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- Summer 2021
- Article
Predictable Country-level Bias in the Reporting of COVID-19 Deaths
By: Botir Kobilov, Ethan Rouen and George Serafeim
We examine whether a country’s management of the COVID-19 pandemic relate to the downward biasing of the number of reported deaths from COVID-19. Using deviations from historical averages of the total number of monthly deaths within a country, we find that the... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19; Deaths; Reporting; Incentives; Government Policy; Health Pandemics; Health Care and Treatment; Country; Crisis Management; Outcome or Result; Reports; Policy
Kobilov, Botir, Ethan Rouen, and George Serafeim. "Predictable Country-level Bias in the Reporting of COVID-19 Deaths." Journal of Government and Economics 2 (Summer 2021).
- 06 May 2011
- News
Bin Laden's Death An Opportunity For Unity
- March 20, 2009
- Article
Ending Death by Waiting
Article describing rationale for a "presumed consent" approach to organ donor policy. View Details
- 2008
- Journal Article
The Valley of Death
- January 1981 (Revised July 1983)
- Case
Death of a Princess (A)
Matthews, John B., Jr., and Laura L. Nash. "Death of a Princess (A)." Harvard Business School Case 381-106, January 1981. (Revised July 1983.)
- 23 Nov 2021
- News
The Death of the Office Friendship
- 2017
- Article
Handgun Waiting Periods Reduce Gun Deaths
By: Michael Luca, Deepak Malhotra and Christopher Poliquin
Handgun waiting periods are laws that impose a delay between the initiation of a purchase and final acquisition of a firearm. We show that waiting periods, which create a “cooling off” period among buyers, significantly reduce the incidence of gun violence. We estimate... View Details
Keywords: Gun Policy; Gun Violence; Waiting Period; Injury Prevention; Policy; Safety; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; United States
Luca, Michael, Deepak Malhotra, and Christopher Poliquin. "Handgun Waiting Periods Reduce Gun Deaths." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114, no. 46 (November 14, 2017).
- 20 Jul 2021
- Research & Ideas
Bankruptcy Spells Death for Too Many Businesses
Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection is supposed to allow companies to shed debt and get a fresh start. Ideally, creditors recover most of what they’re owed as the restructured firm begins turning a profit. Yet, more companies are liquidated than rebuilt, giving up the... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 08 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Death of the Global Manager
When Transnational Management was first published in 1992, the world was a different place. "The global economy was radically restructuring in the wake of an era of accelerating globalization in the 1980s," says Harvard Business School professor emeritus... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- April 2017
- Teaching Note
The Birth, Life and Death of Rdio
By: Robert J. Dolan
Teaching Note for HBS No. 516-092. View Details
- 09 Jan 2012
- News
Life and Death Leadership - 3 Principles
750 Gun Deaths a Year Are Prevented by Waiting Periods, Study Finds
Waiting periods in 17 states for handgun purchases prevent about 750 gun deaths each year in the United States, new research has found.
An estimated 910 gun deaths could also be avoided if those policies were adopted... View Details
- 28 May 2015
- News
Breaking the Death Grip of Legacy Technologies
- 26 Jan 2023
- News
The Death of the Customer Service Hotline
- 19 Dec 2011
- News
Death Knell for the Category Killers?
- 11 Jan 2016
- News
Study: Anticipation Changes The Way We Feel About Death
- 16 Oct 2017
- News
750 Gun Deaths a Year Are Prevented by Waiting Periods, Study Finds
- 15 Mar 2016
- News
The costs of inequality: Faster lives, quicker deaths
- 2020
- Working Paper
Spreading the Health: Americans' Estimated and Ideal Distributions of Death and Health(care)
By: Sorapop Kiatpongsan and Michael I. Norton
The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act intensified debates over the role of government in the distribution of healthcare. A nationally-representative sample of Americans reported their estimated and ideal distributions of healthcare (unmet need for... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare; Mortality; Inequality; Justice; Equity; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Equality and Inequality; Fairness; Public Opinion; United States
Kiatpongsan, Sorapop, and Michael I. Norton. "Spreading the Health: Americans' Estimated and Ideal Distributions of Death and Health(care)." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-114, April 2020.