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Financial Incentives for Exercise Adherence in Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

By: Marc S. Mitchell, Jack M. Goodman, David A. Alter, Leslie K. John, Paul I. Oh, Maureen T. Pakosh and Guy E. Faulkner

Context Less than 5% of U.S. adults accumulate the required dose of exercise to maintain health. Behavioral economics has stimulated renewed interest in economic-based, population-level health interventions to address this issue. Despite widespread implementation of... View Details

Keywords: Exercise; Health; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives

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10 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018

Bangladesh, Africa, and Chile, benefiting the public as well as their own enterprises. He then describes how an Indian health care organization is tackling institutional voids as it expands into medical tourism in the Cayman Islands. An... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

22 Aug 2005
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Balancing the Future Against Today’s Needs

bonus program tied to growth targets across all three media," according to the authors. To give focus to both growth and core initiatives throughout his organization, PacifiCare Health Systems chairman and CEO Howie Phanstiel took a... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Michelman

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Family Office Wealth Management—Virtual

reflect the family's priorities and principles Find solutions to your wealth management challenges Develop an action plan for initiating an intergenerational transfer Implement best practices for separating operating assets and family... View Details

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Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management

action and create a more responsive, successful, and sustainable nonprofit organization. Details Under take strategic analysis that positions your organization to thrive and grow Focus your mission and create service offerings that truly... View Details

20 Apr 2021
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Leadership In Challenging Times: Thierry Ibri (MBA 1997)

This post is part of the Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) “Leadership in Challenging Times” blog series, which highlights the inspiring work of the HBS community in addressing the health and economic consequences of COVID-19, alongside... View Details

06 Nov 2023
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Did You Hear What I Said? How to Listen Better

are more able to voice their concerns.” Is anyone listening to me? In an initial experiment to study whether people talking can tell whether the other person is listening, the researchers paired 200 strangers over Zoom to hold 25-minute... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

06 Oct 2020
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2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Curtis Wu (MBA 2018)

Charles Cooney, taught me that the hardest problems often occur at interfaces between multiple sectors. The 2+2 program offered me a way to learn the language and tools I would need to tackle tough problems at the interface of science and... View Details

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Meredith Hamilton

African American Studies with a concentration in Anthropology. She currently lives in Boston with her partner and two children, both of whom are enrolled in Boston Public Schools.Work Experience: embark coaching (Founder & Principal),... View Details

Keywords: Education; Entrepreneurship; Impact Investing; Financial Services (All); Government; Real Estate; Social Enterprise

15 Apr 2010
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The Consequences of Entrepreneurial Finance: A Regression Discontinuity Analysis

Keywords: by William R. Kerr, Josh Lerner & Antoinette Schoar

18 Feb 2021
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SIPs in 2021

one of 13 SIPs offered during winter break. Now in their fourth year, SIPs are no-credit, no-fee elective courses, offering MBA students an opportunity to engage deeply in a single subject with professors,... View Details

08 Apr 2010
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Multinational Strategies and Developing Countries in Historical Perspective

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones

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Craig Husa

As the founder or CEO, Craig (HBS ’90, USNA ’83) has grown and sold four technology-enabled companies to leading public companies. He attributes most of his success (the rest is luck) to building and leading high performing teams who can... View Details

Keywords: Clean Technology; Energy; Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship; Technology; Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Energy; Oil & Gas; Energy; Impact Investing; Financial Services (All)

25 Jan 2024
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Being a Team Player: Why College Athletes Succeed in Business

researchers chose to concentrate on the eight Ivy League schools for their initial research, following the career trajectories of 401,785 graduates from 1970 to 2021. They combined that data with career information, such as LinkedIn... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

24 Aug 2009
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SuperCorp: Values as Guidance System

internalize and use them in practice. “Societal purpose and values help meet an emerging public demand.” For vanguard companies, grounding strategy—which businesses to pursue and how—in a sense of wider societal purpose provides many... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

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December 2005 (Revised November 2006)
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Corning, 2002

By: Malcolm P. Baker and James Quinn

Corning, with large investments in fiber optic technology, was hit particularly hard by the collapse of the telecommunications industry in 2001. With over $4 billion in debt, the firm's survival appears to rest on raising additional equity capital. The protagonist is... View Details

Keywords: Financial Strategy; Financial Condition; Financial Instruments; Valuation; Capital; Public Equity; Stock Shares; Business or Company Management; Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; Industrial Products Industry

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08 Nov 2024
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Harvard Business School’s Armed Forces Alumni Association

Harvard has played a significant role in America’s military traditions since the founding days of the nation and continues its historical and ongoing commitment to military and public service, as well as its academic contributions in... View Details

10 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017

initiated a series of strategic shifts and evolved from a predominately fund-of-funds manager into a large, multi-asset class PE firm focused on direct investments. PG was the first PE firm to go public in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Dec 2011
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Are There Too Many Safe Securities? Securitization and the Incentives for Information Production

Keywords: by Samuel G. Hanson & Adi Sunderam; Financial Services

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