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Business Economics - Doctoral
faculty mentors to identify a line of inquiry that will guide your original research. In the course of your research, you will present, analyze, and evaluate unique data and reach relevant, independent conclusions that advance your field....
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- 23 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Face Value: Do Certain Physical Features Help People Get Ahead?
matters and well-applied filters, makeup, or hairstyles could optimize the visual aspect of charisma. However, knowing a potential employee’s “charisma score”—a measure the researchers created—could also uncover hidden bias and force hiring managers to challenge...
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by Kara Baskin
- March 13, 2013
- Blog Post
Let's Be Realistic About Measuring Impact
By: Alnoor Ebrahim
"Measure impact" has become a mantra for creating social change. Claims about making a difference are no longer sufficient; evidence of how much difference you're making is now required. We should applaud this trend, because results are sometimes ambiguous and claims...
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Performance Evaluation
Ebrahim, Alnoor. "Let's Be Realistic About Measuring Impact." Harvard Business Review Blogs (March 13, 2013). http://blogs.hbr.org/hbsfaculty/2013/03/lets-be-realistic-about-measur.html.
- January 1991 (Revised March 1991)
- Case
Prepare/21 at Beth Israel Hospital (A)
In response to escalating cost pressures throughout the hospital industry, the management of Beth Israel Hospital (BI) decided to implement a productivity plan to cut their operating costs. They chose the Scanlon Plan, an employee participation and incentive program...
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Nonprofit Organizations;
Cost Management;
Employees;
Health Care and Treatment;
Health Industry
Friedman, Raymond A. "Prepare/21 at Beth Israel Hospital (A)." Harvard Business School Case 491-045, January 1991. (Revised March 1991.)
- July 2009 (Revised July 2009)
- Case
Blue Ocean or Stormy Waters? Buying Nix Check Cashing
By: Peter Tufano
Kinecta Federal Credit Union has the opportunity to purchase Nix Check Cashing as part of their "blue ocean" strategy to reach the financially underserved and increase credit union membership and deposits. But they face financial as well as reputational risk. Check...
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Mergers and Acquisitions;
Credit;
Financing and Loans;
Personal Finance;
Strategic Planning;
Partners and Partnerships;
Reputation;
Banking Industry;
Financial Services Industry
Tufano, Peter, and Andrea Ryan. "Blue Ocean or Stormy Waters? Buying Nix Check Cashing." Harvard Business School Case 210-012, July 2009. (Revised July 2009.)
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Negotiation Course Online | HBS Online
dragging and dropping choices into two different categories Get social by collaborating with a global community of peers before, during, and after your course. Learners who successfully complete an HBS Online program will be added to the...
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"Troll" Check? A Proposal for Administrative Review of Patent Litigation
By: Lauren Cohen, John Golden, Umit Gurun and Scott Duke Kominers
The patent system is commonly justified as a way to promote social welfare and, more specifically, technological progress. For years, however, there has been concern that patent litigation is undermining, rather than furthering, these goals. Particularly in the United...
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Cohen, Lauren, John Golden, Umit Gurun, and Scott Duke Kominers. "Troll" Check? A Proposal for Administrative Review of Patent Litigation. Boston University Law Review 97, no. 5 (October 2017): 1775–1841.
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Organizational Leadership Course | HBS Online
Direction Communicating Direction Types of Communication Featured Exercises Video upload: Record yourself communicating direction and evaluate the effectiveness of your and your peers’ communication techniques 6-8 hrs Module 4 Leader as...
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Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online
and Increasing Demand Appreciate how complements and network effects impact demand and evaluate techniques to increase demand and measure the tradeoffs and suitable applications of each approach. Highlights Introduction to Auctions...
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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online
Modules, 30-35 Hours Download full syllabus This course features access to an AI course assistant bot, in beta release, to facilitate your successful completion of the course. 6-7 hrs Module 1 Designing the Tech Startup Business Model View Details
- March 2013
- Case
Massachusetts Financial Services (Abridged)
By: Brian J. Hall and Karen Huang
This case describes the compensation and performance evaluations at an investment management company. The senior management team of Massachusetts Financial Services (MFS) Investment Management was contemplating an introduction of hedge funds at the firm, but many...
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Compensation;
Incentives;
Investment Management;
Performance Measurement;
Portfolio Management;
Motivation and Incentives;
Asset Management;
Performance Evaluation;
Compensation and Benefits;
Financial Services Industry;
Massachusetts
Hall, Brian J., and Karen Huang. "Massachusetts Financial Services (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 913-036, March 2013.
- November 2002
- Background Note
Strategy and Sources of Motion Picture Finance, The
By: Mihir A. Desai, Gabriel J. Loeb and Mark Veblen
This case considers the alternative financing mechanisms for film financing, the evolution of film finance in the United States, and the nature of tax-motivated film financing in the United States and around the world. It develops the strategy driving motion picture...
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Film Entertainment;
Financial Instruments;
Financial Strategy;
Financing and Loans;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Taxation;
Motivation and Incentives;
Competitive Strategy;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
United States
Desai, Mihir A., Gabriel J. Loeb, and Mark Veblen. "Strategy and Sources of Motion Picture Finance, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 203-007, November 2002.
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Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Accountability Course | HBS Online
Concepts Theranos: Where Does the Responsibility Lie? Power and Money at TXU Corporation From TXU to Energy Future Holdings Review and Self-Reflection Featured Exercises Evaluate long-versus short-term responsibilities through the lens of...
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- 21 Nov 2023
- Research & Ideas
Employee Negativity Is Like Wildfire. Manage It Before It Spreads.
Perspectives on Psychological Science. “When examining a forest fire, one can look at the fire within a single tree and examine how it accumulates the trees over time. But a forest fire can also be evaluated at the forest level: how it is...
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by Kristen Senz
- July 2022
- Case
FIJI Water: Carbon Negative? (Abridged)
In the midst of increasing press scrutiny of the bottled water industry’s environmentally harmful practices, FIJI Water made a series of sustainability promises. The boldest of these was a pledge to go “carbon negative.” The company said that not only would they offset...
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Carbon Footprint;
Carbon Offsetting;
Environmental Accounting;
Climate Change;
Environmental Sustainability;
Pollution;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Misleading and Fraudulent Advertising;
Non-Governmental Organizations;
Brands and Branding;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Fiji;
United States
Toffel, Michael W., George Serafeim, Francesca Gino, Stephanie Van Sice, and Tom Quinn. "FIJI Water: Carbon Negative? (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 623-004, July 2022.
- August 2003 (Revised December 2004)
- Case
Peninsula Community Foundation
By: James E. Austin, Jane Wei-Skillern and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
After leading the Peninsula Community Foundation (PCF) through a period of tremendous growth, its president, Sterling Speirn, is facing the prospect of a decline in the foundation's asset base for the first time in the foundation's history. In addition, the fact that...
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Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Product Positioning;
Planning;
Alliances;
Opportunities;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Valuation;
Financial Services Industry
Austin, James E., Jane Wei-Skillern, and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Peninsula Community Foundation." Harvard Business School Case 304-015, August 2003. (Revised December 2004.)
- April 2009
- Case
Performance Management at Intermountain Healthcare
By: Richard M.J. Bohmer and Alexander Romney
Intermountain Healthcare is a 21-hospital integrated delivery system serving Utah and southern Idaho that is nationally recognized for its highly structured approach to managing the quality of clinical care. This case describes Intermountain's system for improving...
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Financial Strategy;
Health Care and Treatment;
Standards;
Service Delivery;
Outcome or Result;
Motivation and Incentives;
Health Industry;
Idaho;
Utah
Bohmer, Richard M.J., and Alexander Romney. "Performance Management at Intermountain Healthcare." Harvard Business School Case 609-103, April 2009.
- 23 May 2011
- Op-Ed
Leading and Lagging Countries in Contributing to a Sustainable Society
analysts, who evaluated whether key performance indicators and narrative information regarding environmental and social performance were integrated with the presentation of financial information. We then...
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by Robert G. Eccles & George Serafeim
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Browse All Articles, Research, & Case Studies - HBS Working Knowledge
Roche evaluates how knowledge spreads in a coworking space, providing insights that could help shape the debate over remote work. 01 May 2024 Managing the Future of Work Wharton’s Peter Cappelli on changing the talent equation Joe Fuller...
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- 17 May 2017
- Research & Ideas
Minorities Who 'Whiten' Job Resumes Get More Interviews
DeCelles, whose research focuses on the intersection of organizational behavior and criminology. Business leaders should start by taking a closer look at their resume screening processes. Blind recruitment is one possible solution, where information about race, age,...
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by Dina Gerdeman