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2011
Working Paper

Fairness, Efficiency and Flexibility in Organ Allocation for Kidney Transplantation

By: Dimitris Bertsimas, Vivek F. Farias and Nikolaos Trichakis

We propose a scalable, data-driven method for designing national policies for the allocation of deceased donor kidneys to patients on a waiting list, in a fair and efficient way. We focus on policies that have the same form as the one currently used in the U.S. In... View Details

Keywords: Fairness; Policy; Health Disorders; Marketplace Matching; Performance Effectiveness; Rank and Position; Health Industry; United States

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13 Dec 2016
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December 13, 2016

railroad track in the U.S. South to standard gauge between May 31 and June 1, 1886 as a large-scale natural experiment in technology standards adoption that instantly integrated the South into the national transportation network. Using... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Charts & Statistics - Leadership

Medium-High 60 1960 s 19 Civil rights movement gain strength Antiwar sentiment divides electorate FDA approves oral contraceptive pill Influence: High 70 1970 s 19 National Organization for Women mobilizes for Equal Rights Amendment Roe... View Details

17 Dec 2007
Research & Ideas

The Rise of Medical Tourism

States. Public interest in Britain is in the context of the National Health Service and its constraints. Initially the rules required that patients be treated only in the United Kingdom. I believe there has... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies

September 2020
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An Introduction to Money Laundering: 'The Hunter'

By: Eugene Soltes, Guilhem Ros and Grace Liu

Money laundering schemes disguise the criminal origins of an estimated 2% to 5% of the world’s gross domestic product. Money laundering not only enables criminals to escape detection, but may also be used to finance further criminal operations including terrorism. This... View Details

Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Accounting Audits; Financial Reporting; Financial Institutions; Banks and Banking; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Governance Controls; International Relations; National Security; Ethics; Accounting Industry; Banking Industry; United States; Europe

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03 Nov 2023
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Global Networking Night; Sweden Club Holds Climate Forum

Clubs News Clubs News Global Networking Night 2023 Another successful Global Networking Night (GNN) is in the books, after alumni around the world held nearly 60 separate events on October 25. The annual GNN features alumni gatherings—some in person, some... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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The Information Age has introduced well recieved opportunities to track performance. Fitbits and Fuelbands show individuals their own performance; service companies including Uber and leading hospitals help pick from drivers or doctors based on how others rate them;... View Details

Keywords: Management Accounting; Performance Measurement; Incentives; Control; Healthcare Industry; Education; Education Industry; Health Industry; Transportation Industry; Energy Industry; Auto Industry; United States; Japan; India

01 Jan 2011
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Karen Gordon Mills, MBA 1977

"For most of the eighties," recalls the unflappable mother of three and wife of a college president, "I was pregnant, walking through steel mills, and buying companies." Now working with small business owners on a national scale, she... View Details

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K–12 Education | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

and sustain high-performing K–12 public school districts in the United States. These efforts have resulted in more than 30 case studies focused on adapting and applying management concepts within urban school systems to drive improved... View Details

10 Apr 2012
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country unit to adjust to local needs is a critical balancing act. Rule 4: Timing is critical. Retailers would do well to stop planting flags and focus instead on a limited set of opportunities where they can establish operations of... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

02 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

A Rare Find in Health Care: A Simple Solution to Racial Inequity

for these long-standing disparities.” For the past 20 years, Chandra has been examining differences in health outcomes between white and Black Americans, searching for solutions to shrink the gap. In a recent working paper published through the View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

29 Jan 2021
Op-Ed

How Influencers, Celebrities, and FOMO Can Win Over Vaccine Skeptics

“shots-in-arms” problem. In the United States, polls suggest that about 40 percent of adults prefer to not take the vaccine. In France, Russia, South Africa, Japan, Italy, Spain, and Germany, between a third and half of adults do not plan... View Details

Keywords: by Rohit Deshpandé, Ofer Mintz, and Imran S. Currim

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Rafaella Sadun | About

Raffaella Sadun Senior Associate Dean for HBS Publishing Unit Strategy Contact Phone Bio Raffaella Sadun is Charles E. Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and is a Co-Chair of Harvard Business School’s... View Details

28 May 2019
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Investor Lawsuits Against Auditors Are Falling, and That's Bad News for Capital Markets

espouse their point of view. Lobbying for that through a coalition such as the Council for Institutional Investors (CII) can help. We are a nation of laws. And we can have individual freedoms because we enforce our laws. If we reduce the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services; Accounting

15 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

This Workplace Certification Made Already Safe Companies Even Safer

the Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management. He partnered on the research with HBS doctoral student Kala Viswanathan and Duke University professor Matthew Johnson. Widespread adoption, but does the standard work? Some 2.8 million workplace injuries and... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

13 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands

organizations face a similar set of challenging questions as they enter the twenty-first century. How should they respond to the increasing number of complex emergencies? To what extent should they cooperate with national governments and... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

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Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - The Value of Business Education

University, the Atlanta Conferences addressed pressing economic issues that the Black community faced. The fourth annual conference was entitled "The Negro in Business." In 1900, Booker T. Washington founded the National Negro Business... View Details

02 Oct 2017
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Do Bitcoin and Digital Currency Have a Future?

not prone to attack.” He goes on to suggest that it is likely that a nation that is recovering from terrible leadership will decide to adopt a cryptocurrency instead of relying on a central banking system.” This might appeal to... View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett; Financial Services

13 Nov 2017
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Want to Be Happier? Spend Some Money on Avoiding Household Chores

increased insomnia. “The more time-pressed you feel, the lower your well-being,” Whillans says. She hopes the study—Buying Time Promotes Happiness, which was published in the August issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

13 Jan 2021
Research & Ideas

How 'Small C' Change Can Beat Large-Scale Rebuilding

data-id=_/ej8BGQKx29V5JBMZ7gF3][/div] Like Mourinho, Flick did not shuffle players or staff, nor did he reform the playing style or tactical formation. He did not rebuild the club’s facilities as some of his precursors did. For example, Jürgen Klinsmann, a former View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Sascha L. Schmidt, and Sebastian Flegr; Sports

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