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    The De Beers Group: Exploring the Diamond Reselling Opportunity

    In September 2014, Tom Montgomery (SVP of Strategic Initiatives at the De Beers Group) and his team launched a pilot program in the United States to explore the opportunity to sell pre-owned (recycled) diamonds--current sales were estimated to be approximately $1... View Details

    • 21 Apr 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: April 21, 2009

      Working PapersHow Firms Respond to Being Rated (revised) Authors:Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel Abstract While many rating systems seek to help buyers overcome information asymmetries when making purchasing decisions, we investigate how these ratings also... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • September 2008 (Revised June 2013)
    • Case

    Odyssey Healthcare

    By: Robert F. Higgins, Virginia Fuller and Umer Raffat
    In January 2001, Dick Burnham, CEO of Odyssey Healthcare, and Odyssey's Board of Directors were considering selling the hospice care company to a larger provider or making an initial public offering (IPO). With 38 hospice locations in 21 states, Odyssey had been... View Details
    Keywords: Liquidity; Venture Creation/development; Hospice; Venture Capital; Financial Liquidity; Business Exit or Shutdown; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Plan; Entrepreneurship; Health Industry; United States
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    Handshaking Promotes Deal-Making by Signaling Cooperative Intent

    By: Juliana Schroeder, Jane L. Risen, Francesca Gino and Michael I. Norton
    We examine how a simple handshake—a gesture that often occurs at the outset of social interactions—can influence deal-making. Because handshakes are social rituals, they are imbued with meaning beyond their physical features. We propose that during mixed-motive... View Details
    Keywords: Handshake; Cooperation; Affiliation; Competition; Negotiation; Nonverbal Communication; Negotiation Participants; Behavior; Communication Intention and Meaning; Negotiation Deal
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    • June 2020
    • Article

    How Scheduling Can Bias Quality Assessment: Evidence from Food Safety Inspections

    By: Maria Ibanez and Michael W. Toffel
    Accuracy and consistency are critical for inspections to be an effective, fair, and useful tool for assessing risks, quality, and suppliers—and for making decisions based on those assessments. We examine how inspector schedules could introduce bias that erodes... View Details
    Keywords: Assessment; Bias; Inspection; Scheduling; Econometric Analysis; Empirical Research; Regulation; Health; Food; Safety; Quality; Performance Consistency; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
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    • 31 May 2016
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    May 31, 2016

    June 2016 Medical Care Vaccination Rates Are Associated with Functional Proximity but Not Base Proximity of Vaccination Clinics By: Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian, and Gwendolyn I. Reynolds Abstract—Background: Routine annual... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • June 2021
    • Case

    HelloSelf: Launch

    By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
    In April 2021, Charles Wells, founder and CEO of HelloSelf was reflecting on the company’s progress since it launched two years earlier. HelloSelf’s goal was to help the mentally ill recover and those who were mentally fit to stay well and feel even better. To do this,... View Details
    Keywords: Mental Health; Health Care and Treatment; Internet and the Web; Growth and Development Strategy; Great Britain
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    • 03 Jun 2014
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    First Look: June 3

      Publications August 2013 University of Chicago Press Innovation Policy and the Economy By: Lerner, Josh, and Scott Stern Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/I/bo18508109.html August 2013 Innovation... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • March 2023
    • Case

    Between Two Minds: The Staglin Family

    By: Lauren Cohen, Ronnie Stangler and Grace Headinger
    Garen Staglin, Founder and Chairman of One Mind, reflected on his life’s work in brain health. As he contemplated stepping down in the next few years, he weighed how to pass along this legacy to his son, Brandon Staglin, the impetus behind and next generation of the... View Details
    Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Well-being; Management Succession; Family Ownership; Mission and Purpose; Health Industry
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    • June 2010
    • Article

    The China Rules: A Practical Guide for CEOs Managing Multinational Corporations in the People's Republic

    By: Lynn S. Paine
    To achieve growth and profitability in the world's third-largest economy, multinationals need strong leadership--but China is tough on top executives. Pulsating with opportunity, China attracts foreigners, yet HR professionals continue to rank it as one of the most... View Details
    Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Multinational Firms and Management; Leadership; Management Skills; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Adaptation; China
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    1.5 Attendance - MBA

    Dependent Childcare for illness, medical appointments or other emergency childcare needs. Observance of religious beliefs. Personal illness (see below for details). Recruiting (see below for details). Required military service. Serious... View Details
    • 14 Apr 2010
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Economic Crisis and Medical Care Usage

    Keywords: by Annamaria Lusardi, Daniel Schneider & Peter Tufano; Health
    • 13 Sep 2012
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Entrepreneurship in the Natural Food and Beauty Categories Before 2000: Global Visions and Local Expressions

    Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Beauty & Cosmetics; Food & Beverage
    • September 21, 2013
    • Other Article

    Redefining Global Health-care Delivery

    By: Jim Yong Kim, Paul E. Farmer and Michael E. Porter
    Initiatives to address the unmet needs of those facing both poverty and serious illness have expanded significantly over the past decade. But many of them are designed in an ad-hoc manner to address one health problem among many; they are too rarely assessed; best... View Details
    Keywords: Health
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    • 07 Jun 2012
    • Working Paper Summaries

    How Short-Termism Invites Corruption--And What to Do About It

    Keywords: by Malcolm S. Salter
    • 2010
    • Working Paper

    Lawful but Corrupt: Gaming and the Problem of Institutional Corruption in the Private Sector

    By: Malcolm S. Salter
    This paper describes how the gaming of society's rules by corporations contributes to the problem of institutional corruption in the world of business. "Gaming" in its various forms involves the use of technically legal means to subvert the intent of society's rules in... View Details
    Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Civil Society or Community; Competitive Advantage; Earnings Management; Trust; Law; Performance; Investment Funds; Private Sector; Behavior; Relationships; Goals and Objectives
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    • 09 Nov 2023
    • HBS Case

    What Will It Take to Confront the Invisible Mental Health Crisis in Business?

    Cohen’s recent case studies spotlights Zak Pym Williams, the son of the late comedian Robin Williams, who is spreading awareness about mental illness after struggles following his dad’s suicide. Another case highlights the Staglins, a... View Details
    Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Health
    • 24 Jul 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    Part-Time Employees Want More Hours. Can Companies Tap This ‘Hidden’ Talent Pool?

    leave it. You may decide, I don't want it anymore. And I may decide, I don't need you anymore, and that’s just the deal,” he says. This transactional pattern doesn’t account for the totality of human experience: caring for a special needs child or an View Details
    Keywords: by Kara Baskin
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    1.7 Grading - MBA

    beginning of a term, each instructor makes their course requirements clear to students. If a student does not fulfill all course requirements (due to illness or another acceptable reason), the instructor has two options: either submit a... View Details
    • 08 Dec 2022
    • HBS Case

    The War in Ukraine and Nestlé’s Moral Dilemma: Stay or Leave Russia?

    nonessential, but others—like Gerber baby food and Peptamen formula for critically ill patients—felt morally difficult to pull from shelves, says Hsieh. Ukraine Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal took to Twitter to broadcast his dissatisfaction... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consumer Products