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  • 12 Jul 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Competition the Cure for Healthcare

up. The United States has tried a lot of models. We tried managed care, gate keepers, co-pays and the like, and they failed. When we published our earlier article on healthcare in June 2004 in the Harvard Business Review, we were far less... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Health
  • 20 Feb 2001
  • Research & Ideas

What’s Next for Japan

for clues into the developing stance of the government. Added Ezra F. Vogel, Harvard professor and former director of Harvard's Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, "A lot of deregulation is really reregulation. It is a different... View Details
Keywords: by Hilah Geer
  • 29 Sep 2015
  • First Look

September 29, 2015

patients; however, organizations have struggled to obtain outcomes data from electronic health record (EHR) systems. This study describes how Texas Children’s Hospital customized a commercial EHR system and assembled a cross-functional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Jul 2019
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Can These Business Students Motivate Londoners to Do the Right Thing?

small business productivity. For instance, the acceptance rate of students from underrepresented schools to top universities in the UK rose 34 percent after a letter from a top-tier student with a similar background was sent to pupils. And patient referrals to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 19 Jan 2022
  • In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

The disruption is far beyond what most imagine. Companies will have to re-engineer every core process to account for changes in workforce demographics in the post-COVID world. The supply-demand balance will become a permanent feature in... View Details
Keywords: by HBS News
  • 26 Aug 2008
  • First Look

First Look: August 26, 2008

East market. Questions of scaling, institutionalization, and geographic scope are among those considered. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=809008 Arauco (B): 'Papel' in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27

heuristic that are used to determine optimal stocking levels for cash and electronic value given an agent's historical demand. When tested with a large sample of transaction-level data provided by an East African mobile operator, both the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017

hiatus under the East German regime, again at the end of the 20th century. In 2016 its current CEO Wilhelm Schmid and the heads of product development and production have to decide how to price its innovative watch collection and how to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Sep 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel

the liquidity of institutions. That in fact is where we are today," Light said. Just as a hospital treats patients by focusing on three tasks, so too should we remedy financial turmoil, he said. First, stabilize the patient, in this... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services
  • 08 May 2020
  • In Practice

Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On

we made previously far longer than we should, hoping that the world will return back to “normal.” With the far-reaching impact of COVID becoming more clear by the day, nonprofit leaders need to be clear about their core mission, fearless... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 03 Feb 2009
  • First Look

First Look: February 3, 2009

Why Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed—and What to Do About It Author: Josh Lerner Publication: Princeton University Press, forthcoming Abstract In response to the financial crisis, governments are being View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 Feb 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade

that specific, challenging goals motivate performance far better than "do your best" exhortations. The authors of this article, however, argue that it is often these same characteristics of goals that cause them to "go... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017

than projected by the Congressional Budget Office in 2009. Using detailed data on the breadth of both hospital and physician networks, we studied the prevalence of narrow networks and quantified the association between network breadth and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Nov 2012
  • First Look

First Look: November 6

Republic of Geneva), and other immigrant founders who guided the nation to prosperity. Their expertise with liquid capital far exceeded that of native-born plantation owners Washington, Jefferson, and Madison, who well understood the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Dec 2014
  • First Look

First Look: December 16

more or less effective. We develop these ideas in a multi-method study of a hospital emergency department (ED) redesign. Before the redesign, people coordinated in ad-hoc groupings, which provided flexibility because any nurse could work... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Dec 2013
  • First Look

First Look: December 17

world. The Great Qing Empire ruled China and dominated East Asia by a combination of power and cultural prestige. China's economy was the world's largest. China seemed without peer. Decline came fast. By 1900, China had been invaded,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 30 Jun 2020
  • Book

Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 17 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 17

Research Design: Fifty-six work areas from 19 randomly selected hospitals agreed to implement an 18-month long WalkRounds -based program to improve safety. We compared their results to 138 work areas in 48 randomly selected control... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Jul 2009
  • First Look

First Look: July 21

1,000 companies in California. ISO 9001 adopters subsequently had far lower organizational death rates than a matched control group of non-adopters. Among surviving employers, ISO adopters had higher growth rates for sales, employment,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Nov 2006
  • Research & Ideas

How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI

South Africa at a rate about one-third of that flowing into Latin America or East Asia. Q: According to the statistics on FDI in your new case, in "all countries" FDI is 2.7 percent of GDP. South Africa is 1.5 percent. A:... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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