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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

and Green Business in Latin America By: Geoffrey Jones 2025 | Chapter | Faculty Research This chapter argues that since the nineteenth century capitalism has created much wealth, but at the cost of massive ecological destruction, which... View Details

15 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

Five Imperatives for Improving Health Care

innovation efforts traditionally have focused on new products such as drugs and devices, survey respondents ranked process improvements in care delivery as the most promising opportunity for improving the View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

19 Dec 2006
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First Look: December 19, 2006

new way of looking at the traditional organizational structure of cost and profit centers. Every unit, by contributing to effective strategy execution, has the opportunity to support and create profit. This... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

heterogeneous telecommunication costs arising from different regulatory regimes) strengthens our results. 2014 Working Paper Bridging Science and Technology Through Academic-Industry Partnerships By: Sen Chai and Willy C. Shih Scientific... View Details

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Health Care - Faculty & Research

have any serious consequences. We conclude that far from curbing waste, cost sharing is itself highly inefficient, resulting in missed opportunities to buy health at very low View Details

31 Jan 2023
Op-Ed

Can Insurance Technology Solve the Uninsured Driver Problem?

Insurance technology can enable cash-strapped drivers to access shorter and more affordable durations of coverage. My research finds that many low-income drivers jump at the opportunity to buy coverage when they’re offered the ability to... View Details

Keywords: by Ray Kluender; Insurance

20 Aug 2021
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Is the MBA Worth It? Hear What Recent HBS Grads Have to Say

life goals and a path to achieve them. I would also never take back the opportunity to have my kids exposed to life living at HBS. What advice do you have for prospective HBS students? To consider what they want out of their MBA and... View Details

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Aligning Reimbursement with Value - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

lead to both outcomes and cost improvement. In addition to CMS bundles, pilot programs with insurers such as UnitedHealthcare and with employers such as Walmart, are creating opportunities for both providers... View Details

21 Feb 2018
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When a Competitor Abandons the Market, Should You Advance or Retreat?

opportunity to redouble their efforts and grab more market share, or take it as a warning that it might be time to get out while the getting was good? A new research study suggests that more companies than expected see a half-empty glass... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Pharmaceutical; Health

04 Sep 2001
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Is Government Just Stupid? How Bad Decisions Are Made

on a single position and promises to do "everything possible" to enact it. None of them mentions the possible tradeoffs or costs related to each new policy. Nor do they discuss how their proposed policy would interact with other... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman, Jonathan Baron & Katherine Shonk

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Business History - Faculty & Research

American chemical industries until the 1970s, when the two German firms diverged from their American counterparts in using public relations strategies not only to contain fallout from criticism, but also as opportunities for changes in... View Details

18 Mar 2013
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HBS Cases: LEGO

age 12. The LEGO brick played with by kids and adults around the globe came into being during Godtfred's tenure. He considered it a unique, sturdy, simple product—a system—that offered endless opportunities for creative fun, and drew up a... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Entertainment & Recreation

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Curriculum - Business & Environment

MBA Experience Curriculum 0ms Required Curriculum (1st Year) Cases Environmental opportunities and challenges are embedded in most Required Curriculum courses so that all students understand the importance of the natural environment to... View Details

30 Mar 2021
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Commuting Hurts Productivity and Your Best Talent Suffers Most

an average 27 minutes each way—almost an hour round-trip, according to the US Census Bureau. “The total opportunity cost of commuting for workers can exceed their hourly wages, amounting to thousands of... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

13 Mar 2023
Op-Ed

How Leaders Should Leave

switching costs up front, though. If you don’t immediately have a new job to go to, spending more time at home with your family may be as awkward as it is delightful. But more time at home gives you a rare View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

30 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 30, 2008

agree with the voter. Substantial equilibrium turnout emerges with nontrivial voting costs and modest altruism. The model can explain higher turnout in close elections as well as votes for third-party candidates with no prospect of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Feb 2023
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ESG Activists Met the Moment at ExxonMobil, But Did They Succeed?

The impact-investment hedge fund Engine No. 1 made a big splash in May 2021 when it managed to get three nominees elected to the ExxonMobil board of directors. It was an open effort to prod the oil giant toward renewable energy and test whether activist investing could... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Financial Services

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Academics - Health Care

entrepreneurial health care ventures that respond to the massive opportunities created by the escalating cost and uneven quality and access of health care systems globally. Students prepare a business plan,... View Details

05 Apr 2016
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April 5, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50854 Knowing When to Ask: The Cost of Leaning-in By: Exley, Christine L., Muriel Niederle, and Lise Vesterlund Abstract—Gender differences in the propensity to negotiate are often used to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne

24 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 24

interviewing hundreds of microfinance clients around the globe, the authors were able to identify five tools drawn from management accounting where improved knowledge would have a substantial impact including cost management, throughput... View Details