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- 09 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Come Fly with Me: A History of Airline Leadership
were able to navigate the structures of regulation during this stage. As an industry peaks and begins to decline, leaders take center stage. Leaders are change agents who see... View Details
- Article
Are Cost Advantages from a Modern Indian Hospital Transferable to the United States?
By: R. S. Kaplan, F. Erhun, V.G. Narayanan, B. Mistry and K. Brayton, et al
We use time-driven activity-based costing to estimate the cost of personnel and space for an elective coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery at two U.S. hospitals, Intermountain and Baylor Heart, and Narayana Health (NH), in India. All three hospitals use modern... View Details
Keywords: Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing; Health Care and Treatment; Cost; Organizational Structure; Performance Efficiency; India; United States
Kaplan, R. S., F. Erhun, V.G. Narayanan, B. Mistry, and K. Brayton, et al. "Are Cost Advantages from a Modern Indian Hospital Transferable to the United States?" American Heart Journal 224 (June 2020): 148–155.
- 07 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
How an African History Scholar Became a Modern Righter of Wrongs
in what people think, and you need to find the right people to talk to you,” says Elkins, a professor of history and African and African American Studies at Harvard, and the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 16 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Companies Managed Risk (and Even Benefitted) in World War Internment Camps
problems. Yet, they also enjoyed unexpected benefits, including plenty of networking and after-war opportunities for the tight community of... View Details
- January 2008 (Revised January 2008)
- Case
Two Brattle Center: A Mental-Health Clinic in Search of a Viable Operating Model
By: Robert G. Eccles
Two Brattle Center (TBC) is a struggling for-profit private mental health clinic based in Harvard Square. Its founder, Dr. Joan Wheelis, is a nationally recognized practicing psychiatrist who has developed outpatient treatment programs based on Dialectical Behavior... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Strategy; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Medical Specialties; Nonprofit Organizations; Emotions; Health Industry; United States
Eccles, Robert G. "Two Brattle Center: A Mental-Health Clinic in Search of a Viable Operating Model." Harvard Business School Case 408-103, January 2008. (Revised January 2008.)
- January 2023 (Revised April 2024)
- Case
First to Fight? Culture, Tradition, and the United States Marine Corps (USMC)
By: Ranjay Gulati, Akhil Iyer and Joel Malkin
Over a history of more than 240 years, the United States Marine Corps has forged a distinct culture and institutional identity centered on its “warrior ethos.” In the wars of American history, Marines fought with uncommon valor, rising to international prominence for... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Talent and Talent Management; Government Administration; Management Practices and Processes; Management Systems; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Performance Effectiveness; United States
Gulati, Ranjay, Akhil Iyer, and Joel Malkin. "First to Fight? Culture, Tradition, and the United States Marine Corps (USMC)." Harvard Business School Case 423-051, January 2023. (Revised April 2024.)
- 2024
- Working Paper
Capital Market Integration and Growth across the United States
By: Leonardo D'Amico and Maxim Alekseev
What drives the integration of national financial markets and what are its consequences for regional growth? We digitize and collect US state-level banking data from 1953 to 1983 and document a tight link between high nominal short rates and financial integration,... View Details
- 11 Apr 2022
- Research & Ideas
A World of Difference: What Keeps Companies from Becoming More Inclusive
short, intensive course for MBA students called Anatomy of a Badass, which was a primer on being unapologetically authentic at work. Here, they talk with the HBS Alumni... View Details
Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint
- 2023
- Case
Christiana Figueres and the Collaborative Approach to Negotiating Climate Action
By: James K. Sebenius, Laurence A. Green, Hannah Riley-Bowles, Lara SanPietro and Mina Subramanian
This case study centers on Harvard’s Program on Negotiation 2022 Great Negotiator, Christiana Figueres, and her efforts as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to build momentum for, and ultimately pass, the 2015... View Details
Keywords: Climate Change; Negotiation; Environmental Regulation; International Relations; Leadership
Sebenius, James K., Laurence A. Green, Hannah Riley-Bowles, Lara SanPietro, and Mina Subramanian. "Christiana Figueres and the Collaborative Approach to Negotiating Climate Action." Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School Case, 2023. Electronic.
- 30 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Real Estate: The Most Imperfect Asset
trying to augment the curriculum with international cases. For example, I wrote a case about a hotel in Barcelona, a shopping center development in Hungary, and View Details
- 18 Apr 2007
- HBS Case
How Magazine Luiza Courts the Poor
The inspiration for a new case can strike at any time. For Harvard Business School professor Frances X. Frei, the time and place was one morning... View Details
- 01 Feb 2021
- What Do You Think?
Has the New Economy Finally Arrived?
worked out. It may have contributed to the thinking behind the “dot-com bubble,” which was characterized by a wave of IPOs for organizations... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Acquirers
private equity and public companies "changes the ownership structure of assets and alters the incentives and governance mechanisms that surround View Details
- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
everything from the particulars of their target market, to their revenue model, to the name of the venture, before... View Details
- September 2013 (Revised June 2014)
- Case
Rana Plaza: Workplace Safety In Bangladesh (A)
By: John A. Quelch and Margaret L. Rodriguez
On April 24, 2013 the Rana Plaza factory building collapsed in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Over 1,100 people were killed in the worst industrial accident since the Union Carbide plant gas leak in Bhopal, India. Most of the victims worked for garment factories,... View Details
Keywords: Marketing; Public Health; Safety; Workplace; Human Rights; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Bangladesh
Quelch, John A., and Margaret L. Rodriguez. "Rana Plaza: Workplace Safety In Bangladesh (A)." Harvard Business School Case 514-034, September 2013. (Revised June 2014.)
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Bank of America Turned Branches into Service-Development Laboratories
of 2000. A customer entering the new center was immediately greeted at the door by a host—an idea borrowed from Wal-Mart and other retail stores.... View Details
- November 2020
- Article
Disrupting the Disruptors or Enhancing Them? How Blockchain Re‐Shapes Two‐Sided Platforms
By: Daniel Trabucchi, Antonella Moretto, Tommaso Buganza and Alan MacCormack
The importance of platform‐based businesses in the modern economy is growing continuously and becoming increasingly relevant. Specifically, the deployment of digital technologies has enhanced the applicability of two‐sided business models, enabling companies to act not... View Details
Keywords: Blockchain; Two-Sided Platforms; Business Model; Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation
Trabucchi, Daniel, Antonella Moretto, Tommaso Buganza, and Alan MacCormack. "Disrupting the Disruptors or Enhancing Them? How Blockchain Re‐Shapes Two‐Sided Platforms." Journal of Product Innovation Management 37, no. 6 (November 2020): 552–574.
- 21 Jul 2006
- Op-Ed
Enron Jury Sent the Right Message
The most noteworthy message of the Enron trial is that corporate executives can be convicted in a court of law for... View Details
Keywords: by Malcolm S. Salter
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard
financial and non-financial measurements in four perspectives: financial, customer, internal process, and learning and growth. The approach quickly evolved into a new system for describing and managing... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- 01 Dec 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Will the Metaverse Affect Productivity?
in a U-Stor-It container in Inglewood, California. After losing his day job, he turns to his “auxiliary emergency backup job” as a “freelance stringer for the CIC, the Central... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett