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- June 2001 (Revised June 2001)
- Background Note
Process Improvement Template
Managers are often confronted with the challenge of improving critical business processes so that their efforts are not merely ad hoc. This note provides a template by which improvement efforts are converted from unstructured efforts to bona fide, hypothesis-testing...
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Spear, Steven J. "Process Improvement Template." Harvard Business School Background Note 601-186, June 2001. (Revised June 2001.)
- May 2018 (Revised January 2019)
- Teaching Note
Nashton Partners and Its Search Fund Process
By: Richard S. Ruback, Royce Yudkoff and Ahron Rosenfeld
Teaching Note for HBS No. 212-006. In 2008, Jay Davis (HBS’ 08) and Jason Pananos (HBS’ 08) formed Nashton Partners and raised $500,000 from investors to fund their search. After 30 months of searching, and exhausting the money they raised to fund their search, Davis...
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- 1992
- Chapter
Understanding and Influencing Group Process
By: John J. Gabarro and Anne Harlan
Gabarro, John J., and Anne Harlan. "Understanding and Influencing Group Process." In Managing People and Organizations, edited by J. J. Gabarro. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1992.
- December 2005
- Article
Constraints and Triggers: Situational Mechanics of Gender in Negotiation
By: Hannah Riley Bowles, Linda C. Babcock and Kathleen McGinn
Bowles, Hannah Riley, Linda C. Babcock, and Kathleen McGinn. "Constraints and Triggers: Situational Mechanics of Gender in Negotiation." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 89, no. 6 (December 2005): 951–965.
- July 1983
- Background Note
Self-Assessment and Career Development Process
Clawson, James G. "Self-Assessment and Career Development Process." Harvard Business School Background Note 484-001, July 1983.
- June 1984 (Revised July 1985)
- Background Note
The Marketing Process
Describes and explains the marketing process and its six phases: implementation, programming, allocating and budgeting, analysis and research, marketing planning, strategy formulation, and monitoring and auditing.
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Keywords:
Marketing
Shapiro, Benson P. "The Marketing Process." Harvard Business School Background Note 584-146, June 1984. (Revised July 1985.)
- June 2006
- Article
Understanding Mechanisms in Organizational Research
By: Peter J. Anderson, Ruth Blatt, Marlys K. Christianson, Adam M. Grant, Christopher Marquis, Eric J. Newman, Scott Sonenshein and Kathleen M. Sutcliffe
Anderson, Peter J., Ruth Blatt, Marlys K. Christianson, Adam M. Grant, Christopher Marquis, Eric J. Newman, Scott Sonenshein, and Kathleen M. Sutcliffe. "Understanding Mechanisms in Organizational Research." Journal of Management Inquiry 15, no. 2 (June 2006): 102–113.
- 2005
- Working Paper
Constraints and Triggers: Situational Mechanics of Gender in Negotiation
By: Hannah Riley Bowles, Linda Babcock and Kathleen L. McGinn
- December 1991 (Revised October 1998)
- Case
Eli Lilly and Co.: Manufacturing Process Technology Strategy--1991
By: Gary P. Pisano, Steven C. Wheelwright and Jonathan West
Outlines the evolution of Lilly's corporate manufacturing strategy over the past decade. The corporate vice president of manufacturing must decide on the next phase of Lilly's strategy for the early 1990s, as well as to what extent and what role process development...
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Keywords:
Cost vs Benefits;
Management Practices and Processes;
Industry Structures;
Product Development;
Production;
Research and Development;
Competitive Advantage;
Corporate Strategy;
Manufacturing Industry
Pisano, Gary P., Steven C. Wheelwright, and Jonathan West. "Eli Lilly and Co.: Manufacturing Process Technology Strategy--1991." Harvard Business School Case 692-056, December 1991. (Revised October 1998.)
- Teaching Interest
AMP 170 - General Management: Processes and Action
The Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program (AMP) helps drive corporate performance by honing individual capabilities to the highest level of performance. The result is a... View Details
- June 2014
- Case
The Promotion Process at Chung and Dasgupta, LLP
By: Ian Larkin and Karen Huang
The "Promotion Process at Chung and Dasgupta, LLP" set of cases explores the roles of general and firm-specific human capital in employee performance measurement, feedback, and promotion/compensation decisions. In the cases, a leading law firm must decide whether to...
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Keywords:
Performance Appraisal;
Performance Measurement;
Employee Feedback;
Motivation;
Promotions;
Human Capital;
Performance Evaluation;
Management Systems;
Compensation and Benefits;
Retention;
Legal Services Industry;
United States;
Massachusetts
Larkin, Ian, and Karen Huang. "The Promotion Process at Chung and Dasgupta, LLP." Harvard Business School Case 914-044, June 2014.
- November 2021
- Article
Gaussian Process Subset Scanning for Anomalous Pattern Detection in Non-iid Data
By: William Herlands, Edward McFowland III, Andrew Gordon Wilson and Daniel B. Neill
Identifying anomalous patterns in real-world data is essential for understanding where, when, and how systems deviate from their expected dynamics. Yet methods that separately consider the anomalousness of each individual data point have low detection power for subtle,...
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Herlands, William, Edward McFowland III, Andrew Gordon Wilson, and Daniel B. Neill. "Gaussian Process Subset Scanning for Anomalous Pattern Detection in Non-iid Data." Proceedings of Machine Learning Research (PMLR) 84 (2018): 425–434. (Also presented at the 21st International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS), 2018.)
- December 1983 (Revised August 1988)
- Background Note
The Start-Up Process
By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts
Describes the various stages in the start-up process and describes in detail the questions that can be asked and the analysis that can be performed to help deal with the issues that arise at each stage.
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Keywords:
Business Startups
Stevenson, Howard H., and Michael J. Roberts. "The Start-Up Process." Harvard Business School Background Note 384-179, December 1983. (Revised August 1988.)
- August 1977 (Revised November 1995)
- Supplement
Process Engineering Proposal
By: John J. Gabarro
An "in-basket" decision-making exercise in case form, to be used with Nuclear Tube Assembly Room (A) (Condensed). The purpose is to pose students with several related problems which require immediate analysis arriving at some decisions and planning how to implement...
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Gabarro, John J. "Process Engineering Proposal." Harvard Business School Supplement 478-008, August 1977. (Revised November 1995.)
- Article
Gains from Foreign Direct Investment: Macro and Micro Approaches
By: Laura Alfaro
This paper discussed the importance of an “integrated approach” to the study of the effects of FDI on host countries. Macro-level work that examines countries at different stages of development and institutional capacity is needed to surface the role of local...
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Alfaro, Laura. "Gains from Foreign Direct Investment: Macro and Micro Approaches." World Bank Economic Review 30, Suppl. 1 (March 2017): S2–S15. (World Bank’s ABCDE Conference Keynote Presentation. Published early online March 23, 2016.)
- November 1995
- Background Note
Reengineering a Business Process
By: Richard L. Nolan and Thomas H. Davenport
Describes the six steps included in most reengineering initiatives: selecting the processes for reengineering; identifying change enablers; developing a business vision of process objectives; understanding and measuring existing processes; designing and prototyping the...
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Keywords:
Goals and Objectives;
Management Practices and Processes;
Change Management;
Measurement and Metrics
Nolan, Richard L., and Thomas H. Davenport. "Reengineering a Business Process." Harvard Business School Background Note 396-054, November 1995.
- 1990
- Chapter
Cost of Product and Process Complexity
By: S. Datar, R. Banker, S. Kekre and T. Mukhopadhyay
Datar, S., R. Banker, S. Kekre, and T. Mukhopadhyay. "Cost of Product and Process Complexity." Chap. 9 in Measures for Manufacturing Excellence, edited by Robert S. Kaplan, 269–290. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1990.
- September 2003 (Revised June 2005)
- Case
Polycom's Acquisition Process
Describes the acquisition decision-making process employed at Polycom. Focuses on the potential acquisition of the firm's archrival, Picturetel, in mid-2001.
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Roberto, Michael, and Gina Carioggia. "Polycom's Acquisition Process." Harvard Business School Case 304-040, September 2003. (Revised June 2005.)
- September 2013
- Article
Prizes, Publicity, and Patents: Non-Monetary Awards as a Mechanism to Encourage Innovation
By: Petra Moser and Tom Nicholas
This paper exploits the selection of prize-winning technologies among exhibitors at the Crystal Palace Exhibition in 1851 to examine whether—and how—ex post prizes that are awarded to high-quality innovations may encourage future innovation. U.S. patent data...
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Moser, Petra, and Tom Nicholas. "Prizes, Publicity, and Patents: Non-Monetary Awards as a Mechanism to Encourage Innovation." Journal of Industrial Economics 61, no. 3 (September 2013): 763–788.
- Research Summary
Interfirm Alliances as Mechanisms to Access and Exploit Technological Capabilities
How do firms choose alliance partners, and how do alliances affect the subsequent evolution of partners' technological capabilities? Silverman is examining how pre-alliance 'technological overlap' between firms influences partner selection. He is also examining...
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