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Growth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment: Is All FDI Equal? (joint with Andrew Charlton)
By: Laura Alfaro
In this paper we distinguish different qualities of FDI to re-examine the relationship between FDI and growth. Establishing the quality of FDI, however, is a difficult concept. Quality, that is the effect of a unit of FDI on economic growth, is a combination and... View Details
- January 2023
- Case
Identifying Quality Stocks using Quantitative Screens
By: Charles CY Wang and Johnson Elugbadebo
- 2007
- Working Paper
Dynamics of Platform Competition: Exploring the Role of Installed Base, Platform Quality and Consumer Expectations
By: Feng Zhu and Marco Iansiti
This paper seeks to answer three questions. First, which drives the success of a platform, installed base, platform quality or consumer expectations? Second, when does a monopoly emerge in a platform-based market? Finally, when is a platform-based market socially... View Details
Keywords: Price; Network Effects; Digital Platforms; Monopoly; Quality; Competitive Advantage; Digital Platforms
Zhu, Feng, and Marco Iansiti. "Dynamics of Platform Competition: Exploring the Role of Installed Base, Platform Quality and Consumer Expectations." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-031, November 2007.
- 18 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
New Hires Lose Psychological Safety After Year One. How to Fix It.
“Delivering patient care is one of those situations where timely speaking up can be a matter of life and death, or frequently a matter of high- or low-quality care.” “Psychological safety describes a belief... View Details
- October 2014 (Revised September 2017)
- Case
The National Football League and Brain Injuries
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Matthew G. Preble
The National Football League (NFL) was both the most popular spectator sport in the U.S. and a major economic entity, taking in roughly $10 billion a year in revenue. However through the early twenty-first century, an increased understanding of the long-term effects of... View Details
Keywords: Employee Safety; Safety; Employees; Sports; Health; Ethics; Sports Industry; United States
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Matthew G. Preble. "The National Football League and Brain Injuries." Harvard Business School Case 815-071, October 2014. (Revised September 2017.)
- 30 Apr 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Earnings Quality and Ownership Structure: The Role of Private Equity Sponsors
- 10 Feb 2014
- News
Stressing Safety In South Africa's Platinum Mines
- July 1986
- Background Note
Quality Problems, Policies and Attitudes in the U.S. and Japan: An Exploratory Study
By: Janice A. Klein and David A. Garvin
Klein, Janice A., and David A. Garvin. "Quality Problems, Policies and Attitudes in the U.S. and Japan: An Exploratory Study." Harvard Business School Background Note 687-003, July 1986.
- March 1991
- Article
The Role of Audits and Audit Quality in Valuing New Issues
By: S. Datar, G. A. Feltham and J. S. Hughes
Datar, S., G. A. Feltham, and J. S. Hughes. "The Role of Audits and Audit Quality in Valuing New Issues." Journal of Accounting & Economics 14, no. 1 (March 1991): 3–49.
- March 2018
- Supplement
Sandra Brown Goes Digital (C): Raising Quality in a Healthcare Company
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jonathan Cohen
Using digital and social media tools and lessons learned from prior change campaigns as a middle manager in a large biotech company, Sandra Brown continued in a new role in the quality division, engaging staff in a quality movement at the company. She had found a new... View Details
Keywords: Digital; Grassroots Movement; Managing Change; Career Path; Stakeholder Engagement; Engagement; Health Care Industry; Quality; Leading Change; Performance Improvement; Personal Development and Career; Social Media; Health Industry
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Jonathan Cohen. "Sandra Brown Goes Digital (C): Raising Quality in a Healthcare Company." Harvard Business School Supplement 318-084, March 2018.
- March 2010
- Article
Leading in Crisis: Lessons for Safety Leaders
By: William George and Charles R. Denham, MD
Keywords: Leadership
George, William, and Charles R. Denham, MD. "Leading in Crisis: Lessons for Safety Leaders." Journal of Patient Safety 6, no. 1 (March 2010): 24–30.
- Article
Linking Organizational Context and Managerial Action: The Dimensions of Quality Management
By: S. Ghoshal and C. A. Bartlett
Ghoshal, S., and C. A. Bartlett. "Linking Organizational Context and Managerial Action: The Dimensions of Quality Management." Strategic Management Journal 15 (Summer 1994).
- Article
National Trends in the Safety Performance of Electronic Health Record Systems From 2009 to 2018
By: David Classen, A Jay Holmgren, Zoe Co, Lisa Newmark, Diane Seger, Melissa Danforth and David Bates
Importance Despite the broad adoption of electronic health record (EHR) systems across the continuum of care, safety problems persist.
Objective To measure the safety performance of operational EHRs in hospitals across the country during a 10-year period.
Design,... View Details
Keywords: Electronic Health Record Systems; Health Care and Treatment; Information Technology; Performance; Safety; Measurement and Metrics; United States
Classen, David, A Jay Holmgren, Zoe Co, Lisa Newmark, Diane Seger, Melissa Danforth, and David Bates. "National Trends in the Safety Performance of Electronic Health Record Systems From 2009 to 2018." JAMA Network Open 3, no. 5 (May 2020).
- July 2023
- Article
Impacts of Electricity Quality Improvements: Experimental Evidence on Infrastructure Investments
By: Robyn C. Meeks, Arstan Omuraliev, Ruslan Isaev and Zhenxuan Wang
Hundreds of millions of households depend on electricity grid connections providing low quality and unreliable services. Understanding the impacts of and consumer response to electricity quality improvements is important for development and the environment. We... View Details
Meeks, Robyn C., Arstan Omuraliev, Ruslan Isaev, and Zhenxuan Wang. "Impacts of Electricity Quality Improvements: Experimental Evidence on Infrastructure Investments." Art. 102838. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 120 (July 2023).
- October 1992 (Revised December 1993)
- Case
ServiceMaster Co.: The Quality Services Network
By: James L. Heskett and Roger H. Hallowell
Keywords: Service Industry
Heskett, James L., and Roger H. Hallowell. "ServiceMaster Co.: The Quality Services Network." Harvard Business School Case 693-042, October 1992. (Revised December 1993.)
- Article
The Discriminating Consumer: Product Proliferation and Willingness to Pay for Quality
By: Marco Bertini, Luc Wathieu and Sheena Iyengar
Bertini, Marco, Luc Wathieu, and Sheena Iyengar. "The Discriminating Consumer: Product Proliferation and Willingness to Pay for Quality." Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) 49, no. 1 (February 2012): 39–49.
- 21 Dec 2018
- News
How To Build Work Cultures Of Psychological Safety Rather Than Fear
- 22 Oct 2014
- News
Using technology to find quality care
Care.com founder and CEO Sheila Lirio Marcelo (MBA 1998) is the driving force behind a technology platform that helps families find solutions to their caregiver needs. (Published October 2014) View Details
- 03 Jul 2024
- News