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  • 07 Aug 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018

process-improvement strategies. We used TDABC to evaluate the cost of providing pain control to patients undergoing thoracic surgery and to estimate the impact of specific process improvements on cost. Retrospective healthcare utilization... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Oct 2007
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First Look: First Look: October 10

continue to support Tolcher's first album, increase the stakes by financing a second album, or cut their losses and instead focus on other artists. At the same time, Octone had to evaluate a proposal from Universal Music Group to buy out... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Jan 2016
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January 12, 2016

Expenditure Panel Survey and joint probabilities of workplace exposures from the General Social Survey, and we conducted a meta-analysis of the epidemiological literature to estimate the relative risks of poor health outcomes associated... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 06 Feb 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Sorting Out the Patent Craze

chips. But the 1990 priority date, retained from the original application, meant that the novelty of these claims was evaluated relative to the "prior art" of a decade earlier. In a rapidly evolving field such as semiconductors,... View Details
Keywords: by Sara Grant; Technology
  • 20 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 20, 2007

Wireless Generation Harvard Business School Case 307-049 Reflecting on an innovative joint venture that his company executed with a public school district in 2004, the CEO of Wireless Generation, a five-year-old, privately held... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 8, 2008

early in a relationship. We show that certain kinds of exchange partners can systematically reap differential returns from a common history of interaction. Organizational similarity significantly enhances the ability of exchange partners to translate the benefits of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Loan Assistance Programs - Alumni

replace student contributions as calculated by MBA Financial Aid Services, or borrowing for living expenses above the financial aid budget Debt incurred for non-HBS work in a joint degree program Debt from other degree programs Consumer... View Details
  • 12 Jul 2016
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July 12, 2016

edX, a new non-profit joint venture that would provide a platform for massive open online courses (MOOCs). edX did not produce original courses or instructional content—it made a web platform through which Harvard and MIT, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Oct 2012
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First Look: October 23

year gains. We evaluate the performance of all policies under consideration using the same statistical and simulation tools and data as the U.S. policymakers use. Other case studies perform a sensitivity analysis (for instance,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Online AI Course | HBS Online

CEO and Chairwoman, Mozilla Dr. Sangita Reddy, Joint Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited India Show Hide Details Concepts Strategy: Network Effects and Learning Effects Ethics of Digital Scale, Scope, and Learning... View Details
  • 31 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 31, 2009

opportunity to bid for debt and equity claims on Plascar Industria e Comercio Ltda., the Brazilian subsidiary of the bankrupt global auto components company Collins & Aikman Corp. In evaluating this opportunity, students must analyze... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 24, 2009

authorities will soon deplete their supply. I evaluate a series of possible responses to this shortage: sharing addresses impedes new Internet applications and does not seem to be scalable. A new numbering system ("IPv6") offers... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 5, 2007

Case 707-559 Describes the joint efforts of the German health plan KKH and Essen University Hospital to develop an integrated practice unit (IPU), and the West German Headache Center's efforts to improve the quality of migraine care.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 20

factors causing the crisis but also evaluating the government responses to date and suggesting practical reforms for the future. Catering Through Nominal Share Prices Authors:Malcolm Baker, Robin Greenwood, and Jeffrey Wurgler... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Oct 2017
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First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

have higher management quality, more MBA trained managers, and lower mortality rates. This is true compared to the distance to universities that offer only business or medical education (or neither). We argue that supplying joint... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Aug 2024
  • Op-Ed

What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago

immigrants favored the increase in industrialization as well as the establishment of more and larger firms, and then grew over time. “After 1880, parts of the US West that were more impacted by the Chinese Exclusion Act grew at considerably lower rates than the rest of... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Tabellini
  • Web

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Creating Brand Value Marketing Michael Moynihan Fall 2024 Q2 1.5 Creating Brand Value Marketing Julian de Freitas Spring 2025 Q4 1.5 Creating Value Through Corporate Restructuring Finance Stuart C. Gilson Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Creating Value in Business and Government... View Details
  • 12 May 2009
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First Look: May 12, 2009

this situation, donations are likely to decline, investment surplus has declined and biotech partners are challenged to finance joint projects as well as their own operations. Beall is striving to find a cure for cystic fibrosis while... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Jun 2014
  • News

What’s Next

Allston campuses. While this was true early in our history, the reality today is quite different. Our MBA students have joint degree programs with the Kennedy, Law, and Medical Schools, and our doctoral students with the Graduate School... View Details
Keywords: HBS Campaign; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 21 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 21

materiality of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors in credit ratings' methodologies and introduce the concept of "layered materiality." In the third paper, we will evaluate current and potential credit rating... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne