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- 13 Feb 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018
situation, especially §230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA), a 1996 law largely meant to protect online platforms from defamation lawsuits. The CDA has been stretched beyond recognition to prevent all manner of prudent regulation.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 2
(forthcoming) Abstract This paper investigates how dividend taxes influence portfolio choices, using the response to the distinctive treatment of a subset of foreign dividends in the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (JGTRRA)... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 22
quasi-autonomous units within a mega-agency or holding company have become an essential component of conflict policies. Subject to the protection against security breaches afforded by safeguards, rival clients may be served by separate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2015
- First Look
First Look -- September 1, 2015
(TDABC) is an innovative costing tool in healthcare that can be used to directly compare the true cost of competing technologies over the full care cycle. Rather than only comparing therapeutic effectiveness over a limited number of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Build Winning Streaks
every adult a voice, regardless of race. Democracy is the ultimate act of confidence because it implies a willingness to share power with other people who might have different views or speak in a different voice. Leaders often come in... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 28 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 28
people to buy forecasts? Does the act of forecasting set in motion unforeseen events that can counteract the forecast made? Publisher's link: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/10057.html August 2013 Edward Elgar Publishing Business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 5, 2009
International: The Second Act Harvard Business School Case 209-110 Thomas McDonald, senior vice president of Equity International (EI), is weighing an investment in the Brazilian homebuilder Gafisa. Was this the right country? The right... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Jun 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Promise of Channel Stewardship
a stake in addressing the needs of end users; a smaller player might not have much freedom to maneuver, but it needs a channel strategy to ensure its financial success and perhaps nudge the powerful players toward stewardship. The examples in this book illustrate View Details
- 17 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017
patient satisfaction, and problems with patient safety. Nearly all U.S. health care organizations have used similar evidence to justify their investments in safety and quality. Herein, we provide conservative formulas based on readily... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
What is welcome and all too rare? Leaders who care about building great institutions, not just profits. What sets these leaders apart in their practice and outlook? Harvard Business School's Michael Beer in his new book, Higher Ambition:... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
by story, the reporting is very thoughtful and careful. At this moment in history when we wring our hands about the future of newspapers, readers who care about the importance and contribution of newspapers should look at the book,... View Details
- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
arguments in secular terms. In the United States, fears of government intervention if business was perceived as acting badly also drove some to advocate corporate responsibility. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 15, 2009
Publication:Academic Medicine 84, no. 12 (December 2009): 1663-1671 Abstract Recent focus on the need to improve the quality and safety of health care has created new challenges for academic health centers (AHCs). Whereas previously... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
for its commitment to improving health care outcomes and lowering costs by reducing treatment variation, made the surprising decision to invest significant resources in an innovative precision medicine unit, which would provide... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Nov 2007
- What Do You Think?
Why Is Succession So Badly Managed?
of the inner workings of the firm, fires the CEO but appoints an acting CEO while a talent consultant is hired to begin a search for a replacement. Given the natural bias of the search firm and the board's recent bitter experience, the... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
- 07 Sep 2007
- What Do You Think?
Are Elite Business Schools Fostering the Deprofessionalization of Management?
that is not a profession? Phil Clark's comment characterizes the first line of thought. As he put it, an "elite B-school degree is seen as a ticket to connections to 'take care of (oneself),' not necessarily to provide value to any... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
entrepreneurial spirit, these ventures serve this atypical demand by acting as matchmakers between donors and health care areas. Such a development makes many observers pause since there is a strong taboo in... View Details
- 23 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017
practice. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52649 Physician Beliefs and Patient Preferences: A New Look at Regional Variation in Health Care Spending By: Cutler, David, Jonathan Skinner, Ariel Dora... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 12 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 12
spiritual-health, and 3) accurately measure the investments in and return on the program. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/johnson-johnson-the-pursuit-of-wellness/an/514112-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 514-119 Access Health CT: Marketing View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Women Can Get More Venture Capital
women who will say, "You know what? All my personal needs and all my family's needs are taken care of, and if I'm no longer enjoying the environment or the work, I'm gone." If there are other demands on women that are really... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace