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- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
http://hbr.org/2011/09/how-to-solve-the-cost-crisis-in-health-care/ar/1 The Current Crisis and the Essence of Capitalism Authors:Thomas K. McCraw Publication:The Montréal Review (August 2011) An abstract is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- December 2011
- Case
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters: Confidential Information for Negotiation with Keurig
Case provides confidential information for students assuming the role of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR) senior executives in a negotiation to license technology from Keurig, a startup that has developed an innovative "portion pack" coffee brewing solution. The... View Details
Eisenmann, Thomas R., Shikhar Ghosh, and James K. Sebenius. "Green Mountain Coffee Roasters: Confidential Information for Negotiation with Keurig." Harvard Business School Case 812-103, December 2011.
- 11 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 11, 2009
http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0787974382.html American Business Since 1920: How It Worked (2nd ed.) Authors:T. K. McCraw Publication:Wheeling, Ill.: Harlan Davidson, 2009 Abstract Unique... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- July 1991 (Revised March 1995)
- Case
Labor Movement Between the Wars
By: Thomas K. McCraw
A vehicle for a discussion of the growth of organized labor between the World Wars. View Details
McCraw, Thomas K. "Labor Movement Between the Wars." Harvard Business School Case 391-257, July 1991. (Revised March 1995.)
- 2010
- Working Paper
Do Bonuses Enhance Sales Productivity? A Dynamic Structural Analysis of Bonus-Based Compensation Plans
By: Doug J. Chung, Thomas J. Steenburgh and K. Sudhir
We estimate a dynamic structural model of sales force response to a bonus based compensation plan. The paper has two main methodological innovations: First, we implement empirically the method proposed by Arcidiacono and Miller (2010) to accommodate unobserved latent... View Details
Keywords: Compensation and Benefits; Performance Productivity; Mathematical Methods; Salesforce Management; Motivation and Incentives
Chung, Doug J., Thomas J. Steenburgh, and K. Sudhir. "Do Bonuses Enhance Sales Productivity? A Dynamic Structural Analysis of Bonus-Based Compensation Plans." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-041, October 2010.
- December 2011
- Case
Keurig: Confidential Information for Negotiation with Green Mountain Coffee Roasters
Case provides confidential information for students assuming the role of senior executives of Keurig, a startup that has developed an innovative "portion pack" coffee brewing solution, in a negotiation to license technology to Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR). The... View Details
Eisenmann, Thomas R., Shikhar Ghosh, and James K. Sebenius. "Keurig: Confidential Information for Negotiation with Green Mountain Coffee Roasters." Harvard Business School Case 812-102, December 2011.
- 31 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 31, 2007
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807026 PublicationsProphet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction Author:Thomas K. McCraw Publication:Cambridge, Mass.:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- July 1991 (Revised December 2018)
- Compilation
Slavery
By: Thomas K. McCraw
Explores the general history of slavery in the United States. Through detailed exhibits and a text consisting of excerpts from six first-hand observations of slavery, this note is designed to present the ethics, economics (especially the perverse incentive systems),... View Details
Keywords: Slavery; Human Capital; History; Ethics; Social Issues; Motivation and Incentives; United States
McCraw, Thomas K. "Slavery." Harvard Business School Compilation 792-001, July 1991. (Revised December 2018.)
- 22 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 22
advertising market—one that suffers quite a different set of problems. Display advertising systems place ads-typically, rectangular "banners"—on the majority of popular web sites. Though display ads are widespread, they are also troubled—ignored View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- August 2015
- Article
Hospital Board and Management Practices Are Strongly Related to Hospital Performance on Clinical Quality Metrics
By: Thomas C Tsai, Ashish K. Jha, Atul A. Gawande, Robert S. Huckman, Nicholas Bloom and Raffaella Sadun
National policies to improve health care quality have largely focused on clinical provider outcomes and, more recently, payment reform. Yet the association between hospital leadership and quality, although crucial to driving quality improvement, has not been explored... View Details
Keywords: Hospitals; Quality; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Practices and Processes; Service Delivery; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry
Tsai, Thomas C., Ashish K. Jha, Atul A. Gawande, Robert S. Huckman, Nicholas Bloom, and Raffaella Sadun. "Hospital Board and Management Practices Are Strongly Related to Hospital Performance on Clinical Quality Metrics." Health Affairs 34, no. 8 (August 2015): 1304–1311.
- 22 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 22, 2016
institutions. It explores as well new efforts to understand the micro mechanisms and channels by which host countries can benefit from multinational activity, within and between firm productivity increases. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Aug 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: History Matters
Joseph Schumpeter was perhaps the most powerful thinker ever on innovation, entrepreneurship, and capitalism. He was also one of the most unusual personalities of the 20th century, as Harvard Business School professor emeritus Thomas... View Details
Keywords: Re: Geoffrey G. Jones & Anthony Mayo
- 10 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 10
NEAD). NEAD chains create "bridge donors" whose incompatible recipients receive kidneys before the bridge donor donates, and so risk reneging by bridge donors, but offer the opportunity to create more transplants View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- October 1980 (Revised October 1981)
- Case
Ready to Regulate Ready to Eat (A2)
By: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow
McCraw, Thomas K., and Richard S. Tedlow. "Ready to Regulate Ready to Eat (A2)." Harvard Business School Case 381-066, October 1980. (Revised October 1981.)
- May 1983 (Revised September 1985)
- Case
Japan in the Mid-1980s: Miracle at Risk?
By: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard H.K. Vietor
Keywords: Japan
McCraw, Thomas K., and Richard H.K. Vietor. "Japan in the Mid-1980s: Miracle at Risk?" Harvard Business School Case 383-177, May 1983. (Revised September 1985.)
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
new world. Typical approaches used by legacy players such as using technology to improve efficiency, encouraging business units to do digital experiments, or launching independent units to spur innovation have met with limited success.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 6
blocking ourselves from new challenges. This response hurts us and our organizations, but we fear making ourselves even more vulnerable by committing mistakes while learning something new. In Flying Without a Net, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
Entrepreneurship and the History of Globalization Authors:G. Jones and R. Daniel Wadhwani Publication:In The Act of Accumulation. Essays in Honor of Gyorgy Kover, edited by J. Klement, K. Halmos, A. Pogany,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- October 1980 (Revised October 1981)
- Case
Ready to Regulate Ready to Eat (A1)
By: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow
McCraw, Thomas K., and Richard S. Tedlow. "Ready to Regulate Ready to Eat (A1)." Harvard Business School Case 381-065, October 1980. (Revised October 1981.)
- November 1981 (Revised January 1983)
- Case
Ready to Regulate Ready to Eat (B)
By: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow
McCraw, Thomas K., and Richard S. Tedlow. "Ready to Regulate Ready to Eat (B)." Harvard Business School Case 582-048, November 1981. (Revised January 1983.)