Publications

04 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Is Government Just Stupid? How Bad Decisions Are Made

everyone—can learn from incorporating a search for wise tradeoffs into their decision making. This excerpt is from the book's introduction. Imagine that you are listening to a series of campaign announcements, each made by a different politician running for View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman, Jonathan Baron & Katherine Shonk

16 Nov 2015
HBS Seminar

Vish Krishnan, Professor of Innovation, Technology & Operations, University of California San Diego Rady School of Man

March 2001 (Revised December 2007)
Case

Katharine Graham

By: Kathleen L. McGinn, Lisa M. Gunther and Dina R. Pradel

Details the career of Katharine Graham of the Washington Post Co., a pioneer in her field and one of the first high-profile women to lead a major public company. Her story is a unique example of how power and expertise are built over time, and differs from those of... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Values and Beliefs; Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Power and Influence; Social and Collaborative Networks; Journalism and News Industry

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Measure Outcomes & Cost for Every Patient - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

since when costs are reduced one must be sure that outcomes are not made worse. Outcomes are also essential parts of value based payment plans like bundled payment. In regional and national expansion of delivery organizations, they are... View Details

05 Oct 2010
First Look

First Look: October 5, 2010

level of accountability for that performance. Furthermore, the influence of senior minority managers on hiring practices may differ substantially, depending on where a manager sits in the firm's hierarchy. Examining hiring practices on coaching staffs of teams in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

September 2023 (Revised January 2024)
Case

RightHand Robotics: Choosing the First Market

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Stacy Straaberg

In early 2015, RightHand Robotics’s (RHR) leadership faced several decisions in commercializing the startup’s robotic picking solution. RHR’s central product was the RightPick integrated robotic picking system which featured a robotic arm, a three-fingered robotic hand... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Market Entry and Exit; Product; Research and Development; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Information Infrastructure; Technological Innovation; Manufacturing Industry; Technology Industry; United States; Massachusetts

December 2002
Article

Knowledge Seeking and Location Choice of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States

By: Juan Alcacer and Wilbur Chung

To what extent do firms go abroad to access technology available in other locations? This paper examines whether and when state technical capabilities attract foreign investment in manufacturing from 1987-1993. We find that on average state R&D intensity does not... View Details

Keywords: Knowledge Acquisition; Foreign Direct Investment; Research and Development; Information Technology; Production; Geographic Location; United States

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April 2009 (Revised May 2010)
Case

Partners In Health: HIV Care in Rwanda

By: Michael E. Porter, Scott S. Lee, Joseph Rhatigan and Jim Yong Kim

In 2005, Partners in Health (PIH) was invited by the Rwandan Ministry of Health to assume responsibility for the management of public health care in two rural districts in Eastern Rwanda and create an HIV treatment program at these sites. PIH successfully implemented a... View Details

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Health Care and Treatment; Health Testing and Trials; Medical Specialties; Service Delivery; Nonprofit Organizations; Expansion; Health Industry; Rwanda

2009
Other Unpublished Work

Clusters, Cluster Policy, and Swedish Competitiveness in the Global Economy

By: Christian H.M. Ketels

Proximity enables firms to take advantage of knowledge spill-overs and exploit supplier demand linkages with other entities engaged in related activities. Cluster strength thus seems to be one of the important determinants of prosperity differences across geographies.... View Details

Keywords: Economics; Growth and Development; Sweden

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August 2020
Case

Sangu Delle

By: Leslie Perlow and Matthew Preble

By 2020, Sangu Delle (MBA 2016) has already made significant progress towards his life-long goal of solving Africa’s myriad and diverse challenges. At 33 years old, he is the founder and chairman of the for-profit Golden Palm Investments Corporation, CEO of Africa... View Details

Keywords: Impact; Impact Investing; Mental Health; Social Capitalism; Entrepreneurship; Investment; Health Care and Treatment; Personal Development and Career; Health Industry; Africa

22 May 2024
HBS Case

Banned or Not, TikTok Is a Force Companies Can’t Afford to Ignore

government exerts on TikTok, concerns the app could compromise US national security and user data, and stark differences between the content and rules mandated in China versus abroad. "You must ask yourself, ‘What is the power of this... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology

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Profiles - MBA

afterschool coding program for young girls in my school district. Through this experience, I not only honed my technical skills as I taught fundamental CS concepts but also learned to manage operations on my first scalable venture. View Details

10 Jan 2023
Research & Ideas

How to Live Happier in 2023: Diversify Your Social Circle

amount of time that we can spend socially, so what are the implications of who we spend that time with for our well-being?” The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in October, found that much like when... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

23 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Men Want Powerful Jobs More Than Women Do

believe they are equally able to attain high-level leadership positions, men want that power more than women do. Published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, their study is entitled Compared to Men, Women... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

August 2024
Case

Quickmart: Sustaining Growth in a Challenging Economic Environment

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Kuria Kamau

In July 2023, Peter Kang’iri, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Quickmart, Kenya’s second-largest retail chain, sat in his Nairobi office reviewing the company’s first half financial results before the weekly executive committee (EXCO) meeting. The company was in... View Details

Keywords: Distribution; Supply Chain; Logistics; Business Strategy; Expansion; Business Earnings; Growth and Development Strategy; Strategic Planning; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Africa; Kenya; Nairobi