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- 25 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 25, 2016
and a private hospital leader in Singapore and Malaysia. By providing perspectives on both Acıbadem and IHH-Parkway-Pantai's operational models, growth aspirations, collaboration and synergies, as well as cultural and operational... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 13
patients coming from all over Germany and from other countries. However, German private insurers were cutting reimbursement for prostate cancer by 15% and denying extra payment for some new procedures, while... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer
supposed to be kept separate and preferably distant. And many agree with Milton Friedman who famously said that the purpose of business is to maximize returns to shareholders and compete to satisfy consumer desires in the marketplace. Government—not business—is... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
percent of the population has credit cards. Go-Jek drivers offered their customers rain gear and surgical masks as protection against the streets’ noxious fumes. And all Go-Jek drivers received road safety training; gone were the white-knuckled rides through red... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Opening the Door
capital in the world. It's time we had some kind of a health-care/SEC equivalent. There are some encouraging trends in the private sector. For example, Sears Holdings Corporation and Darden Restaurants are now giving employees cash... View Details
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
associated with billing and insurance activities at a large academic health care center that had a certified EHR system. The center enjoyed economies of scale by concentrating its bill paying functions within a single, dedicated unit. The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Oral Histories | Baker Library
did, when I finished the MBA, interview in insurance companies and other kinds of companies that were in the Hartford area. Career I loved mentoring people, training people. I set up little programs for individual assistant buyers and I... View Details
- 02 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 2
due to partial family ownership and a consolidating market for industrial gases. Aiming to make Messer Griesheim a more attractive potential acquisition, Messer Griesheim management had drawn up a restructuring plan as early as 2000. By late 2003 the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
1.11 Leaves of Absence | MBA
should consult the Harvard International Office concerning their status. The date a student goes on leave will affect the student's enrollment in the Harvard Student Health Insurance Plan (HUSHP), if applicable. For details, review the... View Details
- 18 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Short Intensive Program (SIP): Climate Adaptation
takeaways from this SIP was how complex the solutions to climate change are and visibility into the main challenges business leaders face when developing resolutions to the most complex problem of the 21st century. The solutions will require public and View Details
- 14 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 14
and suggests that corporate diversification can serve an important insurance function for investors. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-101.pdf The Psychological Costs of Pay-for-Performance: Implications for Strategic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Oct 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
The New Deal: Negotiauctions
students was given four assets to sell to classmates, and I constrained the deal process so that they would have to either auction or negotiate. But despite my efforts to keep the two mechanisms pure, auctions regularly devolved into View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 30 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
Use the Psychology of Pricing To Keep Customers Returning
big bucks in the minds of most consumers. We see similar efforts by magazines that advertise their low per-issue prices or insurance companies that break the cost of their premiums down to a low, per-day cost. All these efforts are... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Mahoney
- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
decided to triple what it charged Chewy to fulfill each order. What should Chewy do? Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/818105-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 318-055 Omar Simmons: Franchising and Private... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
average, use unverifiable discretion to convey private information on future cash flows; in contrast, agency theory predicts managers, on average, use unverifiable discretion opportunistically. We test these alternative hypotheses using a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 14
employees and the aspects of the work environment that can exacerbate the issues. It also looks at the costs, both to individuals and to companies, of treating or not treating mental health conditions and outlines the legal framework, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
idea for her store four years ago while accompanying her father-in-law on shopping trips for medical equipment. "We're one of four superstores in the country that allows people to 'road test' items such as wheelchairs and walkers before buying them," she says. View Details
- 19 Aug 2021
- News
A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues
am asking whites to make deposits up to $250,000 in Black-owned banks. At that level, it is completely insured by the federal government, so there's no risk. The reason is because Black-owned banks send money to the Black community. What... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
bridge and an express railway link to the central business district, represent a $20.1-billion investment. Two-thirds of the funds are coming from government, Lam noted, while the remainder is being sourced from the private sector. Philip... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
remain attractive to doctors, insurance providers, and individual patients? Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/517065-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 906-408 Brazil Sugar and the WTO: Agricultural Reform in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne