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- May 1997
- Teaching Note
Measuring the Financial Performance of Nonprofit Organizations: Solutions Manual
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- 22 May 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Testing Strategy with Multiple Performance Measures Evidence from a Balanced Scorecard at Store24
- May 1984 (Revised May 1985)
- Supplement
CIBA-GEIGY (A4): Measurement of Economic Performance of Group Companies
Merchant, Kenneth A. "CIBA-GEIGY (A4): Measurement of Economic Performance of Group Companies." Harvard Business School Supplement 184-189, May 1984. (Revised May 1985.)
- December 1982 (Revised June 1985)
- Background Note
Note on Management Control Systems, Part V: Measurement of Performance
Dearden, John. "Note on Management Control Systems, Part V: Measurement of Performance." Harvard Business School Background Note 183-130, December 1982. (Revised June 1985.)
- Article
Transforming the Balanced Scorecard from Performance Measurement to Strategic Management: Part I
By: Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton
Keywords:
Balanced Scorecard;
Transformation;
Performance;
Measurement and Metrics;
Strategy;
Management
Kaplan, Robert S., and David P. Norton. "Transforming the Balanced Scorecard from Performance Measurement to Strategic Management: Part I." Accounting Horizons 15, no. 1 (March 2001): 87–104.
- Article
Of Measurement and Mission: Accounting for Performance in Non-Governmental Organizations
By: Debora Spar and James Dail
Spar, Debora, and James Dail. "Of Measurement and Mission: Accounting for Performance in Non-Governmental Organizations." Chicago Journal of International Law 3, no. 1 (Spring 2002): 171–181.
- 1999
- Chapter
Reliability in Measuring Market Orientation and Financial Performance in Transition Economies
By: R. Deshpande and J. U. Farley
- October 2011 (Revised April 2017)
- Teaching Note
Raleigh & Rosse: Measures to Motivate Exceptional Service (Brief Case)
By: Robert L. Simons and Michael Mahoney
Teaching Note for 4353.
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Keywords:
Control Systems;
Performance Measurement;
Goal Setting;
Compensation;
Incentives;
Motivation;
Sales Compensation;
Strategy And Execution;
Motivation and Incentives;
Goals and Objectives;
Salesforce Management;
Organizational Culture;
Accounting;
Performance Evaluation;
Compensation and Benefits
- October 2021 (Revised February 2022)
- Case
Hospital 57357: Aligning Performance Towards a Vision of a Cancer-Free Childhood
By: Susanna Gallani and Youssef Abdel Aal
The case follows the Children Cancer Hospital in Egypt, also known as Hospital 57357, as it goes through the roll-out of a new performance management system, which Dr. Sherif Abouel Naga, founder and CEO of the hospital, had championed. This was a critical juncture as...
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Keywords:
Healthcare;
Performance Management;
Performance Incentives;
Strategic Alignment;
Health Care and Treatment;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Strategy;
Alignment;
Performance Evaluation;
Mission and Purpose;
Change Management;
Health Industry;
Egypt;
Middle East
Gallani, Susanna, and Youssef Abdel Aal. "Hospital 57357: Aligning Performance Towards a Vision of a Cancer-Free Childhood." Harvard Business School Case 122-041, October 2021. (Revised February 2022.)
- 2023
- Working Paper
Corporate Website-based Measures of Firms' Value Drivers
By: Wei Cai, Dennis Campbell and Patrick Ferguson
We develop and validate new text-based measures of firms’ financial and non-financial value drivers. Using the Wayback Machine to access public US firms’ archived websites from 1995-2020, we scrape text from corporate homepages. We use Kaplan and Norton’s (1992)...
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Cai, Wei, Dennis Campbell, and Patrick Ferguson. "Corporate Website-based Measures of Firms' Value Drivers." SSRN Working Paper Series, No. 4413808, April 2023.
- Article
Putting the Brakes on Impact: A Contingency Framework for Measuring Social Performance
By: A. Ebrahim and V. K. Rangan
Ebrahim, A., and V. K. Rangan. "Putting the Brakes on Impact: A Contingency Framework for Measuring Social Performance." Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings (2010). (Included in the 2010 Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management, and also runner-up for the 2010 Carlo Masini Award for Innovative Scholarship from the Public and Nonprofit Division of the Academy of Management.)
- 11 Aug 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Rethinking Measurement of Pay Disparity and Its Relation to Firm Performance
Keywords:
by Ethan Rouen
- Article
Transforming the Balanced Scorecard from Performance Measurement to Strategic Management: Part II
By: Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton
Keywords:
Balanced Scorecard;
Transformation;
Performance;
Measurement and Metrics;
Strategy;
Management
Kaplan, Robert S., and David P. Norton. "Transforming the Balanced Scorecard from Performance Measurement to Strategic Management: Part II." Accounting Horizons 15, no. 2 (June 2001).
- Article
Discussion of Private Predecision Information, Performance Measure Congruity, and the Value of Delegation
By: S. Datar
Datar, S. "Discussion of Private Predecision Information, Performance Measure Congruity, and the Value of Delegation." Contemporary Accounting Research 17, no. 4 (Winter 2000).
- spring 1990
- Article
Testing the Optimality of a Performance Evaluation Measure for a Gainsharing Contract
By: S. Datar, R. Banker and M. Mazur
Datar, S., R. Banker, and M. Mazur. "Testing the Optimality of a Performance Evaluation Measure for a Gainsharing Contract." Contemporary Accounting Research 6, no. 2 (spring 1990): 809–824.
- January–February 2019
- Article
Corporate Purpose and Financial Performance
By: Claudine Gartenberg, Andrea Prat and George Serafeim
We construct a measure of corporate purpose within a sample of U.S. companies based on approximately 500,000 survey responses of worker perceptions about their employers. We find that this measure of purpose is not related to financial performance. However, high...
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Keywords:
Corporate Purpose;
Purpose;
Employee Motivation;
Belief Systems;
Corporate Performance;
Human Capital;
Middle Management;
Culture;
Corporate Culture;
Meaning;
Mission and Purpose;
Organizational Culture;
Employees;
Perception;
Values and Beliefs;
Performance Effectiveness
Gartenberg, Claudine, Andrea Prat, and George Serafeim. "Corporate Purpose and Financial Performance." Organization Science 30, no. 1 (January–February 2019): 1–18.
- December 2006 (Revised February 2007)
- Case
Opportunity International: Measurement and Mission
By: Herman B. Leonard, Marc J. Epstein and Melissa Tritter
After a "first career" in business, HBS graduate Christopher Crane becomes CEO of a worldwide microfinance network. The organization's twin challenges are: 1) developing metrics to give it an accurate picture of its situation and impacts, and 2) generating rapid...
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Keywords:
Microfinance;
Measurement and Metrics;
Problems and Challenges;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Business Model;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Financial Services Industry
Leonard, Herman B., Marc J. Epstein, and Melissa Tritter. "Opportunity International: Measurement and Mission." Harvard Business School Case 307-067, December 2006. (Revised February 2007.)
- November 2012
- Case
Ahold versus Tesco—Analyzing Performance
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Penelope Rossano
The case relates to understanding and comparing the performance of two leading retail companies—Ahold and Tesco. The case introduces the tools of Dupont and Modified Dupont Decomposition. While performance as measured by return on equity has been similar for the two...
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Srinivasan, Suraj, and Penelope Rossano. "Ahold versus Tesco—Analyzing Performance." Harvard Business School Case 113-040, November 2012.