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  • 2024
  • Working Paper

Computed Tomography (CT)--Beyond Traditional X-Rays: Case Histories of Transformational Advances

By: Amar Bhidé, Srikant M. Datar and Katherine Stebbins
This case history describes how Computed Tomography (CT) scanners - that combine Xrays and computers to image soft tissues of the brain and other organs -- have become a widely used diagnostic tool. Specifically, we chronicle the 1) initial development of CT... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Technological Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Technology Adoption; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Invention; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
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A New Vision – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

examining the everyday realities of organizational life, Fritz Roethlisberger and his colleagues found that the “person” and the “organization” could not be compartmentalized. Beneath the formalities of the organization chart was not... View Details
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Publications - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Areas of Innovation that Should be Embraced by Health Care Leaders by Michael E. Porter, Junaid Nabi, and Thomas H Lee Health care organizations must learn from what has worked... View Details

    Fiscal Development Under Sovereign and Colonial Rule

    Dominant theories of state formation and nation-building lean heavily on the classic European tale of the simultaneous development of a ‘fiscal state’ and a ‘nation state’. However, this Euro-centered narrative does not factor in that more than two-thirds of the... View Details

    • 05 Jul 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: July 5

    and threats to organizations and conclude with a research agenda that more fully accounts for the potential of community forms to be a creator (and a possible destroyer) of value for organizations. Download... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 14 May 2018
    • Research & Ideas

    Amazon vs. Whole Foods: When Cultures Collide

    Jamie_Hall Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods last August was the corporate equivalent of mixing tap water with organic extra virgin olive oil. You’d be hard-pressed to find two companies with more different value propositions. Even so,... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage
    • 27 Oct 2008
    • Lessons from the Classroom

    Achieving Excellence in Nonprofits

    to whom the nonprofit is accountable to understand the organization's intentions, so that they can determine in advance whether they want to offer their support, and then assess after the fact whether the View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • November 2017
    • Editorial

    Facebook, BlackRock, and the Case for Purpose-Driven Companies

    By: George Serafeim
    Purpose-driven companies have been shown to outperform their peers over the long term. But purpose-driven companies are also hard to come by. Why is that? Because purpose is costly. At the very least, it requires a credible commitment to that purpose. And credible... View Details
    Keywords: Facebook; BlackRock; Purpose; Corporate Purpose; ESG; Short-termism; Mission and Purpose; Corporate Governance; Leadership
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    • 03 Oct 2023
    • Research Event

    Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips

    “The formula for enduring satisfaction recognizes that mother nature wants you to run but she doesn't care if you're happy.” Brooks: OK. This is the satisfaction part. This is the part that Oprah was talking about a minute ago. And we... View Details
    Keywords: by HBS Staff
    • February 2010 (Revised March 2012)
    • Case

    Harvard Business School Executive Education: Balancing Online and Offline Marketing

    By: John A. Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
    How does a small business set its online media budget? The HBS Executive Education Division can be viewed as a small-to-medium sized business unit with annual revenues of $107 million. As we watch it change its culture, practices, and organization from offline to... View Details
    Keywords: Transition; Marketing Strategy; Budgets and Budgeting; Technology Adoption; Digital Marketing; Resource Allocation; Information Technology Industry
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    Healthy Outcomes - Managing the Future of Work

    employers must “do the math” when it comes to care. By not accounting for costs like reduced productivity and increased turnover, employers leave money on the table when it comes to care. Related Research The View Details
    • 16 Mar 2020
    • News

    15 Questions About Remote Work, Answered

    • January 2007 (Revised December 2007)
    • Case

    PSI: Social Marketing Clean Water

    By: V. Kasturi Rangan, Nava Ashraf and Marie Bell
    Senior management at PSI, arguably the world's largest and most successful social marketer with impressive achievements in the field of family planning, HIV/AIDS, and malaria prevention must determine what to do about their slow-to-take-off clean water initiative.... View Details
    Keywords: Investment Funds; Health Care and Treatment; Social Marketing; Natural Environment; Social Enterprise; Business Strategy
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    Overview

    Yanhua Bird's research encompasses two streams: (1) entrepreneurship and social innovation — how the design and structure of alternative forms of enterprises influence their activities and success, with a focus on peer-to-peer markets and social enterprises, and (2)... View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Behavior; Strategy; Social Evaluation; Entrepreneurship; Social Innovation; Social Movements; Non-market Strategy; Corporate Sustainability
    • 01 Oct 2020
    • News

    Does Your Company Need a Chief Medical Officer?

    • 22 Aug 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    Master the One-on-One Meeting

    vs. through other people. You are not going around their boss who knows you are requesting this meeting. Be very careful about feedback. Always end such meetings with next steps being how you’ll follow up with the employee’s manager if... View Details
    Keywords: by Julia B. Austin
    • Article

    Time-driven Activity-based Costing of Multivessel Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting across National Boundaries to Identify Improvement Opportunities: Study Protocol

    By: F. Erhun, B. Mistry, T. Platcheck, A. Milstein, V.G. Narayanan and R. S. Kaplan
    Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is a common treatment for coronary artery disease—a disease that affects over 10% of US adults and is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. In 2005, the mean cost for a CABG procedure among Medicare beneficiaries in the... View Details
    Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Health Disorders; Health Care and Treatment; United States; India
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    Online Business Courses & Certifications | HBS Online

    Accounting with a final exam. 10-17 weeks, 8-15 hrs/week Apply by March 17 $2,650 Credential Business Analytics Professor Janice Hammond Unlock actionable insights by mastering data analysis techniques to solve real-world business... View Details
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    Value of New Performance Information in Healthcare: Evidence from Japan

    By: Susanna Gallani, Takehisa Kajiwara and Ranjani Krishnan
    Mandatory measurement and disclosure of outcome measures are commonly used policy tools in healthcare. The effectiveness of such disclosures relies on the extent to which the new information produced by the mandatory system is internalized by the healthcare... View Details
    Keywords: Value Of Information; Feedback; Patient Satisfaction; Healthcare; Health Care and Treatment; Satisfaction; Information; Measurement and Metrics; Performance Improvement
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    • 12 Sep 2023
    • What Do You Think?

    Who Gets the Loudest Voice in DEI Decisions?

    (AdobeStock/ Katleho S/peopleimages.com) Business leaders today face decisions of increasing complexity. They have to take into account far more than economics, in particular the increasing influence of matters under debate in the broader... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett