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  • 06 Feb 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

investigates dialog and objects in recurrent social practices. Drawing from both streams, this paper seeks to shed light on the complexity of cross-boundary teaming, while highlighting factors that may... View Details
  • 2010
  • Book

The Big Ditch: How America Took, Built, Ran, and Ultimately Gave Away the Panama Canal

By: Noel Maurer and Carlos Yu
On August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal was officially opened for business, thus changing the face of both world trade and military power and playing a pivotal role in the rise of the United States on the world stage. Today we view the creation of the Panama Canal as a... View Details
Keywords: Political History; For-Profit Firms; Development Economics; Infrastructure; State Ownership; Ship Transportation; Panama; United States
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Are All Certified EHRs Created Equal? Assessing the Relationship between EHR Vendor and Hospital Meaningful Use Performance

By: A Jay Holmgren, Julia Adler-Milstein and Jeffrey McCullough
Objective
The federal electronic health record (EHR) certification process was intended to ensure a baseline level of system quality and the ability to support meaningful use criteria. We sought to assess whether there was variation across EHR vendors in the... View Details
Keywords: Hospitals; Electronic Health Records; Digital Health; Health Care and Treatment; Information Technology; Service Delivery; Performance Evaluation
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  • 15 Dec 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Surprisingly Successful Marriages of Multinationals and Social Brands

What happens when giant multinational corporations acquire relatively small companies that enjoy iconic status as socially progressive brands? According to recent research out of Harvard Business School, such marriages can be good for business View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage
  • January 2003 (Revised March 2004)
  • Case

Army Crew Team, The

By: Scott A. Snook and Jeffrey T. Polzer
The coach of the varsity Army crew team at West Point assembled his top eight rowers into the first crew team and the second tier of rowers into the second team using objective data on individual performance. As the second boat continually beat the first boat in races,... View Details
Keywords: Groups and Teams; Performance; New York (state, US)
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  • 02 Jan 2020
  • Op-Ed

Medicare for All or Public Option: Can Either Heal Health Care?

insurers and increases taxpayers’ burden, while a public option would enliven private insurers, increase coverage, and control health care costs. However, it would require legislative discipline View Details
Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger and James Wallace; Health; Public Administration
  • 01 May 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018

globally? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/518071 Harvard Business School Case 918-041 Happy UAE This case centers on the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) national goal of raising the happiness of its residents... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 1996
  • News

Organizations and Markets: A Challenging View of the World

incentives and compensation systems, is investigating his theory that effective measurement of performance must use subjective judgment and qualitative assessments in combination with View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • Web

Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy - Recruiting

build a brighter future. The Lily Pad Strategy for Career Growth Achieving a CEO role is a goal shared by many HBS students and alumni, so we asked Leahy what advice she would share to help others on their... View Details

    Risks, Opportunities, And Investments In The Era Of Climate Change (ROICC)

    The MBA course on "Risks, Opportunities, and Investments in an Era of Climate Change" is ideal for students who aspire to become entrepreneurs by starting their own company or joining a start-up that is driving innovation and solving challenges posed by climate change.... View Details
    • 24 Apr 2014
    • News

    Providing jobs and alleviating poverty by building new businesses

    Otso Fristrom (MBA 2008) is investing in businesses with a goal of providing jobs and alleviating poverty. (Published April 2014) View Details
    • 01 Dec 1999
    • News

    The Message and the Media: Advertising's Brave New World

    looms as a potential complement or substitute for all of the major categories of existing media and appears capable of serving a wide range of communications objectives for a broad array of advertisers."... View Details
    Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs
    • 24 Aug 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    Can Obamacare Be Saved?

    merger between Aetna and Humana, two of the largest health insurers in the United States. The 838,000 consumers who were insured by Aetna exchange plans in 2016 will be forced to select other public exchange plans or purchase individual... View Details
    Keywords: by John A. Quelch and Emily Boudreau; Insurance; Health
    • 21 Apr 2021
    • Research & Ideas

    The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now

    pandemic. Intentionality Intentionality keeps these intimate, interactive, and inclusive conversations tethered to organizational goals and challenges. Unlike social... View Details
    Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams, and Katherine Connolly Baden
    • Web

    Leadership, Culture, and Transition at lululemon | Information Technology

    Christine Day assumes leadership in mid-2008, tasked with driving the company toward a $1 billion sales goal while addressing operational inefficiencies, underperforming stores, and diminishing... View Details
    • 20 Mar 2018
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018

    administer the exercise in class. The goals of the exercise are to examine how asking questions during conversation influences interpersonal perception, information exchange, decision making, productivity, as well as relationships View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 16 Aug 2024
    • In Practice

    Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?

    Kamala Harris was part of an administration that passed the largest climate combat bill in history, and Governor Tim Walz led Minnesota to declare a goal of zero carbon emissions by 2040. The other side... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne
    • 24 Apr 2018
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018

    and financial outcomes. The study complements financial education with (1) financial incentives on a financial literacy test to affect participant motivation, (2) financial goal setting to provide a... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 09 Aug 2021
    • Research & Ideas

    OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent

    opportunity to earn their own way. It’s about the distribution of dignity. IBM Executive Chairman Ginni Rometty, one of OneTen’s founders and board co-chair, explains that the goal of OneTen is not to simply... View Details
    Keywords: by Rawi E. Abdelal, Katherine Connolly Baden, and Boris Groysberg
    • 13 Dec 2022
    • News

    The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith

    the US through social enterprises and public-private partnerships. Our case serves as a platform for civic engagement – helping business leaders understand how to bring new opportunity and development in... View Details