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- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Early Adopters
Omar Restom (HBS ’12, seated) and Douglas Melchior (MBA ’11) didn’t wait for the Harvard Innovation Lab’s official opening in November to relocate their base for developing Vaiad, a start-up self-serve platform that allows websites to...
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- Apr 03 2018
- Testimonial
Smoothing the Transition to Governance
- Portrait Project
Shelby Colby
On July 20th, 2016, I learn I have a tumor. This only happens to others, but now it’s happening to me. My husband, Douglas, envelops me. I sink into a ball, and my tears soak through his shirt. Douglas and I were packing our apartment and...
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James S. McDonnell
McDonnell built one of the most successful government-contracted industrial space and aircraft production businesses in the U.S. His company produced the Phantom jet fighters, the Mercury Space Capsule, and the Gemini spacecraft. In 1967, he orchestrated the merger...
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Keywords:
Automotive & Aerospace
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Karmic Kickstart
Douglas Schofield (MBA 1969/DBA 1972) (illustration by Gisela Goppel) Douglas Schofield (MBA 1969/DBA 1972) (illustration by Gisela Goppel) Like many HBS alumni, I’ve experienced a number of turning points...
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- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Alumni Bookshelf
process and provides expert advice, tools, and insights. The Times Are Surely Changin' by Douglas F. Schofield III (MBA '69, DBA '72) (Dorrance) In his first novel, venture capitalist and private pilot Schofield explores themes of...
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- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Dean’s Award
Douglas K. Schillinger (fifth from left), for his diligence, determination, humility, and strength while undergoing treatment for melanoma Father Thomas Patrick Doyle, C.S.C., for being a strong and generous source of support for not just...
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- Web
HBS & the Case Method Site Credits | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Design Chris Danemayer proun Design Exhibition Fabrication WB Incorporated MSP Xpress Website Design/Production Jean Wilcox, Douglas Green Wilcox Design Jerry Shu Jennifer Wilson Digital Photography Harvard Library Imaging Services...
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- 2017
- Working Paper
Identifying Sources of Inefficiency in Health Care
By: Amitabh Chandra and Douglas O. Staiger
In medicine, the reasons for variation in treatment rates across hospitals serving similar patients are not well understood. Some interpret this variation as unwarranted and push standardization of care as a way of reducing allocative inefficiency. However, an...
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Keywords:
Health Care and Treatment;
Performance Efficiency;
Performance Productivity;
Mathematical Methods
Chandra, Amitabh, and Douglas O. Staiger. "Identifying Sources of Inefficiency in Health Care." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 24035, November 2017.
- October 2007 (Revised January 2009)
- Case
The Hertz Corporation (B)
By: Timothy A. Luehrman and Douglas Scott
Luehrman, Timothy A., and Douglas Scott. "The Hertz Corporation (B)." Harvard Business School Case 208-031, October 2007. (Revised January 2009.)
- Web
Site Credits | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Design Jean Wilcox, Wilcox Design Exhibition Design Chris Danemayer, proun Design Exhibition Fabrication WB Incorporated Website Design/Production Wilcox Design--Jean Wilcox, Douglas Green Information Products and Technical Services,...
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- May 2020
- Article
Identifying Sources of Inefficiency in Health Care
By: Amitabh Chandra and Douglas O. Staiger
In medicine, the reasons for variation in treatment rates across hospitals serving similar patients are not well understood. Some interpret this variation as unwarranted and push standardization of care as a way of reducing allocative inefficiency. However, an...
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Keywords:
Health Care and Treatment;
Performance Efficiency;
Performance Productivity;
Mathematical Methods
Chandra, Amitabh, and Douglas O. Staiger. "Identifying Sources of Inefficiency in Health Care." Quarterly Journal of Economics 135, no. 2 (May 2020): 785–843.
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Faculty Books
firm. China and Globalization The Social, Economic, and Political Transformation of Chinese Society by Douglas Guthrie (Routledge) This book is about the economic reforms sweeping across China over the last 25 years. Visiting Professor...
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- June 2007 (Revised January 2009)
- Case
Nextel Partners: Put Option
By: Timothy A. Luehrman and Douglas Scott
Nextel Partners' shareholders have voted to exercise a put option that will require the company's largest shareholder, Sprint Nextel Corp., to purchase all the shares it does not already own. However, the put option does not stipulate a price to be paid, but rather a...
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Luehrman, Timothy A., and Douglas Scott. "Nextel Partners: Put Option." Harvard Business School Case 207-128, June 2007. (Revised January 2009.)
- February 2003 (Revised July 2005)
- Case
British Broadcasting Corporation (A): One BBC
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Douglas A Raymond
Greg Dyke, the new director general of the British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) must decide whether to extend an already ambitious change effort at the world's largest public service broadcaster. The initial results of the effort are very positive: audience numbers are up,...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Media;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Leadership Development;
Competition;
Creativity;
Relationships;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
United Kingdom
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Douglas A Raymond. "British Broadcasting Corporation (A): One BBC." Harvard Business School Case 303-075, February 2003. (Revised July 2005.)
- Article
Audit Quality and Auditor Reputation: Evidence from Japan
By: Douglas Skinner and Suraj Srinivasan
We study events surrounding ChuoAoyama's failed audit of Kanebo, a large Japanese cosmetics company whose management engaged in a massive accounting fraud. ChuoAoyama was PwC's Japanese affiliate and one of Japan's largest audit firms. In May 2006, the Japanese...
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Keywords:
Audit Quality;
Auditor Reputation;
Japan;
Accounting Audits;
Crime and Corruption;
Reputation;
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry;
Japan
Skinner, Douglas, and Suraj Srinivasan. "Audit Quality and Auditor Reputation: Evidence from Japan." Accounting Review 87, no. 5 (September 2012): 1737–1765.
- 2006
- Chapter
Linking Customer Management Efforts to Growth and Profitability
By: Das Narayandas and Douglas Bowman
Narayandas, Das, and Douglas Bowman. "Linking Customer Management Efforts to Growth and Profitability." In The Search for Organic Growth, edited by Edward D. Hess and Robert K. Kazanjian, 192–210. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
- November 2004
- Article
Linking Customer Management Effort to Customer Profitability in Industrial Markets
By: Douglas Bowman and Das Narayandas
Bowman, Douglas, and Das Narayandas. "Linking Customer Management Effort to Customer Profitability in Industrial Markets." Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) 41, no. 4 (November 2004).
- 2015
- Working Paper
Understanding Conformity: An Experimental Investigation
By: B. Douglas Bernheim and Christine L Exley
Some theories of conformity hold that social equilibrium either standardizes inferences or promotes a shared understanding of conventions and norms among individuals with fixed heterogeneous preferences (belief mechanisms). Others depict tastes as fluid and hence...
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Keywords:
Conformity;
Norms;
Image Motivation;
Prosocial Behavior;
Motivation and Incentives;
Behavior;
Standards
Bernheim, B. Douglas, and Christine L Exley. "Understanding Conformity: An Experimental Investigation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-070, December 2015.