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Xinhua Hospital: Implementation of EMR Project

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Ning Jia, Weiqi Liu and Shanshan Cao

Established in 1958, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (hereafter referred to as "Xinhua Hospital") is an integrated modern teaching and research hospital with a comprehensive set of disciplines and a specialization in... View Details

Keywords: China; Hospitals; China

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The Future of Economic, Business, and Social History

By: G. Jones, Marco H.D. van Leeuwen and Stephen Broadberry

Three leading scholars in the fields of business, economic, and social history review the current state of these disciplines and reflect on their future trajectory. Geoffrey Jones reviews the development of business history since its birth at the Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: Economic History; Business History; History; Asia; Africa; Europe; Latin America; North and Central America

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Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - The Value of Business Education

University, 1920 A leading figure in the cooperative movement, after leaving HBS, W. C. Matney became director of the Bluefield Institute (today the today the historically black college Bluefield State) Department of Business... View Details

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Selected Digital Historical Resources – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

length in a process meant to provide an emotional release. The resulting records, hundreds and hundreds of pages in which employees disclose personal details of their day to day lives, offer an astonishingly intimate portrait of the American industrial worker in the... View Details

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Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online

Business School. Economics for Managers dives into fundamental economic principles like supply and demand, cost, markets, competition and differentiation. Participants gain the knowledge and skills needed to craft successful business strategy. Economics for Managers... View Details

16 Aug 2004
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Luxury Isn’t What It Used to Be

that mediation is not an excellent one, the entire brand suffers from it." "It's about leading a customer through an experience that feels new and comfortable at the same time," says Steuben's Haupt. "In the end,... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products

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Frist Faculty Commons | About

Corporation, and today it is the leading provider of health-care services in the United States. HCA was the subject of a 2012 HBS case study. Thomas F. Frist Jr. is director of the Patricia C. and Thomas F. Frist Jr. Foundation, which... View Details

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Finance & Investing - Business & Environment

climate change, what will you do to stay ahead of the curve, preserve access to capital, anticipate and manage risk, and invest in new opportunities? Conference Agenda Agenda Conference Videos Ramana Nanda Opening Remarks Leading a... View Details

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Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

for Best Article in Harvard Business Review in 2018 for "The Surprising Power of Questions" with Alison Wood Brooks. Leslie K. John : Finalist for the 2018 Paul E. Green Award from the Journal of Marketing Research for "Does 'Liking' Lead... View Details

28 Oct 2022
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Latina Women in Leadership: Shirley Verónica Cardona (MBA 2012)

other as we reach personal milestones. What are you doing now? How has your MBA prepared you for your post-HBS career? I have the honor of serving as Vice President of Marketing at Ellevation Education, the nation’s leading K-12 software... View Details

18 Oct 2017
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How Economic Clusters Drive Globalization

leading research universities, low cost or highly trained labor, and geographic bounty. Understanding how clusters work can help governments develop effective policies for creating them, as well as direct entrepreneurs to the best... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Agriculture & Agribusiness

07 Apr 2020
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What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

crisis? Consumers expect quite a bit from their brand partners during a crisis, seeing them as critical partners to governments, non-profit relief organizations, and NGOs because of the powerful platform a strong brand delivers for communicating information and the... View Details

Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman

06 Feb 2013
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Is ‘Conscious Capitalism’ an Antidote to Income Inequality?

home by asking, "As HBS alumni, don't we have an obligation to lead out on this topic and set an example? We must encourage, cajole and inspire each other to make the American dream available to all. But we must also be free to choose."... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

27 Nov 2000
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The Dynamics of Standing Still: Firestone Tire & Rubber and the Radial Revolution

the bias belted tire, claiming that it conferred significant performance improvements and launched an advertising campaign questioning the benefits of radials. Firestone, Uniroyal and General Tire quickly followed Goodyear's lead and... View Details

Keywords: by Donald N. Sull; Manufacturing; Transportation

10 Aug 2015
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New Medical Devices Get To Patients Too Slowly

devices, on the other hand, Stern found the opposite trend—and dramatically so. The first device in any given category—say, a coronary stent—took on average 34 percent longer to be approved than the next device in that category, leading... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Technology

23 May 2012
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Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative

slogan from Apple. And thinking differently leads them to act differently. From our research, consistent patterns emerged that led us to identify five primary discovery skills that underlie innovation: associating, observing, quetioning,... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons, Julia Hanna & Roger Thompson

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Career Histories and the Biotechnology Industry

Professor Higgins' other major project focuses on the consequences of individuals' career experiences for firms and industries. This second research stream centers on the careers of executives in the biotechnology industry.

Professor Higgins has written... View Details

25 Jan 2024
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Climate Stories Episode #15: Hilton Augustine III on Financing Climate Ventures

graduation, Hilton’s experiences combined to lead him to Energy Impact Partners, where he perfected his skills as a venture investor. “I focused on early-stage startups that aim to displace or sequester a significant portion of global... View Details

04 Mar 2020
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How Schmoozing with the Boss Helps Men Get Promoted

The old boys’ club is alive and well in the workforce, as male employees regularly schmooze with their male bosses during coffee breaks, after-work drinks, and golf outings. All this socializing gives men a huge career advantage over women, View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Jun 2024
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Firm Foundation

Courtesy Tracy Britt Cool Courtesy Tracy Britt Cool Tracy Britt Cool (MBA 2009) has been playing the long game as long as she can remember. The former Berkshire Hathaway executive grew up in a family business: Her father was a third-generation farmer in Manhattan,... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; private equity; Warren Buffett; career path; investment strategy; family business; Finance

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