Publications

07 May 2009
Working Paper Summaries

Broadening Focus: Spillovers and the Benefits of Specialization in the Hospital Industry

Keywords: by Jonathan R. Clark & Robert S. Huckman; Health

Web

The Benefits of Living in a Dorm at HBS | MBA

The Benefits of Living in a Dorm at HBS By Hayden Tanabe on October 18, 2024 Share via Facebook Share via LinkedIn Print Share via email On the HBS campus, six residence halls—Chase, Gallatin, Hamilton, McCulloch, Mellon, and Morris—offer... View Details

February 2019
Article

Who Benefits Most in Disease Management Programs: Improving Target Efficiency

By: Timothy Simcoe, Maryaline Catillon and Paul Gertler

Disease management programs aim to reduce cost by improving the quality of care for chronic diseases. Evidence of their effectiveness is mixed. Reducing health care spending sufficiently to cover program costs has proved particularly challenging. This study uses a... View Details

Keywords: Health Economics; Target Efficiency; Diabetes; Disease Management; Program Evaluation; Heterogeneity; Economics; Health; Quality; Health Care and Treatment; Cost Management; Health Industry

May 2010
Article

An Individual Healthplan Exchange: Which Employees Would Benefit and Why?

By: Leemore S. Dafny, Katherine Ho and Mauricio Varela

December 2019
Article

It Helps to Ask: The Cumulative Benefits of Asking Follow-up Questions

By: Michael Yeomans, Alison Wood Brooks, Karen Huang, Julia A. Minson and Francesca Gino

In a recent article published in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JPSP; Huang, Yeomans, Brooks, Minson, & Gino, 2017), we reported the results of 2 experiments involving “getting acquainted” conversations among strangers and an observational field... View Details

Keywords: Question-asking; Conversation; Communication; Relationships; Interpersonal Communication

2014
Working Paper

The Psycho-Social Benefits of Access to Contraception: Experimental Evidence from Zambia

By: Nava Ashraf, Marric Buessing, Erica Field and Jessica Leight

In a field experiment in Lusaka, Zambia, married couples in the catchment area of a family planning clinic were randomly assigned to either a treatment group (N=503) or a control group (N=768). Those in the treatment group received vouchers guaranteeing free and... View Details

Keywords: Contraceptive Access; Mental Health; Zambia

01 Mar 2011
Conference Presentation

Servicizing: Are There Win-Wins? In Search of Economic and Environmental Benefits

By: Michael W. Toffel

Keywords: Economics; Natural Environment

May–June 2017
Article

Multiple Identity Configurations: The Benefits of Focused Enhancement for Prosocial Behavior

By: Lakshmi Ramarajan, Ida Berger and Itay Greenspan

November 1998
Article

Measuring and Managing the Benefits of Customer Retention: An Empirical Investigation

By: N. Narayandas

Keywords: Measurement and Metrics; Management; Customer Focus and Relationships

31 Jan 2016
News

McDonald’s reaps the benefit of all day breakfasts and table service

08 Jul 2020
Podcast

Beyond family leave: How help with caregiving benefits workers and employers

The pandemic underscores US workers’ need for help with caregiving obligations. HBS graduate Lindsay Jurist-Rosner founded B2B benefits company Wellthy in 2014 after realizing that her experience juggling work and the complex care needs of her mother was shared in one... View Details

25 Apr 2014
News

Promoting strong ties between U.S. and China will benefit the world

Former US Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. (MBA 1970) talks about his efforts to promote positive US-China relations. (Published April 2014) View Details

June 2014
Article

Building Brand Knowledge Structures: Elaboration and Interference Effects on the Processing of Sequentially Advertised Brand Benefit Claims

By: Susan E. Heckler, Kevin L. Keller, Michael J. Houston and Jill Avery

Two experiments are reported that examine the effects of an ad campaign designed to link two different benefit claims to a brand. The findings indicated that recall for a subsequently advertised claim depended on the strength of existing brand-benefit links in memory.... View Details

Keywords: Marketing Communication; Brand Building; Brand Management; Brands; Advertising; Consumer Psychology; Advertising Campaigns; Brands and Branding; Marketing Communications; Consumer Behavior; Marketing Strategy; Advertising Industry; Consumer Products Industry

Purchase

September 2018
Supplement

King Arthur Flour Video Supplements

By: Paul D. McKinnon and Michael Norris

These video supplements update the King Arthur Flour case on the latest news and events at the company. View Details

Keywords: B-Corp; Benefit Corp; Co-CEO; Food and Beverage Industry; Vermont

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26 Oct 2010
Other Presentation

Anchor Institutions and Urban Economic Development: From Community Benefit to Shared Value

By: Michael E. Porter

ProfessorMichael E. Porter: Initiative for a Competitive Inner CityCopyright View Details

Keywords: Economics; Growth and Development; United States

23 Apr 2021
News

The New Negotiation Over Job Benefits and Perks in Post-Covid Hybrid Work

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Chapter

Defined Benefit versus Defined Contribution Pension Plans: What are the Real Tradeoffs

By: Zvi Bodie, Alan J. Marcus and Robert C. Merton

Keywords: Compensation and Benefits; Cost vs Benefits

Article

Common Variants of the Oxytocin Receptor Gene Do Not Predict the Positive Mood Benefits of Prosocial Spending

By: Ashley V. Whillans, Lara B. Aknin, Colin Ross, Lihan Chen and Frances S. Chen

Who benefits most from helping others? Previous research suggests that common polymorphisms of the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) predict whether people behave generously and experience increases in positive mood in response to socially-focused experiences in daily... View Details

Keywords: Prosocial Behavior; Positivity; Behavior Genetics; Individual Differences; Behavior; Emotions; Genetics; Spending

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Article

Give Them What They Want: The Benefits of Explicitness in Gift Exchange

By: F. Gino and F. Flynn