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  • 24 Oct 2008
  • Working Paper Summaries

Signaling Firm Performance Through Financial Statement Presentation: An Analysis Using Special Items

Keywords: by Edward J. Riedl & Suraj Srinivasan
  • 11 Jul 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11

stability. The authors have found that real improvement requires systemic change, not discrete fixes. They describe a five-step process for that—along with the diagnostic work you’ll need to do in advance. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • August 2024
  • Article

How Do Copayment Coupons Affect Branded Drug Prices and Quantities Purchased?

By: Leemore S. Dafny, Kate Ho and Edward Kong
Drug copayment coupons to reduce patient cost-sharing have become nearly ubiquitous for high-priced brand-name prescription drugs. Medicare bans such coupons on the grounds that they are kickbacks that induce utilization, but they are commonly used by... View Details
Keywords: Prescription Drugs; Coupons; Impact; Health Care and Treatment; Markets; Price; Spending; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States
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    How Do Drug Copayment Coupons Affect Branded Drug Prices and Quantities Purchased?

    Drug copayment coupons to reduce patient cost-sharing have become nearly ubiquitous for high-priced brand-name prescription drugs. Medicare bans such coupons on the grounds that they are kickbacks that induce utilization, but they are commonly used by... View Details
    • 03 Nov 2015
    • First Look

    November 3, 2015

    private school. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50036 Discretion in Hiring By: Hoffman, Mitchell, Lisa B. Kahn, and Danielle Li Abstract—Who should make hiring decisions? We propose an empirical test... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 14 May 2019
    • HBS Seminar

    Patti Williams, Wharton, University of Pennsylvania

    • 26 Jan 2018
    • HBS Seminar

    John Helveston, Boston University

    • May 2022
    • Case

    Executive Decision-Making at Zola

    By: Amy C. Edmondson and Michael Roberto
    In April 2020, Rachel Jarrett, President and COO of wedding technology company Zola, called a meeting with the organization’s key decision-makers. The company had previously launched three business expansions: a vendor marketplace, a wedding apparel division, and a... View Details
    Keywords: Decision Making; Voting; Decision Choices and Conditions; Management Skills; Management; Management Style; Organizations; Organizational Culture; Technology Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States
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    • 19 Feb 2019
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

    than prescriptions picked up at a pharmacy. Nevertheless, when home delivery is offered on an opt-in basis, the take-up rate is only 6%. We study a program that makes active choice of either home delivery or pharmacy pick-up a requirement... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • Research Summary

    Management Control Systems in Multiunit Companies

    By: Tatiana Sandino

    Professor Sandino conducts research on early-stage multiunit companies that introduce management control systems to help maintain operations, as well as company culture, as they grow, but also to enable adaptation to the different markets that they serve. Building... View Details

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    Actively Addressing Unconscious Bias in Recruiting - Recruiting

    relying on the "soft stuff," and the soft stuff has worked in the favor of a particular kind of individual. The truth is the soft stuff is often a euphemism, in many cases, for bias; for people being able to use their discretion to hire... View Details
    • December 2009
    • Article

    Negotiation? Auction? A Deal Maker's Guide

    By: Guhan Subramanian
    What's the best way to buy or sell an asset? Should you hold an auction and accept the most attractive offer? Or should you identify the most likely prospects and negotiate with them privately? Auctions became increasingly popular after the internet opened wide the... View Details
    Keywords: Assets; Auctions; Market Transactions; Negotiation; Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions
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    • 02 Mar 2007
    • What Do You Think?

    What Is the Government’s Role in US Health Care?

    argued that "Containing costs will come at the expense of something technological advances, profit, access to certain services, and patient choice are likely candidates ." One line of thinking would make both talent and drugs more... View Details
    Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Health
    • Web

    Measure Outcomes & Cost for Every Patient - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

    reported by condition, are essential for both care improvement and for making informed choices by patients, payers, and other provider organizations. Outcomes represent the ultimate measure of quality. The outcomes of care are important... View Details
    • 09 Jul 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization

    the full spectrum of possible outcomes and assign probabilities to each. Keep in mind that “possibilities always exist.” Even in the worst situations, there are opportunities and choices to be made. Thinking about strategy A clear sense... View Details
    Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
    • 28 Apr 2015
    • First Look

    First Look: April 28

    http://www.amazon.com/Strategy-Rules-Timeless-Lessons-Gates/dp/0062373951/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1427236936&sr=8-1 April 2015 Harvard Business Review Leaders as Decision Architects: Structure Your Organization's Work to Encourage Wise View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 27 Mar 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: March 27

    where the firm chooses capacities in two technologies in stage one, demand uncertainty resolves between stages (as does emissions price uncertainty under cap-and-trade), and then the firm chooses production quantities. As such, we bridge the View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • 28 Aug 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: August 28

    is extremely limited. Theoretically, delegation of authority is expected when locally adapted choices are most important to the overall value of the firm, when local information advantages are significant, or when the cost of processing... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 01 Dec 2023
    • News

    A Continuum of Innovation

    these tools, responsibly and ethically, and that we wanted GAI to enrich the educational experience. So, we set a policy that encourages its use in preparation for class discussion and exams, with faculty discretion to create exceptions,... View Details
    Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
    • 01 Nov 2022
    • Research & Ideas

    A Penny for Your Thoughts? For Big-Picture Ideas, the Right Pay Structure Matters

    between departments may feel like something outside their wheelhouse. Developing innovative ideas can also be costly for workers, taking time away from standard tasks they’re rewarded for. The company “did not make a rational choice... View Details
    Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis