Business Evaluation - Publications - Faculty & Research

September 2014
Case

Balanced Scorecard at Delta/Signal Corp.

This auto parts company has just ousted its longtime CEO and founder, and the new, professional CEO is badly in need of a coherent strategy, clear objectives and metrics, and initiatives that are aligned with the strategy and objectives. Will the balanced scorecard... View Details

Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Business Strategy; Financial Reporting; Leading Change; Performance Evaluation; Growth and Development Strategy; Web Services Industry; Auto Industry

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Educators

11 Jun 2014
News

The First Five Years: Brittani Rettig (MBA 2010)

and brought us together in a sort of familial way. Business leadership is more than generating a profit; it is adding value to the lives of others. HBS taught me how to thoroughly evaluate View Details

Keywords: fitness; wellness; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

03 Jun 2008
First Look

First Look: June 3, 2008

association, fair pay practices) and whether these codes have affected their business outcomes (e.g., staff turnover and absenteeism, product defect rates, sales growth). In this paper, we review the existing View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Fostering Candor in Teams and Organizations - Recruiting

significant impact on the company’s bottom line, is psychological safety. WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY? In her book The Fearless Organization , Harvard Business School Professor Amy Edmondson describes psychological safety as “a climate... View Details

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Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Accountability Course | HBS Online

This course is part of the Business in Society and Leadership & Management track. Introduction to Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Accountability LIMITED TIME ONLY Extra learning at no extra cost. Enroll now and unlock a GenAI Bonus... View Details

17 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Risks and Rewards of the Intrapreneur

discussion at the 2001 Harvard Business School Entrepreneurship Conference. When Marc Levine was asked to head up an internal start-up at electronics equipment maker Teradyne Corporation, he jumped at the opportunity. And it paid off... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2003
News

Three Appointed to Endowed Professorships

Paul A. Gompers, Roy and Elizabeth Simmons Professor of Business Administration Paul Gompers specializes in research on financial issues related to start-up, high growth, and newly public companies. A member of both the Finance and the... View Details

Keywords: fellowships; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

30 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

Where Could More Regulation Help Small Businesses? Online Lending.

disclosure of product outcomes, such as average APRs and default rates. Requiring disclosure of such data would empower watchdogs and the market itself to evaluate bad actors. 5. Respect fiduciary duties Small View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills and Brayden McCarthy; Financial Services

June 1991 (Revised December 1997)
Case

Takeover of the Norton Co., The

By: Thomas R. Piper

After a decade of mediocre performance, the Norton Co. enters 1990 with the prospect of increased sales in the next few years. Yet Norton is pursuing slow growth industries, and a lower than expected earnings announcement at the beginning of 1990 has depressed earnings... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Goals and Objectives; Forecasting and Prediction; Performance Evaluation; Revenue; Bids and Bidding; Business Processes; Ownership Stake

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11 Apr 2016
Blog Post

What You Need to Know about Recruiting at HBS

it helps to spend some time coming up with your 7-12 career criteria. That way you can evaluate a job against the things that matter most to you, and cross opportunities off your list if they are fundamentally at odds with your criteria.... View Details

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IFC: Israel; Startups and Venture Capital - Course Catalog

will rank projects and be assigned to teams in early September. Project work will be remote in the Fall. Students will spend approximately 10 days in January in Israel working on site with the companies. We will also have an opportunity to tour the major cultural and... View Details

01 Oct 1999
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

effectively over the last two years - it is a pleasure to inherit such a healthy organization. My fellow Board members and I are committed to carrying out the overall mission of the Board, which is to continually evaluate the quality and... View Details

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Financial Aid | MBA

Financial Aid Increasing Access. Improving Opportunity. Harvard Business School (HBS) is committed to improving financial access and affordability for talented future leaders from all backgrounds. HBS offers generous aid throughout your... View Details

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Anthony Martore

Coming to HBS is like... A transformational experience that continues to shock me to this day. The frequent access that I have to brilliant minds across so many sectors of global business and academia is unlike any environment I have ever... View Details

05 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

What Companies Should Not Do in the Next Banking Crisis

When banks failed across the globe in 2008, the resulting financial crisis sent businesses into a tailspin. As lenders cut back dramatically, companies trying to recover had to scramble for financing required to generate new View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Banking

01 Dec 2001
News

Q&A: John Quelch

John A. Quelch, Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration and senior associate dean for International Development, became the leader of the School's Global Initiative last August. A veteran HBS faculty member who recently spent... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

14 Mar 2023
Blog Post

How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations

Unless men embrace their role in eliminating gender bias and barriers, organizations and institutions will never leverage the value that women bring to the workplace. “Most positions of power are still held by men,” says Colleen Ammerman, director of the Harvard View Details

20 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: September 20

of Englishnization and the continued global rise of his organization. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/412002-PDF-ENG Note on Evaluating Empirical Research Michael I. NortonHarvard View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Faculty | Information Technology

Faculty Harvard Business School (HBS) IT is a consultative technology partner that helps the School’s world-class faculty conduct path-breaking research, envision and execute new learning experiences, and leverage powerful tools that... View Details

01 Jul 2019
What Do You Think?

Are Super Stretch Goals Only for the Very Young?

little communication between the ranks and the top about how they were (or were to be) achieved. Both are now trying to regain reputations that may be lost for some time. Stretch goals have wide acceptance in the business world.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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