Publications

Educators

Article

The Aravind Eye Care System: Making Sight Affordable

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and R. D. Thulasiraj

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment

07 Sep 2007
What Do You Think?

Are Elite Business Schools Fostering the Deprofessionalization of Management?

own sake," into the thinking of managers and those who train them. Gerald Nanninga comments, "Maybe what we need are fewer professors and more mentors." Karen Dempster suggests that students... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

10 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 10

such as talent and capital, away from wealth creation and toward wealth distribution. It distorts thinking. Restoring the balance of power is critical to the competitiveness View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Companies Detangle from Legacy Pensions

nearly all corporations ceased offering defined benefit plans in favor of "defined contribution" packages such as 401(k) plans—in which employees contribute a set amount from their paychecks that would be individually invested for their retirement. “More... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Aerospace; Financial Services

July 2004
Article

Protecting Foreign Investors in the Developing World: A Shift in U.S. Policy in the 1990s?

By: L. T. Wells Jr.

Keywords: Governance; Global Range; Investment; Developing Countries and Economies

13 Jun 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: A Startup Takes On the Credit Ratings Giants

agencies was different from that involved in rating corporate or municipal bonds. In particular, most structured products could only be rated based on information released by the issuer, whereas corporations that issue bonds usually are View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Banking; Financial Services

Article

U.S. Economic Revolution: Mapping the Future of Healthcare

By: R. E. Herzlinger

Keywords: Economics; Health; Health Industry; United States

July 2024
Case

Replika AI: Alleviating Loneliness (A)

By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai

Eugenia Kuyda launched Replika AI in 2017 as an empathetic digital companion to combat loneliness and provide emotional support. The platform surged in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic, offering non-judgmental support to isolated users. By 2023, Replika boasted... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Health Pandemics; AI and Machine Learning; Well-being; Technology Industry

Educators

25 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

Will Machine Learning Make You a Better Manager?

invest in data collection and storage capabilities as well as data analysis people,” says Teodorescu. “Detecting which customers or employees are about to jump ship, how to maximize effectiveness for every... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Information Technology

1974
Book

The Acquisition of Technology from Multinational Corporations by Developing Countries

By: Walter A. Chudson and L. T. Wells Jr.

Keywords: Information Technology; Multinational Firms and Management; Developing Countries and Economies

06 Jan 2021
Research & Ideas

Unexpected Exercise Advice for the Super Busy: Ditch the Rigid Routine

that they can actually achieve, given the other obligations competing for their time. Focus on the habit, not the reward. Incentives, such as a small payment per workout, might have helped study participants form a fitness habit faster. View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

19 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Alfred Chandler on the Electronic Century

microprocessor and IBM's mass production and mass marketing of the personal computer opened up a huge new market for commercial purposes as well as a new one for the home. The... View Details

Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler, Takashi Hikino & Andrew Von Nordenflycht; Computer; Consumer Products; Electronics; Manufacturing; Technology

November 2004
Case

ClozeX Medical (A): The New Standard of Wound Closure

By: William A. Sahlman and Ryland Matthew Willis

Describes a set of decisions confronting the founder of a company with a revolutionary new wound-closure product. He must decide how to finance and exploit his venture. View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Product Launch; Medical Specialties; Corporate Finance; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

Educators

10 Sep 2014
Working Paper Summaries

Don’t Take ‘No’ for an Answer: An Experiment with Actual Organ Donor Registrations

Keywords: by Judd B. Kessler & Alvin E. Roth

05 Jun 2013
Op-Ed

Corporate Leaders Need to Step Up on Climate Change

governments can provide, firms serious about addressing it have a critical role well beyond greening their own operations. They must spur government action. But few are. "Green business" as currently practiced focuses on limited... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler

2002
Other Unpublished Work

The Effect of Organizational Context on Individual Performance: Evidence from Cardiac Surgery

By: Robert S. Huckman and Gary P. Pisano

Keywords: Organizations; Performance; Health Care and Treatment

October 2009
Teaching Note

GE Money Bank: The M-Budget Card Initiative (TN)

By: Michael L. Tushman, Sebastian Raisch and Christian Welling

Teaching Note for [410052]. View Details

Keywords: Time Management; Change Management; Problems and Challenges; Projects; Banks and Banking; Innovation and Invention; Product Launch; Knowledge; Experience and Expertise; Value; Competition; Operations; Financial Services Industry; Real Estate Industry

November 2013
Teaching Note

Vitalia Franchise

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Ownership; Expansion; Health; Health Industry; Spain