Access To Care - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Lessons from a Nasty Trade Dispute

of both direct and indirect subsidies in industries throughout the world, and careful attention must be paid to the advantages that might accrue to competitors in very subtle... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

12 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Private Sector, Public Good

was to make a series of unsustainable promises that sustained the illusion of prosperity" by extending easy credit to fuel consumption, covering health care and retirement... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

03 Apr 2017
What Do You Think?

How About Investing in Human Infrastructure?

revenue-producing capacity of the worker from $60,000 (a rough figure for the hospitality industry) to $110,000 (a similarly rough figure for “health care and social assistance”). A $30,000 investment in... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Construction

20 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Gender-Diverse Companies Thrive Only Where Diversity is Embraced

Do gender-diverse companies make more money than businesses run primarily by men? If research says they perform better, that could bolster the argument that women should have more access to top positions in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2022
What Do You Think?

Is It Time for More Reverse Mentoring?

learn how to navigate a business world dominated by new technology. Thanks to even newer technologies that enable us to stream, store, and access... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

07 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

Obama’s Clean Power Plan: Can Nuclear Power Beat the Global Threat of Coal?

capitalist Ray Rothrock discuss the case for using the next generation of nuclear power to combat the dual challenges of climate change and energy poverty (the lack of access View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities

03 Feb 2003
What Do You Think?

Can Business Schools Teach the Craft of Getting Things Done?

students) with real-world experience, one-on-one coaching relationships, a project-oriented curriculum, and time—appear to make it much less economically practical and effective to do it outside the job.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

26 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Why Great Ideas Get Stuck in Universities

commercialization gap left by companies, “universities will have to be very careful that they don’t shift too far into doing the commercial work,” Roche says. “Because what academia has afforded for so many... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Biotechnology; Health

17 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

Who is Boss in the Sharing Economy?

negatively affecting each other's revenues—drivers poaching each other's fares, or stylists advertising against one another—then that would seem to tilt the balance in favor of the traditional business mode. "If the spillovers are... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Service; Technology

01 May 2006
Research & Ideas

What Companies Lose from Forced Disclosure

payoff than the firm. In our model, the horizon mismatch occurs because managers take actions based on longer-term consequences than the firm cares about. That is, the firm's preferred actions are myopic relative View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for James Austin

access to new networks. Of course, there are associative risks for both partners in a deep and highly visible alliance. If one partner encounters difficulties that generate negative press, the other runs the... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Good News, Not Blues, For the Inner City

It's the dream business location. Vital infrastructure feeds the area. A committed workforce lives nearby. A large number of potential customers are packed around you. And it's the last place you thought to look: the inner city. But the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

31 May 2017
Sharpening Your Skills

10 Harvard Business School Research Stories That Will Make Your Mouth Water

famous fast-food formula for the local market. Customer Feedback Not on elBulli’s Menu The world is beating a path to Chef Ferran Adrià's door at elBulli, but why? In professor Michael Norton's course, students learn about marketing from... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Food & Beverage

11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Wired and Black: Focus on Careers

sometimes may need to be convinced. "You may find yourself selling what an MBA can do at some smaller companies," he said. Big or small, Butler and the other panelists said job applicants should carefully research any company... View Details

Keywords: by Carrie Levine

16 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Can Applied Economics Save Homeless Puppies?

donations with animal shelters and other organizations that provide direct care to animals.” For Exley, it is not all about the dogs. She’s primarily focused on her new career as an economics professor at... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

03 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster

As Kaplan explains in Startup, "Rather than empowering the responsible party to make the deal, IBM assigns a professional negotiator, who knows or cares little for the substance of the agreement but has... View Details

Keywords: by Ron S. Fortgang, David A. Lax & James K. Sebenius

17 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Harvard Business School Faculty Comment on Crisis in Japan

ahead for Japan's business leaders and for global companies operating in Japan. Rohit Deshpande, Sebastian S. Kresge Professor of Marketing The culture of Japan tends to be outer directed. Thus, taking care... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

15 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

High Ambition Leadership

returns on the investments in our assets. And then we will be able to grow and deliver more health care to more people." But what was most distinctive was the extent View Details