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competitiveness, strategies for business, creating shared value, and other topics. Recent & Upcoming Events November 16-18, 2022 November 2022 Strategy for Health Care Delivery HBS Campus, Boston, MA... View Details

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02 Apr 2020
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What Are Lessons for Leaders from This Black Swan Crisis?

while direct competitors in the same industry suffered? To what extent did leadership policies and practices account for this? What were the consequences for leaders who were blindsided? In what ways will the pandemic stimulate research... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

08 Feb 2023
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Alumni-Cofounded Company Sells to CVS for $10.6 Billion

Photo via LinkedIn Photo via LinkedIn The Wall Street Journal reported this week that health care giant CVS has agreed to purchase Oak Street Health, a “network of value-based primary View Details

22 Nov 2004
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Side Effects: The Case of Propecia

physician. But there was disagreement with that tactic. The goal should be to create brand awareness with men and get them into a doctor's office. "Seventy to 80 percent of physicians will write a prescription if a drug is requested by name by the patient, unless... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health; Health

01 Mar 2024
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The War Within

Elizabeth Ames (MBA 1985/MPA 1997), whose nonprofit, Heal Ukraine Trauma, is working to provide mental health care services to Ukrainians. Since its launch just three months into the war, the organization... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; illustration by Daniel Bejar

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Beshears Beyond Medical Devices: Filling in the Gaps at HBS Michael Chang Taking Advantage of Boston’s Health Care Ecosystem Martin Grasse Play Fraudulent Billing and Safety Net Hospitals Jonas Heese The... View Details

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HBS - The year in Review

administration, business economics, organizational behavior, and health policy management. During the Class Day ceremony the day prior, graduates, their guests, families, and friends honored five faculty... View Details

13 Jul 2023
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The Network Effect

whose background was in investment banking and health care consulting, wanted to become a health care investor. Both were attracted to the View Details

James I. Cash

Professor Cash received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Texas Christian University; a Master of Science in Computer Science from Purdue University's Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences; and a Doctor of Philosophy in Management Information... View Details

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Henry W. McGee

Henry McGee joined the HBS faculty in 2013 after retiring as President of HBO Home Entertainment, the digital and DVD program distribution division of Home Box Office, the pioneering premium television company. A member of the Entrepreneurial Management Unit,... View Details

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31 Jul 2013
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Learning from Double-Digit Growth Experiences

Keywords: by Eric D. Werker

22 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 22

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/download.aspx?name=13-064.pdf Comparing the Cash Policies of Public and Private Firms By: Farre-Mensa, Joan Abstract—I document that public U.S. firms hold twice as much cash as large privately held firms,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Innovation & Innovative Capacity - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Innovation also holds the key to solving many of the world’s most pressing social challenges such as health care and improving the quality of the physical environment. The institute works with U.S. and... View Details

14 Jul 2008
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HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina

schools are public schools of choice that operate outside the governance and policies of their local school districts. In nearly all states, charter schools must be open to all students, just like traditional public schools. Families... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Education

01 Oct 2021
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Dying to Lead: How Reaching the Top Can Kill You Sooner

A warning to CEOs and other top executives in high-pressure positions: Job stress could shave years off your life, causing you to die younger than lower-level workers, new research suggests. After all, modern CEOs face taxing work schedules. And, lifespan tends to drop... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

18 May 2022
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Are Banks the ‘Bad Guys’? Overdraft Fees Are Crushing Low-Income Customers

consumers’ financial health improves The researchers looked at the link between high-to-low ordering and payday lenders and found a direct relationship between the two. They compiled data from alternative credit bureau Clarity Services,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

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Rebates in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Evidence from Medicines Sold in Retail Pharmacies in the U.S.

By: Pragya Kakani, Michael Chernew and Amitabh Chandra

Rising list prices are often used to illustrate the burden of prescription drug spending, but payers routinely negotiate rebates from manufacturers that generate differences between list and net prices. List prices are easily available and affect patient cost-sharing,... View Details

Keywords: Pharmaceuticals; Rebates; Health Care and Treatment; Markets; Price; Analysis; Pharmaceutical Industry

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Global Goliaths: Multinational Corporations in the 21st Century Economy

By: C. Fritz Foley, James R. Hines Jr. and David Wessel

Globalization and multinational corporations have long seemed partners in the enterprise of economic growth: globalization-led prosperity was the goal, and giant corporations spanning the globe would help achieve it. In recent years, however, the notion that all... View Details

Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Globalization; Economy; Economic Growth; Equality and Inequality; Employment; Policy