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Spending Variation Among ACOs in the Medicare Shared Savings Program
By: Michael Anne Kyle, J. Michael McWilliams, Mary Beth Landrum, Bruce E. Landon, Paul Trompke, David J. Nyweide and Michael E. Chernew
OBJECTIVES: Understanding variation in spending across organizations, rather than across geographic areas, is important because care is delivered by organizations and interventions increasingly focus on organizations. Accountable care organizations (ACOs) are... View Details
Keywords: Medicare; Accountable Care Organizations; ACOs; Health Care and Treatment; Spending; Analysis
Kyle, Michael Anne, J. Michael McWilliams, Mary Beth Landrum, Bruce E. Landon, Paul Trompke, David J. Nyweide, and Michael E. Chernew. "Spending Variation Among ACOs in the Medicare Shared Savings Program." American Journal of Managed Care 26, no. 4 (April 2020): 170–175.
- February 2020
- Case
Rotoplas: Bringing More and Better Water
By: John D. Macomber and Carla Larangeira
Private companies were being turned to for potable water in the world’s megacities due to impacts of climate change including droughts and flooding. Mexico City had endured several water-related crises, with its population suffering from floods, droughts, water... View Details
Keywords: Water Supply; Water Management; Finance; Infrastructure; Urban Development; Business and Government Relations; Latin America; Mexico
Macomber, John D., and Carla Larangeira. "Rotoplas: Bringing More and Better Water." Harvard Business School Case 220-064, February 2020.
- 2017
- Working Paper
Business History, the Great Divergence and the Great Convergence
By: Geoffrey Jones
This working paper provides a business history perspective on debates about the Great Divergence, the rise of the income gap between the West and the Rest, and the more recent Great Convergence, which has seen a narrowing of that gap. The literature on the timing and... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Economics; History; Wealth and Poverty; Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth
Jones, Geoffrey. "Business History, the Great Divergence and the Great Convergence." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-004, July 2017.
- 2009
- Working Paper
Social Influence Given (Partially) Deliberate Matching: Career Imprints in the Creation of Academic Entrepreneurs
By: Pierre Azoulay, Christopher C. Liu and Toby E. Stuart
Actors often match with associates on a small set of dimensions that matter most for the particular relationship at hand. In so doing, they are exposed to unanticipated social influences because counterparts have more interests, attitudes, and preferences than would-be... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Patents; Marketplace Matching; Mathematical Methods; Science-Based Business; Power and Influence; Social and Collaborative Networks; Biotechnology Industry
Azoulay, Pierre, Christopher C. Liu, and Toby E. Stuart. "Social Influence Given (Partially) Deliberate Matching: Career Imprints in the Creation of Academic Entrepreneurs." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-136, May 2009.
- 02 Mar 2018
- HBS Seminar
William F. Maloney, World Bank, Chief Economist, Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions
- 26 Oct 2017
- HBS Seminar
Nicholas Bloom, Stanford University
- 24 Jul 2017
- Research & Ideas
People Have an Irrational Need to Complete 'Sets' of Things
things incomplete” Do you want customers to refer more of their friends to your company’s website? Ask them to refer friends in arbitrary “batches” of five at a time. Looking to increase charitable giving to your nonprofit organization? Ask View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 21 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 21
in its collection. The partnership also helps to expand the network of museum partners and potential donors. The study contributes to the understanding of co-marketing partnerships between commercial actors and arts organizations and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Web
Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Model" ( Journal of Financial Economics , 2015) with Nicholas Barberis, Lawrence Jin, and Andrei Shleifer. The Treynor Prize recognizes superior academic working papers with potential applications in the fields of investment management... View Details
- 06 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Innovator’s Battle Plan
substantial amount of investment or even management attention. Asymmetric motivation shields companies from competitive response, because their potential challengers are just not interested in fighting. Even if they fight, their hearts... View Details
- 22 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
Can Amazon Remake Health Care?
lessons from outside health care don’t always apply to health care. Gazette: What does Amazon’s entry into primary care mean potentially for consumer access to health care? Amazon is a trusted, well-known brand so the company could easily... View Details
- 06 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Motivate Your High Performers to Share Their Knowledge
worker shared a trick for keeping track of information customers share at the beginning of calls, reducing a source of stress. Another advised a colleague not to “unbundle” the price of features when presenting customers with potential... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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Redefining Capitalism - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
needs, improving efficiency, creating jobs, and building wealth. But we cannot harness the full potential of businesses until these meet society’s broader challenges as part of their core purpose. The purpose of the corporation,... View Details
- 30 Aug 2018
- Blog Post
My Difficult Decision to Leave Google for HBS
brilliant classmate and neighbor who lived across the hall from me in Soldiers Field Park. Tim and I quickly became friends and constantly brainstormed entrepreneurial ideas. Between my entrepreneurial second-year course load, a budding View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Peter G. Harf
in 1990. When the couple and their two daughters began looking for a bone marrow donor so that Mechtildis could have a transplant, they learned that there were only two thousand people listed in Germany's national registry of potential... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 26 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 26
the career mobility of professionals in "up-or-out" organizations. We develop a nuanced perspective on the potential career mobility effects of workgroup demography by integrating the social identification processes of cohesion,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
John Crowley’s Extraordinary Measures
became CEO of the researcher’s fledgling firm, Novazyme Pharmaceuticals. But Crowley’s personal involvement in the cure he sought almost proved his undoing, as perceptions of potential conflicts of interest threatened to keep his kids out... View Details
- 08 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 8, 2016
identified the maker movement as a potential avenue to begin Fujitsu’s open innovation journey because of the significance of Monozukuri (art and science of making) in the company’s origin. He engaged with Mark Hatch, CEO of TechShop... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion
from 260 employees to 38 in 10 days,” one CEO shared. “Decisions had to be made swiftly. It was heart-wrenching. My mindset has changed. Priorities have changed, personally and professionally.” Executives have turned to a handful of View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
- 11 Feb 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
10 Rules Entrepreneurs Need to Know Before Adopting AI
Although adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) for the enterprise is still in the early days, the technology has matured enough for entrepreneurs to start gathering inspiration and evaluating opportunities for View Details
Keywords: by Rocio Wu