Graduate Medical Education - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Jan 2021
Op-Ed

How Influencers, Celebrities, and FOMO Can Win Over Vaccine Skeptics

people who share their views. However, getting their compliance is crucial to achieving herd immunity. For that reason, we recommend a two-pronged effort: Educate to reduce uncertainty. First, we recommend employing trusted... View Details

Keywords: by Rohit Deshpandé, Ofer Mintz, and Imran S. Currim

07 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

The Better Way to Forecast the Future

credits the work of the National Hurricane Center, Nate Silver, and others for helping educate the public on how to interpret probability forecasts, but more work is needed to improve visualizations. “Even if you say there’s a 10 percent... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Air Transportation; Transportation

27 Jun 2011
Research & Ideas

Recovering from the Need to Achieve

Woods's decision to change his golf swing, DeLong's daughter Sara's decision to stay in medical school while she fought lymphoma, and managers who struggled alongside him throughout his career. Despite his concerns about opening up,... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

03 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Dealing with the ‘Irrational’ Negotiator

could not do much about it. But ignorance we can fix." This insight is as relevant to negotiators as it is to graduate students. Often, when the other side appears irrational, they are in fact uninformed. If you can help View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra & Max H. Bazerman

26 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers

some of the learnings from that effort. More recently, we've established pilot sites at Presbyterian and South Side Hospitals, both part of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. This work is part of a larger, comprehensive effort... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

06 Oct 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters

medical relief fund for employees diagnosed with COVID-19. To learn more, read What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis Jill J. Avery, senior lecturer of business Administration, C. Roland Christensen Distinguished... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

08 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Building Effective R&D Capabilities Abroad

Kobe-Osaka region—the second-largest regional market in Japan and one that offered educational institutions with high-quality scientists—Lilly would send a signal to the medical community there that the... View Details

Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle

07 Jun 2021
Book

9 Tips from an Expert Fundraiser: Help Donors 'Invest in Their Passion'

Few people enjoy asking for money. Whether you’re selling cookies or seeking a gift to fund medical research, it's rarely easy. “Many people see it as akin to begging,” writes Harvard Business School Professor F. Warren McFarlan in his... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

17 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

What's Behind the Unexpected Trump Support from Women

higher education His stand on workplace deregulation raises concerns about continued protection of women’s (and men’s) human and civil rights A reshaped Supreme Court could roll back protections to the rights of women, including the right... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Morgan Roberts and Robin Ely

06 May 2021
HBS Case

How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups

was the harsh reality facing four women determined to make their mark in the city: Maxeme Tuchman, a Miami-born daughter of Cuban immigrants, 2012 graduate of HBS, and former teacher, was fresh off a White House fellowship in 2016 when... View Details

Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo

21 Aug 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

Companies Love Big Data But Lack the Strategy To Use It Effectively

analyzing that data and designing strategy around it. That’s one reason eight HBS professors pooled resources in June to launch the Competing on Business Analytics and Big Data Executive Education program. “It was unprecedented to engage... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

02 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

A Rare Find in Health Care: A Simple Solution to Racial Inequity

employment, incarceration, educational outcomes, health care. It’s embedded in the fabric of this country.” Those imbalances seemed particularly pronounced in health care. For example, Black people are 20 percent more likely to die from... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

16 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

Adam Smith, Behavioral Economist?

discuss her research and the enduring power of Adam Smith's ideas. Ann Cullen: How did you and your coauthors come to be interested in this lesser known publication of Adam Smith? Nava Ashraf: Several years ago while taking a graduate... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

07 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

consumers; 71 percent of those surveyed promised that brands and companies that placed their profits before people during the crisis would lose their trust forever. How can brands help during a crisis? Educate the public by transforming... View Details

Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman

31 Jul 2019
Research & Ideas

Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training

Every year depression affects one in every five employees and costs American businesses $210 billion in medical bills and lost productivity. In fact, for every worker with a depressive disorder, a company loses an average of 32 productive... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health

06 Jun 2005
What Do You Think?

Is a “Level Playing Field” a Good Thing?

infrastructure. . . ." Yali Wei is more succinct: "The world is becoming flat only to Americans. How it will play out for America is completely up to Americans." In this regard, Nari Kannan offers a suggestion: "College costs need to be subsidized... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

September 2013 (Revised August 2015)
Background Note

Leadership and Teaming

By: Ethan Bernstein

Small differences in the leadership of teams can have large consequences for the success of their efforts. Many initiatives fail not because of a fatal error in judgment or insufficient ideas, knowledge, motivation, or capabilities to deliver a solution. They fail... View Details

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24 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach

director time and detract from other, more strategic, director roles. Also, as regulations mandate more outside directors, many of these directors lack the necessary knowledge about the industry and business, requiring education about and... View Details

Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu

03 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

Forget About Making College Affordable; Make it a Good Investment

more to make the economics of a college education attractive for most students than reducing their student loan burden. Beyond that, the student loan problem is often misunderstood. About 30 percent of those who earn a bachelor’s degree... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Fuller; Education

08 May 2006
Lessons from the Classroom

Writing the Case for Public School Reform

The state of public education in the United States is a perennial hot-button topic, with rhetoric often outpacing any real sense of progress. The Public Education Leadership Project (PELP), a 2003 joint... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education

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