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- 25 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments
overly narrow goals. Consider the experience of Airbnb, which ran experiments to evaluate booking strategies but ignored the potential for discrimination. After research by Luca and colleagues found evidence... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 15 Mar 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Backhanded Compliments: How Negative Comparisons Undermine Flattery
- 25 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Who is to Blame for 'The Great Training Robbery'?
About $162 billion was spent in 2012 in the United States on corporate training—in what Harvard Business School Professor Michael Beer calls the “the great training robbery.” Beer, the Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration,... View Details
- 02 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Spending on Happiness
Can money buy you happiness? Yes—so long as you spend the money on someone else. According to new research, giving other people even as little as $5 can lead to increased well-being for the giver. That's the insight into the secret of happiness View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 29 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Do Employees Work Harder for Higher Pay?
boost his or her motivation. It does—under certain conditions. The evolving field of behavioral economics is challenging the assumption that more money inevitably leads to increased effort. In a recent field study that he conducted along with Harvard colleagues Duncan... View Details
Keywords: by Chuck Leddy & Harvard Gazette
- 29 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Is the Digital Age Making Us Petty?
With the rise of mobile payment apps like Venmo, many people can easily record the exact charges incurred by a lunch partner and pay back debts to the cent. They see themselves as efficient and fair. Others often have a different word for... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 21 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Common Strategy Mistakes
"Michael Porter didn't get to be a giant in the field of competition and strategy by hunting small game." Joan Magretta begins her new book on Harvard Business School's Michael Porter's work View Details
Keywords: by Joan Magretta
- 07 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Art of Haggling
behavior and protracted disputes. Integrative bargaining is the process that is emphasized in most professional schools. Rightly so, says Harvard Business School Professor of Management Practice Michael A. Wheeler, who notes that many... View Details
Keywords: by Katie Johnston
- 09 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Simple Way for Restaurant Inspectors to Improve Food Safety
are hospitalized, and 3,000 die due to foodborne illnesses, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The research is detailed in the paper “How Scheduling Can Bias Quality Assessment: Evidence from Food Safety Inspections,” co-written View Details
- 04 Sep 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Wellsprings of Creation: Perturbation and the Paradox of the Highly Disciplined Organization
- 03 Sep 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Supply Chain Screening Without Certification: The Critical Role of Stakeholder Pressure
- October 26, 2021
- Article
Value Chain Management to Implement Post-COVID-19 Health Care Strategy: The COVID-19 Crisis Has Created Areas of Innovation That Should Be Embraced by Health Care Leaders
By: Michael E. Porter, Junaid Nabi and Thomas H. Lee
Health care organizations must learn from what has worked during the COVID-19 crisis. Leaders have found that while they cannot do everything, they must define and manage the sequence of activities required to deliver high-value care. View Details
Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Value-based Health Care; Value Chain; Health Pandemics; Health Care and Treatment; Management; Strategy
Porter, Michael E., Junaid Nabi, and Thomas H. Lee. "Value Chain Management to Implement Post-COVID-19 Health Care Strategy: The COVID-19 Crisis Has Created Areas of Innovation That Should Be Embraced by Health Care Leaders." DOI: 10.1056/CAT.21.0302. NEJM Catalyst (October 26, 2021).
- 13 Feb 2018
- News
Is America in a Retail Apocalypse? Ask Yelp
- 10 Aug 2016
- News
The meaning of trust in the age of Airbnb
- 13 Apr 2020
- News
Small Businesses Are Worse Off Than We Thought
- 03 Jan 2014
- News
Supply, Demand, Heart Attacks
- 08 Aug 2013
- News
Study finds online ratings vulnerable to bias
- 03 Apr 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Applying the Care Delivery Value Chain: HIV/AIDS Care in Resource Poor Settings
- 10 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why a Federal Rule on CEO Pay Disclosure May Get You In Trouble With Customers
Universal Desire for More Equal Pay" by Sorapop Kiatpongsan and Michael I. Norton, copyright 2014, Perspectives on Psychological Science "Executive Paywatch: High-paid CEOs and the Low-Wage Economy,"... View Details