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- March 1997 (Revised June 1999)
- Background Note
Using Activity-Based Costing with Budgeted Expenses and Practical Capacity
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Describes how activity-based costing (ABC) should be applied with: 1) budgeted, not historical, expenses and 2) assigning the costs of capacity resources. View Details
Kaplan, Robert S. "Using Activity-Based Costing with Budgeted Expenses and Practical Capacity." Harvard Business School Background Note 197-083, March 1997. (Revised June 1999.)
- August 2013
- Article
Customer-Driven Misconduct: How Competition Corrupts Business Practices - Appendix
By: Victor Manuel Bennett, Lamar Pierce, Jason A. Snyder and Michael W. Toffel
Bennett, Victor Manuel, Lamar Pierce, Jason A. Snyder, and Michael W. Toffel. "Customer-Driven Misconduct: How Competition Corrupts Business Practices - Appendix." Management Science 59, no. 8 (August 2013).
- Article
Trade-offs between Productivity and Quality in Selecting Software Development Practices
By: Alan MacCormack, Chris F. Kemerer, Michael A. Cusumano and Bill Crandall
Keywords: Quality; Applications and Software; Research and Development; Practice; Performance Productivity
MacCormack, Alan, Chris F. Kemerer, Michael A. Cusumano, and Bill Crandall. "Trade-offs between Productivity and Quality in Selecting Software Development Practices." IEEE Software 20, no. 5 (September–October 2003): 78–85.
- September/December 1994
- Article
Management Accounting (1984-1994): Development of New Practice and Theory
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Kaplan, Robert S. "Management Accounting (1984-1994): Development of New Practice and Theory." Management Accounting Research 5, nos. 3-4 (September/December 1994): 247–260.
- January 2016
- Article
Zooming In: A Practical Manual for Identifying Geographic Clusters
By: Juan Alcacer and Minyuan Zhao
This paper takes a close look at the reasons, procedures, and results of cluster identification methods. Despite being a popular research topic in strategy, economics, and sociology, geographic clusters are often studied with little consideration given to the... View Details
Keywords: Mathematical Methods
Alcacer, Juan, and Minyuan Zhao. "Zooming In: A Practical Manual for Identifying Geographic Clusters." Strategic Management Journal 37, no. 1 (January 2016): 10–21.
- May 1999
- Supplement
Becton Dickinson: Ethics and Business Practices (A), Supplement 2
By: Lynn S. Paine
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Paine, Lynn S. "Becton Dickinson: Ethics and Business Practices (A), Supplement 2." Harvard Business School Supplement 399-105, May 1999.
- 23 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick
Many companies follow a tried-and-true approach to pursuing corporate social responsibility practices. They set aside a certain amount per year to fund a CSR office, which then tries to help clean up the environment or improve the quality of life of people in the areas... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- Article
Influences on Human Resource Management Practices in Multinational Corporations
By: P. Rosenzweig and N. Nohria
Rosenzweig, P., and N. Nohria. "Influences on Human Resource Management Practices in Multinational Corporations." Journal of International Business Studies 25, no. 2 (Second Quarter 1994): 229–252.
- 27 Feb 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
How Following Best Business Practices Can Improve Health Care
Harvard Business School spends a significant amount of research funds each year on the health care industry, answering questions such as: How can the business of health care be made more efficient? What can a business do to motivate employees to take better care of... View Details
- 2025
- Working Paper
Sale of Private-Equity Owned Physician Practices and Physician Turnover
By: Leemore S. Dafny, Victoria Berquist and Lev Klarnet
- Article
Best Practices for Differentiated Products Demand Estimation with PyBLP
Differentiated products demand systems are a workhorse for understanding the price effects of mergers, the value of new goods, and the contribution of products to seller networks. Berry, Levinsohn, and Pakes (1995) provide a flexible random coefficients logit model... View Details
Conlon, Chris, and Jeff Gortmaker. "Best Practices for Differentiated Products Demand Estimation with PyBLP." RAND Journal of Economics 51, no. 4 (2020): 1108–1161.
- October 1998 (Revised April 2002)
- Supplement
Becton Dickinson: Ethics and Business Practices (A) Supplement 1
By: Lynn S. Paine
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Paine, Lynn S. "Becton Dickinson: Ethics and Business Practices (A) Supplement 1." Harvard Business School Supplement 399-044, October 1998. (Revised April 2002.)
- 2009
- Other Paper
Talk Inc.: Leading Talent and Organizational Communication in 21st-Century Practice
By: Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind
- 2014
- Book
Creating Value in Nonprofit–Business Collaborations: New Thinking and Practice
By: James E. Austin and M. May Seitanidi
Austin, James E., and M. May Seitanidi. Creating Value in Nonprofit–Business Collaborations: New Thinking and Practice. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2014.
- 2017
- Other Book
Good Work: The Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices
By: Matthew Taylor, Greg Marsh, Diane Nicol and Paul Broadbent
I was not the only person appointed to the Review. My fellow Review team members, Greg Marsh, Diane Nicol and Paul Broadbent have not only been an important source of ideas and wisdom throughout the process but have led in engaging with key groups of... View Details
Keywords: Future Of Work; Labor Relations; Marketplaces; Employment; Labor and Management Relations; Labor; Markets
Taylor, Matthew, Greg Marsh, Diane Nicol, and Paul Broadbent. Good Work: The Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices. London: Great Britain, Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, 2017. Electronic.
- June 1989 (Revised July 1990)
- Background Note
Note on Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices in the Third World
Smith, N. Craig, and John A. Quelch. "Note on Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices in the Third World." Harvard Business School Background Note 589-039, June 1989. (Revised July 1990.)
- 2003
- Working Paper
Disclosure Practices of Foreign Companies Interacting with U.S. Markets
By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Suraj Srinivasan
- March 16, 2021
- Article
From Driverless Dilemmas to More Practical Commonsense Tests for Automated Vehicles
By: Julian De Freitas, Andrea Censi, Bryant Walker Smith, Luigi Di Lillo, Sam E. Anthony and Emilio Frazzoli
For the first time in history, automated vehicles (AVs) are being deployed in populated environments. This unprecedented transformation of our everyday lives demands a significant undertaking: endowing
complex autonomous systems with ethically acceptable behavior. We... View Details
Keywords: Automated Driving; Public Health; Artificial Intelligence; Transportation; Health; Ethics; Policy; AI and Machine Learning
De Freitas, Julian, Andrea Censi, Bryant Walker Smith, Luigi Di Lillo, Sam E. Anthony, and Emilio Frazzoli. "From Driverless Dilemmas to More Practical Commonsense Tests for Automated Vehicles." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118, no. 11 (March 16, 2021).
- 1997
- Book
Finding Time: How Corporations, Individuals, and Families Can Benefit from New Work Practices
By: Leslie Perlow
Why do Americans work so hard? Are the long hours spent at work really necessary to increase organizational productivity? Perlow documents the work life of employees who assume that for their own success and the success of their organization they must put in extended... View Details
Perlow, Leslie. Finding Time: How Corporations, Individuals, and Families Can Benefit from New Work Practices. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1997.