Activity-based Costing And Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

July 2019
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Evaluation of Economic and Clinical Outcomes Under Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Mandatory Bundled Payments for Joint Replacements

By: Derek A. Haas, Xiaoran Zhang, Robert S. Kaplan and Zirui Song

In 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched its first mandatory bundled payment program, the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model, by randomizing metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) into the payment model. The paper analyzed... View Details

Keywords: Medicare; Medicaid; Bundled Payments; Health Care and Treatment; Cost Management; Performance Evaluation; Outcome or Result

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25 Jun 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing

products and services. It's not always the flashiest idea that wins. Mayo gestures to a striking lamp on his desk with a lampshade depicting the HBS campus. Hand-painted by an artist in New Hampshire, the lampshade is beautiful; however,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

15 Dec 2008
Research & Ideas

The Surprisingly Successful Marriages of Multinationals and Social Brands

to managers and stimulating reflection among scholars, a new working paper by HBS professors James E. Austin and Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard looks at how View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage

November 2017 (Revised October 2018)
Case

Brandless: Disrupting Consumer Packaged Goods

By: Jill Avery

Brandless, an online direct-to-consumer seller of upscale private-label consumer packaged goods, offered consumers a limited assortment of values-conscious products delivered directly to their homes with the simplicity of one fixed $3 price point that promised an... View Details

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30 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds

Vanguard’s index funds have obvious appeal to investors, especially smaller ones. Their passive approach makes these funds less expensive to maintain than active mutual funds, and their operating costs as a... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

19 Oct 2023
Blog Post

New Venture Competition 2023: Business and Environment Ventures

urban Nigerians with affordable financing for clean, reliable energy. We leverage group financing and carbon accounting to lower costs and risk in the energy transition of... View Details

21 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now

leaders manage these conversations effectively. Drawing on our insights and those of others, we offer this guide to help leaders have the kinds of discussions we need to be having right now. The four I’s of... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams, and Katherine Connolly Baden

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Repositioning and Cost-Cutting: The Impact of Competition on Platform Strategies

By: Robert Seamans and Feng Zhu

Organizational structures are increasingly complex. In particular, more firms today operate as multi-sided platforms. In this paper, we study how platform firms use repositioning and cost-cutting in response to competition, elucidate external and internal factors that... View Details

Keywords: Platform Strategy; Repositioning; Cost-cutting; Intra-firm Learning; Multi-Sided Platforms; Cost Management; Product Positioning; Organizational Structure; Competitive Strategy; Knowledge Acquisition; Journalism and News Industry

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12 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Solving COVID'S Mental Health Crisis

staying away or unable to pay and rising costs for personal protective gear and new technology. “Compounding the problem, SUD treatment and... View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Health

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Cost-Benefit Analysis Applied to Risks: Its Philosophy and Legitimacy

By: Dutch Leonard and Richard Zeckhauser

Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Risk and Uncertainty; Risk Management

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03 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

Why Fierce Competitors Apple and Amazon Became ’Frenemies’ Over eReaders

Technology and Operations Management unit at Harvard Business School. And why would Apple ever allow a Kindle app in its App Store in the first place? "We all know historically... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Information; Publishing; Technology

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Institute Associates - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

invitations as a speaker from around the world. Contact arturo.condo@incae.edu Education DBA, Harvard Business School MBA, INCAE Mercedes Delgado, Senior Institute Associate Mercedes Delgado is an Assistant Professor at the Department of General View Details

27 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2015

success, and the role of hormones in cheating. "Tell us what you think were the most significant trends, ideas, or management lessons from 2015." Also worth reading is our list of the year’s most... View Details

June 2018 (Revised April 2021)
Case

Valuing Snap After the IPO Quiet Period (A)

By: Marco Di Maggio, Benjamin C. Esty and Gregory Saldutte

Snap, the disappearing message app, went public at $17 per share on March 2, 2017, making its two 20-something founders the youngest self-made billionaires in the country. Over the next three weeks, 14 analysts made investment recommendations on Snap: two with buy... View Details

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10 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution

to that model, it is challenged on all fronts. On the general merchandise side, Walmart has competition from the Amazons of the world. So their ability to make money with general merchandise has become compromised because ecommerce forces prices down. Amazon's View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

18 Jul 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017

to better connections rather than superior skill. Knowing When to Ask: The Cost of Leaning-in By: Exley, Christine L., Muriel Niederle, and Lise Vesterlund Abstract—Gender differences in the propensity to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Jan 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018

and act in a way that supports the longer-term needs of their businesses—and it’s hard to fault them. The biggest problem with a short-term approach is that managers develop blind spots around crucial... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Nov 2020
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How Hackathons Help Decide Platform Winners and Losers

colleagues highlights the pivotal role played by such gatherings in creating winners and losers in the platform world. “Platform Diffusion at Temporary Gatherings: Social Coordination and Ecosystem... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

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IFC: Italy; Tradition and Innovation - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog IFC: Italy; Tradition and Innovation Course Number 6052 Professor Sophus A. Reinert Professor of Management Practice Dante Roscini January; J; 3.0 credits Fall On-Campus Course Sessions:... View Details

July 2004 (Revised August 2004)
Case

Superior Manufacturing Company

By: David F. Hawkins, James W. Culliton and Jacob Cohen

Management must extract relevant cost data from the company's cost accounting system for product line decisions. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details

Keywords: Cost Accounting; Product Development; Manufacturing Industry

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