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  • 30 Jul 2013
  • First Look

First Look: July 30

Participation of Disability Insurance Applicants By: Shu, Pian Abstract—Using panel data from the RAND Health and Retirement Study, I show that rejected applicants for Social Security Disability View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 07 Oct 2014
  • First Look

First Look: October 7

Results from a Natural Field Experiment in California By: Levine, David I., and Michael W. Toffel Abstract—For companies with strong internal occupational safety and health auditing programs, OSHA inspections might seem a formality that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • October 2009 (Revised November 2016)
  • Case

Generation Health: A Pioneer in Genetics Benefit Management (A)

By: Robert F. Higgins, Jeffrey D. Marrazzo and Rachel Gordon
Generation Health, a pioneer in the new field of genetics benefit management and a newly formed company, faces many strategic issues. CEO Per Lofberg is in the midst of negotiating a partnership with a major pharmacy benefit management company. As part of these... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Growth and Development Strategy; Partners and Partnerships; Genetics; Health Industry; Health Industry
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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

Corporation, 1975–2000 Edward G. Budd E. G. Budd Company, 1912–1946 Ralph Budd Great Northern Railroad, 1919–1932 Herbert P. Buetow Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, 1953–1963 Warren E. Buffett Berkshire Hathaway, 1969–Present Morgan G. Bulkeley Aetna Life View Details
  • 15 Mar 2024
  • HBS Case

Let's Talk: Why It's Time to Stop Avoiding Taboo Topics at Work

place, discussing one’s next step (or departure) wouldn’t feel abrupt or discriminatory. Health Wing works with a company that saw almost a million dollars in unexpected health care costs last year because... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 2021
  • Book

Management as a Calling: Leading Business, Serving Society

By: Andrew J. Hoffman
Business leaders have tremendous power to influence our society, how it operates, whether it is fair, and the extent to which it impacts the environment. And yet, we do not recognize or call out the responsibility that comes with that power. This book is meant to... View Details
Keywords: Business Education; Power and Influence; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Issues; Leadership
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  • 30 May 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Racial Bias Might Be Infecting Patient Portals. Can AI Help?

system and the patients they care for.” The study’s analyses carefully accounted for the recipient practice of the messages and patient characteristics such as age, ZIP code of residence, health status, View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand; Health
  • Program

Aligning Strategy and Sales

marketplace Expand your personal and professional network Extend your network by living and working with accomplished executives from various backgrounds, industries, and countries across the globe Build relationships with a diverse group... View Details
  • 21 Nov 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017

others. Our results can help explain a variety of behavioral phenomena including the structure of social insurance programs, patterns of public good provision, and why transactions that turn money into time are often deemed repugnant.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Feb 2015
  • First Look

First Look: February 18

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/715411-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 715-423 Discovery Limited Discovery Limited is a South-African based insurance company. Started in the early 1990s, Discovery used behavioral economics... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Jan 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018

Sources of Inefficiency in Health Care By: Chandra, Amitabh, and Douglas O. Staiger Abstract—In medicine, the reasons for variation in treatment rates across hospitals serving similar patients are not well understood. Some interpret this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Podcast - Business & Environment

from storm surge and erosion. She explains how CPS integrates landscape design, marine engineering, and microgrid energy into its solution, and how it differs from traditional seawalls or breakwaters. Alex also discusses navigating public policy, permitting, and View Details
  • November 2022
  • Case

The Battle Among Channels for Marketing Pharmaceuticals: UpScript, Pharmacy Benefit Managers, and Direct-to-Consumer Sales

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Tiffany Farrell
Can an online, direct-to-consumer pharmacy both improve the quality and speed of care for patients who need branded drugs and stabilize profits for pharmaceutical manufacturers? UpScript, after years spent achieving legal and regulatory compliance and simultaneous... View Details
Keywords: DTC; Internet and the Web; Marketing Channels; Customer Value and Value Chain; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Competitive Strategy; Service Delivery; Growth and Development Strategy; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry
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  • 14 Feb 2023
  • HBS Case

Is Sweden Still 'Sweden'? A Liberal Utopia Grapples with an Identity Crisis

Sweden has long seemed like a social-welfare capitalist dream come true, where companies and labor unions collaborate in harmony with government support. Swedish citizens are among the wealthiest in the world, and they enjoy publicly provided View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert

    Joshua D. Margolis

    Joshua Margolis is James Dinan and Elizabeth Miller Professor of Business Administration and the Unit Head for the Organizational Behavior unit. He is also Faculty Chair of the Program for Leadership Development. His research and teaching revolve around leadership... View Details

    Keywords: health care; health care; health care; health care; health care
    • Web

    Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

    Financial Sector More Info The Impact of Pensions and Insurance on Global Yield Curves By: Robin Greenwood & Annette Vissing-Jorgensen JUN 2018 In this NBER working paper, researchers from the Behavioral Finance and Financial Stability... View Details
    • Web

    Organize Care Around Medical Conditions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

    HBS ISC Health Care Health Care Value-Based Health Care Health Care Courses Fast Facts Value-Based Health Care... View Details
    • 12 Apr 2017
    • Research & Ideas

    Why Productivity Suffers When Employees Are Allowed to Schedule Their Own Tasks

    Source: rawpixel Many jobs involve completing a series of sequential, independent, prearranged tasks. Physicians see patients; teachers grade papers; insurance agents process stacks of claims. In the interest of productivity, some... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health
    • 23 Jan 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: January 23, 2008

    range of variation in beauty and hygiene ideals. What Have We Learned from Market Design? Author:Alvin E. Roth Periodical:Hahn Lecture. Economic Journal (March 2008) Abstract This essay discusses some things we have learned about markets, in the process of designing... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • Web

    Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

    Government and Politics (455) Groups and Teams (37) Growth Management (12) Growth and Development Strategy (40) Growth and Development (16) Happiness (29) Health Care and Treatment (96) Health Disorders (3)... View Details