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- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
and Competitor Response: Evidence from Medical Device Firms By: Ball, George P., Jeffrey T. Macher, and Ariel Dora Stern Abstract— Innovation and new product development are the lifeblood of firms in R&D-intensive industries, yet... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 11, 2009
we provide evidence that those firms with insiders selling prior to the announcement of the loss face significantly more negative abnormal returns. Our findings are robust to subsample analysis examining firms reporting goodwill... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- March 2020 (Revised June 2023)
- Case
EyeControl: Inspiring Communication
By: Paul A. Gompers and Danielle Golan
Eye-controlled communication device startup EyeControl was founded in Tel Aviv, Israel in 2016 by cofounders with a shared personal connection to locked-in syndrome—a neurological disorder that left sufferers cognitively sound, yet paralyzed, with the exception of eye... View Details
Keywords: Health Disorders; Communication Technology; Business Startups; Expansion; Finance; Decision Making; Social Enterprise; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Gompers, Paul A., and Danielle Golan. "EyeControl: Inspiring Communication." Harvard Business School Case 820-078, March 2020. (Revised June 2023.)
- 14 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 14, 2015
current estimates placing financial losses at greater than $3.7 trillion dollars annually. Unfortunately, fraud prevention has been stymied by lack of a clear and comprehensive understanding of its underlying causes and mechanisms. In... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Is Government Just Stupid? How Bad Decisions Are Made
react to each politician's promises: If elected, I will do everything possible to ensure that all Americans will be treated by the doctor of their choice and receive as much medical attention as they require. If elected, I will do... View Details
- 30 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
Your Crisis Response Plan: The Ten Effective Elements
extreme heat, loss of the Web or telephone lines, disruption in the water supply). 2. A flexible set of response modules. Leaders should be able to pull combinations of pre-set response "modules" off the shelf. Modularizing the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Watkins
- 12 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019
available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55802 forthcoming Journal of Medical Economics Time-Driven Activity-Based Cost Analysis for Outpatient Anticoagulation Therapy: Direct Costs in a Primary Care... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Sep 2023
- Research & Ideas
What Chandrayaan-3 Says About India's Entrepreneurial Approach to Space
1 percent of GDP on R&D, a ratio that has, in fact, been declining over time. In contrast, the US allocates 2.5 percent of GDP to R&D.” Gazette: How is that? Khanna: With SpaceX, Musk has been experimenting with launching... View Details
- 02 Mar 2007
- What Do You Think?
What Is the Government’s Role in US Health Care?
free-market capitalist who realizes capitalism has no place in healthcare provision." But Tery Tennant asks what is perhaps the ultimate philosophical question: " when did an individual's medical needs become an inalienable right that the... View Details
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
organization theory. Theoretical consilience will enable the accumulation of empirical research into a cohesive body of knowledge on entrepreneurial resource mobilization. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55593 forthcoming Nature... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Commuting Hurts Productivity and Your Best Talent Suffers Most
5 percent fewer patents. The quality of the patents took an even bigger dive, dropping 7 percent with every 6.2 miles added to the inventors’ commute. The most talented inventors suffered the most; the greatest productivity losses were... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 26 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 26
PublicationsPolicy Bundling to Overcome Loss Aversion: A Method for Improving Legislative Outcomes Authors:Katherine L. Milkman, Mary Carol Mazza, Lisa L. Shu, Chia-Jung Tsay, and Max H. Bazerman Publication:Organizational Behavior and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
two-sided proprietary (closed) platforms connecting consumers and producers. Proprietary platforms create two-sided deadweight losses through monopoly pricing but at the same time, precisely because they set prices in order to maximize... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
Can a ‘Basic Bundle’ of Health Insurance Cure Coverage Gaps and Spur Innovation?
purchases. This approach would not only insure more people, but could lead to more innovative, less costly approaches to generating medical breakthroughs, the team says. Chandra, who is the Henry and Allison McCance Family Professor of... View Details
- 10 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: First Look: October 10
continue to support Tolcher's first album, increase the stakes by financing a second album, or cut their losses and instead focus on other artists. At the same time, Octone had to evaluate a proposal from Universal Music Group to buy out... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 2
since the human genome sequence was completed-has changed the way we think about, study, and approach the development of novel therapies. However, these advances in knowledge have so far not been reflected in substantial medical progress... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company
"prepackaged" bankruptcy plan. In addition, if ownership of the firm's equity changes significantly, say because creditors exchange their claims for new stock, the firm can lose the often sizable tax benefit of its net operating View Details
Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson
- 22 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
How to Learn from the Big Mistake You Almost Make
Professor Amy C. Edmondson, who studies psychological safety and organizational learning. Incidents that almost result in loss or harm often pass unnoticed, in part because workers worry about being associated with vulnerability or... View Details
- 24 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Cost Accounting is Improving Healthcare in Rural Haiti
Medical records at a healthcare clinic in Lascahobas, Haiti. Ryan McBain A few years ago, the Boston-based nonprofit health care organization Partners in Health (PIH) set out to quantify the cost of primary care for its... View Details
- 12 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
Pay Workers More So They Steal Less
cited in the paper. The problem is particularly severe in retail chains: According to the 2008 National Retail Security Survey, inventory-related employee theft contributed to a loss of $15.9 billion. Intrigued by the size and scale of... View Details