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- February 1993 (Revised May 1993)
- Background Note
Responsibility Centers and Performance Measurement
By: William J. Bruns Jr.
Introduces the concepts of responsibility centers and performance measurement. Expense centers, financial responsibilities such as profit centers, and investment centers are introduced, defined, and illustrated with simple examples.
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Bruns, William J., Jr. "Responsibility Centers and Performance Measurement." Harvard Business School Background Note 193-101, February 1993. (Revised May 1993.)
- October 2022
- Case
Sustainable Finance at Itau BBA
By: George Serafeim, Maria Loumioti and Benjamin Maletta
As of August 2022, the Itau BBA had structured dozens of sustainability linked bonds, which made future interest payments a function of the borrower meeting a target for a sustainability metric, and had solidified its reputation as a pioneer of sustainable finance in...
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Keywords:
Sustainable Finance;
Corporate Social Responsibility;
Environmental Sustainability;
Growth Strategy;
Debt Contracting;
Performance Metrics;
Risk Assessment;
ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance;
Financial Instruments;
Risk Management;
Debt Securities;
Measurement and Metrics;
Banking Industry;
Pulp and Paper Industry;
Latin America
Serafeim, George, Maria Loumioti, and Benjamin Maletta. "Sustainable Finance at Itau BBA." Harvard Business School Case 123-036, October 2022.
- 21 May 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
rTSR: When Do Relative Performance Metrics Capture Relative Performance?
- Web
Certificates, Credentials, & Credits | HBS Online
and Management in Business A Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business (CLIMB) is granted to those who successfully complete CLIMB—a selective, cohort-based learning experience and HBS...
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Featured Topics - Faculty & Research
Featured Topics Business and Environment Business History Entrepreneurship Finance Globalization Health Care Human Behavior and Decision-Making Leadership Social Enterprise Technology and Innovation Initiatives & Projects Behavioral Finance and View Details
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Business Insights Blog | HBS Online
Economics for Managers Entrepreneurship Essentials Financial Accounting Global Business Launching Tech Ventures Leadership Principles Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Accountability Leading with Finance...
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- June 29, 2022
- Other Article
Strategic Complexity? Using Experiments to Understand and Overcome Obfuscation
By: Michael Luca, Ginger Zhe Jin and Daniel Martin
Credit card companies must decide what product features to disclose to consumers, such as payment schedules, penalties, and fees--and also whether to present them clearly or bury them in the fine print. Firms face similar choices in settings ranging from privacy...
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Keywords:
Obfuscation;
Credit Cards;
Strategic Incentives;
Complexity;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Customers;
Consumer Behavior;
Financial Services Industry
Luca, Michael, Ginger Zhe Jin, and Daniel Martin. "Strategic Complexity? Using Experiments to Understand and Overcome Obfuscation." Management Science Review (June 29, 2022). (Summary of "Complex Disclosure," Management Science, May 2022.)
- January 2022 (Revised February 2022)
- Case
Envision Group
By: Gunnar Trumbull, Bonnie Yining Cao and Dawn H. Lau
Based in China, Envision was one of the world’s leading Greentech companies. Chief Executive Officer Lei Zhang had set the goal of achieving carbon neutrality across the company’s global operations and supply chain by 2022 and 2028 respectively. As part of its...
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Keywords:
Green Technology;
Climate Change;
Emerging Markets;
Information Technology;
Strategy;
Management;
Renewable Energy;
Energy Policy;
Environmental Sustainability;
Manufacturing Industry;
Auto Industry;
Green Technology Industry;
Battery Industry;
China;
United States;
Japan;
United Kingdom;
France
Trumbull, Gunnar, Bonnie Yining Cao, and Dawn H. Lau. "Envision Group." Harvard Business School Case 722-045, January 2022. (Revised February 2022.)
- June 2020
- Case
RBC: Transforming Transformation (A)
By: Ethan Bernstein, Francesca Gino and Aldo Sesia
In 2017, the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), a Canadian financial icon, mandated a swat team of “enablers of collaboration” (their job description) to support the personal and commercial bank in the enterprise-wide RBC Cultural Transformation initiative. Historically,...
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Keywords:
Service Delivery;
Information Technology;
Transformation;
Change Management;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Innovation and Management;
Decision Making;
Human Resources;
Management Systems;
Organizational Design;
Organizational Structure;
Groups and Teams;
Management Teams;
Financial Services Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Canada
Bernstein, Ethan, Francesca Gino, and Aldo Sesia. "RBC: Transforming Transformation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 920-008, June 2020.
