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  • April 2014
  • Article

Awards Unbundled: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment

By: Nava Ashraf, Oriana Bandiera and Scott S. Lee
Organizations often use non-monetary awards to incentivize performance. Awards may affect behavior through several mechanisms: by conferring employer recognition, by enhancing social visibility, and by facilitating social comparison. In a nationwide health worker... View Details
Keywords: Social Comparison; Awards; Optimal Expectactions; Zambia; Status and Position; Performance Expectations; Motivation and Incentives; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; Zambia
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  • September 1998 (Revised June 1999)
  • Case

Discovery Health (A)

A South African health insurance company undertakes a redesign of its prescription drug coverage policy in light of its experiences with Prozac. View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Service Delivery; Insurance; Health Care and Treatment; Insurance Industry; South Africa
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  • 01 Sep 2012
  • News

A Silent Workplace Crisis

Benvenuti Photo courtesy Janet Simpson Benvenuti Although I didn’t realize it until much later, my life changed the day I agreed to become legally responsible for my 78-year-old father and my 77-year-old mother, who suffered from lung View Details
Keywords: Janet Simpson Benvenuti; caregiving; aging; Nursing and Residential Care Facilities; Nursing and Residential Care Facilities
  • 02 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 2

the site had no strategy for monetizing the traffic. The case allows students to examine potential monetization strategies for Twitter. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/710455-PDF-ENG Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Sep 2008
  • News

Mara Aspinall

1,500-person division is a leader in the emerging field of personalized medicine, which treats cancer and other diseases with customized therapies that take into account the patient’s specific genetic... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services
  • 03 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 3

the work doesn't need to involve curing cancer in order to be meaningful. It simply must matter to the person doing it. The actions that set in motion the positive feedback... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Dec 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 11

Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/713022-PDF-ENG Integrated Reporting in South Africa Eccles, Robert G., George Serafeim, and Pippa ArmbresterHarvard Business School Case 413-038 This case presents a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 1

914-014 Ford Asia Pacific & Africa: The E-coating Facility Decision in Gujarat, India (A) In April 2013, Ford Asia Pacific & Africa (FAPA) was examining its options for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

AllWorld Network - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Delivery Project The Institute for Cancer Care Innovation MOC Network ICIC U.S. Cluster Mapping Project U.S. Competitiveness Project FSG Shared Value Initiative Social Progress Imperative AllWorld Network... View Details
  • 03 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 3

quite limited. The best path forward involves extensive experimentation and careful evaluation. Publisher's link: http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/I/bo18508109.html August 2013 Advances View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Dec 2008
  • First Look

First Look: December 23, 2008

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-005.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsAmerican Cancer Society: Access to Care Harvard Business School Case 109-015 CEO John Seffrin decides to radically change the strategy... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • June 2009 (Revised June 2009)
  • Case

VidaGas: VillageReach - The Mozambican Foundation for Community Development Joint Venture

This case describes the evolution of a liquid petroleum gas (LPG) distributor start-up, incubated by two not-for-profit NGOs to help improve the vaccine cold chain in Northern Mozambique. These NGOs must face the decision whether and how to sell their participation in... View Details
Keywords: Joint Ventures; Supply Chain; Health Care and Treatment; Investment; Non-Governmental Organizations; Energy Sources; Energy Industry; Health Industry; Mozambique
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  • 01 Sep 2015
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First Look -- September 1, 2015

these modalities. An incomplete understanding of the value of costly, yet effective, technologies could impede medical innovation and decrease the quality of cancer care through a reduction of patient access... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Research Summary

Overview

Chu's research is focused on business and low income sectors, particularly in the use of commercial platforms to deliver what has traditionally been considered public responsibilities. In the last three decades, business models have emerged to meet the underserved... View Details
Keywords: Impact Investing; Microfinance; Base Of The Pyramid; Role Of Profit And Social Impact; Private Sector Development; Emerging Markets; Business Ventures; Health Care and Treatment; Management; Social Enterprise; Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Banking Industry; Health Industry; Latin America; North and Central America; Asia; Africa
  • 23 May 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Corporate Sustainability Reporting: It’s Effective

change in the social awareness of investors in the past decade. "The number of investors who care about this kind of performance has increased dramatically View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 17 Aug 2011
  • News

Breath of Life

Green: Participating in the stem-cell revolution. Courtesy David Green It was the kind of medical miracle that experts say will one day be commonplace. In June, an artificial trachea (windpipe), infused with... View Details
Keywords: stem cell research; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services
  • 09 Jan 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 9, 2018

multidisciplinary treatment of head and neck cancers. Methods: Four prospective treatment-based bundles were developed for patients with selected head and neck cancers. These risk-adjusted bundles covered 1 year of care that began with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • January 2011 (Revised April 2014)
  • Case

Uptake of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests

By: Nava Ashraf, Natalie Kindred and Richard Sedlmayr
This case describes barriers to adoption of malaria rapid diagnostic tests in Zambia and highlights the importance of understanding end users in promoting product adoption. Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are simple, easy-to-use tools that provide a relatively reliable,... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Health Pandemics; Technology; Health Care and Treatment; Policy; Behavior; Prejudice and Bias; Health Industry; Zambia
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  • Career Coach

Jessica Mbaeliachi

assignments in Singapore, South Africa and the UAE. She then returned to South Africa, assuming the role of Head of Strategy and Business Development for Siemens Healthcare, responsible for English-speaking... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Health Care
  • Profile

Abena Nyantekyi-Owusu

that contribute to development and are crucial for growth.” Abena began with GE’s medical and health care device divisions, serving as a business analyst responsible for “increasing growth and market share” View Details