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- 01 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
A Good Thing Happens When Doctors Start Talking to Their Patients
office dictate that to stay in business, you need to bring in $400 an hour—that’s four office visits of 15 minutes each. The length of the visit is determined “not by the benefit to the patient,” Kaplan says, “but what they must do to... View Details
- 26 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019
motivate employees to learn, may only yield performance benefits among those who are already highly engaged and motivated. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55888 In Search of Organizational Alignment... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
with the added benefit that they could be eaten at the end of the season, so in 1986 Whiteside began farming on the side, expanding his herd to about 50 animals in 2000. Whiteside supplemented their diet with grain, then tried soybeans... View Details
- 20 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 20, 2016
accounting for more than three quarters of U.S. corporate patents. The rise of import competition from China has represented a major competitive shock to the sector, which in theory could benefit or stifle innovation. In this paper we... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 04 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 4, 2008
Inc.—Engineered Products Division Harvard Business School Case 709-434 Curled Metal Incorporated has declining sales but has developed a new product (curled metal pile driver pads) that, in field tests, deliver customer benefits that are... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
offering limited-capability models that are created by removing or degrading features in existing models. This production method, called versioning, has been lauded because of its ability to increase both consumer and firm welfare. According to rational utility models,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 29 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
empirical investigation of the risk of globally diversified portfolios of stocks and bonds and of optimal intertemporal global portfolio choice for long horizon investors in the presence of permanent cash flow shocks and transitory... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 23, 2008
claims, and an infusion of new equity financing. The Chapter 11 process has generated both costs and benefits for the company. Its future profitability, and the value of the reorganized business, are both highly uncertain. Purchase the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Case Study: Inside Story
Optimize for Speed The competitive and customer context can be critical in deciding whether to go big quickly or be scrappy. Is the customer ready for your vision? Do you understand their needs well, and have you built the solution to... View Details
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
lateral career move. There are benefits to being a working parent, of course—not only for family income and personal fulfillment but also potentially for children’s choices as adults. Research by Kathleen McGinn, Cahners-Rabb Professor of... View Details
- 05 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 5, 2008
ad auctions as a dynamic game of incomplete information, so we can study the convergence and robustness properties of various strategies. In particular, we consider best-response bidding strategies for a repeated auction on a single keyword, where in each round, each... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Mar 2018
- First Look
March 13, 2018
likely to be licensed before patent grant and shortly after 18-month publication. Licensing delays are reduced by about 10 months, on average, after AIPA's enactment. These findings suggest a hitherto unexplored benefit of the patent... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
RX for Change
resulted in 96,402 potentially preventable deaths from 2006 to 2008. Health care will change, because it must. Designing that transition with minimum threat and maximum benefit for patients is a delicate management challenge that will... View Details
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can be used and misused. We look at foundational companies like DeepMind, Open AI and Anthropic as well as specialized companies like Videa Health, Metaphysic and Instadeep that are applying AI to more specific problems (Dentistry, Movie/TV production, Route View Details
- 11 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 11
subgroups can shape information sharing to create a hidden profile where there was none initially. Second, we describe how individual defection can weaken subgroup competition and, paradoxically, increase the chance that a team will View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
that accounting research would benefit from a greater focus on the study of causal mechanisms (or causal pathways), increased emphasis on structural modeling of the phenomena of interest, and more in-depth descriptive research. We argue... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 24
Implicit in U.S. Tax Policy and the Costs of Unequal Growth and Recessions By: Lockwood, Benjamin, and Matthew Weinzierl Abstract—We use official data and standard optimal tax conditions to infer the positive and normative judgments... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 23, 2016
D. KC, and F. Gino Abstract—Many models in operations management involve dynamic decision making that assumes optimal updating in response to information revelation. However, behavioral theory suggests that rather than updating their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Commencement 2020 Address | About
satisfaction. So, consider adding this simple ritual to your day. It may bring you as many benefits as other life-enhancing habits like regular meditation or exercise. To get you started, let us engage in this exercise now, and count the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
authors argue that meticulous integration management is the key to success in M&A transactions, half of which are unsuccessful because this key factor is neglected. This practical manual helps managers optimize and streamline their growth... View Details