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- 20 Sep 2016
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September 20, 2016
Feeley, Robert S. Kaplan, and Steven J. Frank Abstract—Question: Can we create a value-based tool to visualize the outcomes and cost of various treatments that could facilitate patient-centered decision making? Summary Answer: We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 3, 2008
suggest. Our results challenge the widely held view that appointments of independent directors necessarily add objectivity to the board of a firm. Purchase the paper: http://papers.nber.org/papers/w14232 The Ontological Foundations of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cyber-Marketing: Scouting the Digital Communications Frontier
medium's effectiveness will derive more from its abundance of selectable information than from its ability to stir viewer emotions. A consumer can now order a new car online, for instance, selecting from a lengthy menu of carefully described options. But motivating an... View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs
- 15 Feb 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Delivering Information Services: A 30-Year Perspective
sense customers' needs (by electronically monitoring their purchasing decisions) and respond to them (by integrating that information with the supply chain). EE: Do participants in the DIS course tend to come to HBS with a specific... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
characteristics enhances investment performance, collaborating for affinity-based characteristics dramatically reduces the probability of investment success. A variety of tests show that the cost of affinity is not driven by selection into inferior deals; the effect is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
Individuals who fail to purchase coverage are penalized up to $912 on their taxes; companies with more than eleven employees must pay the state $295 per year per employee if they don’t offer their workers a company-based plan. The plan’s... View Details
- 19 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 19
retained its talent; and how Chinese private enterprise can go global. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/415050-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 515-032 American Well: The DTC View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 23
decisions and structure. Was this typical of an investment in China or did Bain Capital just find itself in a unique situation? What can future managers learn from this situation about corporate governance and ethical rules of business in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50422 forthcoming Ethical Innovation in Business and the Economy Managerial Responsibility and the Purpose of Business: Doing One's Job Well By: Hsieh, Nien-hê Abstract—Business managers routinely make View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Innovation as P&G’s Key
the company had lost its fabled touch with consumers, whom he calls “the boss.” He rallied the company around the goal of delighting consumers at two “moments of truth”: first, when they purchase the product, and second, when they use it.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Retirement's Changing Face
caused by hidden munitions on board, may have been the reason why the passenger ship sank in a deadly eighteen minutes, causing 1,198 deaths. As odd as it may sound, he also happens to hold title to the wreck, having purchased it for $1... View Details
Keywords: Personal Services
- 12 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018
returned to debt within six weeks. One to two years after intervention, treatment individuals were borrowing at the same rate as control households. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54587 Show or Tell? Improving Agent View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Harness Auction Fever
professor Deepak Malhotra. "These might all increase the likelihood of overbidding due to auction fever." This research comes from a recently published paper, coauthored with Gillian Ku, "Towards a Competitive Arousal Model of View Details
- 01 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 1
their products directly to buyers) or as a reseller (purchasing products from suppliers and selling them to buyers). We model this as a decision between whether control rights over a non-contractible View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 16 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 16
more credible monitoring regimes to reduce information asymmetries between themselves and their suppliers. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2343802 Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 514-064 Outotec (A): Project Capture No... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 18, 2009
Business School Case 609-070 An abstract is not available at this time. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu /b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=609070 Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 25
necessary. Yet IP address transfer rules also need to facilitate purchase by the networks that need the addresses most, from the networks that value them least. We propose a market rule that avoids excessive fragmentation while almost... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 19 Jul 2011
- News
Brightening the Future
in the Philippines, Jaime “Jim” Ayala (MBA ’88) decided to put his considerable business experience to work improving the lives of some of his native country’s poorest citizens. Explaining his 2009 decision to leave Ayala Land, which had... View Details
- 13 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
Paid Search Ads Pay Off for Lesser-Known Restaurants
whether they are a sound investment. An influential study involving eBay showed that search engine ads—especially on brand keywords—were ineffective for the website. After the eBay study came out, the market saw a dip in large-businesses advertising, Luca says. “I am a... View Details
- 11 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11
individuals can increase their service time, up to a point, to complete work more quickly. As the number of tasks increases, however, workers may also manage their workload by a different process—task selection. Drawing on research on workload, individual discretion,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne