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- 20 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: December 20
stereotype-incongruent information. Implications for impression formation are discussed. Inducement Prizes and Innovation Authors:Liam Brunt, Josh Lerner, and Tom Nicholas Publication:Journal of Industrial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract We examine the View Details
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Carmen Nobel
- 09 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 9, 2018
patient identification, enrollment, billing, and payment. Patients were prospectively identified and enrolled, and bundled payments were made at treatment start. Operational metrics tracked incremental effort for pilot processes and View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Sid Shenai
a panel for the India Conference examining entrepreneurship opportunities beyond IT. Yet Sid is most excited about his nonprofit work. With three HBS colleagues, Sid developed a business plan for Paper For All, a nonprofit that View Details
- 26 Jan 2021
- News
Clubs See Wealth in FemTech; Health Care Alumni Look at COVID Response
disease affects women differently than men. In the health care industry, a 155-pound male is considered the average patient, but women are not just smaller men,” says Linda Greub (MBA 1987), cofounder of Avestria Ventures, and a featured...
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Margie Kelley
- 18 Oct 2016
- Op-Ed
Why Business Should Invest in Community Health
more pressing crisis management activities. Local sales organizations, which are often tasked with local-level implementation of community health activities, prioritize product sales, supply, and distribution issues first. Target is...
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- 20 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 20, 2016
Abstract—We study the effect of staggered boards on long-run firm value, using a natural experiment: a 1990 law that imposed a staggered board on all firms incorporated in Massachusetts. We find a significant and positive View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
of a scientist's research. Moreover, the magnitude of the effect of this flurry is influenced by context—such as the presence of coauthors who patent and the patent stock of the scientist's university. Whereas previous research emphasized...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Attention Medical Shoppers: What Health Care Can Learn from Walmart and Amazon
average wait for a primary care visit in Massachusetts, world renowned for its medical facilities, is a whopping 50 days. Only 3 percent of American physicians regularly e-mail their patients, less, he said, than the percentage of priests...
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- 04 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 4, 2016
new service offering for the company’s clients by drawing on the special talents of people with autism. The company has deployed “pods” organized around 8 or 9 employees with autism, to function as high-performance mini-ecosystems, which have turned out to be 30% more...
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- 29 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 29
anti-malaria campaign which has become a model in sub-Saharan Africa. This paper aims at quantifying the individual and macro level benefits of this campaign, which involved mass distribution of insecticide treated mosquito nets,...
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Martha Lagace
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
observation that for patients who do not need to be intubated, proning—i.e. resting on the stomach—offers a gentler and effective treatment when paired with oxygen delivery. "We believe that improving access...
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- 23 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
actions on performance. However, standard regression models estimate only the average effects of these actions across firms. Our paper discusses how random coefficient models (RCMs) may generate new insights...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Apr 2020
- News
“Raise the Line”
wrong was the timing. That change isn’t going to happen over the next decade. It is going to happen over the next year. HBS: How can online health education ease the medical effects of this pandemic? Gaglani: You’ve probably heard the...
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- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Case Study: A Good Fit
market. Apart from insurance claims, there is the productivity value of getting people back to work sooner. If the average absenteeism across corporate America is about 4 to 5 percent, then the value of saving a fraction of this would be...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 19 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Global Talent, Local Obstacles: Why Time Zones Matter in Remote Work
regular business hours. In fact, the average communication share outside of regular hours for men was nearly 14 percent, versus nearly 9 percent for women. “Prior literature shows that women have the least flexible schedules because they...
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by Michael Blanding
- 20 Jul 2020
- Op-Ed
It's Time for a Bipartisan Health Plan for Employers and Employees
Obamacare exchanges, as well as SME employees. The average premium would likely decrease for a Silver plan by $3,588 when compared to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) premiums and $3,609 compared to those paid by SME employees. In this...
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- 24 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 24, 2009
innovative new product for the treatment of acne that they hope to sell to consumers via direct-response television. The unconventional nature of the product and its distribution has led the company to seek...
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Martha Lagace
- 19 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
Studying How Income Inequality Shapes Behavior
financial stability, political representation, and average health and educational outcomes. But this research has done little to demonstrate the effects of inequality. Some researchers have found no View Details
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by Michael Blanding
- 13 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 13, 2007
students lagging behind in basic literacy and numeracy skills. It increased average test scores of all children in treatment schools by 0.28 standard deviation, mostly due to large gains experienced by...
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Martha Lagace
- 07 Oct 2015
- What Do You Think?
What is the Best Immigration Model for the US?
anything to learn from Europe? What do you think? Original Article In this forum 15 years ago we discussed the question of the effect of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on immigration from Mexico to the United States. At...
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by James Heskett