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- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
incentives make a difference in whether global warming and its fallout are contained. A growing number of climate solution startups count on government spending to give their customers purchasing power and a reason to buy. State and local... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 14 Nov 2019
- Book
Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History
most of these minorities fled or were killed. In other words, the country’s entrepreneurial elite were decimated. It proved a lengthy and challenging process over subsequent decades to build a new Muslim national business class employing financial and other View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- January 2021
- Case
Value-Based Insurance Design at Onex
By: Joshua Schwartzstein, Amitabh Chandra and Amram Migdal
The operating executives of Health and Benefits for Onex Partners, Megan Jackson Frye and Sam Camens, faced a challenge: Healthcare costs for employees of Onex’s portfolio companies were continuing to rise above the consumer price index, reflecting broader trends... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Finance; Behavioral Finance; Insurance; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Human Resources; Compensation and Benefits; Markets; Demand and Consumers; Consumer Behavior; Social Psychology; Behavior; Interests; Motivation and Incentives; Perception; Health Industry; Insurance Industry; North America; United States
Schwartzstein, Joshua, Amitabh Chandra, and Amram Migdal. "Value-Based Insurance Design at Onex." Harvard Business School Case 921-023, January 2021.
- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
sophisticated set of financial incentives that are applied to both administrative and clinical staff. The case allows students to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of financial incentives in clinical... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
card networks, the decline of checks, the rise of stored value cards, and the growth of new payment methods such as PayPal, Bill Me Later, and decoupled debit. This case presents the structure of these payment methods, focusing on View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer
are better designed to cope with scalability issues. Incentive schemes that reward users as a function of their contributions help improve sharing, but they introduce other distortions, and the legal risks of sharing limit their efficacy.... View Details
- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
Susanna Gallani, and Tatiana Sandino Abstract—We analyze the effects of a field experiment introducing a values-based 360-degree assessment system at an Indian retailer. The director intended to encourage store managers, rewarded based on high-powered View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
monetary incentive to join the company more quickly than originally planned. The case provides an opportunity to analyze negotiation strategy and the importance of emotional intelligence and effective interpersonal communication during a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017
precision medicines (LPMs) as those that use one or more relevant biomarkers. We then further segment trials based on the nature of the biomarker(s) used and other trial features with economic implications. Given potential changes in the View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 25 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 25
likely to expose their bank to higher risk levels when regulation protects the bank against default. Managerial equity incentives may, therefore, serve as a risk-reduction instrument. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- March 2023 (Revised January 2024)
- Case
Deepa Bachu (A): Design Thinking at Pensaar Design
By: Thomas Graeber, Joshua Schwartzstein and Amram Migdal
In this case, set in June 2019 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Deepa Bachu of Pensaar Design and her team work with client ITC Ltd. to use design thinking and behavioral experiments to improve workplace safety and strive toward the company’s zero-accident goal. The... View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Design; Education; Training; Working Conditions; Business or Company Management; Production; Business Processes; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Outcome or Result; Performance Improvement; Programs; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Groups and Teams; Labor and Management Relations; Rank and Position; Safety; Attitudes; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives; Trust; Well-being; Consulting Industry; Pulp and Paper Industry; Manufacturing Industry; India
Graeber, Thomas, Joshua Schwartzstein, and Amram Migdal. "Deepa Bachu (A): Design Thinking at Pensaar Design." Harvard Business School Case 923-026, March 2023. (Revised January 2024.)
- 17 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 17
bank's shares. This contrasts with outside shareholders who are more likely to expose their bank to higher risk levels when regulation protects the bank against default. Managerial equity incentives may, therefore, serve as a risk... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Oct 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
The New Deal: Negotiauctions
"boilerplate" to the agents' incentives to just lack of creative thinking and willingness to push the boundaries of what's done. One of the goals of the book is to put these kinds of moves on the table for people to consider. Q:... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 30 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
Use the Psychology of Pricing To Keep Customers Returning
that such a manager has little hope of retaining this customer from year to year, there is little incentive to encourage consumption by billing in installments. Instead, he can minimize administrative hassles and maximize revenues by... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Mahoney
- 18 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]
investors—in return for greater payoffs for the founders if their company flourished. Another was fatally flawed because it gave the initial investor little incentive to supply more money, and also discouraged others from stepping forward... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
An Eye to the East
Information and the Arts George Yeo (MBA '85). "We are absolutely delighted and honored that HBS has chosen Hong Kong," said Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong's chief executive, at the inaugural dinner. Fung added, "HBS's choice of Hong Kong gives us View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 22 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients
what “pre-soliciting clients” meant, for example. Do the same when you’re in the role of NewCo. Taking great care in hiring teams and individuals shows people thinking about leaving how seriously you view defections. Discourage lift outs through View Details
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
identified in the education and skill system, labor market incentives and flexibility, the ability to translate R&D outcomes into economic value creation, and in preparing the economy for the new realities of globalization. Maybe most... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 24
instead of participating in negotiated exchange offers. This paper critically examines this claim and argues that the incentives for holdout litigation are limited because of (1) significant constraints on creditor litigation, (2)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 18
change their companies' values, build healthier relationships with investors, revamp incentive systems to create long-term value, and develop stronger succession plans. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne