 2017 American Economic Review Are Online and Offline Prices Similar? Evidence from Large Multi-Channel Retailers By: Cavallo, Alberto Abstract—Online prices are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Advanced Statistics Are the New Foam Fingers
The Quantified Athlete “Athletes will always look to improve their performance and stay injury-free with technology. But the sports media industry is also starting to explore how to incorporate athlete data into their broadcasts. And as... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Eight Join HBS Faculty
teaching. His coauthored research on golfer performance has aided the PGA’s development of a new metric to measure putting skills. Francesca Gino is an associate professor in the Negotiation, Organizations... View Details
- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
firms in order to find new measures of strategy and to understand their linkages to organizational structure within such firms. It shows how the core knowledge required for decision making and the coordination challenges in these firms... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Commencement 2012 Address | About
And it’s clear to me that in my own life, maintaining a daily focus on gratitude has helped me live a richer and happier life, and to behave more generously and with more grace. There are many metrics one can use to measure achievement,... View Details
- 06 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?
Every public health crisis—whether it’s the availability of highly addictive opioids or junk food marketing to children—prompts consumers to question how far companies will go for profit. It’s not an unwarranted concern. After all, cigarette makers once used... View Details
- 01 Aug 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is There an “Efficient Market” in CEO Compensation?
performance that raises the level of urgency to pay more to get the best. Thus, these situations force upward perturbations as well in the market value of CEOs in companies not facing such crises. The phenomenon would not be relevant if... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 11 Jul 2012
- News
A Man, and a Plan, in Africa
built his family’s New Jersey–based industrial distribution business over 15 years (to sell to a Fortune 50 company), and then as a consultant to family businesses and international investors. “We’ve witnessed countries mount concerted initiatives from the highest... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
will be a safer brand of football than mine was"). "Most important, the CheckLight is an objective measure that takes the judgment call out of the hands of the athlete, trainer, or coach." Kacyvenski took part in the class action suit... View Details
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Waking Up a Sleeping Company
the performance standards, and replacing those managers who weren't prepared to measure up. This took several years and a number of managerial changes. Eventually, most people realized how important these... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
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Past Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
leadership among the business community by founding the Ebola Private Sector Mobilization Group (EPSMG). Our project evaluated the role that AM and EPSMG played during the Ebola crisis in Liberia. Measuring the "Impact" in Impact... View Details
- 01 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 1
centers. It uses a transfer-pricing system designed to account for interdependencies between profit centers and to induce coordination. Further, profit center managers are incentivized with own-level residual income measures. The use of the latter View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss
As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller
- 22 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 22
expenditures on teammates lead to better performance in both sports teams in Canada and pharmaceutical sales teams in Belgium. These results suggest that a minor adjustment to employee bonuses-shifting the focus from the self to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Oct 2010
- What Do You Think?
Will Transparency in CEO Compensation Have Unintended Consequences?
pay packages required recently for public companies, the amounts shown in those reports can be highly misleading. For example, what are we to make of "out-of-range" compensation resulting from the excellent performance of the... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett