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- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
An online shipping platform that uses social networks and smartphones. Low-cost medical care and monitoring that helps seniors to live at home. The "Skype" of broadband, offering free Internet service. On an April morning known as "Super... View Details
- 18 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 18
their propensity to make things themselves (Experiments 3A and 3B). Paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/mnorton/mochon norton ariely 2012.pdf Measuring Teamwork in Health Care Settings: A Review of Survey Instruments Authors:Valentine,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Resisting the Seductions of Success
perversely, originates in the fact that Tony's life is full of purpose and progress. His calendar is filled with meetings, and there are usually urgent phone calls to return. Tony is also accomplishing a lot, and success brings its own... View Details
- 04 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018
W. Feeley Abstract—Patients and providers are frustrated with seemingly endless data entry. We used our patients’ vested interest in their own health care by actively engaging them in the entry of their own medical information into the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 May 2021
- Book
Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.
Volunteer for work: New projects are opportunities to show your competence and your commitment. But be careful not to over-commit. Volunteer only if you have the time to follow through. 5. Claim an unoccupied lane to shine Most... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
Lorraine, the smitten high schooler who wants to be his girlfriend, even though history requires that she become his mother.) Ultimately Marty’s most urgent race is against time: He must get to the town square before the village clock... View Details
- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
entrepreneurial spirit, these ventures serve this atypical demand by acting as matchmakers between donors and health care areas. Such a development makes many observers pause since there is a strong taboo in many countries—including the... View Details
- 19 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 19
generates these benefits. Using the empirical context of cardiovascular care within hospitals, we first examine the relationship between a hospital's level of specialization in cardiovascular care and the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 20
is a network of successful private health clinics that primarily serve middle-income populations but which have the potential to reach low-income markets. On what basis should Acumen decide whether or not to invest? What performance... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 May 2016
- Research Event
Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium
looking to hire. Holding contests to seek advice from the crowd may help companies fill the need for innovative answers more cheaply and quickly. “Contests create incentives and drive parallel search,” Lakhani said. “What you want when you View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel
- 14 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 14, 2016
challenging work environments. This article focuses on two such contexts—health care and education. The authors theorize differences in psychological safety based on work type, hierarchical status, and leadership effectiveness. Consistent... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Nov 2016
- First Look
First Look - November 1, 2016
brands. Companies can leverage storytelling to build their brands, and careful brand extensions can grow the business as long as they do not alienate core loyalists. Other potentially risky opportunities to weigh carefully are moving... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
not only experience project-level success with the implementation of new work practices, but also organizational-level success as indicated by overall measures of performance. We tested our hypothesis in a longitudinal study of 23 hospital neonatal intensive View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
A Place in the Sun
person; the nit-picking, antisocial groucher; or the obnoxious imbiber. We want caring people who have some romance and adventure left in their bones." It goes without saying that Evanson would also like to host people who will appreciate... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
- 06 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
scores frequently used in scientific peer review (similar to existing minimally important differences for scores in clinical medicine). To our knowledge, the magnitude of score change required to change editorial decisions has not been... View Details
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States and internationally—is the fundamental challenge of improving clinical outcomes while controlling costs. Addressing this challenge will require dramatic improvements in the processes by which care is... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New Horizons for Iraq
brakes, they would sprint to take care of the problem and make sure we were able to continue moving. After four days we reached An Najaf. We were just getting ready to set up our logistical base and begin flying some missions when we were... View Details
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
responsibilities for public health there is an urgent need to leverage IT infrastructure to meet new challenges. Historically lean funding cycles for public health has not allowed for fundamental information technology-based reach... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 28, 2008
the health care "soft" infrastructure in such emerging markets? Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709429 Threadless: The Business of Community Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
and pairs researching similar clinical areas. Our results suggest that matching between scientists may be subject to considerable frictions-even among those in relatively close geographic proximity and in the same organizational system.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne