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  • 29 Oct 2014
  • News

Pool of grey talent could transform the world

    The Origins of Ethnolinguistic Diversity

    This study explores the determinants of ethnolinguistic diversity within as well as across countries, shedding light on its geographic origins. The empirical analysis conducted across countries, virtual countries, and pairs of contiguous regions... View Details
    • July 2009 (Revised October 2011)
    • Case

    VeeV on the Rocks?

    By: Joshua D. Margolis, Christopher Marquis and Laura Winig
    Three pressing challenges (equity split, extent of commitment to social responsibility, and product discoloration) confront VeeV, the world's first alcoholic beverage infused with acai berries. Brothers Courtney and Carter Reum founded VeeV in 2007 and the firm has... View Details
    Keywords: Quality; Food; Business Growth and Maturation; Ethics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Equity; Food and Beverage Industry
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    • September 2022
    • Article

    How Emerging Telehealth Models Challenge Policymaking

    By: Mitchell Tang, Michael E Chernew and Ateev Mehrotra
    Policy Points

  • Current telehealth policy discussions are focused on synchronous video and audio telehealth visits delivered by traditional providers and have neglected the growing number of alternative telehealth offerings.

  • These alternative... View Details
    • Keywords: Telehealth; Health Care and Treatment; Technology Adoption; Policy; Health Industry
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    • Article

    Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing: A Driver for Provider Engagement in Costing Activities and Redesign Initiatives

    By: Robert S. Kaplan, Nancy McLaughlin, Michael A. Burke, Nisheeta P. Setlur, Douglas R. Niedzwiecki, Alan L. Kaplan, Christopher Saigal, Aman Mahajan and Neil A. Martin
    Object. To date, health care providers have devoted significant efforts to improve performance regarding patient safety and quality of care. To address the lagging involvement of health care providers in the cost component of the value equation, UCLA Health... View Details
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    • July 2008
    • Exercise

    Information Use by Managers in Decision Making: A Team Exercise

    By: Amy C. Edmondson and Ann Cullen
    The purpose of this exercise is to explore the challenges of information collection and analysis. Students will, experientially, gain insights into how information is used and be exposed to a framework for identifying and evaluating information. In addition, the... View Details
    Keywords: Competency and Skills; Decision Making; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Managerial Roles; Business Processes; Groups and Teams
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    • 2005
    • Working Paper

    Direct versus Indirect Colonial Rule in India: Long-term Consequences

    By: Lakshmi Iyer
    This paper compares economic outcomes across areas in India which were under direct British colonial rule with areas which were under indirect colonial rule. Controlling for selective annexation using a specific policy rule, I find that areas which experienced direct... View Details
    Keywords: Governance; Development Economics; Outcome or Result; Great Britain; India
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    • 09 Jan 2013
    • News

    Research in Action: Work of Michael E. Porter and Robert S. Kaplan Helps Hospital

    • 11 Oct 2006
    • Research & Ideas

    U.S. Tops Business Competitiveness Index 2006

    by the World Economic Forum. The U.S., ranked number one in four of the last six years, scored high on business environment, financial markets, and innovative capacity. Germany, number two, benefited from its orientation on exports, the unique competitive positions of... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • 16 Apr 2009
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Phenomenological Assumptions and Knowledge Dissemination within Organizational Studies

    Keywords: by Corinne Bendersky & Kathleen L. McGinn
    • Article

    Healthy Buildings in 2070

    By: John D. Macomber and Joseph G. Allen
    Fifty years seems a very long time in the future for most industries. Not so in buildings and real estate; built structures routinely last decades if not hundreds of years, as long as they are economically competitive. Any discussion of the 50-year future has to... View Details
    Keywords: Health ＆ Wellness; Real Estate; Architectural Innovation; Public Health; Health; Buildings and Facilities; Well-being
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    • January 2010
    • Case

    Pratham - Every Child in School and Learning Well

    By: Srikant M. Datar, Stacey M. Childress, Rachna Tahilyani and Anjali Raina
    The case focuses on how Pratham, a non-governmental organization, provided quality education to underprivileged children in India by collaborating with the government. It focuses on the problem Madhav Chavan, the founder, is trying to solve, the contributing factors... View Details
    Keywords: Non-Governmental Organizations; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Social and Collaborative Networks; Performance Evaluation; Change Management; Organizational Design; Early Childhood Education; Management Systems; Strategy; Quality; Education Industry; India
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    • 2009
    • Other Unpublished Work

    When Does Industrial Policy Work? Evidence from the Brazilian Ethanol Fuel Industry

    By: Santiago Mingo and Tarun Khanna
    What is the impact of a state-led industrial policy program on entrepreneurial activity, industry evolution, and firm competitiveness? How and when is industrial policy an effective tool to spur the development of an emerging industry? To address these questions, we... View Details
    Keywords: Economic Growth; Entrepreneurship; Policy; Industry Growth; Business and Government Relations; Competition; Energy Industry; Brazil
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    • Web

    HBS Working Knowledge – Harvard Business School Faculty Research

    Forman 24 OCT 2023 | HBS Case What do Steve Jobs and Sarah Breedlove have in common? Through a series of case studies, Robert Simons explores the unique qualities of visionary leaders and what today's managers can learn from their... View Details
    • June 2017
    • Article

    Creating Reciprocal Value Through Operational Transparency

    By: Ryan W. Buell, Tami Kim and Chia-Jung Tsay
    We investigate whether organizations can create value by introducing visual transparency between consumers and producers. Although operational transparency has been shown to improve consumer perceptions of service value, existing theory posits that increased contact... View Details
    Keywords: Operational Transparency; Service Management; Production Management; Organizational Performance; Behavioral Operations; Service Operations; Service Delivery; Consumer Behavior; Labor; Organizational Design; Operations; Service Industry; United States; Kenya
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    • 2008
    • Working Paper

    Resolving Information Asymmetries in Markets: The Role of Certified Management Programs

    By: Michael W. Toffel
    Firms and regulators are increasingly relying on voluntary mechanisms to signal and infer quality of difficult-to-observe management practices. Prior evaluations of voluntary management programs have focused on those that lack verification mechanisms and have found... View Details
    Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Information; Standards; Performance Improvement; Programs; Environmental Sustainability; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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    • 2014
    • Working Paper

    The Rising Cost of Consumer Attention: Why You Should Care, and What You Can Do about It

    By: Thales S. Teixeira
    Attention is a necessary ingredient for effective advertising. The market for consumer attention (or "eyeballs") has become so competitive that attention can be regarded as a currency. The rising cost of this ingredient in the marketplace is causing marketers to waste... View Details
    Keywords: Strategy; Advertising
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    • October 2021 (Revised September 2022)
    • Case

    SmartOne: Building an AI Data Business

    By: Karim R. Lakhani, Pippa Armerding, Gamze Yucaoglu and Fares Khrais
    The case opens in August 2021, as Habib and Shahysta Hassim, husband and wife co-founders of the data labeling company SmartOne, contemplate the strategy of the high growth company. Between 2016 and 2021, SmartOne had kept doubling its size every two years and now,... View Details
    Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Data Labeling; Entrepreneurship; Strategy; Operations; Business Model; Growth Management; Growth and Development Strategy; AI and Machine Learning; Africa; Madagascar; Europe; France; United States
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    • July 1987
    • Case

    Altoona Corp.: Computer Products Division

    By: Roger E. Bohn and Robert H. Hayes
    A relatively small manufacturer of computer memory disks has achieved a major market position through the use of its statistical quality control (SQC) program. It is now expanding the production of a new line of disks and is encountering problems getting the process... View Details
    Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Volatility; Performance Consistency; Performance Improvement; Performance Productivity; Quality; Mathematical Methods; Hardware; Manufacturing Industry
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    • Article

    The Origins of Ethnolinguistic Diversity

    By: Stelios Michalopoulos
    This study explores the determinants of ethnolinguistic diversity within as well as across countries, shedding light on its geographic origins. The empirical analysis conducted across countries, virtual countries, and pairs of contiguous regions establishes that... View Details
    Keywords: Ethnicity; Spoken Communication; Geography
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