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  • 2020
  • Working Paper

Targeting for Long-Term Outcomes

By: Jeremy Yang, Dean Eckles, Paramveer Dhillon and Sinan Aral
Decision makers often want to target interventions so as to maximize an outcome that is observed only in the long term. This typically requires delaying decisions until the outcome is observed or relying on simple short-term proxies for the long-term outcome. Here we... View Details
Keywords: Targeted Marketing; Optimization; Churn Management; Marketing; Customer Relationship Management; Policy; Learning; Outcome or Result
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  • October 1996 (Revised December 2022)
  • Case

Chiquita Brands International (A)

By: Debora L. Spar and Terence Mulligan
When a new banana import policy is implemented in 1993 by the European Union, Chiquita Brands International, the world's largest banana distributor, watches its sales and net income plummet. The policy, Council Regulation (EEC 404/93), uses a new tariff and quota... View Details
Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Trade; Government and Politics; Policy; Market Design; Fairness; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Latin America; European Union
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  • 2009
  • Report

Clusters, Cluster Policy, and Swedish Competitiveness

By: Christian H.M. Ketels
Proximity enables firms to take advantage of knowledge spill-overs and exploit supplierdemand linkages with other entities engaged in related activities. Cluster strength thus seems to be one of the important determinants of prosperity differences across geographies.... View Details
Keywords: Policy; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Industry Clusters; Business and Government Relations; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Sweden
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  • 12 Mar 2020
  • News

5 Tips for Staying Productive and Mentally Healthy While You’re Working From Home

    Best-selling and New Cases by Ben Esty

    Best-Selling Cases:  

      1) Eaton: Portfolio Transformation & Cost of... View Details

    • 26 Feb 2009
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Barriers to Acting in Time on Energy and Strategies for Overcoming Them

    Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman; Energy; Utilities
    • October 2012
    • Case

    Global Diversity and Inclusion at Royal Dutch Shell (A)

    By: Sandra J. Sucher and Elena Corsi
    Royal Dutch Shell has been among the early players to implement diversity and inclusion policies in the 1990s, first in the U.S. and then globally. In May 2009, Peter Voser, CFO and soon-to-be CEO, wants to adjust the company's business, headcount, and cost levels to... View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Managerial Roles; Restructuring; Resignation and Termination; Diversity; Financial Crisis; Energy Industry; Netherlands
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    • 08 Oct 2013
    • News

    The Strategy That Will Fix Health Care

    • May 2018
    • Article

    The Economics of Patient-Centered Care

    By: Guy David, Philip Saynisch and Aaron Smith-McLallen
    The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) is a widely-implemented model for improving primary care, emphasizing care coordination, information technology, and process improvements. However, its treatment as an undifferentiated intervention in policy evaluation obscures... View Details
    Keywords: Primary Care; Accreditation; Patient-centered Medical Home; Health Care and Treatment; Economics
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    • 2012
    • Book

    The Culture Cycle: How to Shape the Unseen Force That Transforms Performance

    By: James Heskett
    The contribution of culture to organizational performance is both substantial and quantifiable. This book presents the results of field research that demonstrates how an effective culture can account for up to half of the differential in performance between... View Details
    Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships; Learning; Framework; Policy; Retention; Books; Analytics and Data Science; Innovation and Invention; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Performance Expectations; Research
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    • 2009
    • Other Unpublished Work

    Clusters, Cluster Policy, and Swedish Competitiveness in the Global Economy

    By: Christian H.M. Ketels
    Proximity enables firms to take advantage of knowledge spill-overs and exploit supplier demand linkages with other entities engaged in related activities. Cluster strength thus seems to be one of the important determinants of prosperity differences across geographies.... View Details
    Keywords: Economics; Growth and Development; Sweden
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    • November 2013 (Revised November 2014)
    • Case

    Infection Control at Massachusetts General Hospital

    By: Robert S. Huckman and Nikolaos Trichakis

    The case explores the challenges facing Massachusetts General Hospital concerning the adoption of a new infection control policy, which promises to improve operational performance, patient safety, and profitability. The new policy requires coordination between... View Details

    Keywords: Safety; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Integration; Health Care and Treatment; Policy; Health Industry; Boston
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    • March 2007 (Revised March 2010)
    • Case

    Rovna Dan: The Flat Tax in Slovakia

    By: Laura Alfaro, Rafael M. Di Tella, Ane Damgaard Jensen and Vincent Marie Dessain
    Explores the tax policy choices made by Slovakia and the impact of reforms. Set in 2006, looks at the decision facing new Prime Minister Robert Fico as he faces the public's "reform fatigue." Traces the development of tax and fiscal policies since Slovakia's... View Details
    Keywords: Investment; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Taxation; Labor; Welfare; Slovakia
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    • Summer, 2021
    • Article

    The Economics of Energy Efficiency in Developing Countries

    By: Meredith Fowlie and Robyn C. Meeks
    Almost all of the world’s energy demand growth is projected to occur in low- and medium-income countries (LMICs). Targeted energy efficiency investments have the potential to mitigate tensions between economic growth objectives and sustainable development commitments.... View Details
    Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Energy; Energy Policy
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    • 2007
    • Book

    Carbon Strategies: How Leading Companies Are Reducing Their Climate Change Footprint

    By: Andrew J. Hoffman
    Carbon Strategies describes specific steps any business can take to implement sound, practical, climate-related corporate policies. Based on Andrew J. Hoffman’s widely praised report from the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, and significantly revised in light of... View Details
    Keywords: Climate Change; Business Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Policy
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    • 20 May 2022
    • News

    Guiding Finance: China’s Strategy for Funding Advanced Manufacturing

    • Research Summary

    Professor Pill's current research has two dimensions. On the one hand, he is investigating the formulation and conduct of monetary policy in advanced economies, with a focus on the implementation of the single monetary policy in the euro area. On the other hand, he is... View Details
    • October 2013
    • Case

    Japan: Abe's Three Arrows?

    By: Richard H.K. Vietor
    After the Koizumi government ended in 2006, Japan continued to struggle with slow growth, deflation and, in 2011, a tsunami and nuclear disaster. Following a series of several more unsuccessful prime ministers, Shinzo Abe again became the prime minister in 2012 and... View Details
    Keywords: Economic Development; Quantitative Easing; Stagnation; National Strategy; Development Economics; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Strategy; Japan
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    • October 2003 (Revised November 2006)
    • Case

    GE's Talent Machine: The Making of a CEO

    By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Andrew N. McLean
    GE believes its ability to develop management talent is a core competency that represents a source of sustainable competitive advantage. This case traces the development of GE's rich system of human resource policies and practices under five CEOs in the post-war era,... View Details
    Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Capital; Selection and Staffing; Leadership Development; Management Succession; Corporate Strategy
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    • 18 Apr 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    What Happens When Banks Ditch Coal: The Impact Is 'More Than Anyone Thought'

    Consumers who are eager to mitigate climate change can take many actions, such as reducing the number of airline flights they take or installing solar panels on their homes. But the planet is in a race against time, and individual action alone won’t help most countries... View Details
    Keywords: by Barbara DeLollis; Financial Services; Mining