• 26 Aug 2002
• Research & Ideas

High-Stakes Decision Making: The Lessons of Mount Everest

leaders shape the perceptions and beliefs of others through subtle signals, actions, and symbols. For example, the compensation differential among the guides shaped people's beliefs about their relative status in the expedition. It is... View Details

Keywords: by Michael A. Roberto

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Health Care - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

the globe. The status quo is untenable, and everyone—providers, health plans, employers, governments, and most of all, patients—will suffer if we fail to fundamentally change our approach to health care delivery. High & Rising Costs... View Details

• 11 Jun 2009
• Working Paper Summaries

Social Influence Given (Partially) Deliberate Matching: Career Imprints in the Creation of Academic Entrepreneurs

Keywords: by Pierre Azoulay, Christopher C. Liu & Toby E. Stuart

• 30 Mar 2012
• HBS Seminar

Matthew W. Emmens, Executive Chairman,Vertex Pharmaceuticals

• 16 Nov 2021
• HBS Case

How a Company Made Employees So Miserable, They Killed Themselves

low-skilled commercial roles. For some, this meant “going from a position of considerable autonomy and professional status to a situation in which they had to read a script from a headset, sell products over the phone, and ask permission... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

• November 2024
• Article

A National Analysis of General Pediatric Inpatient Unit Closures and Openings, 2011–2018

By: Carolyn San Soucie, Nancy D. Beaulieu, Jason D. Buxbaum, David Cutler, JoAnna K. Leyenaar, Sarah C. McBride, Olivia Zhao and Alyna T. Chien

OBJECTIVES: This paper provides an examination of: (1) the frequency and net rates of change for general pediatric inpatient (GPI) unit closures and openings nationally and by state; (2) how often closures or openings are caused by GPI unit changes only or caused by... View Details

Keywords: Health Industry

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San Soucie, Carolyn, Nancy D. Beaulieu, Jason D. Buxbaum, David Cutler, JoAnna K. Leyenaar, Sarah C. McBride, Olivia Zhao, and Alyna T. Chien. "A National Analysis of General Pediatric Inpatient Unit Closures and Openings, 2011–2018." Hospital Pediatrics 14, no. 11 (November 2024): 899–908.

• 07 Nov 2023
• News

Love and Money

mentality creeps into their search for a mate by thinking about sorting through their potential choices of someone that they're going to date through a more superficial lens. They might search initially on attractiveness or status or... View Details

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Publications - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

capitated payments. January 2020 Presentation Value-Based Health Care Core Concepts Value-Based Health Care Core Concepts by Professor Michael E. Porter Professor Michael E. Porter presents the current status of value based health care as... View Details

• 12 May 2021
• Book

The Hard Truth About Being a CEO

people come in and get told: We can’t do this. Let me tell you why this didn’t work. Because they are stuck in a status quo mindset. “But you don’t have time for that—change is often a matter of speed. There’s also sometimes a belief that... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Interviewing - Alumni

of interview questions are illegal. These generally fall under personal information, such as age, race, religion, etc. Below are some illegal interview questions, related questions that are legal, and suggested responses. Work/Visa Status... View Details

• 16 Jul 2013
• Working Paper Summaries

Visualizing and Measuring Enterprise Architecture: An Exploratory BioPharma Case

Keywords: by Robert Lagerstrom, Carliss Baldwin, Alan MacCormack & David Dreyfus

• 2007
• Book

From Higher Aims to Hired Hands: The Social Transformation of American Business Schools and the Unfulfilled Promise of Management as a Profession

By: Rakesh Khurana

Is management a profession? Should it be? Can it be? This major work of social and intellectual history reveals how such questions have driven business education and shaped American management and society for more than a century. The book is also a call for reform.... View Details

Keywords: Social History; Business Education; Moral Sensibility; Profit; Leadership; Managerial Roles; United States

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Khurana, Rakesh. From Higher Aims to Hired Hands: The Social Transformation of American Business Schools and the Unfulfilled Promise of Management as a Profession. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007. (Winner of Association of American Publishers Best Professional/Scholarly Publishing Book in Business, Finance and Management. Winner of Max Weber Award for Distinguished Scholarship for the book which makes an outstanding contribution to scholarship on organizations, occupations, and/or work presented by American Sociological Association.)

• 18 Apr 2023
• Research & Ideas

What Happens When Banks Ditch Coal: The Impact Is 'More Than Anyone Thought'

Consumers who are eager to mitigate climate change can take many actions, such as reducing the number of airline flights they take or installing solar panels on their homes. But the planet is in a race against time, and individual action alone won’t help most countries... View Details

Keywords: by Barbara DeLollis; Financial Services; Mining

• 18 Jun 2024
• Research & Ideas

What Your Non-Binary Employees Need to Do Their Best Work

more likely to report being willing to take on non-promotable tasks—those activities that support the organization but are typically not rewarded. While more research is needed, Coffman speculates that differences in status and power may... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding