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- 13 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Diagnosing the Public Health Care Alternative
As health insurance reform is hotly debated in Washington, DC, what strategies should be central for the benefit of patients' health? HBS faculty with expertise in business administration, economic development, and operations strategy... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
Long remembers eating lots of pumpkin — the only food readily available. The early engines of growth were holdovers from the Maoist era: township and village enterprises (TVEs) rooted in China’s vast rural regions, and state-owned enterprises (SOEs). The TVEs were... View Details
- 04 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 4, 2008
Working PapersBarriers to Acting in Time on Energy and Strategies for Overcoming Them Author:Max H. Bazerman No abstract is available at this time. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-063.pdf Fear of Rejection? Tiered Certification and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
The Business of Love
That’s when David Dewan (MBA 1969) launched Contact Incorporated, in fierce competition with another Harvard startup, Operation Match. Both companies sold questionnaires to students—$3 for Operation Match;... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
regional law firm, Duane Morris entered a period of spectacular growth led by CEO Sheldon Bonovitz. Originally founded by Quakers, the firm had a distinct organizational culture featuring a number of unique or unusual business practices: a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms
regulated and transparent markets and institutions and into the lightly regulated or unregulated shadow markets encompassing mortgage brokers, hedge funds, private-equity funds, off-balance sheet structured-investment vehicles, and a... View Details
- 15 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 15
changing environment with the growing acceptance of online retailing that empowered customers by providing greater price transparency and more options. Marketing channels and communication touch points continued to shift. Home Depot's... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 9, 2010
each branch of the armed services must make. Army and Marine Corps officers operate in an inherently uncertain environment. They define the mission but then give subordinates the flexibility to adjust to realities on the ground. This... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
instead for consumer attention. We model and characterize how households allocate their scarce attention in arguably the largest market for attention: the Internet. Our characterization of household attention allocation operates along... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
its open society and “messy,” yet functioning, market-based democracy as a more conducive environment for long-term development. Its Western-style legal system and transparent financial systems encourage a chaotic, bottom-up approach to... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 06 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 6, 2016
control this risk, the authors write, but you can and should plan for it. They offer three steps to help you survive a corporate scandal. 1. Be forthright. Transparency and full disclosure are key to overcoming the stigma. Executive... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 29 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial
destruction were sown during Ralph Burger's tenure, but he was not around at harvesttime. What if it had been Bofinger rather than Burger? Perhaps it would not have made much difference. Bofinger had a lot of operating experience that... View Details
- 08 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 8
market expertise and focus his business expansion in developing countries? If so, where should he concentrate his efforts—India, Brazil, China, or other countries? Or should he instead focus on expanding into developed markets through View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 22
Greenwashing By: Marquis, Christopher, and Michael W. Toffel Abstract—Under increased pressure to report environmental impacts, some firms selectively disclose relatively benign impacts, creating an impression of transparency while... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
Umeda visits. Sato-san’s right lung has failed; morphine helps ease the pain, but it’s hard not to worry as the weekend nears. The clinic is always a phone call away, Dr. Umeda reassures them. Matsubara is one of eight clinics operated by... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
(EV) reporting by firms with life insurance operations to assess the impact of unregulated financial reporting on transparency and to examine the institutional characteristics that promote unregulated... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54490 May–June 2018 Harvard Business Review Structure That's Not Stifling: How to Give Your People Essential Direction—Without Shutting Them Down By: Gulati, Ranjay Abstract—Most leaders view employee... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 9, 2018
patient identification, enrollment, billing, and payment. Patients were prospectively identified and enrolled, and bundled payments were made at treatment start. Operational metrics tracked incremental effort for pilot processes and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 23, 2007
board accountability through greater transparency in decision making, more representative vote allocation, or better parliamentary scrutiny. In other words, although civil society efforts have led to some gains in accountability with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 26, 2008
of the first studies to assess these ratings, we examine how well the most widely used ratings—those of Kinder, Lydenberg, Domini Research & Analytics (KLD)—provide transparency about past and likely future environmental performance.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace