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- 18 Feb 2014
- News
Stick with Plan A
markets, mobile money is designed to leapfrog plastic by going from cash directly to digital. Because the global economy is increasingly digital, billions of cash-based buyers and sellers are currently excluded from global commerce. These... View Details
- 02 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Four VCs on Evaluating Opportunities
Hoel (hbs Mba '93) Managing Director, Menlo Ventures I always look at the market first. By that I mean a strategic view that includes evaluating market growth, market size, competition, and customer adoption rates. If a company has a... View Details
Keywords: by Lauren Barley
- 10 Jun 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Cohort Turnover and Productivity: The July Phenomenon in Teaching Hospitals
- 24 Feb 2014
- News
A Capital Idea for Small Business
Callaghan McGee Photos by Tracy Powell (Editor's Note: Brad McGee passed away in November 2015.) John Callaghan (MBA 1984) and Brad McGee (MBA 1987) became close friends while growing up in the small town of Carmel, NY. Their friendship... View Details
- 27 Oct 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Prosocial Spending and Well-Being: Cross-Cultural Evidence for a Psychological Universal
- December 2017
- Article
Overall Cost Comparison of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Procedures with Endoscopist- or Anesthesia-Supported Sedation by Activity-Based Costing Techniques
By: Richard A. Helmers, James A. Dilling, Christopher R. Chaffee, Mark V. Larson, Bradly J. Narr, Derek A. Haas and Robert S. Kaplan
Endoscopic/Colonoscopic procedures are done either with gastroenterologist-administered conscious sedation or with anesthesia-administered sedation with propofol. Anesthesia-administered sedation has medical and patient benefits but is more expensive to administer. We... View Details
Helmers, Richard A., James A. Dilling, Christopher R. Chaffee, Mark V. Larson, Bradly J. Narr, Derek A. Haas, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Overall Cost Comparison of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Procedures with Endoscopist- or Anesthesia-Supported Sedation by Activity-Based Costing Techniques." Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes 1, no. 3 (December 2017): 234–241.
- 07 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
Electronic Health Records Were Supposed to Cut Medical Costs. They Haven't.
Despite the promise that electronic health records would cut billing costs, savings have yet to materialize, according to a major new study by researchers at Harvard Business School and Duke University. “The theory was that part of... View Details
- 31 May 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Organizational Designs and Innovation Streams
- 08 Nov 2024
- HBS Case
What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders
Walt Disney’s time in Paris during the waning days of World War I helped shape him into a visionary entrepreneur who would ultimately build a beloved international brand. Dwight Eisenhower and Robert McNamara discovered the importance of... View Details
- 10 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Learning Curve: Making the Most of Outsourcing
think," says Robert S. Huckman, the Albert J. Weatherhead III Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. "In particular, when this type of work is outsourced it should not be viewed as a mere commodity." Instead, he... View Details
- 13 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Kind of Blue: Pushing Boundaries with Miles Davis
only two short sessions in 1959. At the age of 32, Davis coaxed innovative ideas out of his players—among them greats including John Coltrane and Bill Evans—that took everyone by surprise. He also remade the industry, introducing longer,... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Reunions to Remember
Once again the early days of June brought hundreds of alumni back to Soldiers Field to reconnect with familiar faces, make some new friends, get a close-up view of the newest developments on campus, and catch up on the latest research by... View Details
- 26 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Office of Strategy Management
"Why is there such a persistent gap between ambition and performance?" ask Robert Kaplan and David P. Norton in "The Office of Strategy Management" in the October 2005 Harvard Business Review. "The gap arises, we... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 11 Jul 2016
- HBS Case
Neurodiversity: The Benefits of Recruiting Employees with Cognitive Disabilities
There’s a new frontier in diversity programs focused not on race or gender but on cognitive ability. The growing interest in neurodiversity—hiring people with cognitive disabilities like Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)—is motivated by... View Details
- 31 Mar 2008
- HBS Case
JetBlue’s Valentine’s Day Crisis
all that changed. HBS associate professor Robert Huckman, professor Gary Pisano, and research associate Virginia Fuller tell that story in "JetBlue Airways: Valentine's Day 2007," a case taught in the MBA course Operations... View Details
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The Spread and Adoption of Option Pricing Models - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections
HBS Quick Links HBS Home MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton View... View Details
- 22 Jul 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Banks as Patient Fixed-Income Investors
- 23 Apr 2024
- In Practice
Getting to Net Zero: The Climate Standards and Ecosystem the World Needs Now
With each month clocking record-breaking temperatures across the planet, this Earth Day reflected the renewed urgency of regulators and businesses to find climate-change solutions. The US Securities and Exchange Commission recently adopted new rules that will mandate... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 12 Apr 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Productivity Suffers When Employees Are Allowed to Schedule Their Own Tasks
working paper Discretionary Task Ordering: Queue Management in Radiological Services by María R. Ibáñez, a doctoral candidate at Harvard Business School; Jonathan R. Clark , an assistant professor at the University of Texas at San... View Details