Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2015

These organizations, also known as elite professional service (EPS) firms, have some of the most well-developed and longstanding on-campus programs. In the EPS world, on-campus “school lists” have two tiers, based largely on prestige. For employers, the list may seem like the most efficient way to make good hires.

EPS 8

EPS Diversity Banking Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2015

In the past, the effects of technological change were very much shaped by business leaders’ embrace of scientific management with its emphasis on efficient uniformity, and by simplifying assumptions about the behavior of economic man and the efficiency of bureaucratic organizations.

Management 8

Management Drucker EPS Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

For example, in the 1990s, leading businesses like 3M adopted concepts like eco-efficiency, focusing on saving and making money through the better management of materials, energy and waste. The focus of people using a resources frame to understand sustainability is often on waste reduction and technological innovation.

Morale 8

Morale EPS Supply Chain Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

I know that finance professors at business schools throughout the nation teach MBAs and executives that, for the sake of economic efficiency, a company should “maximize shareholder value.” Let performance pay do its job of incentivizing employees to invest their skills and efforts in the innovation process. Employee incentives.

Innovation 8

Innovation EPS Incentives Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2011

A job perfectly matched to my skills. Words like "productivity," "efficiency," and "innovation" are defined by goal posts of our own creation: number of units shipped, revenue and profit, EPS and shareholder return. It only took me an hour to decide. I was 29 years old and being asked to run a major division. By the CEO.

EPS 15

EPS Strategy Reference Execution 15