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- 16 Jul 2008
- Op-Ed
What Should Employers Do about Health Care?
management of chronic conditions. Here, many employers in the United States and Europe have made impressive starts. Some companies cover the costs of smoking cessation and weight loss programs, or reward participation in health and risk... View Details
- 11 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 11, 2006
nearly 12 percent that day, a loss of $2 billion in market cap. The poor results were attributed to the aggressive rollout of 144 new "centricity" stores—revamped retail formats featuring a customer-centric operating model... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Apr 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018
inevitable early losses involved with the new acquisition. Moreover, the company’s principal financiers were venture capital investors, and an IPO or sale would represent an investment exit for them, and their goal is return maximization.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 21
assignment frictions, which appear to be more severe in lower-income regions. The productivity loss generated by inefficient assignment is equal to 13% of the productivity gap between high- and low-income countries in our sample. Download... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 14, 2015
current estimates placing financial losses at greater than $3.7 trillion dollars annually. Unfortunately, fraud prevention has been stymied by lack of a clear and comprehensive understanding of its underlying causes and mechanisms. In... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
Reinforcing Values: A Public Dressing Down
restructuring plan called for a three-year improvement process, moving from a $58 million loss in 2001 to breakeven in 2004. At the end of the 2004 fiscal year, performance was far ahead of plan, with the hospital reporting a $37.4... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto
- 19 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Your Customers: Use Them or Lose Them
the best price, "full stop," said Frei. Another confounding factor for the insurance business is that companies lose money on auto insurance, she added. "Every company with the exception of maybe five loses money on auto insurance. They make up for that... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
bankruptcy losses (moral hazard) and are subject to a regulatory capital requirement. In contrast, shadow bank liabilities are subject to runs and credit risk and thus typically less liquid compared to commercial banks. Shadow banks... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
categorization effect persisted regardless of whether the rewards were presented using a gain or loss frame. Using both moderation and mediation analyses, we found that categorizing rewards had these positive effects on motivation by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Breaking Through a Growth Stall
increases," write the authors of How to Identify the Best Customers for Your Business, published in the Winter 2013 issue of the MIT Sloan Management Review. “Ineffective opportunity management eventually leads to loss of money,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2020
- Book
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020
the first time read versus books that I’ve re-read dozens of times. I feel like this helps me think in broader strokes, with more perspective, and helps stimulate ideas and connections that I wouldn’t have otherwise encountered. Three books on the meaning of dignity... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
Capital Management, had just finished listening to the hour-long earnings call for Twitter’s Q4 2017 results. Was Twitter doing well? That depended on which numbers she chose to believe. According to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Twitter had recorded... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
internalize the social costs of higher leverage in the form of greater bankruptcy losses (moral hazard) and are subject to a regulatory capital requirement. In contrast, shadow bank liabilities are subject to runs and credit risk and thus... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
Japanese staff could function in English. The stakes are high: those who do not reach their target score by the deadline risk being demoted. As Englishnization progresses, loss of productivity, lack of time to study, and conflicted views... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 11
rapid evolution of the biopharmaceutical industry. In the early 2000s, as Millennium's competitive advantage in early-stage research slipped away and its losses mounted, founder and CEO Mark Levin moved the firm downstream away from... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 9
clouded the positive outlook: (1) a 1.7 billion euro loss on the construction of the first next generation nuclear reactor in Finland, (2) the decision of German company Siemens to pull out of its partnership in Areva NP and exercise its... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Music Downloads: Pirates—or Customers?
conditions and competing forms of entertainment that is displacing legitimate sales." The industry is rethinking its position, although change occurs slowly. Q: Let's talk strategy. What have been the recording companies' strategies to date for combating their... View Details
- 22 Apr 2020
- Research Event
How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities
Until a few years ago, climate change’s potential impact seemed abstract for many investors. Now, as sea levels rise, hurricanes intensify, and droughts threaten food supplies, many investors are confronting its financial realities. But it’s not a simple calculation.... View Details
- 27 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Customer Loyalty Programs That Work
Loyalty In Retail Self-service retail, which started with customers selecting their own merchandise in the 1930s and evolved to modern conveniences including self-checkout lanes, has saved businesses labor costs and customers time. But Alvarez thinks the View Details
- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
delay implementation of the Rule in response to the Business Roundtable challenge. We also examine intra-day returns and find that the value loss occurred just after the SEC's announcement on October 4. We find similar results on July 22,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne