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- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Religion and Business Learn From Each Other?
standpoints—layoffs; cost-cutting to the point where you know you're going to stretch your work force very, very thin; quality tradeoffs that may mean that you're not going to be delivering on what you say, and there may even be a safety... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
speak the same language for the most part. In the social sector we don't have nearly that degree of agreement over what constitutes useful, common metrics, even in subsectors like health care, education, and the environment. At the moment... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 30 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 30
daunting challenge. It takes courage and hard work. Too often, we charge down a path leading to "success" as defined by those around us-and ultimately, are left feeling dissatisfied. Each of us is unique and brings distinctive skills and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017
that influences billions of people globally. Although the health and environmental costs of air pollution are well known, the present research investigates its ethical costs. We propose that air pollution can increase criminal and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Four Ways to Create Lasting Change
Clinics in Minnesota. That effort produced enduring behavioral and cultural changes regarding an issue (medical errors) that has proven very difficult to address for many health care institutions. Moving... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Best Place for Retirement Funds
behavioral finance: How rational are individual investors? It touches on the quality of advice that investors get, and the relationships between investors and their financial advisers. As we potentially shift our Social Security system... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
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
- 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
- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
arrangement and a commitment contract that made the $30 payment conditional on both attending the provider visit and meeting an ART adherence threshold. Third, the passive control arm received routine care and no incentives. Participants:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Build Winning Streaks
is often a function of the quality of all the other people who stand beside them to exercise leadership. At Continental Airlines, Gordon Bethune gave the speeches and appeared in the Rodney Dangerfield "respect" videos, but he... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
for its commitment to improving health care outcomes and lowering costs by reducing treatment variation, made the surprising decision to invest significant resources in an innovative precision medicine unit,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 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
- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
greater, but the average quality will be lower due to the lower expected value of marginal ideas. However, we posit that slack time such as school breaks may be qualitatively different than work time because contiguous blocks may be... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
neighborhoods, poor-quality housing stock, concentrated poverty, and exposure to health hazards in the home. These challenges can be costly and difficult to address. The time is ripe for fresh, authoritative analysis of this important yet... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 May 2016
- First Look
May 10, 2016
developing world. We then discuss how survey techniques can be improved to better measure willingness to pay for urban amenities. Finally, we explain how Internet data is being used to improve the quality of city services. Publisher's... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas, April 18
Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/817064-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 217-021 Bayer AG: Bidding to Win Merck's OTC Business Shortly after submitting their best and final offer to acquire Merck's Consumer View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
by story, the reporting is very thoughtful and careful. At this moment in history when we wring our hands about the future of newspapers, readers who care about the importance and contribution of newspapers should look at the book,... View Details
- 06 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
billion and more than 66,000 employees. With Chambers’s retirement imminent, Cisco’s board of directors must design a detailed succession process that will allow a smooth transfer of power. What type of selection process should the board members use? Which View Details
- 17 May 2011
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First Look: May 17
gain is nearly as large. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-114.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsU.S. Healthcare Reform: Reaction to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 Arthur A. DaemmrichHarvard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne