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- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Listen to “Yes”
existence of passive leadership constitutes a substantial barrier to candid dialogue and debate within organizations. Leaders can and should take concrete steps to build conflict into their decision-making processes. For instance, they... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Jun 2011
- Research & Ideas
Signing at the Top: The Key to Preventing Tax Fraud?
University. "A lot of prior work has focused on the consequences of unethical decision-making and the factors that lead people to be unethical," says Lisa Shu, a doctoral candidate in Organizational Behavior at HBS. "This drove us to want... View Details
- 27 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work
through the cracks.” Fixing By Walking Around The program the researchers tested was modeled on Allan Frankel's "Leadership WalkRounds," which has been shown to improve safety in various medical facilities. His hypothesis was that... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Guttry
- 01 Nov 2016
- First Look
First Look - November 1, 2016
Behavioral Decision Making The Impact of 'Display-Set' Options on Decision-Making By: Karmarkar, Uma R. Abstract—The way a choice set is constructed can have a significant influence on how individuals perceive and evaluate their options... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jul 2016
- Op-Ed
Where is TripAdvisor for Doctors?
to monetize this opportunity. But the medical profession, let alone consumers, might frown on doctor advertising and on doctors paying fees for referrals. 4. Restricted Choice. Many consumers are restricted by their health care plans to... View Details
- 02 Jun 2003
- What Do You Think?
What Can Aspiring Leaders Be Taught?
(and law schools, medical schools, etc.) should attempt to teach students ways to reconcile their actions when ethics seemingly compete with profit or another targeted outcome." As Ken Coleman pointed out, "business students... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Can Obamacare Be Saved?
expected to learn personal finance (e.g., how to budget for large purchases, like a house or a car, and to save for retirement), there has to be some expectation that people will budget for their own medical care. This will require more... View Details
- 07 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 7, 2007
reversion to very early hiring or the use of a centralized matching system such as that used for medical residencies. We suggest, however, potential avenues by which the clerkship market could stabilize at something like its present... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
Can Consumers be Trusted with Their Own Health Care?
presentation given at the fifth U.S.-China Health Summit at Harvard Medical School in September by John A. Quelch, the Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and Professor in Health Policy... View Details
- 05 Sep 2008
- What Do You Think?
Is Case Method Instruction Due for an Overhaul?
"Cases help to develop 'pattern recognition' skills that are very important in decision-making ...." Dave Schnedler added that cases help develop "critical thinking," teach that "digging hard pays off,"... View Details
- 23 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
to market? Using data from the U.S. medical device industry, we find that pioneer (dis-)advantages in a market for technology setting are similar to those typically seen in product markets but different in some important respects. In... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Unspoken Cues: Encouraging Morals Without Mandates
attention to the human input into the system since so much moral decision-making is repeatedly delegated to individuals. The screening and hiring procedures need therefore be quite robust to ensure continuity. In addition, a lot of... View Details
- 09 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Unconscious Executive
by our unconscious mind” Both decision-making methods have strengths and weaknesses, says Harvard Business School postdoctoral fellow Maarten Bos. Our conscious mind is pretty good at following rules, but our unconscious mind—our ability... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 09 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 9, 2018
examination. This book combines insights and lessons from business practice, government policy, and individual decision-making to give voice to data and ideas that should drive the next wave of policy and business practice. Publisher's... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Apr 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom
major effort to reorganize the Business Policy course around the concept of corporate strategy, which offered an analytical framework for examining decision-making within organizations. The redesigned course showed how organizational... View Details
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
Scientific Collaborations By: Lakhani, Karim R., Kevin Boudreau, Tom Brady, Ina Ganguli, Patrick Gaule, Eva C. Guinan, and Anthony Hollenberg Abstract—We present the results of a field experiment conducted at Harvard Medical School to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking the Fairness of Organ Transplants
particular concern has policymakers rethinking the current kidney-allocation process, a problem ironically created by improved medical treatments for renal disease. "Because patients are living longer, more and more of them are... View Details
- 20 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 20
higher charity care and medical education. After observing regulator leniency, beneficent hospitals demonstrate higher upcoding. Our results suggest that lenient enforcement assists beneficent nonprofits to obtain higher revenues in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
Tell Me What to Do: When Bad News Is a Big Relief
Barasz’s new paper, “Hoping for the Worst? A Paradoxical Preference for Bad News,” which recently appeared in the Journal of Consumer Research, documents this peculiar preference for worse-case scenarios in a variety of medical... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 15 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Find Your Pragmatic Path through Radical Uncertainty
social restrictions and reopen businesses? Other questions depend on the answers to the medical questions. Will government funds for the disadvantaged people and businesses be sustainable? What will happen to inflation? Will food supplies... View Details