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- May 2020
- Article
Identifying Sources of Inefficiency in Health Care
By: Amitabh Chandra and Douglas O. Staiger
In medicine, the reasons for variation in treatment rates across hospitals serving similar patients are not well understood. Some interpret this variation as unwarranted and push standardization of care as a way of reducing allocative inefficiency. However, an... View Details
- 2016
- Working Paper
Popular Acceptance of Inequality Due to Innate Brute Luck and Support for Classical Benefit-Based Taxation
U.S. survey respondents' views on distributive justice are shown to differ in two specific, related ways from what is conventionally assumed in modern optimal tax research. A large share of respondents, and in some cases a large majority, resist the full equalization... View Details
- 17 May 2013
- News
Making the United States Competitive
- 19 Oct 2022
- News
Number One in Formula One
- 21 Sep 2011
- News
Innovators don't ignore customers
- 15 Jun 2016
- News
Why Harvard Business School teaches students about whaling
- Article
Toward Resource Independence—Why State-Owned Entities Become Multinationals: An Empirical Study of India's Public R&D Laboratories
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury and Tarun Khanna
In this paper, we build on the standard resource dependence theory and its departure suggested by Vernon to offer a novel explanation for why state-owned entities (SOEs) might seek a global footprint and global cash flows: to achieve resource independence from... View Details
- 03 Jan 2022
- News
A Green Light for Corruption
- 09 Aug 2011
- News
Enough talk about jobs. Where's the action?
Rethinking the MBA
For decades, MBA graduates from top-tier schools set the standard for cutting-edge business knowledge and skills. Now the business... View Details
- 24 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 24, 2009
of 102 non-European Union countries, we study variations in the decision to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). There is evidence that more powerful countries are less likely to adopt IFRS, consistent with more... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 2002
- Other Unpublished Work
A View of Ontario: Ontario's Clusters of Innovation
In Working Paper 1, A view of Ontario: Ontario's clusters of innovation, we reviewed the importance of clusters of traded industries to an economy's productivity, innovation, and standard of living. Professor Michael Porter of the Institute for Strategy and... View Details
- August 1999 (Revised July 2009)
- Case
Tricon Restaurants International: Globalization Re-examined
By: Pankaj Ghemawat and Tarun Khanna
Describes a leading fast food operator/franchiser trying to consolidate and standardize its operations worldwide and focus its efforts on a few key markets. Lends itself to a discussion of how global the fast food industry is, whether Tricon's new international... View Details
- January 2024
- Case
Net Zero Insurance Alliance: An Alliance in Crisis
By: Peter Tufano and Karina Val
The Net Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA), a UN-convened alliance of major global insurers, was formed in 2021, but by 2023 had lost over 60% of its members. While NZIA had enjoyed a rapid and productive start by setting standards for the industry and sharing best... View Details
- 07 Nov 2018
- News
The Hidden Costs of Initial Coin Offerings
- 04 Jan 2016
- Video
The Challenge of Shared Prosperity - Boston, MA
- TeachingInterests
Finance I
By: Archie L. Jones
This course examines the role of finance in supporting the functional areas of a firm, and fosters an understanding of how financial decisions themselves can create value.
Topics covered include:
- Basic analytical skills and principles of... View Details
- June 1990 (Revised March 1991)
- Case
Jonah Creighton (A)
By: Anne Donnellon and Joshua D. Margolis
How do you manage yourself and your interaction with others when you feel your personal values challenged? What should you be aware of as you proceed with sensitive, ethical issues? Jonah Creighton coordinates the company's fast-track training program, and when he... View Details