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  • 17 Sep 2013
  • First Look

First Look: September 17

customers will churn. However, the new loss function leads to better predictions where it matters the most for the company's profits. For a company like Verizon Wireless, this translates into a profit increase of at least $28 million from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 12

outcomes to controls similar in terms of industry, size, age, and prior growth. Relative to controls, employment at target establishments declines 3% over two years post buyout and 6% over five years. The job losses are concentrated among... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 2

"l" Author:Richard Bohmer Publication:British Medical Journal, January 27, 2010 Abstract What exactly do we mean by leadership in health care? Does it mean to take formal positions in senior leadership teams in hospitals,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Jan 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency

especially on profit-shifting, and only middle-of-the-pack average tax rates. The ratio of tax- induced distortions to revenue is creeping higher every year. The individual tax side of things is not quite as broken, but is overgrown and... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
  • 20 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 20

applying project management principles to medical research. The resulting innovation, Integrative Research Centers, are novel in this field and present a substantial challenge to the Institute's culture, which had previously allowed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Nov 2010
  • Research & Ideas

GM’s IPO: Back to the Future

would take 30 days. Bush apparently concluded that GM would not fail during the remaining days of his watch, and Obama was not willing to see the US auto sector implode as a result of the bankruptcy of GM. Studies showed that the loss of... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Auto
  • 15 Dec 2015
  • News

The Year in Ideas 2015

medical innovations. Jessica Beck and Marcela Sapone (both MBA 2015) launched the automated “personal butler” service Hello Alfred in a crowded on-demand marketplace. The service corrals other on-demand services, offering customers both a... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna, Christine Lejeune, Dan Morrell, and April White
  • 03 Nov 2015
  • First Look

November 3, 2015

November 2015 Quarterly Journal of Economics Behavioral Hazard in Health Insurance By: Baicker, Katherine, Sendhil Mullainathan, and Joshua Schwartzstein Abstract—A fundamental implication of standard moral hazard models is overuse of low-value View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Sep 2003
  • Lessons from the Classroom

HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act

Harvard Business School professor David A. Garvin has studied the development of the case method of teaching at Harvard's law, business, and medical schools. Garvin wanted to see how the schools are similar and different in their use of... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin
  • 27 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27

reducing inventory costs (defined here as the sum of stockout losses and cost of capital associated with holding inventory). The heuristic increased estimated agent profits by 15% relative to profits realized through agents actual... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Aug 2005
  • HBS Case

Classic Cases Live On at HBS

which reduced air loss and prevented compression, resulting in greater protection. This saran "barrier coating" had been a key sales point that Sealed Air emphasized to its customers. Low-cost competitors had begun offering an... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
  • 01 Mar 2005
  • News

Answering the Call

differed from all other bubble products in that the interior of each bubble was coated with saran, which reduced air loss and prevented compression, resulting in greater protection. This saran “barrier coating” had been a key sales point... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 29 Mar 2023
  • News

Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria

iStock The faculty, students, and staff of Harvard Business School are thinking about the people of Turkey and Syria who were impacted by the recent earthquake. We have all been touched by the loss of life, the hopeful stories of... View Details
  • 18 Jul 2024
  • Research & Ideas

New Hires Lose Psychological Safety After Year One. How to Fix It.

likely to hold back ideas, concerns, and questions to maintain a positive image, the team says. Once psychological safety is lost, it’s hard to get back. Newcomers’ loss of psychological safety was followed by a long period of small... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health
  • 07 Sep 2021
  • News

September 2021 Alumni Books

chronicles what he saw, and how much could have been prevented, in an unflinching investigation of the cultural, political, and economic drivers that led to unnecessary loss of life. With unparalleled access to key government players on... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • 24 Feb 2009
  • First Look

First Look: February 24, 2009

efficiency benefits, rebates, and treatment in case of loss or fraud. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=909006 Distribution at American Airlines (A) Harvard Business School Case 909-035... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Jun 2006
  • News

India Arrives

director Nadir Godrej (MBA ’76), who oversees business divisions in the areas of chemicals, foods, and medical diagnostics. More such acquisitions will take place in the future, he believes, as Godrej expands its worldwide distribution... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • 06 Mar 2018
  • First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52341 February 20, 2018 JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association Administrative Costs Associated with Physician Billing and Insurance-Related Activities at an Academic Health... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 May 2016
  • Research Event

Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium

submitted. Seeking answers from the crowd may be more important than ever. Even as the use of data science is expanding, we face a shortage of 1.8 million data scientists. “There’s a lot of competition for data science talent,” Lakhani said, with View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel
  • 05 Sep 2012
  • First Look

First Look: September 5

categorization effect persisted regardless of whether the rewards were presented using a gain or loss frame. Using both moderation and mediation analyses, we found that categorizing rewards had these positive effects on motivation by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne