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What Others Are Saying - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

essentially took micro economics knowledge of structural analysis of industries and made it accessible to managers. That was a very important contribution for a practical purpose. The discussion on the idea of clusters is not exactly a... View Details
  • 08 Sep 2009
  • Research & Ideas

The Height Tax, and Other New Ways to Think about Taxation

less burdensome for all citizens. "While the idea of a height tax follows directly from the standard economic framework for tax analysis, most people find the idea crazy," allows HBS professor Matthew C. Weinzierl, an economist... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 01 Sep 2012
  • News

A Silent Workplace Crisis

pharmaceuticals, the gap between the medical and the mental health systems, and the time required to find community resources and quality home care. My previous experience as a pharmaceutical executive and management consultant seemed... View Details
Keywords: Janet Simpson Benvenuti; caregiving; aging; Nursing and Residential Care Facilities; Health, Social Assistance
  • 25 Feb 2015
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Scholars and Students Unpack the Digital Business Revolution

focuses on the economics and strategy of digital: how organizations need to adapt and change in this new environment, and the individual skills required to succeed in a digital economy. "You know that a significant change has taken... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education; Technology
  • 10 Aug 2011
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis

of perhaps $90 trillion. One side argues that we can't raise revenues, while the other asserts we can't cut entitlements. Both sides are wrong. Entitlement costs, especially health care, will eat us alive. Without real reform of... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • June 2024
  • Article

Inflation with COVID Consumption Baskets

By: Alberto Cavallo
The Covid-19 pandemic led to changes in expenditure patterns that introduced significant bias in the measurement of Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation. Using publicly-available data on card transactions, I updated the official CPI weights and re-calculated inflation... View Details
Keywords: COVID; Consumer Expenditures; CPI; Inflation; Consumer Behavior; Inflation and Deflation; Health Pandemics
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  • March 2014
  • Teaching Note

Uptake of Rapid Diagnostic Tests: A Development Challenge

By: Nava Ashraf, Andrew Boozary and Kristin Johnson
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Health Pandemics; Technology; Health Care and Treatment; Policy; Behavior; Prejudice and Bias; Zambia
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  • 24 Mar 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Why Cutting Jobless Aid Isn't the Answer to Worker Shortages

ultimately get people back to work. This research may help policymakers decide how to implement any future emergency benefits that are knit into the broader economy, yielding better tools to handle the next economic downturn, Kluender... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • March – April 2010
  • Article

Healthcare Reform and Its Implications for the U.S. Economy

By: Regina E. Herzlinger
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Economy; United States
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Institute Associates - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

effective patient engagement. His prior research focused on health economics and outcome modeling. Landman is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society and has post-graduate training in orthopaedic surgery... View Details
  • 25 Jun 2020
  • News

Global Centers Broaden Understanding of Business and the Pandemic

China Club, and HBS Association of Beijing that brought together current MBA students and a panel of 10 HBS alumni. During the Zoom gathering, the alumni provided insights from their experiences navigating the economic downturns of 2002... View Details
  • 26 Apr 2016
  • First Look

April 26

April 2016 Review of Economic Studies Landing the First Job: The Value of Intermediaries in Online Hiring By: Stanton, Christopher, and Catherine Thomas Abstract—Online markets for remote labor services allow workers and firms to contract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2019
  • News

City on a Hill

rich culture and heritage, technology, and health care—what does that look like? It looks like Pine Mountain Settlement School,” he says. Marietta wastes no opportunity to interweave the seemingly disparate aspects of the social... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Clay Cook
  • 13 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 13

May 2017 American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings Immigration and the Rise of American Ingenuity By: Akcigit, Ufuk, John Grigsby, and Tom Nicholas Abstract—We build on the analysis in Akcigit, Grigsby, and Nicholas (2017) by using... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Apr 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54331 forthcoming American Economic Journal: Economic Policy Physician Beliefs and Patient Preferences: A New Look at Regional Variation in View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Sep 2007
  • News

To The Rescue

relatively cheaply. Coverage runs about 10 rupees per person per year, roughly 25 cents, meaning that nationwide coverage could be achieved for about $250 million annually — a bargain considering the economic impact of saving the... View Details
Keywords: Garrett M. Graff; emergency response networks; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services
  • 23 Apr 2020
  • Research & Ideas

This Crisis Loan Program Preserved Jobs—and Made Money

As the US Congress prepares to replenish its Paycheck Protection Program for small businesses, questions still linger: Do guaranteed loans for small businesses work in the long term? Who wins? Employees? Businesses? Taxpayers? The answer appears to be yes for all... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services
  • January 2021
  • Article

State and Local Government Employment in the COVID-19 Crisis

By: Daniel Green and Erik Loualiche
Local governments are facing large losses in revenues and increased expenditures because of the COVID-19 crisis. We document a causal relationship between fiscal pressures induced by COVID-19 and the layoffs of state and local government workers. States that depend... View Details
Keywords: Local Government; Municipal Finance; Public Finance; Fiscal Capacity; Fiscal Policy; Governance; Local Range; Health Pandemics; Employment; Finance; Policy; Public Sector
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  • 27 Apr 2017
  • News

Enabling a Transformational Educational Experience

impact people’s lives on a large scale,” he explains. “I’m excited about improving access to affordable health care globally and especially in South Asia, where I’m from.” As an undergraduate at the Birla Institute of Technology and... View Details
  • 17 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: January 17

http://www.cengage.com/search/productOverview.do?Ntt=9781111972301&N=16+4294922453&Ntk=P_Isbn13 Behavioral Corporate Finance: A Current Survey Authors:Malcolm Baker and Jeffrey Wurgler Publication:In Handbook of the Economics of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne