Health Economics - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Sep 2015
What Do You Think?

What's Wrong With Amazon’s Low-Retention HR Strategy?

the opportunity to earn high compensation--but jobs that often become too demanding for some employees, particularly those with health problems or family obligations. Former employees complained about bosses who lacked empathy for... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Web Services; Retail; Apparel & Accessories; Consumer Products; Fashion

Stephen P. Bradley

Professor Bradley is the William Ziegler Professor of Business Administration Emeritus at the Harvard Business School. In addition to teaching Management and Strategy in the Owner President Management Program and leading an... View Details

Keywords: health care; health care; health care; health care; health care; health care; health care

31 Jul 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Learning from Double-Digit Growth Experiences

Keywords: by Eric D. Werker

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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

cohort of green businesses across sectors ranging from beauty and health to eco-tourism. Keywords: Environmental Sustainability ; Business History ; Globalization ; Economic Growth ; Latin America Citation... View Details

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Life at Harvard - Doctoral

Community Anil Doshi Technology & Operations Management Filippo Mezzanotti Business Economics Sarah Wolfolds Strategy Anastassia Fedyk Business Economics Alexandra C. Feldberg Organizational Behavior Rohan... View Details

21 Apr 2008
Research & Ideas

The New Math of Customer Relationships

updating the books with a new one titled The Ownership Quotient. In it, we highlight organizations like Harrah's Entertainment, Rackspace Managed Hosting (a Website hosting service), Baptist Health Care, and Wegmans (a regional grocery... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

28 Jul 2015
First Look

First Look: July 28, 2015

credibility of these reviews is fundamentally undermined when businesses commit review fraud, creating fake reviews for themselves or their competitors. We investigate the economic incentives to commit review fraud on the popular review... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Faculty & Research - Leadership

America. Starting with a 14-person team and a prepaid card linked to a digital app, Ualá rapidly expanded into a comprehensive... January 2025 Case Summer Health: Raising an AI-First Company? By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang , Sarah Mehta and Maxim Pike Harrell In October 2023,... View Details

September 1991 (Revised August 1994)
Background Note

Note on Pharmaceutical Industry Regulation

By: Willis M. Emmons III

Traces the evolution of U.S. regulatory policy towards the pharmaceutical industry over the course of the twentieth century. A major theme is the steady shift away from a policy of 'let the buyer beware' to the creation of a complex and time-consuming review process,... View Details

Keywords: Safety; Industry Growth; Marketing; Research and Development; Health Testing and Trials; Economics; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States

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HBS - The year in Review

administration, business economics, organizational behavior, and health policy management. During the Class Day ceremony the day prior, graduates, their guests, families, and friends honored five faculty with teaching awards and heard... View Details

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Leadership - Faculty & Research

Health CEO Ellen DaSilva arrived at a defining juncture for her pediatric telehealth startup. Founded in 2021, Summer Health offered parents rapid access to licensed pediatricians via text message. DaSilva,... View Details

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Publications - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Health Care Health Care Value-Based Health Care Health Care Courses Fast Facts Value-Based Health Care... View Details

Trust

Entrepreneurial ventures often fail in the developing world because of the lack of something taken for granted in the developed world: trust. Over centuries, the developed world has built customs and institutions such as enforceable contracts, an impartial legal... View Details

09 Nov 2023
News

From the Brink

government was going to run out of money, and coming up with policy solutions. “We had a cross-functional team. We had experts on sovereign restructurings from the international division. We drew in the economic team, the legislative... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

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Business History - Faculty & Research

opportunities for a cohort of green businesses across sectors ranging from beauty and health to eco-tourism. Keywords: Environmental Sustainability ; Business History ; Globalization ; Economic Growth ;... View Details

18 Jul 2023
Research & Ideas

Will Global Demand for Oil Peak This Decade?

Is the globe’s thirst for oil finally topping out? A major international energy watcher says yes, predicting last month that demand for global oil for transport will peak around 2026, plateau for all uses by 2028, and possibly hit a zenith by the end of the decade.... View Details

Keywords: by Alvin Powell, Harvard Gazette; Energy; Industrial Products; Auto; Green Technology

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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

by Attractive Men By: Alison Wood Brooks , Laura Huang, Sarah Kearney and Fiona Murray Entrepreneurship is a central path to job creation, economic growth, and prosperity. In the earliest stages of start-up business creation, the matching... View Details

11 Mar 2008
First Look

First Look: March 11, 2008

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808104 Partners in Health: The PACT Project Harvard Business School Case 608-065 Partners in Health (PIH) is a Boston-based, not-for-profit that provides View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Events & Presentations - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Resources Resources Video Courses Data Events & Presentations Frameworks News Publications Events & Presentations Events & Presentations The Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness frequently hosts events and conferences. We deliver presentations on View Details

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Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online

Enroll Now Key Concepts Discover how balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements are developed and how each interact Evaluate the financial health of a business using financial statements Understand GAAP and IFRS standards... View Details

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