Assessment - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2000
News

Flexibility Is Key to Product Development in Internet Time

functionality contained in a search engine. Instead, each project was assessed by a panel of industry experts, who rated the performance of the resulting product relative to others that targeted similar customer needs at the same time.... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Dec 2000
News

A Latin American Vision: New HBS Research Center Opens

region of the world. If in two decades," Clark said, "we were to come back and assess what we have accomplished as a community, my dream is that we will be able to talk about ideas and new insights because we had ventured out into the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Sep 2003
News

The Kids Are Alright: Alumni Children Crack Case

student proposed a way to assess the possible risks of Gavin’s strategy: “Since this company is about the kids who use it, maybe you could send out a survey,” she suggested. Beaming at the exchange, Eisenmann told the class, “This is... View Details

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

14 Jun 2011
First Look

First Look: June 14

decide if the risk governance process is adequate to uncover mega-risks, based on reflections on the risk assessment and sanctioning of a $1 billion credit proposal. Students are invited to assess and review... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Start to Measure Your E-commerce Success

payoffs of e-commerce operational and capital investments are necessary to demonstrate the value creation of e-commerce initiatives and to obtain additional resources for critical e-commerce projects. The measures are essential to monitor the key performance drivers... View Details

Keywords: by Marc J. Epstein

07 Jul 2022
Blog Post

Pathlight: Reimagining the Developer Onboarding Experience

to now onboarding. Our first iteration of experiments was around the career discovery space, where we designed a tech career assessment and resource repository of created and curated guides in the tech industry. We then moved into hiring,... View Details

15 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 15

Institutional Logics By: Ioannou, Ioannis, and George Serafeim Abstract—We explore the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) ratings on sell-side analysts' assessments of firms' future financial performance. We suggest that when... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 24

Instruments Authors:Melissa A. Valentine, Ingrid M. Nembhard, and Amy C. Edmondson Abstract Objective. To identify and review survey instruments used to assess dimensions of teamwork, a vital input to delivering quality care, so as to... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

25 May 2023
Blog Post

Interview Strategies to Connect with a Wider Range of Candidates

this process, employers can assess candidates' skills objectively instead of relying on the candidate’s assessment of their abilities. Furthermore, if two candidates are both given a work sample test, they... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

19 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

LEED-ing by Example

while also bolstering private-sector demand for LEED buildings." Leading With Leed There are multiple environmental assessment tools available to governments and building developers in the United States, including the International Code... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

16 Oct 2014
News

Reducing special-interest influence over government regulation

He and his collaborators focus on the importance of empirical analysis to assess degrees of influence. “The more we understand the nature of special-interest influence over regulation, the more we should be able to devise a spectrum of... View Details

01 Jun 2014
News

Research Brief: Capitol Gains

representatives from the 101st to 110th Congresses. After assessing the main purpose of each bill and classifying each according to 49 industry categories, they watched how legislators voted when their home state's GDP was significantly... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

01 Mar 2012
News

What Makes Israel Tick?

1951). The group also traveled to the Palestinian West Bank to assess the status of financial and social institutions required for successful statehood. Poorvu Family Professor of Management Practice Arthur Segel chaired the Israel... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

Career Coach

Christine Van Dae

compensation packages and career pathing. Christine enjoys helping students understand how compensation elements within their offers compare to CPD data and how to assess the offer as a whole when thinking about long-term career goals.... View Details

23 Feb 2018
Blog Post

How to thrive as an Introvert at HBS

was a bit shaken. I had a hard time feeling like I fit in and wondered if it was possible to be myself here. But it is. Here are a few tips that helped me out: 1. Assess your experience by your own metrics. I came to HBS with specific... View Details

26 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019

not to give. Managers of nonprofit organizations should carefully assess this tension when determining if and how to provide information on their performance metrics. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55523... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

Career Coach

Jamal Eason

tactics, and frame strategies. Jamal's expertise is in formulating a tailored and action-based approach based on self-reflection, industry trends and desired career vision. He has experience in assessing all inputs in a career transition... View Details

Keywords: Technology

Portrait Project

Sylvia Ko

and purple elf ears to assess only my skill. Some of my dearest friends are 3,000 miles away, but we defeat dragons every weekend. Video games gave me the courage to bring my full self into the real world. I want to create a world... View Details

Portrait Project

Richard Linder

I want to start life over or, at least, re-acquire the lens that I had as a child. As I child I believed that anything was possible, whether it was communicating with the family dog, moving objects with my mind, or becoming President of the United States. Now, I... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Using an online platform to reinvent education

Students can take advantage of the extensive library of more than 6,000 educational videos, 100,000 interactive challenges, and assessments from any computer with web access. Every interaction with the system is logged so that parents and... View Details

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