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  • August 2017
  • Article

Relationship Between Labor and Delivery Unit Management Practices and Maternal Outcomes

By: Avery C. Plough, Grace Galwin, Zhonghe Li, Stuart R. Lipsitz, Shehnaz Alidina, Natalie J. Henrich, Lisa R. Hirschhorn, William R. Berry, Atul A. Gawande, Doris Peter, Rory McDonald, Donna L. Caldwell, Janet H. Muri, Debra Bingham, Aaron B. Caughey, Eugene R. Declercq and Neel T. Shah
OBJECTIVE: To define, measure, and characterize key competencies of managing labor and delivery units in the United States and assess the associations between unit management and maternal outcomes. METHODS: We developed and administered a management measurement... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Management Practices and Processes; Performance Evaluation; Outcome or Result; United States
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Negotiating - Alumni

Careers Negotiating Careers Negotiating Preparation is key to a successful negotiation. The tips and questions below are designed to let you know what to expect from the process and to help you plan your approach. What You Need to Know... View Details
  • 20 Apr 2021
  • Book

A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success

companies have the potential to create more value and increase their profits. Even modest advances can have dramatic implications. “If a US company that ranked 50th today jumped to 40th next year, its return on invested capital (ROIC) would increase by 21 percent,” he... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 04 Dec 2019
  • Book

Creating the Experimentation Organization

User research suggested that the checkout process could be improved. Hypothesis: Displaying the checkout date when selecting the number of children improves the user experience (by adding clarity). Result:... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 07 May 2020
  • Research & Ideas

The One Good Thing Caused by COVID-19: Innovation

accommodating an appropriate level of economic activity. Businesses have historically overcome this type of challenge through the introduction of risk-mitigating technologies, which in this pandemic include technologies, business practices, and strategies that View Details
Keywords: by Hong Luo and Alberto Galasso
  • 08 Mar 2016
  • First Look

March 8, 2016

Consumer Neuroscience: Advances in Understanding Consumer Psychology By: Karmarkar, Uma R., and Carolyn Yoon Abstract—While the study of consumer behavior has been enriched by improved abilities to generate new insights, many of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Jun 2021
  • Blog Post

The Value of the HBS Case Method – Lessons from an SVMP Participant

importantly, I ended my week during SVMP feeling as if HBS is a place where I can see myself succeeding, which is why I applied to the 2+2 Program (the deferred admissions process for college seniors or those in their final year of... View Details
  • Web

Presentations - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Health Care Core Concepts by Professor Michael E. Porter Professor Michael E. Porter presents the current status of value based health care as a strategy to improve health care. January 2020 Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing in Health... View Details
  • 04 Sep 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018

to organizations seeking to improve creativity and innovation. Researchers and businesses want to know what factors facilitate or inhibit creativity in a variety of organizational settings. Individual Creativity in the Workplace... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 17 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 17, 2009

develop to support improving value for patients. In addition to restructuring care delivery in the hospitals and throughout northeastern Ohio, The Clinic has investments, facilities, and staff in several other states in the U.S. as well... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Sep 2004
  • Research & Ideas

The Innovator’s Battle Plan

The section discusses three topics: How asymmetries power the process of disruption How to identify the company with the shield of asymmetric motivation and the sword of asymmetric skills on its side How to identify circumstances in which... View Details
Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Scott D. Anthony & Erik A. Roth
  • Web

Business Insights Blog | HBS Online

Lauren Landry Author Staff tag Dynamic Teaming Leadership Management Management Essentials Decision-making is a critical component of every manager’s day-to-day, but it doesn't always come easy. One way to improve the View Details
  • 10 Sep 2020
  • Research & Ideas

The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

effective and efficient in the company’s core business. The focus is improvement, not exponential growth. Improvement is always possible. Yes, it may be small, but even extremely small improvements can be... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden
  • 24 Sep 2019
  • Blog Post

Launching a Career in Clean Energy

international development and microfinance. Today, as cofounder of pathZERO Energy, she’s leading an effort to help businesses transition to cheaper, cleaner, more reliable energy solutions through improved efficiency, better data, and... View Details
  • 15 Nov 2018
  • Book

Can the Global Food Industry Overcome Public Distrust?

JamesBrey Food is the largest segment of the global economy. It is also widely recognized as more critical for human health than any pharmaceutical drug on the planet. But significant changes in the industry are making people lose trust in many institutions involved in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Agriculture & Agribusiness
  • 02 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters

resources-processes-values framework. Resources refer to tangible and intangible assets, processes deal with activities that turn resources into goods and services, and values underpin decisions employees make and how they make them. (See... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower
  • 14 Jun 2010
  • Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Measuring Social Impact

the same time," Ebrahim notes. "Delivering emergency relief and basic services in sanitation, water, and housing is easier to measure than impacts on public policy or on good governance, freedoms, and rights. Societal transformations—such as View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • January 2024 (Revised June 2024)
  • Case

School of Rock: Tuning into Structured Empowerment (A)

By: Tatiana Sandino, Jeffrey Rayport, Samuel Grad and Stacy Straaberg
In summer 2021, School of Rock was a youth-oriented music education company with 291 franchise- and company-owned schools globally. Before CEO Rob Price’s hire in 2017, School of Rock’s nonconformist rock ‘n’ roll culture led to variability in teaching styles,... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Business Plan; Change Management; Transformation; Communication Strategy; Decisions; Curriculum and Courses; Teaching; Employee Relationship Management; Knowledge Sharing; Leadership Style; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Style; Marketing Strategy; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Franchise Ownership; Performance Expectations; Performance Improvement; Strategic Planning; Attitudes; Conflict Management; Corporate Strategy; Applications and Software; Technology Adoption; Education Industry; Music Industry; Massachusetts; United States
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  • 06 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017

survival of only the most productive domestic firms. We investigate the roles of the two different mechanisms in determining the aggregate productivity gains by exploring their distinct predictions on the distributions of domestic firms: within-firm productivity View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Mar 2023
  • Blog Post

Decarbonization and Sustainable Production: Immersive Field Course in Denmark and the Netherlands

back in 2012, I was hoping to graduate and work in the oil and gas industry in Nigeria. My goal was to contribute to eradicating energy poverty and improving general welfare. At that time, petroleum accounted for roughly 80% of the... View Details