Does focus improve operational performance?
Subtitle: lessons from the management of clinical trials
By: Robert S. Huckman, Darren E. Zinner
Contributors: Zinner, Darren E.; Harvard Business School. Division of Research
Series: Working paper / Division of Research, Harvard Business School -- 05-073; Working paper (Harvard Business School. Division of Research) -- 05-073
Publisher: Division of Research, Harvard Business School
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 36
Description: For over three decades, the benefits of operational focus have been touted under the guiding principle that dedicated attention to a subset of linked tasks will improve performance. The empirical evidence on the benefits of focus, however, is mixed. We explore the effect of operational focus by studying the investigative sites in biopharmaceutical clinical trials.
Notes: "April 29, 2005."

Includes bibliographical references.