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21 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research

Schedule each day. Many parents are caring for their children and guiding their remote learning while trying to do their own jobs—and feeling like they’re failing on all fronts. Eventually, thoughts about unfinished work tasks encroach on... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost

17 Jul 2012
First Look

First Look: July 17

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-060.pdf Investment Incentives in Proprietary and Open-Source Two-Sided Platforms Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Gastón Llanes Abstract We study incentives to invest in platform quality in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 9, 2008

roles that various constituencies played in the development process. Purchase the case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207027 Note on Accountability in the U.S. Health View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

March 2014
Teaching Note

Uptake of Rapid Diagnostic Tests: A Development Challenge

By: Nava Ashraf, Andrew Boozary and Kristin Johnson

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Health Pandemics; Technology; Health Care and Treatment; Policy; Behavior; Prejudice and Bias; Zambia

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05 Jul 2006
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First Look: July 5, 2006

MaterialsAncora: A Private University in the Health Care of the Poor 306-088 Project Ancora signals the entry of the private sector into primary healthcare for Chile's poor. On a commercial basis, it seeks... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization

War I, the management of political risk became a central concern for firms operating internationally. These risks were on many levels, from expropriation to exchange controls and other economic policies. The issue is explored in multiple chapters, but the chapter on... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics; Manufacturing; Consumer Products; Pharmaceutical

28 Aug 2017
Research & Ideas

Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?

example here. More business leaders in the health care sector recognize that industry actors that engage in egregious pricing of drugs bring all kinds of problems to the whole industry. Silverthorne: You... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Manufacturing; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Mining

27 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2015

US Health Care? (18,291) Jim Heskett asks, are we addressing health care cost issues with the creativity they deserve? What do YOU think? How Should Pay Be Linked to... View Details

24 Jul 2013
Op-Ed

Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In

city employees are legally protected by many state constitutions. The key constraint in changing health care obligations, however, is usually political, especially pressure from public employee unions. If... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber, Robert C. Pozen, Eric D. Werker & Benjamin Kennedy; Auto

28 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Helping Yelp Create More Accurate Reviews

elite reviewer more likely to post a positive review, too—or a negative one. Of course, some reviewers care more about their reputation on Yelp than others; while others may prefer to never deviate from their prior reviews. How product... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Food & Beverage

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

Leemore S., Igal Hendel, Victoria Marone, and Christopher Ody Abstract—Anecdotal reports and systematic research highlight the prevalence of narrow-network plans on the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Jan 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 23, 2018

consequence of actual leverage than it is of risk premiums. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53733 2017 India as a Pioneer of Innovation The Private Provision of Missing Public Goods: Evidence from Narayana View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 May 2012
Research & Ideas

A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy

treating its employees well. The company provides staffers with free education services to complete high school and supplementary medical care to cover gaps in government health plans. These efforts have... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

11 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

Economic Jitters Push Pandemic Job Seekers to Big Companies, Not Startups

School, who coauthored the study. “[It] means not only that the pool of potential human capital for startup companies began declining when COVID started, but also that the quality of the pool has deteriorated,” he says. “The incumbent... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

13 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

Six Steps for Reinvigorating America

part of that-healthcare, quality of life services such as environmental technologies, and education. The white coat is a symbol for both health professionals and people working in laboratories to discover... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

23 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Are Great Teams Less Productive?

to help organizations better access, integrate, and leverage the talents and insights of their employees. An earlier career as an organizational change consultant led me to realize how many thoughtful, caring individuals were stymied in... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

23 Feb 2021
Research & Ideas

COVID-19 Shines New Light on Working Conditions in Supply Chains

more than 20 years, the devastation in meatpacking is just one example of how lax regulation can make a grave situation deadly. The lack of safety guidance from the US Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) nearly a year... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Apparel & Accessories

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy

and prosperous than others. And the third, which arose from the second, examines how you can take competitive thinking and apply it to social problems such as the environment, inner cities, and health care. Most of my readers have tended... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter

02 Dec 2019
What Do You Think?

How Does a Company like Boeing Respond to Intense Competitive Pressure?

So you really watched your step and were careful about what you said.” Can’t you just imagine it? Headquarters vs. the engineers, engineering vs. manufacturing, manufacturing vs. sales, etc. leading to Boeing vs. customers and the public.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Air Transportation

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Use of Crowd Innovation to Develop an Artificial Intelligence-Based Solution for Radiation Therapy Targeting

By: Raymond H. Mak, Michael G. Endres, Jin Hyun Paik, Rinat A. Sergeev, Hugo Aerts, Christopher L. Williams, Karim R. Lakhani and Eva C. Guinan

Importance: Radiation therapy (RT) is a critical cancer treatment, but the existing radiation oncologist work force does not meet growing global demand. One key physician task in RT planning involves tumor segmentation for targeting, which requires substantial... View Details

Keywords: Crowdsourcing; AI Algorithms; Health Care and Treatment; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; AI and Machine Learning

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