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- 31 Jan 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
The Diseconomies of Queue Pooling: An Empirical Investigation of Emergency Department Length of Stay
- December 2011
- Article
Alchemy of Evidence: Mau Mau, the British Empire, and the High Court of Justice
By: Caroline Elkins
Restorative justice in various forms is a phenomenon that has swept across the globe over the last three decades. Most recently, it is unfolding in the High Court of Justice in London where five Kenyans have filed a claim against the British government, alleging that... View Details
Elkins, Caroline. "Alchemy of Evidence: Mau Mau, the British Empire, and the High Court of Justice." Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History 39, no. 5 (December 2011): 731–748.
- March 2016
- Module Note
Government Policy and Distributive Justice
This note introduces the second of two main modules in the HBS elective curriculum course, The Role of Government in Market Economies (RoGME). This module is focused on policies, such as taxes, that change the distribution of economic outcomes. Like the... View Details
Weinzierl, Matthew. "Government Policy and Distributive Justice." Harvard Business School Module Note 716-072, March 2016.
- 2014
- Case
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
By: Y. Grushka-Cockayne
Grushka-Cockayne, Y. "New York City Department of Parks and Recreation." University of Virginia, Darden School of Business Case UVA-QA-0815, 2014.
- June 2010 (Revised June 2011)
- Case
U.S. Department of Energy & Recovery Act Funding: Bridging the "Valley of Death"
By: Michael J. Roberts, Joseph B. Lassiter III and Ramana Nanda
The case focuses on the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the $38 billion of stimulus funding the DOE received to encourage clean tech. They focus on "bridging the valley of death" (i.e., helping young, innovative companies finance technically risky and very capital... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Government and Politics; Innovation and Invention; Programs; Business and Government Relations; Climate Change; Energy Industry; Green Technology Industry
Roberts, Michael J., Joseph B. Lassiter III, and Ramana Nanda. U.S. Department of Energy & Recovery Act Funding: Bridging the "Valley of Death". Harvard Business School Case 810-144, June 2010. (Revised June 2011.)
- November 2005 (Revised December 2005)
- Case
County Department of Public Health: Organizing for Emergency Preparedness and Response
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Ajay Vinze and Minu Ipe
The anthrax attacks of 2001 exposed serious inadequacies in the response of the U.S. public health system to meet such grave threats. The public health infrastructure required rebuilding to respond to any type of large-scale health emergency. The Public Health... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Change Management; Crisis Management; Health Care and Treatment; Infrastructure; Public Administration Industry; Health Industry; United States
Applegate, Lynda M., Ajay Vinze, and Minu Ipe. "County Department of Public Health: Organizing for Emergency Preparedness and Response." Harvard Business School Case 806-089, November 2005. (Revised December 2005.)
- October 2004
- Article
The Obligations of Transnational Corporations: Rawlsian Justice and the Duty of Assistance
By: Nien-he Hsieh
Hsieh, Nien-he. "The Obligations of Transnational Corporations: Rawlsian Justice and the Duty of Assistance." Business Ethics Quarterly 14, no. 4 (October 2004): 643–661.
- March 2019
- Article
A Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing Analysis of Emergency Department Scribes
By: Robert S. Kaplan, Heather A. Heaton, David M. Nestler, William J. Barry, Richard A. Helmers, Mustafa Y. Sir, Deepi G. Goyal, Derek A. Haas and Annie T. Sadosty
Objectives: To apply time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC) methodology to determine emergency medicine physician documentation costs with and without scribes.
Methods: Two research assistants shadowed attending physicians for a total of 64 hours in the... View Details
Methods: Two research assistants shadowed attending physicians for a total of 64 hours in the... View Details
Kaplan, Robert S., Heather A. Heaton, David M. Nestler, William J. Barry, Richard A. Helmers, Mustafa Y. Sir, Deepi G. Goyal, Derek A. Haas, and Annie T. Sadosty. "A Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing Analysis of Emergency Department Scribes." Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes 3, no. 1 (March 2019): 30–34.
- 2006
- Article
Voluntary Codes of Conduct for Multinational Corporations: Coordinating Duties of Rescue and Justice
By: Nien-he Hsieh
This paper examines the extent to which the voluntary adoption of codes of conduct by multinational corporations (MNCs) renders MNCs accountable for the performance of actions specified in a code of conduct. In particular, the paper examines the ways in which codes of... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures
Hsieh, Nien-he. "Voluntary Codes of Conduct for Multinational Corporations: Coordinating Duties of Rescue and Justice." Business Ethics Quarterly 16, no. 2 (April 2006): 119–135.
- September 2014 (Revised March 2021)
- Case
La Ribera Health Department (A)
By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Emer Moloney and Daniela Beyersdorfer
The La Ribera case studies depict an innovative low cost/high quality privately financed hospital model struggling to achieve alignment with the Six Factors. It is reimbursed by the public sector in a Spanish environment whose Consumers, Structure, and Public Policy... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Health Care Financing; Health Care Industry; Health Care Operations; Health Care and Treatment; Operations; Business Model; Government and Politics; Programs; Innovation Strategy; Vertical Integration; Health Industry; Europe; Spain
Herzlinger, Regina E., Emer Moloney, and Daniela Beyersdorfer. "La Ribera Health Department (A)." Harvard Business School Case 315-006, September 2014. (Revised March 2021.)
- February 2001 (Revised September 2002)
- Teaching Note
Marshall Field and the Rise of the Department Store TN
By: Nancy F. Koehn and William Grundy
Teaching Note for (9-801-349). View Details
- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tips to Reinvent the Department Store
Here's a snapshot of department stores today: Regional brands have all but disappeared; larger players like Federated and May are merging their multi-brand companies, and consolidation continues. Meanwhile,... View Details
- February 2001 (Revised December 2002)
- Case
Marshall Field and the Rise of the Department Store
By: Nancy F. Koehn
Analyzes Marshall Field's efforts to develop a market for mass retailing in late 19th-century Chicago. Examines Chicago's expansion in the 1860s and, within this context, how Field struck out on his own to, build a wholesale and retail business. Concentrates on the... View Details
Keywords: Fluctuation; Industry Growth; Corporate Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Brands and Branding; Society; Distribution Industry; Retail Industry; Chicago
Koehn, Nancy F. "Marshall Field and the Rise of the Department Store." Harvard Business School Case 801-349, February 2001. (Revised December 2002.)
- 2014
- Working Paper
The Diseconomies of Queue Pooling: An Empirical Investigation of Emergency Department Length of Stay
By: Hummy Song, Anita L. Tucker and Karen L. Murrell
We conduct an empirical investigation of the impact of queue management on patients' average wait time and length of stay (LOS). Using an Emergency Department's (ED) patient-level data from 2007 to 2010, we find that patients' average wait time and LOS are longer when... View Details
Keywords: Pooling; Queue Management; Strategic Servers; Social Loafing; Empirical Operations; Health Care; Fairness; Management Practices and Processes; Service Delivery; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry
Song, Hummy, Anita L. Tucker, and Karen L. Murrell. "The Diseconomies of Queue Pooling: An Empirical Investigation of Emergency Department Length of Stay." Working Paper. (October 2014.)
- February 2006 (Revised January 2007)
- Supplement
Lehman Brothers (D): Reemergence of the Equity Research Department
By: Boris Groysberg and Ashish Nanda
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Groysberg, Boris, and Ashish Nanda. "Lehman Brothers (D): Reemergence of the Equity Research Department." Harvard Business School Supplement 406-090, February 2006. (Revised January 2007.)
- December 1996 (Revised February 2000)
- Background Note
Assigning Support Department Expenses to Production Cost Centers (A)
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Describes the first stage of the two-stage cost assignment process from support/service departments to production cost centers. View Details
Keywords: Cost
Kaplan, Robert S. "Assigning Support Department Expenses to Production Cost Centers (A)." Harvard Business School Background Note 197-046, December 1996. (Revised February 2000.)
- 2021
- Chapter
History on Trial: Mau Mau Reparations and the High Court of Justice
By: Jaqueline Bhabha, Caroline M. Elkins and Margareta Matache
Bhabha, Jaqueline, Caroline M. Elkins, and Margareta Matache. "History on Trial: Mau Mau Reparations and the High Court of Justice." In Time for Reparations: A Global Perspective, edited by Jaqueline Bhabha, Margareta Matache, and Caroline M. Elkins, 101–118. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021.
- 1980
- Other Unpublished Work
Inventive Plans Related to Rawls' Theory of Justice - HBS Discussion Paper
By: J. Ronald Fox
- September 2020
- Case
Disrupting Justice at RightNow: Rich or King
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Amir Reza Rezvani
The case examines issues such as cascading problems within the organization, changing founder roles, founder success criteria, as well as company exit consideration. In 2017, Dr. Torben Antretter, a former competitive tennis player and academic researcher, founded... View Details
Keywords: Exit; Startup; Financing; Founders; Entrepreneurship; Law; Venture Capital; Success; Financing and Loans; Business Growth and Maturation; Strategy; Legal Services Industry; Germany
Ghosh, Shikhar, and Amir Reza Rezvani. "Disrupting Justice at RightNow: Rich or King." Harvard Business School Case 821-028, September 2020.
- July 2022
- Article
Estimating Spillovers from Publicly Funded R&D: Evidence from the US Department of Energy
By: Kyle Myers and Lauren Lanahan
We quantify the magnitude of R&D spillovers created by grants to small firms from the US Department of Energy. Our empirical strategy leverages variation due to state-specific matching policies, and we develop a new approach to measuring both geographic and... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Energy; R＆D; Grants; Innovation and Invention; Research and Development; Patents; Performance; United States
Myers, Kyle, and Lauren Lanahan. "Estimating Spillovers from Publicly Funded R&D: Evidence from the US Department of Energy." American Economic Review 112, no. 7 (July 2022): 2393–2423.