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18 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

How Disruptive Innovation Changes Education

our schools." The ability of these lenses to shed new light on complicated problems has been proven in contexts ranging from national defense to semiconductors; from health care to retailing; and from automobiles to financial... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

19 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?

Policy,” in which University of Michigan Professor Andrew J. Hoffman wrote, “One of the reasons (among many) that the public discourse on critical scientific issues of our day has become so confused is that too many academics, according... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

2023
Article

Building the Business Case for an Inclusive Approach to Digital Health Measurement with a Web App (Market Opportunity Calculator): Instrument Development Study

By: Mitchell Tang, Yashoda Sharma, Jennifer C. Goldsack and Ariel Dora Stern

Background: The use of digital health measurement tools has grown substantially in recent years. However, there are concerns that the promised benefits from these products will not be shared equitably. Underserved populations, such as those with lower education and... View Details

Keywords: Demographics; Product Development; Health Care and Treatment; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

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28 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'

to be processed more slowly, leading to longer stays in the bankruptcy “hospital.” Not only would professional fees go up (especially burdensome for smaller businesses), but process delays would force companies to wait longer to obtain new financing or sell off assets,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Banking

10 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

air.” Two critical questions, posed by Hernan Saenz and Dunigan O’Keeffe of Bain and Company, can help organizational leaders frame their thoughts about how to survive in the present and position their companies to thrive in the... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden

17 Dec 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

‘Ted Levitt Changed My Life’

bored," wrote Robert Sullivan (HBS MBA '61). "Levitt made me a convert. He taught that marketing is the guts of any business, that it's critical to understanding the connection between sales, manufacturing, finance, human... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education; Retail

13 Sep 2010
Research & Ideas

The Consumer Appeal of Underdog Branding

large corporations, such as Apple and Google, are careful to retain their underdog roots in their brand biographies." A forthcoming article coauthored by Keinan for the Journal of Consumer Research, "The Underdog Effect: The... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

14 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World

in February, which helped it operate in the critical weeks of March with limited problems. Third, by continuously and effectively sharing the learnings emerging from the Chinese subsidiary when the knowledge on the new virus was very... View Details

Keywords: by Raffaella Sadun, Andrea Bertoni, Alexia Delfino, Giovanni Fassio, and Mariapaola Testa

13 Apr 2021
Book

How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations

critical dimensions to organizations that want to work toward parity, not for cosmetic reasons, but to improve performance and value: Attraction and recruitment. Actively seek candidates outside managers’ networks, and assess the language... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

15 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Remembering Alfred Chandler

There are very few scholars who can legitimately say that they founded a discipline. Al Chandler is one of them. Prior to Chandler, business history tended to be the study of individual businesses or entrepreneurs with little theoretical importance. To paraphrase one... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

04 Jun 2018
What Do You Think?

Are There Conditions Under Which Directors Should Consider Hiring a CEO Fired Elsewhere for Inappropriate Behavior?

found in our own organizations, it gives us pause not only to be especially careful in the CEO hiring decision but also to give serious thought to how or whether such a hire might be introduced successfully to the organization. #METOO... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

31 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Bypass Marketing: Are Docs Influenced?

Until the close of the last decade, health consumers received much of their knowledge and advice about prescription drugs from their physicians or other health care professionals. Today, pharmaceutical companies are spending several... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

17 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

Many Small-Business Employees May Be Close to Losing Health Insurance

overwhelmingly reported they would pay wages first, but health care premiums were the second-most critical bill overall, and clearly ahead of rent,” the researchers write. “As one respondent put it,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health

19 Jan 2022
In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

As 2022 gets underway we asked our faculty to highlight some trends worth watching in the coming year. Ariel Stern: A new future for digital health care While 2020 and 2021 were years of rapid innovation and deployment of new health View Details

Keywords: by HBS News

22 Dec 2016
Op-Ed

The Small Business Administration is a Model for How to Drive Economic Growth

to American innovation and growth. Small businesses are actually the foundation for economic growth and, with that, critical to policy that purports to care about the average American. In fact, if we... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills

20 Jun 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 20

School Case 317-103 PharmAccess and the M-TIBA Platform: Leveraging Digital Technology in the Developing World PharmAccess is an Amsterdam-based NGO working to support the development of the private health care market in Africa. This work... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Historical Perspective: Levitt Shaped the Debate

Harvard Business School professors Richard S. Tedlow and Rawi Abdelal, who provided a historical perspective on Levitt's work at the Globalization of Markets colloquium held May 28-30. The twentieth-year anniversary of the article has given many View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

08 May 2020
In Practice

Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On

your non-tangible assets to show appreciation, which might be as mundane as providing staff with recreational opportunities to relieve stress. Showing that you care can sometimes make a critical difference... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

09 Oct 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 9, 2018

tight labor market, it is critical to understand how to effectively reward employees. To address this question, we review relevant evidence that explains the importance of workplace rewards and recognition. Based on a review and synthesis... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

26 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

A Better Way to Negotiate: Backward

be its strongest regional ally. Yet because Israel's formal membership might have kept numerous Arab states from joining the coalition, the U.S. government pointedly excluded the Israelis, starting negotiations elsewhere. Careful... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius

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