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- 03 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Who Guarantees Your Workplace Is Safe for Return?
Beyond what we can do as individuals to reduce our risks of exposure, are there objective measures employers can use to validate what is effective? The answer, fortunately, is yes. Many claims will be made over the next few weeks and... View Details
- 17 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Business Case for Diabetes Disease Management
the latest test results. A third approach—less common—is to create a coordinated "virtual team" around the patient, by sharing lab data, insurance claims data, and pharmacy data in an attempt to... View Details
- 01 May 2000
- What Do You Think?
Can You Hard-Wire Performance?
software. Jim Heskett Others of you cited examples of your use of hard-wiring. Jay Cross offers it as an alternative to traditional pricing. Although clients don't bite, he claims that it gets him credibility points, more business, and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 25, 2016
prices, and post-acute care costs were measured using either internal costs or external claims as reported by each hospital. Despite having similar patient demographics as well as re-admission and complication rates, the average cost of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 24
Earnings Call By: Eccles, Robert G., and George Serafeim Abstract—One of the challenges companies claim to face in making sustainability a core part of their strategy and operations is that the market does not care about sustainability,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 8
J. Davis, John Haltiwanger, Ron Jarmin, Josh Lerner, and Javier Miranda Abstract Private equity critics claim that leveraged buyouts bring huge job losses. To investigate this claim, we construct and analyze a new dataset that covers U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring?
and complicated than it is today. So I would say the primary impact of the FDA over the past century has been to make predictable the safety of food, drugs, cosmetics, and other products regulated by the agency. As consumers we don't have to spend time figuring out if... View Details
- 15 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Health Care Conundrum
is in the interests of both patients and plans. Also, plans will simplify billing, reimbursement, and claims processing, making them more efficient and transparent. Employers: Employers can and should act as the agents of change, based on... View Details
- 30 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 30
Experiment By: Cole, Shawn, Xavier Giné, and James Vickery Abstract—Weather is a key source of income risk, particularly in emerging market economies. This paper uses a randomized controlled trial involving a sample of Indian farmers to study how an innovative rainfall... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 17
of intermediaries create safe "money-like" claims, they go about this in different ways. Traditional banks create money-like claims by holding illiquid fixed-income assets to maturity, and they rely on deposit View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide
people to change the way they think. This is hard. Many non-analytically inclined managers are skeptical of analytical approaches because past claims by some analysts have been exaggerated. The retail organization might not have the... View Details
- 06 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Best Place for Retirement Funds
Corporation) equivalent insures 401(k) assets—these two literatures came to the same conclusion: Locate highly taxed assets inside of tax-deferred accounts. Jim and I came in to this literature from a different angle. Rather than taking a... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
associated with billing and insurance activities at a large academic health care center that had a certified EHR system. The center enjoyed economies of scale by concentrating its bill paying functions within a single, dedicated unit. The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation
two steps to the side, and jumps over a large pothole. Congress took a giant step forward by establishing a framework for monitoring and addressing systemically risky institutions (SRI). The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
opportunity to bid for debt and equity claims on Plascar Industria e Comercio Ltda., the Brazilian subsidiary of the bankrupt global auto components company Collins & Aikman Corp. In evaluating this opportunity, students must analyze... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
institutions? The answer, the authors argue, is yes. The key lies in market-creating innovations: products and services that speak to unmet local needs, create local jobs, and scale up quickly. Examples include MicroEnsure, which has made View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
households. The quality of the liquidity services provided by bank liabilities depends on their safety in case of default. Commercial bank debt is fully insured and thus provides full liquidity. However, commercial banks do not... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: January 5
significant differences between industries with limited and high private equity activity. It is hard to find support for claims that economic activity in industries with private equity backing is more exposed to aggregate shocks. The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 11, 2007
reach of millions. Who Killed Health Care? then outlines Herzlinger's bold new plan for a consumer-driven system that will deliver affordable, high-quality care to everyone. By putting insurance money in the hands of patients, removing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
relationship between companies' shareholders and managers, as of 2012. It recounts the shift beginning in the 1970s toward shareholders claiming an increasing amount of power relative to corporate managers. The authors argue that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne