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- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Predictable Surprises
completely off guard. Drawing on social science theory, he developed a tentative notion that “there are negative events out there waiting to happen, which people have sufficient information to predict or prevent, but for various reasons... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Research With Impact: Changing Global Health Practices
public policy, and social challenges. In health care, for example, the dominant policy model assumes that access and affordability are the keys to improving care for the poor. In Ashraf’s view, “We can’t solve the challenges of global... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
as a national blueprint. Near-universal coverage, a pipe dream anywhere in the United States a few short years ago, is the chief reason that the state’s model has generated so much excitement. And the Bay State’s example has arguably put View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
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Faculty Research Online
Time Pressure and Creativity: Why Time Is Not on Your Side Even as time pressures increase in corporate life, the need for creative thinking has never been greater, says Professor Teresa Amabile in this Q&A.... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
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The Doctor Is In
matters is what Slavin sees as a fundamental "discordance" at the heart of the health-care dilemma: "People generally opt once a year for the lowest-priced insurer," he observes, "but when they actually need care, they want the best money can buy." With his hectic... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Better than Cash
area, having served more than 250 nonprofits and providing consulting services worth approximately $1.5 million annually, says HBSA/NC president Sean Jacobsohn (MBA ’98). Nonprofits across the country are under increasing pressure to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
What’s in a Name
Late last fall, Dolly Chugh (MBA 1994) made a guest appearance on After Hours, the podcast where HBS professors discuss current events. (The podcast is part of the TED Audio Collective.) Chugh was joined by professors Mihir Desai and Felix Oberholzer-Gee in a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Ideas: Books
institutions ranging from Wall Street, to law and business schools, to the AFL-CIO examining the responsibilities of “gatekeepers” — corporate directors, regulators, auditors, lawyers, investment bankers, and journalists. They find that market View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Giving Advice
(courtesy of Susan Wolf Ditkoff) The philanthropy economy is booming. Last year, America’s charitable giving totaled $358.38 billion, equaling 2.1 percent of GDP—a number last attained in prerecession 2004. With that growth have come a number of new options, including... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Short Takes
formulation. The interviews also revealed that compensation committees face a number of pressures to keep top executives' pay at a certain level. Not the least of these, says Lorsch, are surveys performed by compensation consultants.... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 05 Apr 2016
- News
Don’t Send Your Kids to College. At Least Not Yet.
Surveying the panic and pressure of college admissions season in the New York Times, Abby Falik (MBA 2008), CEO and founder of Global Citizen Year, suggests that few involved in this cultural pressure cooker... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Head Games
either from the run of play or impact with the playing surface. Improvements in equipment and rule changes can make things better but probably not eliminate the longer-term danger of life-shortening injury or impairment. Is it possible that View Details
- 06 Oct 2022
- News
On the Road to Recovery
nursing had not existed, I can’t even imagine what would’ve happened in the pandemic,” Moreno observes. “Literally, certain hospitals would have run out of staff, and they would not have been able to take care of the patients.” And with that increased demand comes... View Details
- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
head up too high here,” she says. “But if you keep too low of a profile, no one will find you. So I stay in the middle, and I keep on moving.” Japan’s population is aging at an unprecedented speed and exerting tremendous pressure on the... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
exert pressure on Washington to support reform, and educating the public for new laws to increase disclosure and accountability, as well as ending the pay-to-play culture in DC. J.B. Lyon (MBA 1996), founding board member New Profit is a... View Details
- 20 Jan 2015
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Patient Medical Records, Pocket-sized
by federal law, in order to receive government reimbursements. “As a provider with limited resources and tremendous pressure to decrease cost, we can only focus on so many initiatives at once,” notes Kevin Donovan, CEO of Mt. Ascutney... View Details
- 30 Mar 2017
- News
Negotiating Peace in Canada's Largest Rainforest
would happen away from the table? Eamer: It's like romance-- 90% of the romance is before the last 10 minutes, or it better be. Morrell: Socializing seems like it was an important part of the process, right? Eamer: Well, it was. That's... View Details
- 23 May 2018
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The Work-Life Balancing Act
preparation. What does each person actually want? Men and women now often have more freedom to choose work inside or outside the home. Depending on your social circles, there can be overwhelming pressure to... View Details
- 08 May 2019
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Fellowships Fuel a Passion to Help Underserved Communities
coursework, Asamoah has served as a student consultant for the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she analyzed how Grand Rapids, Michigan, could increase workforce diversity. As a summer intern at a solar energy View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
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Find Your Maximum Sustainable Goodness
harm as overt racism, Bazerman says. Even as most of us would agree that equality for all is good, tribalism can threaten our ability to do anything about it. “Biological and social factors pressure us to do... View Details