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Martin November

Marty (HBS '98) is an MD/MBA and practicing OBGYN physician who has broad expertise in the healthcare sector as the former Medical Director for Patient Safety and Risk Management at Atrius Health, Harvard Medical School teaching faculty... View Details

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2022
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Reversible Power-to-Gas Systems for Energy Conversion and Storage

By: Gunther Glenk and Stefan Reichelstein

In the transition to decarbonized energy systems, Power-to-Gas (PtG) processes have the potential to connect the existing markets for electricity and hydrogen. Specifically, reversible PtG systems can convert electricity to hydrogen at times of ample power supply, yet... View Details

05 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019

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Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

February 2014
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Learning by Supplying

By: Juan Alcacer and Joanne Oxley

Learning processes lie at the heart of our understanding of how firms build capabilities to generate and sustain competitive advantage: learning by doing, learning by exporting, learning from competitors, users, and alliance partners. In this paper we focus attention... View Details

Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Organizations; Learning

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08 Nov 2011
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First Look: Nov. 8

Assessing Political Risk in a Volatile Environment Aldo MusacchioHarvard Business School Case 712-009 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/712009-PDF-ENG Veracity Worldwide:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Faculty Reflections on International Women's Day

International Women's Day and beyond. In closing, we want to say a special thank you to all of the women who are part of our Executive Education community of alumni and participants. As Cynthia A.... View Details

2019
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Creativity from Paradoxical Experience: A Theory of How Individuals Achieve Creativity while Adopting Paradoxical Frames

By: Goran Calic, Sébastien Hélie, Nick Bontis and Elaine Mosakowski

Purpose: Extant paradox theory suggests that adopting paradoxical frames, which are mental templates adopted by individuals in order to embrace contradictions, will result in superior firm performance. Superior performance is achieved through learning and creativity,... View Details

Keywords: Cognition and Thinking; Creativity; Learning

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25 May 2010
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First Look: May 25

attempting the transformation required to embrace a new, dominant technology—the choice to maintain focus on the old technology. In considering this choice we distinguish between "racing" strategies, which attempt to fight off... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

June 2022
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A New Initiative to Track HIV Resource Allocation and Costs

By: Ryan McBain, AK Nandakumar, Michael Ruffner, Carlyn Mann, Mai Hijazi, Susanna Baker, Linden Morrison, Kalipso Chalkidou, Shufang Zhang, Iris Semini, Fern Terris-Prestholt, Steven Forsythe, Sarah Byakika, Joshua Musinguzi and Robert S. Kaplan

In early 2020, several global health institutions – including the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS); United States Agency for International Development; and Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator at... View Details

Keywords: Activity Based Costing; HIV; Cost; Health Care; Healthcare; Health Care and Treatment; Activity Based Costing and Management; Resource Allocation; Health Industry; Africa

August 2019 (Revised September 2019)
Case

Dirk Nowitzki: Changing the Game

By: Boris Groysberg, Sascha L. Schmidt and Evan M.S. Hecht

NBA Superstar Dirk Nowitzki was unsure whether the 2018–2019 season would be his last as an NBA player. He had not faced such uncertainty since 1998, when he had navigated a difficult decision regarding the timing of his move to the NBA. He also did not know what he... View Details

Keywords: Career Decisions; Career Journey; ＂Sports Organizations,; Mentoring; Retirement; Sports; Performance; Training; Personal Development and Career; Sports Industry; United States

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05 Jun 2012
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French General and Harvard Business School professor, Georges Doriot, who established the American Research and Development Corporation (ARD) in 1946. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/812110-PDF-ENG Bharti Airtel... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

March 2019
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Economics of Converting Renewable Power to Hydrogen

By: Gunther Glenk and Stefan Reichelstein

The recent sharp decline in the cost of renewable energy suggests that the production of hydrogen from renewable power through a power-to-gas process might become more economical. Here we examine this alternative from the perspective of an investor who considers a... View Details

25 Mar 2022
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Omobola Johnson

Omobola Johnson, the former Minister of Communication Technology in Nigeria, discusses how she recovered the business that Arthur Anderson's lost after she was promoted to Country Managing Director through diversification and strong leadership. View Details

August 2011 (Revised May 2012)
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Narayana Hrudayalaya Heart Hospital: Cardiac Care for the Poor (B)

By: Tarun Khanna and Tanya Bijlani

Narayana Hrudayalaya (NH) has expanded into a multi-specialty health city in Bangalore and has grown to twelve locations across India. The hospital plans to build 300-bed secondary-care hospitals in smaller cities across India, with a goal to operate 30,000 beds in... View Details

Keywords: Emerging Markets; Growth and Development Strategy; Goals and Objectives; Social Enterprise; Health Care and Treatment; Poverty; Welfare; Health Industry; Bangalore; Cayman Islands; Africa