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  • 03 May 2016
  • First Look

First Look, May 3, 2016

2016 Berrett-Koehler Publishers Building the Future: Big Teaming for Audacious Innovation By: Edmondson, Amy C., and Susan Salter Reynolds Abstract—Machiavelli famously wrote, "There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • October 1993
  • Case

Wertheim Schroder/Schroders

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Kalman D. Applbaum, Lisa Gabriel and Pamela A. Yatsko
In 1986, Wertheim & Co. of New York entered into a joint venture with Schroders plc of London to form the investment bank Wertheim Schroder. By 1993, there were numerous successes as the partners pursued joint opportunities, but there were also areas in which... View Details
Keywords: Joint Ventures; Investment Banking; Partners and Partnerships; Alliances; Horizontal Integration; Outcome or Result; Balanced Scorecard; New York (city, NY); London
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  • 31 May 2016
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May 31, 2016

June 2016 Medical Care Vaccination Rates Are Associated with Functional Proximity but Not Base Proximity of Vaccination Clinics By: Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian, and Gwendolyn I. Reynolds... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • April 17, 2021
  • Article

Reimagining India's Health System: A Lancet Citizens' Commission

By: Vikram Patel, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Gagandeep Kang, Pamela Das and Tarun Khanna
This commentary announces the launch of the Lancet Citizens’ Commission on Reimagining India’s Health System. The Commission is an ambitious, cross-sectoral effort to develop a citizens’ roadmap to achieving universal health coverage (UHC) in India in the next decade.... View Details
Keywords: Universal Health Coverage; Health Care and Treatment; Reports; India
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Harvard Business School

Broadcast executive and businessman W. Don Cornwell was hired by Goldman Sachs in 1971 and later promoted to chief operating officer of the investment banking division's corporate finance department. In 1988, Cornwell left the securities... View Details
  • 09 Dec 2014
  • First Look

First Look: December 9

performance of hybrid organizations that pursue a social mission, and sustain their operations through commercial activities, by studying work integration social enterprises (WISEs). We argue that social imprinting and economic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • November 1993
  • Case

FCB and Publicis (C): The German-Led Network

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Pamela A. Yatsko
After U.S.-based Foote, Cone & Belding (FCB) and Publicis of France established an international advertising alliance in May 1988, alliance leaders set out to merge offices in Europe. They were confronted with a particularly tricky situation in Germany, which, if... View Details
Keywords: Joint Ventures; Alliances; Globalized Firms and Management; Partners and Partnerships; Advertising; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Diversity; Communications Industry; Advertising Industry; France; Germany; United States; Europe
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  • 26 Nov 2013
  • First Look

First Look: November 26

Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian, and Gwendolyn Reynolds Abstract—Objectives: To assess whether the addition of a peer testimonial to an informational mailing increases conversion rates from brand name... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • June 2016
  • Article

Vaccination Rates Are Associated with Functional Proximity but Not Base Proximity of Vaccination Clinics

By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian and Gwendolyn I. Reynolds
Background: Routine annual influenza vaccinations are recommended for persons 6 months of age and older, but less than half of U.S. adults get vaccinated. Many employers offer employees free influenza vaccinations at workplace clinics, but even then take-up is... View Details
Keywords: Geographic Location; Employees; Health Care and Treatment
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  • 2009
  • Working Paper

Walking Through Jelly: Language Proficiency, Emotions, and Disrupted Collaboration in Global Work

By: Tsedal Beyene, Pamela J. Hinds and Catherine Durnell Cramton
In an ethnographic study comprised of interviews and concurrent observations of 145 globally distributed members of nine project teams of an organization, we found that uneven proficiency in English, the lingua franca, disrupted collaboration for both native and... View Details
Keywords: Spoken Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Globalized Firms and Management; Groups and Teams; Behavior; Emotions; Social and Collaborative Networks
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  • July 2015
  • Background Note

The State of U.S. Public Health: Challenges and Trends

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Howard Koh and Pamela Yatsko
The World Health Organization defines health as "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity." For many Americans, the World Health Organization's definition of true health seems unattainable, given... View Details
Keywords: Public Health; Public Sector; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; United States
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  • 21 Sep 2018
  • News

Joyner to Receive Harvard’s DuBois Medal

Pamela J. Joyner (MBA 1984) (photo by Nathanael Turner) Pamela J. Joyner (MBA 1984) (photo by Nathanael Turner) Philanthropist and founder of... View Details

    Richard S. Reynolds, Jr.

    After a successful, but brief career in investment banking, Richard Jr. joined his father's company in 1938. Under his leadership, Reynolds Corporation expanded tremendously, buying more government plants and establishing facilities... View Details
    Keywords: Metals
    • 27 Aug 2019
    • News

    A Shot at Success

    Photos by Karen Campbell Rebecca Feickert (MBA 2018) grew up in Goodrich, North Dakota, population 126. Her high school had 15 students; her graduating class, just two. So when teenaged Feickert, a gifted basketball player who was six... View Details
    Keywords: April White
    • 28 Aug 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: August 28

    attributable to comparability. Together, the findings are consistent with mandatory IFRS adoption improving comparability and thus leading to capital market benefits by reducing insiders' ability to exploit private information. Epistemic... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 01 Sep 2016
    • News

    The Big Business of Little Loans

    Illustration by Alvaro Dominguez Illustration by Alvaro Dominguez Before launching Funding Societies, a crowdfunding platform for small businesses in Singapore and Indonesia, Kelvin Teo and View Details
    Keywords: Nancy Miller
    • Web

    Values Matter—No Matter Where You Are | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

    as a Leadership Fellow in 2009 and remained for three more years. “I worked under then Lincoln Center President Reynold Levy, the human embodiment of genius and sheer will,” says Shilla. Under his leadership, Lincoln Center not only... View Details
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    Rye Barcott

    Building cross-sector partnerships After a tour of duty in Iraq, Rye decided to pursue the joint MBA/MPA; the Harvard Kennedy School portion of tuition is covered by Rye's Reynolds Social Entrepreneurship... View Details
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    2013 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

    Interplay of Structure and Behavior: How System Dynamics Can Explain and Change Outcomes by Gender or Social Category Panel: Backlash and the Double Bind Robert Livingston , Northwestern University Is Agentic Backlash Inevitable?: A... View Details

      Paris Wallace

      for women and infants. Paris also founded and led Good Start Genetics. Good Start Genetics is a genomics technology company focused on fertility and reproductive health. Good Start Genetics was acquired by Invitae (NYSE: NVTA). A... View Details
      Keywords: Biotech & Life Sciences;#19;#Digital Health;#43;#Healthcare;#56;#Personal Health & Wellness;#64;#Software/App