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    Robert C. Merton

    Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

    Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

    Keywords: banking; brokerage; financial services; insurance industry; investment banking industry; retail financial services
    • 10 Oct 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    In Empowering Black Voters, Did a Landmark Law Stir White Angst?

    states (the data excludes Texas) for 1956 through 1980. They use the information to create a database—the first time that such records have been systemically collected for this part US for the years covered by the study, they note. “One... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne
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    Strategy for Health Care Delivery—Virtual

    Lead strategic and organizational change to generate value Improve health care quality, system delivery, and patient value Access a network of health care institutions and facilities to enhance quality and coordination of care Leverage... View Details
    Keywords: Health Care; Health Care
    • Web

    Class Profile - Doctoral

    Education 89 Undergraduate Institutions GMAT & GRE All applicants are required to take either the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) or the General Test of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). Additional information regarding... View Details
    • 2009
    • Book

    Leading for Equity: The Pursuit of Excellence in the Montgomery County Public Schools

    By: Stacey M. Childress, Dennis Doyle and David A. Thomas
    Leading for Equity tells the compelling story of the Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools and its transformation—in less than a decade—into a system committed to breaking the links between race and class and academic achievement. In chapters organized around six... View Details
    Keywords: Transformation; Education; Leadership; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Improvement; Social Issues
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    • 12 Jul 2016
    • First Look

    July 12, 2016

    bundled payments. The stakes are high, and the outcome will define the shape of the health care system for many years to come, for better or for worse. In this article, the authors argue that although capitation may deliver modest savings... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • March 11, 2020
    • Editorial

    A Bolder Vision for Business Schools

    By: P. Tufano
    Business schools teach to a model that dates back to the 1950s. Given the growing demands on business to take a lead in confronting societal challenges, business schools need to update how they train business leaders and how they compete, argues Oxford’s Saïd School... View Details
    Keywords: Business Schools; Business And Society; Business Education; Leadership Development; Business and Stakeholder Relations
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    • 24 Feb 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    Why It's Best to Take Tests Early in the Day

    The research provides food for thought as policymakers debate the efficacy and fairness of education initiatives like No Child Left Behind, the 2001 United States Act of Congress requiring federally funded public schools to administer... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education
    • July 2001
    • Case

    Bobbie D'Alessandro and the Redesign of the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School

    By: Linda A. Hill, Kristin Doughty and Ellen Pruyne
    Bobbi D'Alessandro, the superintendent of the school system in Cambridge, MA, has just hired a new principal to lead a major redesign effort in the city's only high school. The need for reform had been evident since the late 1980s when school statistics highlighted... View Details
    Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Performance Improvement; Change Management; Secondary Education; Selection and Staffing; Leading Change; Education Industry; Cambridge
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    Compensation Committees

    trends in executive compensation Examine the impact of regulatory issues in different countries Respond to a more vigilant investor community Create successful compensation plans and processes Design better incentive systems and know the... View Details
    • 08 Jan 2007
    • Research & Ideas

    Who Rises to Power in American Business?

    have far greater access to opportunities. But, who has access to these elite programs? Are they simply part of a long feeder system for the privileged class that starts in private nursery schools? Are they truly open to all? View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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    Marketing - Faculty & Research

    user’s interactions with a particular system and the system’s response. We argue that for health apps—including “medical devices” and “wellness apps”— disclosure should be mandated. We also show how, even when chatbots are disclosed in... View Details
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    Courses - Entrepreneurship

    total enterprise. There are a variety of entrepreneurship related elective courses to choose from. Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits 5 Technologies that Will Change the World Shikhar Ghosh Spring 2024 Q3Q4 3.0 The American Dream and US Higher View Details
    • 11 Sep 2007
    • First Look

    First Look: September 11, 2007

    reach of millions. Who Killed Health Care? then outlines Herzlinger's bold new plan for a consumer-driven system that will deliver affordable, high-quality care to everyone. By putting insurance money in the hands of patients, removing... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace

      Steven C. Wheelwright

      Steve Wheelwright is the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at Harvard Business School.

      Following his retirement from HBS in 2006, he served with former Dean Kim B. Clark at BYU-Idaho and then from 2007-2015 he served as... View Details

      • 11 Apr 2024
      • In Practice

      Why Progress on Immigration Might Soften Labor Pains

      Almost one-third of Americans consider immigration the most important “problem” that the United States faces, according to a new Gallup poll. And yet, companies say they need far more workers than the current system allows. Some business... View Details
      Keywords: by Rachel Layne
      • 14 Jul 2009
      • First Look

      First Look: July 14

      the larger field of organizational research. We test this assertion by analyzing studies of negotiation published in top peer-reviewed management, psychology, sociology, and industrial relations journals from 1990 to 2005. Our findings reveal a continuum of open View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
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      Podcast - Business & Environment

      Spencer Glendon and Alison Smart of Probable Futures. They discuss how Probable Futures tools are educating decision makers to better understand how their organizations will experience climate change, and how adaptation and resilience... View Details
      • 14 Jun 2023
      • Op-Ed

      Every Company Should Have These Leaders—or Develop Them if They Don't

      how external factors impact the company and leverage this knowledge to create strategy. LTL specialists are transactional leaders. Individual contributors or managers here handle task heavy processes and systems that are primarily inward... View Details
      Keywords: by Hise Gibson
      • October 2010 (Revised May 2012)
      • Background Note

      Reverse Engineering, Learning, and Innovation

      By: Willy C. Shih
      This background reading looks at reverse engineering in the context of piracy and knock-offs in emerging markets like China. It first considers legal aspects of reverse engineering in strong property rights regimes like the United States as a way of unpacking the legal... View Details
      Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Learning; Engineering; Innovation and Invention; Intellectual Property; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Emerging Markets; China; United States
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