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. ” How It Works — and How “Regular” Applicants Get Ignored.

EPS 8

EPS Diversity Banking Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The quickest way to spring the short-term trap is to set overly ambitious targets — the kind that make the CEO a hero with investors in the short term, but threaten the long-term plan by, for instance, skimping on scheduled maintenance, cutting R&D investment, and shrinking travel and training budgets.

CEO 9

CEO Short-term Long-term EPS 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Firms like these have created tools like Environmental Profit & Loss (EP&L) statements and Social Return on Investment (SROI) to capture a more complete picture of their businesses. Meanwhile, Al Gore’s Generation Foundation sees sustainability as the new engine of economic growth.

Morale 8

Morale EPS Supply Chain Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2011

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. I wanted the budget to be spent more on new customer acquisition and less on other marketing activities that were existing programs.

EPS 15

EPS Strategy Reference Execution 15