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    Rational Habit Formation

    Regular handwashing with soap is believed to have substantial impacts on child health in the developing world. Most handwashing campaigns have failed, however, to establish and maintain a regular practice of handwashing. Motivated by scholarship that suggests... View Details

    • January 2020 (Revised March 2020)
    • Case

    LOLA: Do You Know What's in Your Tampon?

    By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Aldo Sesia
    LOLA is a direct-to-consumer (DTC) business launched in 2015. What started as a company to provide women with organic and transparent material-labeled tampons via a subscription model, had, by 2019 evolved to include additional menstrual and sexual wellness products.... View Details
    Keywords: Direct-to-consumer; Channels; Disruption; Business Model; Brands and Branding; Internet and the Web; Strategy; Retail Industry; United States; Canada
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    • 15 Mar 2007
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Initiating Divergent Organizational Change: The Enabling Role of Actors’ Social Position

    Keywords: by Julie Battilana
    • Article

    The Business Case for Investing in Physician Well-Being

    By: Tait D. Shanafelt, Joel Goh and Christine A. Sinsky
    Importance: Widespread burnout among physicians has been recognized for more than two decades. Extensive evidence indicates that physician burnout has important personal and professional consequences.
    Observations: A lack of awareness regarding... View Details
    Keywords: Physicians; Well-being; ROI; Health; Welfare or Wellbeing; Ethics; Investment Return; Health Industry
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    • 2015
    • Report

    The Challenge of Shared Prosperity: Findings of Harvard Business School's 2015 Survey on U.S. Competitiveness

    By: Jan Rivkin, Karen G. Mills and Michael E. Porter
    In the 2015 survey on U.S. competitiveness, HBS alumni weigh in on the current state and future trajectory of U.S. competitiveness as well as the structural strengths and weaknesses of the U.S. business environment. In addition, alumni delve deeper into two aspects of... View Details
    Keywords: Competitiveness; U.S. Competitiveness; Shared Prosperity; Wealth; Competition; United States
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    • 15 May 2007
    • Working Paper Summaries

    I’ll Have the Ice Cream Soon and the Vegetables Later: Decreasing Impatience over Time in Online Grocery Orders

    Keywords: by Todd Rogers, Katherine L. Milkman & Max H. Bazerman; Food & Beverage
    • 27 Aug 2013
    • First Look

    First Look: August 27

    representative samples of Americans with private health insurance. The first examines how well Americans understand, and believe they understand, traditional health insurance... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • Program

    General Management Program

    facilitate your growth. Your learning will take place on your own, in your learning/living group, and in the larger classroom, driven by the renowned HBS case method. Review Our Campus Health & Safety Protocols Alumni Status Upon... View Details
    • 27 Sep 2016
    • HBS Seminar

    Catherine Tinsley, Georgetown University McDonough School of Business

      On Competition, Updated and Expanded Edition

      For the past two decades, Michael Porter's work has towered over the field of competitive strategy. On Competition, Updated and Expanded Edition brings together more than a dozen of Porter's landmark articles from the Harvard Business Review. Five are new... View Details

        The Challenge of Shared Prosperity

        In the 2015 survey on U.S. competitiveness, HBS alumni weigh in on the current state and future trajectory of U.S. competitiveness as well as the structural strengths and weaknesses of the U.S. business environment. In addition, alumni delve deeper into two aspects... View Details

        • 02 Aug 2021
        • Blog Post

        Uncovering the Virtual Advantage at Humana

        In March 2020, first-year MBA students and their prospective internship employers faced an unprecedented challenge: What to do about summer internships during a global health pandemic? Some students seeking internships saw potential leads... View Details
        Keywords: Health Care; Health Care
        • 25 Jul 2019
        • Blog Post

        Advancing a More Sustainable World with an MBA/MPA-ID

        was my work with a power plant, the UN Framework Convention for Climate Change, or local county governments, financial returns often superseded the "green value" of projects. I quickly learned that beyond health or environmental... View Details
        • 2009
        • Working Paper

        Operational Failures and Problem Solving: An Empirical Study of Incident Reporting

        By: Julia Rose Adler-Milstein, Sara J. Singer and Michael W. Toffel
        Operational failures occur in all industries with consequences that range from minor inconveniences to major catastrophes. Many organizations have implemented incident reporting systems to highlight actual and potential operational failures in order to encourage... View Details
        Keywords: Communication Strategy; Legal Liability; Management Practices and Processes; Service Operations; Failure; Health Industry
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        • March 2008
        • Case

        The Multiple Sclerosis Center of Atlanta

        By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Alfred Martin
        The Multiple Sclerosis Center of Atlanta wishes to expand beyond Georgia. The factors influencing this decision are discussed, including drug treatments currently available, and the impact of future drugs in the FDA pipeline as well as financing issues. View Details
        Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Financing and Loans; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Medical Specialties; Expansion; Health Industry; Atlanta
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        • 18 Oct 2021
        • Blog Post

        Embracing Activism for Social Change

        high-impact nonprofit or public sector positions for a year at a competitive salary. For Mendu, that meant the chance to work with Detroit’s former Chief Policy Officer Kim Rustem on a number of initiatives including the development and launch of the city’s Mental... View Details
        • 27 Sep 2011
        • First Look

        First Look: September 27

        specificity at the individual level. We discuss the implications of our results for the study of learning and experience as well as for the providers and consumers of outsourced services. Download the paper:... View Details
        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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        Alumni

        giving history View Your Giving History See your recent gifts/pledges as well as any outstanding pledge balances. Log In Now Connect with us by email , or call us at 617.495.6890 Why Your Gift Matters Careers Resume Makeovers Using VMock... View Details
        • 04 Nov 2016
        • News

        New war on drugs: Pharma becoming 'uninvestable'?

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        PhD Programs - Doctoral

        requirements and curriculum, read student profiles as well as student research , and placement information. The PhD in Business Administration grounds students in the disciplinary theories and research methods that form the foundation of... View Details