UVA Darden

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

In 2012 Venkatesan published “Coupons Are Not Just for Cutting Prices” in Harvard Business Review. In 2012 Venkatesan published “Coupons Are Not Just for Cutting Prices” in Harvard Business Review. By directly engaging with consumers, Venkatesan said companies can build a robust foundation for their AI-driven marketing efforts.

Marketing 59

Marketing Digital Transformation Staffing Business Administration 59

AIHR

JULY 16, 2018

Measuring employee engagement metrics. It has been shown to correlate with innovation, superior service quality, and fewer errors, occupational injuries and accidents ( Schaufeli, 2012 ). A key theme in HR analytics has always been measuring the benefit of employee engagement. Measuring ROI on employee engagement.

Employee Engagement 111

Employee Engagement ROI Scaling Retention 111

Andrew Chen

JUNE 25, 2019

As the number of homes on Airbnb scaled from around 100,000 in 2012 to over 6 million today, I led teams tackling everything from supply growth, to guest booking conversion, to marketplace quality. Help the user understand how they would benefit from hosting with you, and address all of their concerns. Deliver on the promise.

Retention 111

Retention User Experience Travel Marketing 111

Get Lighthouse

AUGUST 25, 2022

According to a 2012 study by The Alliance (P. 44) , "75% of employees say that they're willing to use their own time to further their careers and take on additional learning that would benefit them at work.". They should learn about the company's revenue metrics so they understand the business drivers better.

Engineering 126

Engineering Manager Marketing Metrics 126

AIHR

MARCH 24, 2023

However, if taken full advantage of, this process provides countless benefits to ensure you keep your employees productive and engaged. Identifying opportunities for improvement based on pre-determined goals and metrics is a key goal of performance appraisals. They are conducted and tossed to the side without a second thought.

Performance Management 100

Performance Management Scaling Performance Review Implementation 100

Walk Me

MAY 22, 2023

One classic 2012 article from BCG , “Your strategy needs a strategy,” shows how. So, when IT strategist sits down to devise their KPIs, they must include business outcomes alongside simple metrics of digital success. presentations, reports, or other materials that clearly explain the strategy and its benefits.

Strategic Planning 52

Strategic Planning Digital Transformation Implementation Organizational Development 52

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 14, 2014

They build an ecosystem of mutually supportive relationships with and between their stakeholders, so the group as a whole can benefit from interactions across the network. billion dollars in sales (a 50% increase over 2012) in the Etsy marketplace alone. Last year, these practices led to 1.3

Benefits 12

Benefits Revenue Small Business Metrics 12

Andrew Chen

JUNE 25, 2019

As the number of homes on Airbnb scaled from around 100,000 in 2012 to over 6 million today, I led teams tackling everything from supply growth, to guest booking conversion, to marketplace quality. Help the user understand how they would benefit from hosting with you, and address all of their concerns. Deliver on the promise.

Retention 48

Retention User Experience Travel Marketing 48

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Among the findings: 63% of firms now report having Big Data in production in 2015, up from just 5% in 2012. 63% of firms reported that they expect to invest greater than $10 million in Big Data by 2017, up from 24% in 2012. 54% of firms say they have appointed a Chief Data Officer, up from 12% in 2012. Develop the right metrics.

Metrics 15

Metrics Implementation Operations Culture Change 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2012

A new metric for R&D productivity that I call RQ , or research quotient, lets companies figure out the effectiveness of their R&D investments relative to the competition and enables them to determine how changes in R&D spending will affect the bottom line and the company's market value. Here's a table that accompanies the article.

Metrics 13

Metrics Engineering Revenue Benefits 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2017

In fact, as recently as 2012, a Gallup poll revealed that 40% of U.S. Make up for it: The first tactic was to compensate employees for the long work by rewarding them handsomely with financial and other benefits. To give more rigor to our meetings, we decided to define a metric for our productivity: average weekly hours worked.

Metrics 15

Metrics Strategic Planning Benefits Compensation 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

They also have high profits, low prices for their industry, excellent operational metrics, and a reputation for great customer service. My article in the January-February 2012 issue of Harvard Business Review , Why "Good Jobs" Are Good for Retailers, analyzes how they manage to do this.). I care that a lot of human talent is wasted.

Operations 17

Operations Sales Sales Metrics 17

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2013

northeast in October 2012, ranks as the second-costliest hurricane in American history, causing an estimated $68 billion in damages. But there are more subtle benefits: forests also clean our water and coastal wetlands and reefs provide natural defense from storms and floods. Hurricane Sandy, the superstorm that pummeled the U.S.

Assets 13

Assets Operations Benefits Metrics 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

The leaders of these organizations immediately got the concept that the philanthropic community stood to benefit by converging on a day like this, in the same way that retailers (even though they compete aggressively) all take part in and benefit from Black Friday. On Twitter, the hashtag trended to number one on Tuesday, November 27.

Nonprofit 13

Nonprofit Media Benefits Advertising 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 9, 2014

From 2002 to 2012, the impact of individuals’ task performance on unit profitability companywide decreased, on average, from 78% to 51%. Its structure, skills, metrics, and rewards have mostly remained the same. Network behavior isn’t something you drive through compliance; you enable it through opportunity.

Sales 14

Sales Sales Compensation Compliance 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

You can increase your influence on a particular issue by authentically framing it as a benefit to the people you want on your side. ’” He also recommends talking about how an idea will “benefit the organization” as a whole. With Jeff Wald, the president and COO, an analytic thinker, she started with the metrics.

Marketing 22

Marketing Benefits Metrics Engineering 22

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

In his winning hack, Heerad Sabeti makes a powerful case for the concerted cultivation of a "fourth sector" of the economy (alongside the public, private and social sector) to give "for benefit" firms equal billing as vehicles of value creation alongside for-profit firms. We're all in this together. Nike's Gameplan for Growth.

Diversity 16

Diversity Human Resources Benefits Advertising 16

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

By 2012, our research shows, nearly 60% of a typical B2B purchasing decision — researching solutions, ranking options, benchmarking pricing, and so on — was happening before the buyer even had a conversation with a supplier. The engagement is billed as a networking and best-practice sharing event, so both companies benefit.

B2B 13

B2B Travel Benchmarking Sales 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2015

In 2012, even in the midst of an anemic global economy and budget tightening at firms, the amount spent on these events worldwide was an estimated $565 billion. The most common metrics for evaluating an event are the “smile sheets” distributed after a session or the ad hoc perceptions of people in the exhibitor’s booth.

ROI 13

ROI Sales Sales Revenue 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2016

Without benefit of a broader perspective, it is questionable whether these independently developed local strategies and processes will combine to align aggregate sales effort with overall strategic priorities. It requires directing and managing salespeople using the right metrics, operating cadence, and performance management process.

Sales 14

Sales Sales Compensation Operations 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

In 2012, HBR dubbed data scientist “the sexiest job of the 21st century ” It is also, arguably, the vaguest. These data scientists design, define, and implement metrics, run and interpret experiments, create dashboards, draw causal inferences, and generate recommendations from modeling and measurement. What is the output?

Engineering 15

Engineering Workflows User Experience Software 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2012

With all the near-term pressures in today's society, especially in business, it is very difficult to find the right equilibrium between achieving our long-term goals and short-term financial metrics. In 2012, I had the privilege of presenting my ideas on authentic leadership to his Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Metrics 15

Metrics Leadership Development Benefits Marketing 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2015

We attracted many new doctors when we opened a replacement hospital in 2012, ultimately doubling the size of our medical staff. Given our positive partnerships thus far, we embraced this opportunity and partnered with Cadence in 2012, using our shared revenue and expense model. How Our Journey Began.

Hospitality 12

Hospitality Staffing Metrics Operations 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2016

In Brazil, multinational corporation Adidas has been running a shoe-recycling program called “Sustainable Footprint” since 2012. At the same time, offering repair supports the perceived quality of its products. Enormous opportunities also lie with e-waste.

Metrics 13

Metrics Operations Energy Engineering 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

If social-purpose organizations are generating superior results, we should support them financially so they can expand and more people can benefit. Know the Difference Between Your Data and Your Metrics. Sadly, this rarely happens. Because we don't have evidence of what works and what doesn't, few organizations grow very large.

Nonprofit 10

Nonprofit Government Metrics Revenue 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2012

Develop and Support the DNA of a New Capitalism: The For-Benefit Enterprise. You can also meet many of the winners from all three rounds of the HBR/McKinsey M-Prize for Management Innovation at the MIX Mashup on June 19, 2012, in San Francisco. Hack by Blair Miller. The Mondragon Cooperative Experience: Humanity at Work.

Inclusion 10

Inclusion Nonprofit Diversity Compensation 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2015

about two years ago, citing the need to improve the “speed and quality” and benefit from the “decisions and insights [that] come from hallway and cafeteria discussions.” Why are some organizations reaping benefits but others not? grew by nearly 80% between 2005 and 2012. About 94% of U.S.

Travel 15

Travel Real Estate Deliverables Software 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Clearly one reason is remittances: according to the World Bank, over $400 billion was sent back to developing countries in 2012. To address this imbalance and reap the benefits of the diaspora opportunity, a more targeted approach is required. It is important to define the right metrics and measure them steadfastly.

Marketing 9

Marketing Metrics Government Travel 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

That is the finding of a survey (PDF) and series of follow-up interviews conducted by NewVantage Partners with C-level executives and function heads representing companies and government agencies during the second half of 2012. The result is a highly iterative process of constant questioning.

Metrics 9

Metrics Operations Government Marketing 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2015

A 2012 randomized, double-blind study gave science faculty at research-intensive universities the application materials of a fictitious student randomly assigned a male or female name, and found that both male and female faculty rated the male applicant as significantly more competent and hirable than the woman with identical application materials.

Diversity 15

Diversity Administration Metrics Engineering 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2013

This is one of the reasons research has found that in order to experience the benefits of diversity (better risk management, higher creativity, etc) on a board you need three women; one or even two aren''t enough to create real change. Here''s what we found when comparing the 3 women: Brand Passion Index for April 2012- April 2013.

Media 11

Media Risk Management Metrics Diversity 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2012

A "hold-back" cancels financial benefits which have been awarded but have not yet vested. A future compensation action would reduce 2012 variable benefits (bonus or equity awards) in absolute terms (or through a much slower rate of increase). A "claw-back" seeks cash or equity already transferred to an individual.

Risk Management 9

Risk Management Banking Compensation Accounts 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Yet executives are often reluctant to place sustainability core to their company’s business strategy in the mistaken belief that the costs outweigh the benefits. Hoping to alleviate their concerns, this article also provides concrete examples of how sustainability benefits the bottom line.

Assets 15

Assets Operations Revenue Energy 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2013

The employment-to-population ratio — the simplest of job-market metrics — shows a sharp drop for men in particular in the last recession. in 2012 ) than for workers in general. Then, in the early 2000s, the declining tenure trend for men bottomed out; since 2006 it''s been on a steady upward path. years in 2002 to 5.5

Media 9

Media Marketing Metrics Benefits 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2017

Participating employers benefit from the quality assurance of the ECEN’s rigorous center selection process and the financial savings from paying competitive, pre-set rates for bundled care negotiated between participating hospitals and HDP. In late 2012 Geisinger initiated ProvenCare Lumbar Spine.

Hospitality 8

Hospitality Insurance Travel Administration 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

One recent global research survey of employee assistance programs found that, combined, employee anxiety, stress, and depression accounted for over 80% of all emotional health cases in 2014, compared with 55% in 2012. ” Privacy concerns are unavoidable.

Software 10

Software Metrics Manager Diversity 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2013

The commission ratios vary from development to marketing to finance, administration, sales and customer support, and in the various areas are based on the metrics the individuals are most able to directly control. In some respect, every person's compensation is configured as a base plus commission.

Compensation 8

Compensation Revenue Sales Sales 8