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- 2016
- Working Paper
Cohort Turnover and Operational Performance: The July Phenomenon in Teaching Hospitals
By: Hummy Song, Robert S. Huckman and Jason R. Barro
We consider the impact of cohort turnover—the planned simultaneous exit of a large number of experienced employees and a similarly sized entry of new workers—on operational performance in the context of teaching hospitals. Specifically, we examine the impact of the... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Health Care Operations; Hospitals; Productivity; Empirical Operations; Service Delivery; Training; Performance Productivity; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; United States
Song, Hummy, Robert S. Huckman, and Jason R. Barro. "Cohort Turnover and Operational Performance: The July Phenomenon in Teaching Hospitals." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-039, September 2015. (Revised September 2016. Finalist, 2015 POMS College of Healthcare Operations Management Best Paper Competition.)
- 2012
- Book
Harder Than I Thought: Adventures of a Twenty-First Century Leader
By: Robert D. Austin, Richard L. Nolan and Shannon O'Donnell
Being a great leader today is much harder than you think—meet Jim Barton. He's a newly minted CEO, rising leader of a firm in transition, and manager of massive complexity—thanks to our incredibly networked and increasingly unpredictable world of business. What if you... View Details
Austin, Robert D., Richard L. Nolan, and Shannon O'Donnell. Harder Than I Thought: Adventures of a Twenty-First Century Leader. Harvard Business Review Press, 2012.
- 23 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 23, 2008
increasingly successful claims of social scientists, backed by philanthropic foundations, on business education and the growing appeal of "scientific" approaches to decision-making and management. We also show that these... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 2021
- Working Paper
No-fault Default, Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, and Financial Institutions
By: Robert C. Merton and Richard T. Thakor
This paper analyzes the costs and benefits of a no-fault-default debt structure as an alternative to the typical bankruptcy process. We show that the deadweight costs of bankruptcy can be avoided or substantially reduced through no-fault-default debt, which permits a... View Details
Keywords: No-fault Default; Chapter 11; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Borrowing and Debt; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Financial Institutions; Contracts
Merton, Robert C., and Richard T. Thakor. "No-fault Default, Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, and Financial Institutions." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 28341, January 2021.
- August 2, 2012
- Article
Pension 'Savings' in Transportation Bill May Be Costly
By: Robert C. Pozen
Pozen, Robert C. "Pension 'Savings' in Transportation Bill May Be Costly." Washington Post (August 2, 2012).
- June 13, 2012
- Article
A Sensible Plan to Bring U.S. Corporate Profits Home
By: Robert C. Pozen
Pozen, Robert C. "A Sensible Plan to Bring U.S. Corporate Profits Home." RealClearMarkets (June 13, 2012).
- June 6, 2012
- Article
Mandatory Audit Rotation Risks Outweigh Benefits
By: Robert C. Pozen
Pozen, Robert C. "Mandatory Audit Rotation Risks Outweigh Benefits." Economia (ICAEW) (June 6, 2012).
- April 3, 2012
- Article
JOBS Act: Jumpstarting Business or Bilking Investors?
By: Robert C. Pozen
Pozen, Robert C. "JOBS Act: Jumpstarting Business or Bilking Investors?" RealClearMarkets (April 3, 2012).
- Article
Time to Tighten Rules on U.S. Pensions
By: Robert C. Pozen
Pozen, Robert C. "Time to Tighten Rules on U.S. Pensions." Financial Times (February 20, 2012).
- November 29, 2011
- Article
Gingrich's Social Security Plan: Privatize Gains, Socialize Losses
By: Robert C. Pozen
Pozen, Robert C. "Gingrich's Social Security Plan: Privatize Gains, Socialize Losses." Huffington Post (November 29, 2011).
- September 19, 2011
- Article
How to Bring Our Companies' Foreign Profits Back Home
By: Robert C. Pozen
Pozen, Robert C. "How to Bring Our Companies' Foreign Profits Back Home." New York Times (September 19, 2011).
- July 19, 2011
- Article
A Debt Plan Republicans Can Support
By: Robert C. Pozen
Pozen, Robert C. "A Debt Plan Republicans Can Support." Washington Post (July 19, 2011).
- June 27, 2011
- Article
A Plan to Tax the Foreign Income of U.S. Companies
By: Robert C. Pozen
Pozen, Robert C. "A Plan to Tax the Foreign Income of U.S. Companies." Bloomberg Businessweek (June 27, 2011).
- June 20, 2011
- Article
Don't Hobble Money Market Funds
By: Robert C. Pozen
Pozen, Robert C. "Don't Hobble Money Market Funds." Financial Times (June 20, 2011).
- March 25, 2011
- Article
Heretic Reality: Mortgage Interest Deduction Needs to be Slashed
By: Robert C. Pozen
Pozen, Robert C. "Heretic Reality: Mortgage Interest Deduction Needs to be Slashed." Forbes.com (March 25, 2011).
- January 27, 2011
- Article
How to Keep Audit Committees In the Know
By: Robert C. Pozen
Pozen, Robert C. "How to Keep Audit Committees In the Know." Financial Times (January 27, 2011).
- May 2011
- Article
Extreme Productivity
By: Robert C. Pozen
A veteran top executive at two giant mutual fund companies, the author has also been an attorney, a government official, a law school professor, and a business school professor-sometimes simultaneously. Over the years, he has devised a number of principles and... View Details
Keywords: Managerial Roles; Time Management; Performance Capacity; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Productivity; Personal Development and Career
Pozen, Robert C. "Extreme Productivity." Harvard Business Review 89, no. 5 (May 2011).