Health Services - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Budgeting Kills Your Company

Similarly, each branch manager gets to decide what resources the unit needs. To make its central services more responsive to market demands, Handelsbanken conducts an annual round of negotiations in which cost estimates and the View Details

Keywords: by Loren Gary

14 Sep 2023
Blog Post

MBAs Accelerate Their Social Enterprise Ventures

options, and (2) they harbored reservations about entrusting an unfamiliar FinTech without an established banking relationship. Consequently, I began to envision a neobank dedicated to migrants, initially offering essential services like... View Details

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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog

Managing and Innovating in Financial Services David Scharfstein Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Market Perspectives (previously Finance and Capitalism) Robin Greenwood Richard Ruback Fall 2024 Q1Q2 3.0 Private Equity Finance Victoria Ivashina Ted... View Details

02 Aug 2016
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August 2, 2016

the capital regulation of commercial banks? This paper builds a quantitative general equilibrium model with commercial banks and shadow banks to study the unintended consequences of capital requirements. A key feature of our model is defaultable bank liabilities that... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

March 2017
Case

Cantel Medical

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth

Cantel Medical Corporation provided infection prevention and control products and services for patients, caregivers, and other healthcare providers. In 2016, Cantel generated sales of $665 million and net profits of $60 million, double the levels of five years earlier.... View Details

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Industry Information - Alumni

rig data, equipment marketplace, and more. + – Entertainment Billboardbiz Read the latest music industry news as it relates to everything from the growth of streaming services to the legal and management issues impacting the world of... View Details

09 Aug 2016
First Look

August 9, 2016

RCA's patents to licensing by domestic competitors royalty-free. This externality had a dramatic impact on the long-term health of the U.S. consumer electronics industry. The associated (B) case is 614-073. Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

Why Business Should Support Employees Who Are Caregivers

framework for balancing a career and life. The linear career paths common at law, accounting, and professional services firms rarely take into account the personal milestones and unexpected challenges that all employees experience. Caring... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health

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HBS - The year in Review

overcoming every obstacle that the pandemic presented, to ensure the continuity of the School's work. Every team leaned in--from food service workers to security to technology and administrative support--whether on campus or remote. Their... View Details

24 May 2017
News

David G. Bradley, MBA 1977

Counsel while earning a law degree at Georgetown, “so I was comfortable with research.” As he pitched his services to companies in need of legal advice, he refined and expanded his business plan to focus on research in the financial... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

11 Feb 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

10 Rules Entrepreneurs Need to Know Before Adopting AI

problems. Positioning your service or product as “AI for health care” or “AI for sales” is not nearly specific enough. While you can sell AI tools to data science teams or IT departments, business leaders... View Details

Keywords: by Rocio Wu

26 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers

concluded that Toyota has come up with a powerful, broadly applicable answer to a fundamental managerial problem. The products we consume and the services we use are typically not the result of a single person's effort. Rather, they come... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

13 Nov 2017
Research & Ideas

Want to Be Happier? Spend Some Money on Avoiding Household Chores

finite lives. “The less control you feel you have over your daily experience, the less happy you feel. Money is a tool that allows you to purchase that control.” “People save for vacations, personal experiences, going out for nice meals, and View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

27 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

How Remote Work Changes What We Think About Onboarding

service providers—that are hiring to fill new demand. Also, remote work will quickly become more the norm than the exception on the other side of the pandemic, so organizations should start learning now how to prepare for the Work from... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg

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Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

thinkers. Francesca Gino : Winner of the 2019 Thinkers50 Talent Award. Ashley V. Whillans : Received Honorable Mention for the 2019 Dissertation Award from the International Positive Psychology Association. Ashley V. Whillans : Named a HGHI Burke Global View Details

01 Dec 2022
News

My First Job

Thomas (MBA 2003) Grace Under Fire I was a server for the catering service on my college campus. Working at the banquets hosted by the university president was my favorite because sometimes it meant seeing famous people. One time Stephen... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services

01 Jun 2013
News

Building a Better Brazil

work as professionals in education, government, or public health the opportunity for advanced study at the University to help build a strong network of leaders committed to social change in Brazil. LORENTZEN Photo courtesy of Erling... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Paper Manufacturing; Manufacturing

11 Oct 2006
What Do You Think?

How Do We Respond to the “Dependency Ratio” Dilemma?

for all to work forever" to Deepak Alse's, "Do not retire employees; treat them as part of an extended family where their services may be required." The timeliness of the issue was emphasized by information from Richard... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

18 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

How Disruptive Innovation Changes Education

our schools." The ability of these lenses to shed new light on complicated problems has been proven in contexts ranging from national defense to semiconductors; from health care to retailing; and from automobiles to financial View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

08 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Recalling My First Cold Call: A Conversation with Second-Year Students

2022) Halperin, a student in the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program, is the co-president of the Harvard Business School (HBS) Women’s Student Association, social chair of the MS/MBA program, and the international representative of section H. She is also a member of... View Details

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