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- 01 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Slow, Steady Battle to Fix Cancer Care
place—and all specialists who are focused on just lung cancer." Source: The Health Care Crisis, Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Harvard Business School. MD Anderson's integrated practice... View Details
- 02 Feb 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Last Place Aversion in Queues
- 16 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 16, 2007
Baker and Jeffrey Wurgler Periodical:Journal of Economic Perspectives (forthcoming) Abstract Real investors and markets are too complicated to be neatly summarized by a few selected biases and trading frictions. The "top-down" approach to behavioral finance... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 5, 2006
decide whether to compete on the ability to use customer information for pricing or whether even larger rewards could be found in leveraging the connection to the GM family. However, although jointly selling... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Adam Smith, Behavioral Economist?
called "The Morals of a Market Society" focusing on the virtues Smith wrote about in The Theory of Moral Sentiments (TMS). Once I started more research in behavioral economics, I realized how... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 23 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick
Many companies follow a tried-and-true approach to pursuing corporate social responsibility practices. They set aside a certain amount per year to fund a CSR office, which then tries to help clean up the environment or improve the quality of life of people in the areas... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 04 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Female Stars Succeed in New Jobs
in organizations. Anyone who focuses mostly on external relationships will not have that. The other reason is that women do far more due diligence when they receive a job offer than men do, because women... View Details
- 20 May 2014
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First Look: May 20
in context by a discussion of how during Jurlique's growth as a successful premium brand there had been substantial changes in market position, in part associated with shifts of ownership. At times the brand had been focused View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Feb 2016
- Blog Post
Through The Eyes of The Patient: A Recap of The 13th Annual Health Care Conference
attending to patients following hospital discharge. Eight panels explored various segments of health care more deeply, focusing on a diverse range of areas including Consumer Health, Devices and Diagnostics,... View Details
Keywords: Health Care
- 13 May 2014
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First Look: May 13
concerns of childhood obesity. The case discussion focuses on what actions General Mills should take with respect to the CBBB initiative and on its own. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 2
consistently impose costs on their loved ones, friends, associates, partners, employers, and the public by actions that are not in their own self-interest. This paper focuses View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 28, 2007
found many firms mistakenly applied an "outsourcing" mindset to collaboration efforts which, in turn, led to three critical errors: First, they focused solely on lower costs, failing to consider... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Sep 2011
- What Do You Think?
What’s Apple’s Biggest Challenge: Replacing Steve or Wall Street?
the company's success: Its product development relies less on finding out what customers want than it does on what its employees think would be "cool." Its strategy... View Details
- 06 Apr 2007
- What Do You Think?
Will Market Forces Stop Global Warming?
Summing Up Debate on this month's questions occurred on at least three levels. Is global warming occurring? Do humans (primarily through CO2 emissions) have much to do with it? Should we rely on market forces to provide appropriate responses, or will this require... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Popular Stock Metric That Can Lead Investors Astray
property, brand recognition, or customer loyalty—have become increasingly important over the past 10 to 15 years, the researchers say. However, generally accepted accounting principles in the US treat such investments as expenses that are... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 03 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2010
customers on social networks such as Facebook. Professor Mikolaj Jan Piskorski provides a fresh look into the interpersonal dynamics of these sites and offers guidance for approaching these tantalizing... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 23 May 2018
- News
Claudio L. Haddad, OPM 12, 1987
a secretary at the University of Chicago. She admires his optimism, curiosity, and humility. “He’s proud but not boastful,” she says simply, adding that they’ve made a life together that is focused on... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 29 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
'Green Bonds' May Be Our Best Bet for Environmental Damage Control
Municipalities have been selling bonds to pay for public works projects—fire stations, parking garages,sewage treatment systems—for 200 years. It’s only in the past decade or so, however, that they’ve been selling them with an extra perk: helping the environment. In... View Details
- January 2008
- Case
Parks Capital - Investment in US Retail, Inc.
Parks Capital acquired a Children's Apparel Manufacturer , American Child Clothing Manufacturers, Inc. (ACCM), in 2001. Two years later ACCM's largest retail customer, U.S. Retail, Inc., decided to evaluate strategic alternatives due to financial difficulties. Parks... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Customer Value and Value Chain; Private Equity; Vertical Integration; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Retail Industry; United States
El-Hage, Nabil N., and Stephen Parks. "Parks Capital - Investment in US Retail, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 208-104, January 2008.
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Task Force
money. But they also learned Mexicans loved their smartphones and wanted to earn more money, despite the hassle of two-hour job commutes. Given their backgrounds in retail, Campbell and Monroy focused on... View Details