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  • 29 Jan 2008
  • First Look

First Look: January 29, 2008

responsibilities; and address matters of size, scale, and complexity while maintaining the qualities that make professional services firms unique. A valuable new resource, this book redefines the role of leadership in professional... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 29

http://hbr.org/search/214005-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 114-009 Contempo Technologies, Inc. and Betty Sievers: A Clash of Interests in an Uncertain Time In an era of rapidly evolving systems of health View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 20, 2008

influenced by personal biases? In situations requiring careful judgment, we're all influenced by our own biases to some extent. But, with Judgment in Managerial Decision Making, you can learn how to overcome those biases to make better... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 31 May 2011
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First Look: May 31

increase in experience, consistent with learning on the job. Answerers who focus on particular question categories provide answers of higher quality but earn lower pay per hour (perhaps reflecting a lack of versatility). Answers provided... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 14, 2009

Ubel Publication: Health Psychology 27, no. 6 (November 2008): 669-675 Abstract Objective: The authors addressed a lingering concern in research on hedonic adaptation to adverse circumstances. This research typically relies on self-report... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Jul 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Don’t Get Buried in Customer Data—Use It

launched, but it may take a while before the change shows up on the annual relationship survey. "You need both the aggregate and the transactional information," says Cunningham. "The survey data tells you about the overall View Details
Keywords: by Jean Ayers
  • 03 Mar 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Marketing Your Way Through a Recession

generous return policies motivate distributors to stock your full product line. This is particularly true with unproven new products. Be careful about expanding distribution to lower-priced channels; doing so can jeopardize existing... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
  • 21 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 21, 2008

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=608168 HealthAllies (A) Harvard Business School Case 302-019 This case describes a "do good and do well" firm that enables individuals to buy health View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 20

practices in over 1,800 schools educating 15-year-olds in eight countries. Overall, we show that higher management quality is strongly associated with better educational outcomes. The UK, Sweden, Canada, and the U.S. obtain the highest... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 12, 2007

but all share a belief in the importance of understanding change over time. Publisher's site: http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Business/History/ The Effect of Macro Information Environment Change on the Quality of Management... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 2025
  • Working Paper

Ultrasound Imaging--Cheap, Versatile, and Safe: Case Histories of Transformational Advances

By: Amar Bhidé, Srikant M. Datar and Katherine Stebbins
This case history describes how efforts on multiple fronts, including advocacy, training, and technological development, made ultrasound the second most commonly used diagnostic imaging technology (after X-rays). Specifically, we chronicle 1) ultrasound’s development... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Technological Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Technology Adoption; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Invention; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
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  • 10 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018

Bangladesh, Africa, and Chile, benefiting the public as well as their own enterprises. He then describes how an Indian health care organization is tackling institutional voids as it expands into medical... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 12 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 12, 2006

pharmaceutical companies, government regulators—can play a role in righting the industry. The payoff? Valuable improvements in health care and a shinier future for human well-being. Pre-order this book:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Feb 2012
  • Op-Ed

Occupy Wall Street Protestors Have a Point

capital and an end to predatory lending practices? Organizations lament sky-rocketing health care costs, but why is there such a limited effort to organize preventative care? Cutting Medicare will not stop... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower, Herman B. Leonard & Lynn S. Paine
  • 22 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 22

Finance and Mathematics Courses By: Cole, Shawn, Anna Paulson, and Gauri Kartini Shastry Abstract—Financial literacy and cognitive capabilities are convincingly linked to the quality of financial decision-making. Yet, there is little... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 6

spillovers. We conduct a field experiment in which agents recruited by a public health organization to sell condoms are randomly allocated to four groups. Agents in the control group are hired as volunteers, whereas agents in the three... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Aug 2006
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First Look: August 22, 2006

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-011.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsCutlass Capital, L.P. Harvard Business School Case 805-075 David Hetz and Jon Osgood are forming a new venture capital fund in 2001 to invest in health View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 18

they merely added a new layer of legal obligations for governance without improving the quality of people serving on the boards or changing their behavioral dynamics. The author—formerly the president or chairman of two global financial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • September 1995
  • Case

Ares-Serono

By: Michael Y. Yoshino, Jean-Pierre Jeannet and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Ares Serono, a medium-size Swiss pharmaceutical company, is the global leader in the field of fertility drugs. The company has successfully transformed into one of the very few biotech firms in Europe. The case treats a set of major strategic and organizational... View Details
Keywords: Geographic Location; Globalized Firms and Management; Asset Management; Balance and Stability; Expansion; Digital Platforms; Leadership Development; Health Care and Treatment; Transformation; Family Business; Problems and Challenges; Pharmaceutical Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Switzerland; Europe
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  • 05 Jul 2011
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First Look: July 5

taking considerable initiative to deliver the highest quality personalized service in the hospitality industry. The case also highlights Aman's strategy and operations which differ in many ways from industry standards. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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