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- 12 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Competition the Cure for Healthcare
D. Anderson Cancer Center, and Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, which are moving toward results measurement and integrated practice unit structures. Reforming the U.S. system does not require a top down, big bang, government-led... View Details
- 30 Oct 2007
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First Look: October 30, 2007
Course MaterialsBASIX Harvard Business School Case 207-099 BASIX, an Indian microfinance corporation, must decide whether to continue to sell weather insurance to its clients. A brand-new financial product, weather insurance pays if View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Japan Compete? [Part Two]
new industries in Japan are things like highly skilled specialist personnel; a lack of risk capital because of heavily controlled financial markets; barriers to commercializing university research; and limited incentives for View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
- 13 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Public Companies Underinvest in the Future
were to their investment opportunities," Farre-Mensa explains. Investment opportunities are usually measured by market-to-book ratio, the relationship between the market value of a company and the book value of its assets.... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 03 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance
Dow, General Motors, Nestlé, and Petrobras) and smaller entrepreneurial firms (such as the U.K.'s AIFS and China's BabyCare) undertake critical financing, investment, risk management, and incentive management issues to take full advantage... View Details
- 27 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 27
the salience of information is a central determinant of a firm's demand function, even for purchases as large as college attendance. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-014.pdf Measuring Teamwork in Health Care... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
Is Your iPhone Turning You Into a Wimp?
Nonverbal Displays Affect Neuroendocrine Levels and Risk Tolerance." Contractive body postures such as folded arms have shown the opposite effect, decreasing testosterone and increasing cortisol. Bos and Cuddy wondered whether there might... View Details
- 13 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 13, 2009
Publication:Environmental History 13, no. 4 (October 2008): 684-694 Abstract The ability to detect and measure the presence of synthetic chemicals at trace levels in humans coupled to increased environmental NGO mobilization concerning... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Family Business: Preparing to Sell
the family business. The portrait of the business would also typically represent more than 90 percent of the owners' wealth. “If this transition is not managed well, the family has a higher risk of losing its wealth through bad investment... View Details
- 06 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products?
is enough interest to go further? Which is the better strategy for young innovators? What are the pros and cons of each? Can the risks be measured and mitigated? “The pitch or spec dilemma touches any... View Details
- 13 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Diagnosing the Public Health Care Alternative
shifting costs to patients and providers. Regulations are needed to end coverage and price discrimination based on health risks and preexisting conditions. Value-based competition also demands the View Details
- 01 Dec 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Will the Metaverse Affect Productivity?
contribute to real—not the measured kind of—productivity. Some will argue that the Metaverse is little more than a place in which misfits can escape their own U-Stor-Its. Before assuming that, remember that this will be a virtual world of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Can Obamacare Be Saved?
they also risk having to switch provider networks, disrupting patient-physician relationships. "According to Kaiser, health insurance premiums for the average plan are expected to rise by 9 percent in 2017" These consumers will... View Details
- 04 Jan 2012
- What Do You Think?
Income Inequality: What’s the Right Amount?
inequality is measured in terms of opportunity or the actual accumulation of varying levels of income and wealth. Inequality is inevitable and perhaps necessary in a free society, according to one line of thought. As Guy Higgins put it,... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sometimes Success Begins at Failure
don't have processes for managing them. A more valuable approach would be to acknowledge the risk of measurement errors in evaluating early-stage projects, and then develop practices for addressing those... View Details
- 03 Jun 2008
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First Look: June 3, 2008
surgical service that is constantly improving. The case has many details about how Dr. Shingleton works with his staff and patients and how the provider team focuses on patient care. A key measure of productivity for the surgery center is... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 8
M. Howitt Publication:In Integrative Risk Management: Advanced Disaster Recovery, edited by Simon Woodward. Zürich, Switzerland: Swiss Re Centre for Global Dialogue, 2010 Abstract Societies face a wide array of significant hazards—ranging... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 31, 2009
the "opportunistic behavior" hypothesis, private equity firms have higher quality accruals and a lower propensity to manage income than public equity firms. We further find that public equity firms report more conservatively, in line with their greater... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Workshop Encourages Corporate Reporting on Environmental and Social Sustainability
stakeholders at an HBS workshop last week. Integrated reports combine a company's financial, environmental, social, and governance performance measures into a report that can be presented and used both online and on paper, giving... View Details
- 12 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers
follow through? In a series of studies, Toffel and several colleagues have strived to answer these questions—which carry enormous weight for companies doing business overseas. Get them wrong and brands risk doing business with suppliers... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding