Healthcare As An Investment - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Jul 2024
In Practice

The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities

rerouting through intermediary countries, pointing to an increase in imports from China and a corresponding rise in exports to the United States since 2018 in countries like Vietnam and Mexico as evidence.... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Manufacturing; Retail; Fashion; Industrial Products; Consumer Products; Steel; Transportation; Telecommunications

24 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Busting Six Myths About Customer Loyalty Programs

such as hotels, restaurants, and theme parks and (2) "individual shopper targeted" offers, whereby each shopper regularly receives an extensive set of tailor-made coupons predominantly paid for by... View Details

Keywords: by Marcel Corstjens & Rajiv Lal; Retail; Consumer Products

04 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

Don’t Lose Money With Customers

series of articles and HBS Working Papers, he explores the process of how firms in business-to-business markets manage customer relationships. As a frame of reference, Narayandas explains that modern marketing occurs at three distinct... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs

09 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

Warring Algorithms Could Be Driving Up Consumer Prices

that is freely available online—as an input for calculating price changes. In a given industry or category, the most technologically sophisticated company is able to continually undercut its rivals by updating prices more frequently than... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail

29 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Whence IT Value?

During the past few years inventory turns among U.S. manufacturers have climbed steadily, and it appears as if productivity has improved nicely. One explanation for these happy trends is that the massive View Details

Keywords: by Andrew McAfee

16 May 2011
Research & Ideas

What Loyalty? High-End Customers are First to Flee

advisable or even necessary to invest in a response. In other cases, you may as well save your money, according to the researchers. The study also concluded that even though high-end customers can be fickle,... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

10 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Counting Up the Effects of Sarbanes-Oxley

was to improve corporate governance and restore the faith of investors, but many in the business world spoke out against SOX, viewing it as a politically motivated overcorrection that would lead to a loss of risk-taking and... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Accounting; Banking

24 Jul 2014
Op-Ed

Reform Tax Law to Keep US Firms at Home

economic activity away from the US. In fact, the evidence suggests the opposite as firms expand globally, they also expand domestically. Indeed, American welfare can be advanced by ensuring that investments... View Details

Keywords: by Mihir Desai; Pharmaceutical

02 Jul 2001
What Do You Think?

Built to Last or Bought to Sell?

concentrate on operational excellence based on an assumption of continuity rather than on an assumption of discontinuity: creative destruction. Instead of holding up long-term survivors of corporate warfare... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

27 May 2020
Research & Ideas

What South Korea Teaches the World About Fighting COVID

place several unique institutional characteristics such as a universal healthcare system that emphasized preventive care and a systematic government protocol of testing and tracing, developed after the MERS... View Details

Keywords: by Doug J. Chung; Health

28 Feb 2005
Research & Ideas

How to Harness Auction Fever

wins, but because the average bid is probably the best estimate of actual value, the winner will likely have overpaid. The escalation of commitment is a self-justification story. Even if bidders have perfect information regarding the value of View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls; Web Services; Technology

20 Dec 2016
First Look

December 20, 2016

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/117111-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 217-012 Songy 2011: Restructuring to Survive (Or, Surviving to Restructure?) In 2011, Songy Partners, an Atlanta-based real estate developer, was facing... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

13 May 2014
First Look

First Look: May 13

of professional goals can impinge on an individual's moral purity-a psychological state that results from viewing the self as clean from a moral standpoint-and make an... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide

customer satisfaction and sales growth. Q: What typical errors do you see retailers make assessing and investing in new technologies? How can retailers overcome these errors? A: Retailers make several errors concerning new technologies,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Retail; Auto

20 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

Moving from Supply Chains to Supply Networks

as well. But we want to point out that the program is not intended for all managers in the information technology and investment arenas. Rather, it is only for those who specialize or deal in supply chain... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

04 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Should You Outsource Your Marketing?

turning to marketing partners. Harvard Business School professors Gail J. McGovern and John Quelch documented the trend in an article in the March issue of Harvard Business Review. One reason behind the move? While company marketing... View Details

Keywords: by Poping Lin

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

SEC Commissioner Sees “Healing and Reform”

out of scandal," he said. Just as happened in the early '30s, the current corporate scandal was caused in large part by a lack of gatekeepers, Goldschmid added. "[The business community] in recent years was dependent on... View Details

Keywords: by Catherine Walsh

29 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation

answers, which may change with the passage of time. What was an opportunity in 1975 or 1980 is probably no longer an opportunity today. At the same time, the questions that lead one to identify View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

12 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

Creating Value Across Borders

on the shaky side. That difference is a critical concern in Eastern Europe and Africa. On an optimistic note, I think that entrepreneurship is going to be the most important economic driver in a lot of countries. The U.S. will continue to... View Details