- Research Summary
Optimal Decision Making Under Uncertainty
Inventory control problems in supply chains. In this stream of theoretical research, Professor Goh has investigated how inventory should be optimally managed in supply chains. Specifically, he has studied how supply chains can make decisions to operate... View Details
- August 2000 (Revised December 2003)
- Case
Dell's Working Capital
By: Richard S. Ruback and Aldo Sesia
Dell Computer Corp. manufactures, sells, and services personal computers. The company markets its computers directly to its customers and builds computers after receiving a customer order. This build-to-order model enables Dell to have much smaller investment in...
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Ruback, Richard S., and Aldo Sesia. "Dell's Working Capital." Harvard Business School Case 201-029, August 2000. (Revised December 2003.)
- 30 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019
2019 HarperBusiness The Business of Platforms: Strategy in the Age of Digital Competition, Innovation, and Power By: Cusumano, Michael A., Annabelle Gawer, and David B. Yoffie Abstract—The Business of Platforms explores the strategic, economic, and technology View Details
Keywords:
Dina Gerdeman
- May 2001
- Supplement
Asian Strategies: Ian Buchanan
By: Tarun Khanna
Ian Buchanan, senior VP of Booz-Allen & Hamilton, comments on Sime Darby and the Asian financial crisis. He also discusses the value propositions of different types of business groups in Malaysia.
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Keywords:
Financial Crisis;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Industry Structures;
Strategy;
Competition;
Competitive Strategy;
Consulting Industry;
Service Industry;
Asia;
Malaysia
Khanna, Tarun. "Asian Strategies: Ian Buchanan." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 701-805, May 2001.
- June 2017
- Article
The Social Trajectory of a Finance Professor and the Common Sense of Capital
By: Marion Fourcade and Rakesh Khurana
This paper traces the career of Michael Jensen, a Chicago finance PhD turned Harvard Business School professor to reveal the intellectual and social conditions that enabled the emergence and institutionalization of what we call the “neoliberal common sense of capital,”...
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Keywords:
Executive Pay;
The Firm;
Michael Jensen;
Neo-Liberalism;
Shareholder Value;
Agency Theory;
Corporate Governance;
Executive Compensation;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Transformation
Fourcade, Marion, and Rakesh Khurana. "The Social Trajectory of a Finance Professor and the Common Sense of Capital." History of Political Economy 49, no. 2 (June 2017): 347–381.
- December 1999 (Revised December 2012)
- Background Note
Measuring Interim Period Performance
By: David F. Hawkins
Covers interim period accounting objectives, theories, and practices. Special financial analysis concerns related to this topic are discussed. A rewritten version of an earlier note.
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Keywords:
Accounting;
Business Ventures;
Policy;
Management Practices and Processes;
Measurement and Metrics;
Performance Evaluation
Hawkins, David F. "Measuring Interim Period Performance." Harvard Business School Background Note 100-002, December 1999. (Revised December 2012.)
- October 2015 (Revised August 2018)
- Case
Ozark Feed and Ag Corporation: The ERP Decision
By: Jan Hammond, Paul Kalmbach and Eric Bernstein
This case describes a medium-sized business that manufactures animal feed for commercial and companion animals. The company has been growing rapidly and is considering whether or not to implement an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Ozark currently uses an IT...
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Keywords:
ERP Systems;
Information Technology;
Supply Chain Management;
Growth Management;
Performance Improvement;
Animal-Based Agribusiness;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
Missouri;
Oklahoma;
Texas;
Arkansas
Hammond, Jan, Paul Kalmbach, and Eric Bernstein. "Ozark Feed and Ag Corporation: The ERP Decision." Harvard Business School Case 616-019, October 2015. (Revised August 2018.)
- June 2013 (Revised June 2015)
- Case
Ibrahim Dabdoub at the National Bank of Kuwait
By: Linda A. Hill and Dana M. Teppert
Ibrahim Dabdoub, the Group chief executive of the National Bank of Kuwait (NBK), reflects on his past 30 years at the helm of the Bank. Under his leadership, NBK grew from a small local bank to one of the preeminent financial institutions in the region. However,...
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Keywords:
Globalization;
Middle East;
Team Leadership;
Leadership Style;
Leadership;
Leadership Development;
Groups and Teams;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Expansion;
Banking Industry;
Kuwait;
Middle East
Hill, Linda A., and Dana M. Teppert. "Ibrahim Dabdoub at the National Bank of Kuwait." Harvard Business School Case 413-107, June 2013. (Revised June 2015.)
- 22 Mar 2018
- Blog Post
“Mission + Profit: What’s the Balance?” asks SECON 2018
How do you balance between being a mission-driven organization and a financially profitable company? That was the central question we posed to participants and speakers of this year’s Social Enterprise Conference (SECON). The 19th annual...
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Stephen P. Bradley
Professor Bradley is the William Ziegler Professor of Business Administration Emeritus at the Harvard Business School. In addition to teaching Management and Strategy in the Owner President Management Program and leading an... View Details