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- 17 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why a Blended Workforce May Be Key to Lasting Competitive Advantage
In recent years, companies have been anxious about the lack of skilled workers to fill pivotal jobs. But then came COVID-19 and a subsequent recession. The ensuing business turmoil and record-high unemployment may have temporarily distracted companies from their... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller
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Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Cross-Efficiency Measurement.“ Himabindu Lakkaraju : Winner of the 2017 INFORMS Data Mining Best Paper Award for ”Learning Cost-Effective and Interpretable Treatment Regimes” with Cynthia Rudin. Himabindu Lakkaraju : Recipient of a 2017... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- What Do You Think?
Are We Ready for Self-Management?
fewer, higher-paying management positions. The other was to train thousands of entry-level workers at its stores to manage themselves. This enabled Taco Bell to assign one manager to several stores and to increase the "span of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
The Business of Medicine: MD/MBA Students Having an Impact
pressures, such as physician workload, financial constraints, insurance regulations, and policy decisions. —Bobbie Collins Claire Wagner In pursuing her joint degree from Harvard’s medical and business schools, Claire Wagner, a rising... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
in hand in 1950, McDermott returned to West Point to teach economics. In an environment that valued conformity, he introduced assignments in his courses that appealed to each cadet's strengths and interests. In 1954 he began to apply this... View Details
- 2013
- Working Paper
International Health Economics
By: Mark Egan and Tomas J. Philipson
Perhaps because health care is a local service sector, health economists have paid little attention to international linkages between domestic health care economies. However, the growth in domestic health care sectors is often attributed to medical innovations whose... View Details
Egan, Mark, and Tomas J. Philipson. "International Health Economics." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 19280, August 2013.
- 19 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?
work one-on-one to the policy staff trying to apply the ideas,” says Ben Edelman. “It’s a big commitment, but it’s worth it.” Many business professors do occasional consulting work for large companies, which can prove mutually beneficial... View Details
- 13 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm
focused on winning. During a crisis there's a risk that your entire organization gets so focused on keeping the ship afloat that no one is planning ahead. Therefore, you should assign a small team of highly talented people to devise the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Michael Porter’s Prescription For the High Cost of Health Care
right kind of competition working. The health care system can achieve stunning gains in quality and efficiency. And employers, the major purchasers of health care services, could lead the transformation. [ ] Positive-sum Competition In a healthy system, competition at... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Health-Care Forum's Rx for US System
Lawrence University Professor Michael Porter offered several ideas for coordinating and economizing, including assigning patient care to holistic, integrated practice units, instead of treatment by... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 11 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Germany May Have the Answer for Reducing Drug Prices
to prove that a new medication’s benefits merit a higher price if cheaper, similar drugs are available. The process rewards companies whose drugs are more novel or help patients more, while forcing manufacturers of equally or less effective View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Addressing roadblocks to innovation in health care
convenes health care management educators to develop and implement new curricula for health care management education. She also recommends policy changes, such as standards for health care IT and transparency to consumers on the price and... View Details
- 25 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health
private treatment that they and their families can afford. In poor countries, consumers are best advised to keep their own medical records since nothing approaching an electronic record-keeping system is available. As a result, enormous... View Details
- 12 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Solving COVID'S Mental Health Crisis
self-quarantine in sometimes unsafe home environments, anxiety about the virus and re-openings, and disconnection from treatment all are triggers and will contribute to substantial increases in substance use disorder (SUD) cases,... View Details
- 31 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Bypass Marketing: Are Docs Influenced?
David Blumenthal, professor at Harvard Medical School and a member of the Institute for Health Policy at Massachusetts General Hospital; Michael Newman, a senior research manager at Harris Interactive; Kinga Zapert, vice president for... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 16 Jul 2019
- News
The Making of a Movement
making decisions that could advance treatment options for patients with rare cancers. Neither of the Linns worked in science or medicine. A few years earlier, rare cancers had not even been on their radar. Now it was possible their... View Details
- 22 May 2020
- In Practice
Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?
The coronavirus crisis forced health care providers to mobilize in ways few could have predicted six months ago, revealing not only the system’s weaknesses but its profound ingenuity. Within weeks, providers worldwide set up drive-through testing sites, makeshift View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 03 Jul 2018
- What Do You Think?
Should CEO Satya Nadella Cancel Microsoft’s Contract with ICE?
Enforcement agency (ICE) over questions about how ICE conducts its business in handling immigrant families. Many assumed a legalistic stance, reminding us that ICE, as a duly created agency of the government was only carrying out the mission View Details
- 13 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Can AI Save Physicians from Burnout?
perform. That is, AI could inadvertently serve to exacerbate the patient-volume problem, rather than relieve physician workloads and improve the patient experience. Health care is at a turning point: We need policies and organizational... View Details
Walter A. Haas
Haas led Levi’s transformation from a family business to a worldwide corporation. Haas introduced a number of innovative employment policies and refused to lay off workers even during the time of the Great Depression – gaining a... View Details
Keywords: Fabric & Apparel