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  • 17 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 17

dominate GICS6 industry peers in explaining cross-sectional variations in base firms' out-of-sample (a) stock returns, (b) valuation multiples, (c) growth rates, (d) R&D expenditures, (e) leverage, and (f) profitability ratios. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • January 2, 2020
  • Article

Changes in Quality of Care After Hospital Mergers and Acquisitions

By: Nancy Dean Beaulieu, Leemore S. Dafny, B. E. Landon, Jesse Dalton, Ifedayo Kuye and J. Michael McWilliams
Background: The hospital industry has consolidated substantially during the past two decades and at an accelerated pace since 2010. Multiple studies have shown that hospital mergers have led to higher prices for commercially insured patients, but research about effects... View Details
Keywords: Hospitals; Mergers and Acquisitions; Health Care and Treatment; Quality
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    George Serafeim

    George Serafeim is the Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, where he co-leads the Climate and Sustainability Impact Lab within the Digital, Data, and Design Institute. He teaches the MBA course “Risks, Opportunities,... View Details

    Keywords: insurance industry; insurance industry; insurance industry; insurance industry; insurance industry; insurance industry; insurance industry
    • August 1986 (Revised September 2004)
    • Case

    Hanson Ski Products

    By: William J. Bruns Jr. and Julie H. Hertenstein
    At the end of the budget cycle, the manager must test whether plans are feasible given financing arrangements and constraints. Cash needs are great due to seasonality. Needed loans must be calculated at five separate dates, and financial position projected. This is a... View Details
    Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Capital Budgeting; Cash Flow; Financial Strategy; Activity Based Costing and Management; Financing and Loans; Managerial Roles; Credit; Insurance
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    Hiring Organizations

    Partners AllWin Alpaca Real Estate Alphabroder Alpine Investors Alterra Capital Partners Altitude AI Altos Ventures Alumni Ventures Amazon Amazon Web Services - AWS Ambit Partners American Express American Industrial Partners Amex... View Details
    • December 2012
    • Article

    Grand Innovation Prizes: A Theoretical, Normative, and Empirical Evaluation

    By: Alan MacCormack, Fiona Murray, Scott Stern and Georgina Campbell
    This paper provides a systematic examination of the use of a Grand Innovation Prize (GIP) in action—the Progressive Automotive Insurance X PRIZE—a $10 million prize for a highly efficient vehicle. Following a mechanism design approach we define three key dimensions for... View Details
    Keywords: Design; Motivation and Incentives; Goals and Objectives; Performance; Auto Industry
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    • 2011
    • Working Paper

    The Impact of Forward-Looking Metrics on Employee Decision Making

    By: Pablo Casas-Arce, F. Asis Martinez-Jerez and V.G. Narayanan
    This paper analyzes the effects of providing forward-looking metrics on employee decision making. We use data from a southern European bank that, in April 2002, started providing its branch managers with customer lifetime value (CLV) information about mortgage... View Details
    Keywords: Customer Value and Value Chain; Decision Choices and Conditions; Mortgages; Employees; Information; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Service Delivery; Banking Industry; Europe
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    Operational Efficiency and Effective Management in the Catheterization Laboratory

    By: Grant W. Reed, Michael L. Tushman and Samir R. Kapadia
    Operational efficiency is a core business principle in which organizations strive to deliver high-quality goods or services in a cost-effective manner. This concept has become increasingly relevant to cardiac catheterization laboratories, as insurers move away from... View Details
    Keywords: Cath Lab; Catheterization Laboratory; Health Care and Treatment; Performance Efficiency; Management; Performance Productivity; Cost Management; Health Industry
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    Business & Environment

    The Consequences of Missing Emissions Targets? For Many Companies, None Re: Shirley Lu 11 Feb 2025 | Trellis Here’s How Climate Change Is Reshaping Home Insurance Costs in California — And the Rest of the U.S. Re: Ishita Sen 22 Jan 2025 |... View Details
    • 18 Feb 2015
    • First Look

    First Look: February 18

    authors go beyond the common belief of retail as a monolithic industry and provide a framework that any brick-and-mortar retailer can use to respond to the eCommerce threat. Through six examples, this book demonstrates how this framework... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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    Podcast - Business & Environment

    and Tom Rivett-Carnac, co-hosts of the climate podcast Outrage & Optimism, to preview COP29, the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan. With their extensive experience in climate negotiations and industry... View Details
    • June 2010 (Revised September 2010)
    • Case

    athenahealth: Innovating in Response to a Crisis in Healthcare

    When Jonathan Bush and his partner, Todd Park, realized that their revolutionary approach to delivering clinical care was being stymied by the inefficiencies in the healthcare system and insurance red tape, they turned their proprietary technology, athenaNet, to a new... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Information Management; Innovation and Invention; Brands and Branding; Product Development; Health Industry; United States
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    • July 2002 (Revised December 2002)
    • Case

    Mercer Management Consulting (A)

    By: Thomas J. DeLong and Michael Echenberg
    Insurance giant Marsh & McLennan acquires management consulting firms Temple, Barker & Sloane (TBS) in 1987 and Strategic Planning Associates (SPA) in 1990 and sets out to merge the two. The merger proceeds slowly and painfully. Following the February 1990 merger,... View Details
    Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Model; Decision Making; Organizational Culture; Personal Development and Career; Horizontal Integration; Consulting Industry
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      Robert C. Merton

      Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

      Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

      Keywords: insurance industry; insurance industry; insurance industry; insurance industry; insurance industry; insurance industry
      • Web

      Negotiation, Organizations & Markets - Faculty & Research

      sociology, and law. NOM seeks to apply rigorous scientific methods to real-world problems -- producing research and pedagogy that is compelling to both the academy and practitioners. Recent Publications Slice Labs: Creating a Fraud-free Online View Details
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      Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

      of the King Faisal Foundation. Al-Faisal earned a BSc in industrial management from the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals. Omar K. Alghanim (MBA 2002) Fellowship The Omar K. Alghanim Fellowship was established through the... View Details
      • 2023
      • Article

      Dynamic HTA for Digital Health Solutions: Opportunities and Challenges for Patient-Centered Evaluation

      By: Jan B. Brönneke, Annika Herr, Simon Reif and Ariel D. Stern
      Germany’s 2019 Digital Healthcare Act (Digitale-Versorgung-Gesetz, or DVG) created a number of opportunities for the digital transformation of the health care delivery system. Key among these was the creation of a reimbursement pathway for patient-centered digital... View Details
      Keywords: Digital Transformation; Applications and Software; Product Development; Insurance; Policy; Health Industry; Germany
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        David E. Bell

        David E. Bell is a Baker Foundation Professor at HBS. He has taught marketing many times in the MBA program including as course head.

        During his career at HBS, David has taught a variety of other courses to both MBAs and executives, including risk... View Details

        Keywords: e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry
        • February 2022 (Revised February 2024)
        • Case

        Sekisui House and the In-Home Early Detection Platform

        By: John D. Macomber and Akiko Kanno
        To address an aging population and sales declines, a major Japanese homebuilder considers pivoting to provide and support an in-home health detection platform, in competition with tech companies. This case considers the point of view of major builders regarding how... View Details
        Keywords: Voice Assistants; Architecture; Smart Home; Aging Society; Digitalization; Real Estate; Home Automation; Sensors; Strategy; Digital Platforms; Health Care and Treatment; Housing; Age; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Japan
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        California - Global

        areas were the best fit for the app’s growth, and how quickly should they roll out? And what were the long-term benefits and risks to new subjects within the flagship app? January 2025 Case Ontra: Embracing GenAI in the Legal Technology View Details