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- 13 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Diagnosing the Public Health Care Alternative
shifting costs to patients and providers. Regulations are needed to end coverage and price discrimination based on health risks and preexisting conditions. Value-based competition also demands the measurement of value, and plans must be... View Details
- 30 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019
for anyone seeking insights into financial markets, A Crisis of Beliefs shows how even the smartest market participants and regulators did not fully appreciate the extent of economic risk and offers a new framework for understanding... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- July 2017
- Teaching Plan
'Clarín Lies!': Bias, Post-Truth, and Populism in Argentina's Media War
By: Rafael Di Tella and Sarah McAra
Teaching Note for HBS No. 718-008. View Details
- 20 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 20, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55281 Fall 2018 Eighteenth-Century Studies Cosmopoleis: Empire and Capitalism By: Reinert, Sophus A. Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55279 Issuer Default... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Aug 2018
- What Do You Think?
Are Free Trade and Free Markets Quaint Ideas From the Past?
consumers and workers, and the political realities of modern governments. That appears to be a central message conveyed by responses to this month’s column. Ian Brinkley raised the issue of shifting needs of trading partners as a problem... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
Martínez-Fritscher and Aldo Musacchio Abstract There is a large amount of literature that aims to explain what determines country risk (defined as the difference between the yield of a sovereign's bonds and the risk-free rate). In this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 7
explores how the nature of risk itself has changed over time. It highlights key aspects that have shaped the evolving industry, including shifts in risk engineering and risk... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Mar 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
8 Ways To Be An Environmentally Conscious Manager
iPhoto In an interview about his recent book Profits and Sustainability, which portrays the iconoclastic entrepreneurs who built green startups in the 19th century, Harvard Business School historian Geoffrey Jones notes that being a business-environmentalist can be... View Details
- 17 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Many Small-Business Employees May Be Close to Losing Health Insurance
at risk of cancelling health insurance coverage within two months, the researchers found. Almost one in five, 18.9 percent, predicted they’d be able to keep paying premiums for no more than two months. Another 13.2 percent were unsure how... View Details
- 07 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Forgotten Book that Helped Shape the Modern Economy
book, Translating Empire: Emulation and the Origins of Political Economy, Harvard Business School historian Sophus A. Reinert unearths John Cary's An Essay on the State of England. Writing in 1695, Cary laid out a powerful case for how... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- August 2017
- Supplement
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation in Motion: Video Supplement
By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
Evan Siddall, newly appointed CEO of Canada Mortgage Housing Corporation, a governmental organization focused on the residential housing market, is charged with leading change at the organization. The case follows this process of change step by step and looks at the... View Details
Keywords: Leading Change; Organization Behavior; Government; Performance; Leadership; Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Nonprofit Organizations; Government Administration; Restructuring; Risk Management; Financial Services Industry; Canada
Groysberg, Boris, and Sarah L. Abbott. "Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation in Motion: Video Supplement." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 418-701, August 2017.
- 16 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Resolving Patent Disputes that Impede Innovation
is thus imperfect. "Sometimes this vagueness (and the consequent inability of parties to agree on a negotiated, 'reasonable' license) will lead to expensive litigation whose cost and risk can impede the adoption of a socially... View Details
- 03 Jan 2008
- What Do You Think?
Does Judgment Trump Experience?
good judgment—good from whose perspective?" Few questioned that good judgment can be acquired, possibly at some risk and cost of mistakes. This still leaves us with the question of whether it can be taught. (Michael Hogan and Al... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 17 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 17
Publication:MIT Sloan Management Review 51, no. 2 (winter 2010): 57-61 An abstract in unavailable at this time. Read the preview: http://sloanreview.mit.edu/the-magazine/articles/2010/winter/51220/what-it-takes-to-make-star-hires-pay-off/ Acting in Time Against... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments
replenish all the water it uses in beverage production. "They're minimizing the political and consumer risks they face from people who say, 'You're taking all the water,' or 'You're polluting local water... View Details
- 30 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 30
hazard. Our results have broad implications for regulation, financial auditing, and private credit- and quality-rating agencies in financial markets. Read the paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1640638 The International Politics of IFRS... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
political risk that "when their term is over, so is the program. A new administration will step in with new programs." Our sample cases also registered such motivation in the private sector.... View Details
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Strategic Management of Product Recovery
Manufacturers of an expanding range of durable products are facing regulatory and market pressures to manage the products they manufactured upon their end of life (EOL). In part, this attention is motivated by a growing number of countries—especially across Europe and... View Details
Keywords: Product; Environmental Sustainability; Cost Management; Government Legislation; Logistics; Risk and Uncertainty; Strategy; Europe; Asia; United States
Toffel, Michael W. "Strategic Management of Product Recovery." California Management Review 46, no. 2 (Winter 2004): 120–141.
- 23 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Globalization: Little Impact on the Continent
Experts on the African economies say globalization has yet to benefit the continent in a significant way, and that what is really needed is political change and more investment from within its own borders. The comments came during a panel... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
- 23 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 23, 2018
2018 Protean Power: Exploring the Uncertain and Unexpected in World Politics Firms in Firmament: Hydrocarbons and the Circulation of Power By: Abdelal, Rawi Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne