Health And Wellness - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 30, 2015

a host of issues related to how contracts between financial intermediaries and their customers are structured and how risks are shared between them, as well as the consequences... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

25 Sep 2012
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their manufacturing operations in order to reduce costs. But we are now seeing the alarming long-term effect of those choices: in many cases, once manufacturing capabilities go away, so does much of the ability to innovate and compete.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 7

capture. We review the research on when people expect too little and or too much self-interest in the intentions of others, as contrasted with rational behavior. We also discuss the antecedents and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

Think of it as Professors in Cars Having Coffee

series, gathers in a basement studio at HBS with Desai and Oberholzer-Gee, as well as the occasional guest, to talk about current events, pop culture, and pet peeves. Desai is... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education; Entertainment & Recreation

May 2018
Case

The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation's Answer Fund

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Matthew G. Preble

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Educators

04 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 4, 2008

of these customers. The model was used to help an online auction firm make several critical decisions including its pricing and marketing strategy as well as its overall firm valuation. HBS Focus: The... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 26

(ToM) allows children to achieve success in the social world by understanding others' minds. A study with 3-12 year olds, however, demonstrates that gains in ToM are linked to decreases in children's desire to engage in performative behaviors associated with View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Oct 2007
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to customize therapy for individuals. However, adoption of this approach has progressed slowly and unevenly because the trial-and-error treatment model still governs how the health care system develops,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Rich or Royal: What Do Founders Want?

King—"Rich and Regal," if you will. This desire is reinforced when they see such prominent Rich and Regal entrepreneurs as Larry Ellison of Oracle Corporation, Marc Benioff of SalesForce.com, View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Financial Services

03 Apr 2019
Book

Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business

relationship manager. We identified a funding gap in the smallest dollar loans—those under $100,000. The smallest businesses who wanted the smallest loans were not being well served, in part because it was hard to know whether they were... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Banking; Financial Services

1993
Chapter

Marketing Strategies to Attract Foreign Investment

By: L. T. Wells Jr.

Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Foreign Direct Investment; Globalized Economies and Regions; Trade

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February 1985
Background Note

Note on the Boston Area Teaching Hospitals

By: Joseph L. Bower

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Boston

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Find at Harvard

May 1992
Teaching Note

Mediplex Group, Inc., Teaching Note

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Keywords: Health Industry; United States

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17 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 17

http://www.nber.org/data/chat. We discuss the main aim of CHAT, its scope and limitations, as well as several ways in which we have used the data so far and ways to potentially... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 13

choice is between five films-Fast & Furious 7, Fifty Shades of Grey, Jurassic World, Minions, and Pitch Perfect 2-as well as two choices in television. Which are most deserving of Gold status? Purchase... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

August 2, 2005
Article

Medicine for Medicaid

By: R. E. Herzlinger

Keywords: Health; Poverty

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November 24, 2020
Article

4 Strategies to Make Telehealth Work for Elderly Patients

By: Umar Ikram, Susanna Gallani, Jose F. Figueroa and Thomas W. Feeley

As providers have ramped up their use of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic, one group—the elderly—has experienced particular challenges in adopting the technologies. This article describes the strategies four innovative provider organizations have used to engage... View Details

Keywords: Telehealth; Health Pandemics; Health Care and Treatment; Internet and the Web; Age; Technology Adoption; Strategy

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22 May 2007
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First Look: May 22, 2007

resulting currency position tends to rise in value when equity markets fall. This strategy works well for investment horizons of one month to one year. In the past 15 years the risk-minimizing demand for the dollar appears to have... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 Dec 2010
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First Look: Dec. 14

different cities across China. As competition for investments becomes more intense, Jin and Li must decide the growth and strategic direction that SCGC should pursue. The case highlights the important... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne