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- October 2016
- Case
Addicaid: Scaling a Digital Platform for Addiction Wellness and Recovery
By: Robert S. Huckman and Sarah Mehta
In 2013, Sam Frons founded Addicaid—a mobile application (app) that allowed people in addiction recovery to track their progress, check in with counselors, and connect with others in recovery programs. The app was grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy and used the... View Details
Keywords: Digital Health Interventions; Substance Use Disorder; Addiction Treatment; Addiction Recovery; Scale; Innovation; Health; Health Disorders; Health Industry; New York (city, NY)
Huckman, Robert S., and Sarah Mehta. "Addicaid: Scaling a Digital Platform for Addiction Wellness and Recovery." Harvard Business School Case 617-018, October 2016.
- 11 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Business Competition Harms Society
UCLA Anderson School, and Michael W. Toffel of Harvard Business School. In the quest to discover whether competition breeds unethical behavior, the researchers examined the vehicle emissions testing program in New View Details
- 03 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 3, 2007
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=407024 St. HOPE Academy: The Expansion Decision Harvard Business School Case 307-080 St. HOPE is faced with a decision concerning whether or not to expand from Sacramento to View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Tennis, Golf, and White Anxiety Block Racial Integration
and organizations at New York University’s Stern School of Business. Challenging segregation at work and home The study comes at a time when cries for racial justice have grown in the United States, and... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 26 Jul 2022
- Research & Ideas
Burgers with Bugs? What Happens When Restaurants Ignore Online Reviews
restaurants, causing consumers to avoid those with bad ratings. Restaurants, in turn, often respond by cleaning up their act, according to an analysis of Yelp reviews, OpenTable reservations, and data from the New View Details
- 05 Oct 2020
- Book
Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time
hesitation, she opted for the higher-paying position in a new city, figuring it would be an adventure with her partner of eight years and lead to more exciting work opportunities down the road. It’s a choice... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
Vadim Kogan Abstract—"The 2010 Vancouver Winter Games lost $223 million, astonishing for a 17-day event. Next year's London Summer Games, which cost a record Olympic rights fee of $1.18 billion, are expected to lose at least as much..." wrote Richard Sandomir... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Design Enables Discrimination: Learning from Anti-Asian Bias on Airbnb
and 334,906 reviews in New York City, one of Airbnb’s major markets. Using reviews as a proxy for bookings, the researchers tracked reviews for the year before and the year... View Details
- 10 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: First Look: October 10
for assigning children to schools in Boston and New York and for facilitating exchanges of kidneys. Computers enable the design of "smart markets" that combine the inputs of users in complex ways:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
the platform can resolve these problems and create value by limiting the number of applications available. By limiting choice, the platform may create new equilibria (including the allocation that maximizes users' utility); eliminate... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 May 2021
- Op-Ed
Why America Needs a Better Bridge Between School and Career
private sector spends the largest share of training dollars dedicated to adults. Policymakers should support programs that actively encourage employers to invest in talent pipelines. CareerWise, founded in Colorado but now expanding to Indiana, View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller and Rachel Lipson
- 28 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 28, 2008
MaterialsChina in Africa: The Case of Sudan Harvard Business School Case 308-060 This case examines the relation between China's demand for resources and political risk. Purchase the case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=308060 Mellon... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Racism and Digital Design: How Online Platforms Can Thwart Discrimination
guest. In a related paper, researchers found that African American hosts in New York City typically charged less than other hosts on the platform for similar listings. "The research demonstrates that... View Details
- 05 Feb 2018
- What Do You Think?
Should Companies Disclose Employee Compensation?
such transparency extend? What do you think? References: Adam Bryant, He’s Not Bill Gates, or Fred Astaire, The New York Times, February 14, 2010, p. B2. Ray Dalio, Principles: Life and Work, (New York:... View Details
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
new urban data sources and illustrate how they can be used to improve the study and function of cities. We first show how Google Street View images can be used to predict income in New View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jan 2023
- What Do You Think?
How Would the Leadership Style of Girl Scouts' Frances Hesselbein Fare Today?
No. 9-690-044 (Harvard Business School Publishing, 1989) Richard Sandomir, “Frances Hesselbein, Who Transformed the Girl Scouts, Is Dead at 107,” The New York Times, December 16, 2022. Your feedback to last... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
- 29 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
The History and Influence of Andy Grove
Almost fifty years ago, nineteen-year-old Andy Grove stepped off a boat in New York City, a poor immigrant from Hungary who barely escaped Nazi occupation. A decade later he... View Details
- 25 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Beauty Entrepreneur Madam Walker
and the Caribbean were using Walker beauty products. The New York Times marked the day of her death with an obituary titled "Wealthiest Negress Dead." Koehn says "Madam C.J. Walker" was... View Details
- 14 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 14, 2016
roles are uncertain, goals are shifting, expertise and organizational cultures are varied, and participants have clashing or even antagonistic perspectives. I have studied more than a dozen cross-industry innovation projects, among them the creation of a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Apr 2022
- Research & Ideas
A World of Difference: What Keeps Companies from Becoming More Inclusive
inclusively." One of the stories that I included in my book Rebel Talent was about the airline pilot Captain “Sully” Sullenberger, who lost power in both jet engines over the Hudson River shortly after taking off from New View Details
Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint