Physician Payment Incentives - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2023
News

Clearing the Air

from the atmosphere annually. The revised Section 45Q substantially increases subsidies for direct-air capture (DAC), which removes carbon dioxide already in the atmosphere, and makes the incentives available to smaller companies—changes... View Details

Keywords: April White and Dan Morrell; Illustrations by Richard Borge

05 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

Risky Business? Protecting Foreign Investments

investors; they evolved toward more friendly approaches. Many countries created new incentives for investors and built investment promotion agencies to attract new companies. The causes were several: Better educated and more experienced... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy; Utilities

24 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 24

clause in Argentinian sovereign debt instruments have generated considerable controversy. Some official-sector participants and academic articles have suggested that the rulings will disrupt or impede future sovereign debt restructurings by encouraging holdout... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2018
News

Up by the Roots

revolutionizing everything from online payments and wealth management to cybersecurity and insurance through digital technologies as diverse as blockchain and artificial intelligence. Despite being the world’s financial capital and home... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Dan Page

31 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

Why Competition May Not Improve Credit Rating Agencies

are agencies' revenue models and their incentives to produce credible and accurate ratings? And what fault lines do you see in this process? A: Three different revenue models have been tried or proposed for ratings firms. Currently,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

04 Oct 2016
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October 4, 2016

purchasing Treasuries did not have such differential effects. We find that the Fed's purchase of MBS (rather than exclusively Treasuries) during QE1 resulted in an additional $600 billion of refinancing, substantially reduced interest View Details

21 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 21

negotiation scholars—can be taught to physicians in a one-hour lecture. We found evidence that even this minimal intervention can decrease overtreatment of patients with low-risk prostate cancer. Our novel approach offers a framework to... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Feb 1997
News

Doing It Your Way

diverse product lines in health care, computers, printers, and scientific instruments, he notes, because it has established autonomous divisions around the globe with clear performance targets and incentives to grow. Other innovative... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso (profiles by Linda Goodspeed, Elaine Gottlieb, Nancy O. Perry, and Judith A. Ross)

06 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 6, 2007

the (A) case by revisiting the hospital to find out what happened as a result of the ambitious change program launched over eight years earlier. It elaborates the ways in which Children's COO Julie Morath seeks to continue to improve hospital operations by involving... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel

securities. "In 2004 and 2005 as these subprime loans started to emerge, it really wasn't a particular problem because of the lag effect, because people who couldn't pay off these mortgages with toxic terms and exploding payment... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

18 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 18

case:http://hbr.org/search/813020-PDF-ENG The Role of the Government in the Early Development of American Venture Capital Lerner, Josh, and Tom NicholasHarvard Business School Note 813-096 Whether the government or markets, or a mixture of both, can provide efficient... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

12 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

collection and privacy. Finally, we discuss emerging challenges surrounding software-driven medical devices, including open regulatory questions, advancements in underlying digital technology, and the likely necessity of new payment and... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

23 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard

organization's frontlines and back offices. This new partnership with employees is reinforced with personal and team objectives linked to unit and corporate achievement, and, typically, with a new incentive plan that enables all employees... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton

23 Dec 2008
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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 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 19, 2007

paper on studying the circumstances under which alignment will or will not happen. Using game theory, we find that, although misaligned economic incentives can play a role in explaining misalignment of planning behaviors, there is another... View Details