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  • 24 Mar 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Rituals at Work: Teams That Play Together Stay Together

to a rite of passage like a wedding. Group rituals abound in the world of sports; for example, Notre Dame’s football team always walks the same route to the stadium. Many group activities involve food, from community potlucks to global... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
  • 08 Mar 2021
  • In Practice

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • December 2017 (Revised April 2018)
  • Case

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: Network Strategy 2016

By: Michael E. Porter, Thomas W. Feeley and Toyin J. Okanlawon
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) began as a stand-alone hospital in the heart of downtown Philadelphia in 1855. By 2016 the CHOP Care Network stretched across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and the New York metropolitan area, providing a wide range of services... View Details
Keywords: Communication; Health Care and Treatment; Service Delivery; Organizational Structure; Networks; Integration; Strategy; Health Industry; Philadelphia
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  • 2020
  • Working Paper

Social Interactions in Pandemics: Fear, Altruism, and Reciprocity

By: Laura Alfaro, Ester Faia, Nora Lamersdorf and Farzad Saidi
In SIR models, homogeneous or with a network structure, infection rates are assumed to be exogenous. However, individuals adjust their behavior. Using daily data for 89 cities worldwide, we document that mobility falls in response to fear, as approximated by Google... View Details
Keywords: Social Interactions; Pandemics; Mobility; Cities; SIR Networks; Social Preferences; Social Planner; Targeted Policies; Health Pandemics; Interpersonal Communication; Behavior; Policy
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  • January 2013 (Revised March 2013)
  • Case

Beth Stewart: Navigating the Boardroom

By: Boris Groysberg and Deborah Bell
After rising through the ranks of Corporate America, Beth Stewart has become a corporate director on the board of General Growth Properties. Stewart is struggling with how to address her mounting concerns over the financial health of the growing large publically traded... View Details
Keywords: Career Management; Women Executives; Women And Leadership; Boards Of Directors; Board Dynamics; Career Planning; Independent Directors; Leadership; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Interpersonal Communication; Leadership Style; Personal Development and Career; Work-Life Balance; Real Estate Industry; United States
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  • Web

Marketing - Faculty & Research

providing them with innovative products and services. This value is communicated through a variety of channels as well as through the firm's branding strategy. Effective management of customers and pricing allows the firm to capture part... View Details
  • Program

Senior Executive Leadership Program—China

brand equity Measure, monitor, and communicate corporate performance while driving critical change Lead authentically and ethically at all levels and nurture a culture of accountability Build confidence in yourself as a leader,... View Details
  • Web

Hidden Workers, Untapped Talent - Managing the Future of Work

Report Hidden Workers: Part-Time Potential By: Joseph B. Fuller, Manjari Raman, & Francis Hintermann 13 MAR 2023 Part-time workers constitute a substantial segment of America’s hidden workers. They would like to work more but... View Details
  • 24 Jan 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Passion at Work Is a Good Thing—But Only If Bosses Know How to Manage It

work actually means, which could lead to unhappy workers and frustrated managers. “As an organization, it’s not enough to just hire people for passion. Leaders also need to learn how to manage for passion.” An analysis of 200 million job... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Jan 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018

Sources of Inefficiency in Health Care By: Chandra, Amitabh, and Douglas O. Staiger Abstract—In medicine, the reasons for variation in treatment rates across hospitals serving similar patients are not well understood. Some interpret this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Jan 2023
  • Research & Ideas

How to Live Happier in 2023: Diversify Your Social Circle

studies from the World Health Organization and users of an app in France. In total, they examined the social interactions of 50,000 people, all pointing to the same finding. Fine-tuning your mix To a lesser extent, social portfolio... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 2024
  • Article

Effects of a Real-Time Information-Based Intervention on Physician Prescribing Behavior

By: Olivia Zhao and Anna D Sinaiko
High out-of-pocket (OOP) prices for prescription drugs create financial difficulties for patients, and cost-related underuse of medications can adversely patient health. Simultaneously, many physicians report a willingness to address affordability concerns with... View Details
Keywords: Price; Health Care and Treatment; Communication Technology; Technology Adoption; Customer Focus and Relationships; Health Industry
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  • 18 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 18

behalf of families and (b) bank forbearance policies regarding overdrawn customers. We focus on five factors to explain the incidence of involuntary closures: personal traits, community traits, economic trends, bank policies, and credit... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Dec 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Teaming in the Twenty-First Century

smart cities, related to health care simply cannot be solved without cross-disciplinary collaboration," says Edmondson. To illustrate, she tells the story of the execution of a CT scan, a process that took four days to unfold in one... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
  • 17 Aug 2020
  • Research & Ideas

What the Stockdale Paradox Tells Us About Crisis Leadership

even excluding COVID-19 deaths) Mental health crises Secondary health problems from neglect/postponement of routine/preventative care Mass unemployment Dining, entertainment, arts, tourism industries—the... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
  • 30 Apr 2024
  • Book

When Managers Set Unrealistic Expectations, Employees Cut Ethical Corners

decisions that were so clearly disastrous not only for workers and others exposed to asbestos but for the company itself. Shortly thereafter, in 1982, with its asbestos-related liabilities projected to exceed its assets, Johns-Manville... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • May 2021
  • Case

The SMA Foundation: Steering Therapeutic Research and Development in a Rare Disease

By: Amitabh Chandra, Spencer Lee-Rey and Caroline Marra
This case explores incentives for rare disease drug development by chronicling the role of the Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Foundation in forming strategic partnerships with the scientific research community and pharmaceutical developers to transform the trajectory... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Strategy; Business or Company Management; Society; Health; Health Industry; Health Industry; United States
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  • Program

Audit Committees in a New Era of Governance

accounting, and risk management functions Improve transparency and the quality of audit and financial reporting Oversee legal and regulatory compliance more effectively Strengthen collaboration with corporate management and auditors Ensure optimal View Details
  • 12 Apr 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Why Productivity Suffers When Employees Are Allowed to Schedule Their Own Tasks

tasks be completed in a particular order. But in many instances, workers have more freedom over their workday: They can follow the prescribed schedule or else choose to deviate, completing tasks in a different order at their own... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health
  • 22 Sep 2009
  • First Look

First Look: September 22

and conclude with a discussion of its role in strengthening institutional theory as well as, more broadly, the field of organization studies. Purchase the article ($15): http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a913246271 The Shifting Mission of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace