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- 22 May 2020
- In Practice
Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?
shared savings and capitated arrangements and away from fee-for-service, they will be better positioned not only to withstand any COVID aftershocks but also to gain patients during the recession. Leemore S. Dafny (@LeemoreDafny) is the... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 07 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Whatever Happened to Caveat Emptor?
manufacturing, after all, is consumed domestically. The more sophisticated and organized the domestic consumer base becomes, the easier it will be for China to move into high-quality areas of production. In... View Details
- 30 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
All Eyes on Slovakia’s Flat Tax
governments will increasingly look for ways to reform their tax and labor systems in order to attract business—or simply stop businesses from delocalizing. The direct effect of the Slovak flat tax can be... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
COVID-19 Shines New Light on Working Conditions in Supply Chains
question is: In the wreckage of a collapsed building, whose labels do you find? Often, the activist community will point their fingers at the brands for basically enabling those factories to exist and to... View Details
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
national governments and international institutions would prove too weak to deal with these forces. On the positive side, many of the leaders we spoke with viewed business as part View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53307 Harvard Business School Case 518-031 MannKind Corporation: Take a Deep Breath, This Time Afrezza Will Work In June 2014, MannKind Corporation announced that after years View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2007
- Op-Ed
Company Town: Fixing Corrupt Governments
government as well as embezzlement. They might very well be willing to pay the same, or higher, taxes to finance good government, which would include a profit margin to the elected firm. Corporations might find that some parts View Details
Keywords: by Eric Werker
- 04 Jan 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Sustain Organization Diversity?
successes, the distraction of a later effort to improve gender diversity, the disproportionate number of Black employees laid off in a major downsizing, a drop in the number of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 31 Oct 2007
- HBS Case
Climate Change Puts Heat on GMs
manager you're going to get letters from organizations that say do X, Y, or Z," Oberholzer-Gee observes. "How should you think about them? There are a number of strategic moves that companies can make that View Details
- 03 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 3, 2007
Working PapersCan Higher Prices Stimulate Product Use? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Zambia Authors:Nava Ashraf, James Berry, and Jesse M. Shapiro Abstract The pricing of health products in the developing world has become a center... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Customer Loyalty Programs That Work
where retailers will have an advantage—the experience with the customer," Alvarez continues. "It won't be price, selection, or convenience. The only thing that will matter is how a retailer can... View Details
- 22 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Strategy: Aligning Planning and Execution
an interview with HBS Working Knowledge. "Obtaining One Strategy in times of change means the organization will respond in a holistic fashion to new challenges, staying aligned for maximum competitive... View Details
- 06 Dec 2006
- Op-Ed
India Needs to Encourage Trade with China
each other. Of course, there are several ways in which the U.S.-Mexico example is an unfair number to use to benchmark China-India trade. Those countries, even Mexico, are much richer than are China and India, and this means that their... View Details
Keywords: by Tarun Khanna
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Dow at 20,000: What's That All About?
particular, which means that profits are going to be higher. As a result, stockholders will get a bigger share of the pie. That raises stock prices all over the place. A related effect is the issue View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 13 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Support Staff Identity Crisis
marketer's DNA"-that are necessary to convert marketing from a support function to a strategic one. These four roles include the instigator (someone willing to shove change forward), the innovator (the idea person), the integrator... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 11 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 11, 2008
implementation of an innovative, but ultimately unsuccessful strategy. Quarterly strategic reviews, based in part on the firm's balanced scorecard, led executives at Store24 to identify problems with, and eventually abandon, this strategy... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Are Company Founders Underpaid?
issues. In short, it posits that when hired managers, or "agents," are faced with a conflict between their organization's best interests and their personal best interests, the agents will choose the latter. Therefore, the owners... View Details
- 08 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
NFL Head Coaches Are Getting Younger. What Can Organizations Learn?
in the organization. As outlined in a piece by Robert Mays of The Ringer, McVay constantly has informal meetings with players to help them become more comfortable with various schemes and play designs, and he is often View Details
- 05 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 5, 2007
Working PapersNone this week. Cases & Course MaterialsArtisan Entertainment Inc. Harvard Business School Case 207-067 Geoff Rehnert and Marc Wolpow have left Bain Capital to launch Audax Group. As part of their separation, they... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 9
Corporate Disclosure of Climate Change Strategies Authors:Erin M. Reid and Michael W. Toffel Publication:Strategic Management Journal (forthcoming) Abstract The challenges associated with climate change will... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace