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02 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

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

odds of surviving a heart attack—almost eliminated the regional performance differences of hospitals. "Why are Black and white patients who live in the same ZIP code, who are both covered by Medicare and can go anywhere, being treated at... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

12 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Enron’s Lessons for Managers

jury, Salter discussed Enron's legacy: What happened, why, and what has been learned? "I want to stress one point: Enron is all about us," said Salter. "It's not just about some Dummkopfs in Houston. If it were just about some Dummkopfs in Houston, then... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

02 Aug 2007
What Do You Think?

How Will Millennials Manage?

for the use of technology, and sensitivity to needs for work/life balance. This is the predominant collective response from many who responded to this month's topic, "How Will Millennials Manage?" It may be at odds with Michael... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

Research Summary

Overview

By: Matthew C. Weinzierl

My academic research centers on uncovering and closing gaps between the theory and reality of tax policy. My main contribution has been to identify and address a mismatch between the goals for taxation typically assumed in theory and the goals the public and... View Details

26 Nov 2001
Op-Ed

Why Corporate Budgeting Needs To Be Fixed

it will raise the odds that she'll reap a high bonus next year as well. This perverse incentive becomes even stronger if her current year's performance is used in setting the following year's targets, as is often the case. When these... View Details

Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen

08 Feb 2010
HBS Case

Looking Behind Google’s Stand in China

of action? A: The hacking incident was probably the last straw in a rather long line of issues. Sooner or later, Google had to stand up for its principles. They have always been at odds internally as to whether or not being in China,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

03 May 2010
Research & Ideas

What Is the Future of MBA Education?

such as investment banking. Consequently, many companies are actively discouraging their best young people from leaving lower-level positions for business school, arguing that their odds of success are actually better if they stay at the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

11 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

Marissa Mayer Should Bridge Distance Gap with Remote Workers

According to this way of thinking, Mayer has assumed that the personal lives and identities of her work-at-home employees are uniformly at odds with her corporate goals. Yet there is certainly some subset of remote workers who are... View Details

Keywords: by Lakshmi Ramarajan; Publishing; Web Services

22 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon

study group, PhDs/postdocs and individuals previously employed at small firms). Specifically, our results indicate that a one percentage point increase in the unemployment rate is associated with a 36 percent rise in the odds that... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

21 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Making Credibility Your Strongest Asset

helpfulness made it more likely he'd get calls in the future. Much like Darren Rovell, Lucci built his bargaining endowment by stockpiling a network of valuable relationships. There probably are similar people in your company or community whom others turn to when... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Wheeler

02 Dec 2002
What Do You Think?

How Will We Respond to the “Moment of Truth” in Option Plans?

expansion may face longer odds in getting approval. This is the result of scandals in executive compensation, many of which are associated with the fruits of large stock option awards. It is reasonable to assume that stock options, which... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

24 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

Financial Meltdowns Are More Predictable Than We Thought

increased the odds of a crisis to 40 percent." “Previous authors had shown that there was some ability to predict financial crises,” says Hanson, a professor of business administration in the HBS Finance Unit. “But we were surprised by... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services

08 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

Is That Really Your Best Offer?

Prevost apparently had no special training in reading nonverbal communication and assumed that Moussaoui was a typical customer. But the coupling of an odd statement and a flush jolted Prevost into realizing that things were not as they... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Wheeler

16 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History

Walter A. Friedman and Geoffrey Jones. For example, on the subject of environmental sustainability, the authors observed: "It is odd that business historians have not devoted more attention to sustainability, given that, arguably,... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman

09 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Paul Lawrence and Nitin Nohria

those that don't. Q: You contend that each of the four drives was created by evolution to improve the odds of gene survival. But even a formidable species such as the dinosaur can be wiped out by an unexpected development. What is the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

18 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Unspoken Cues: Encouraging Morals Without Mandates

seemed odd to study the socialization processes of faculty while at the same time being a faculty member caught up in the socialization process. How did you separate or integrate the two experiences? A: Historically, many seminal research... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education

30 May 2000
Lessons from the Classroom

Entrepreneurship’s Wild Ride

targets of opportunity, and sometimes just cut and run when the odds are overwhelming. The ballistic missile is carefully aimed to arrive on target; it's going to follow that course even with a Scud missile approaching. The fourth... View Details

Keywords: by William Mahoney

27 Feb 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

How Following Best Business Practices Can Improve Health Care

health care landscape through a lens of disruptive innovation. How Electronic Patient Records Can Slow Doctor Productivity Instead of making health care delivery more efficient, electronic health records may be doing just the opposite. Women Heart Patients Have Better... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies

12 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs

your investor is a former operator, especially at an early stage company, odds are they have built/tested many MVPs. Engage them in the MVP discussion. Review product priorities and test plans. Again, their objectivity and experience... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

07 Sep 2019
Op-Ed

Even for Non-Believers, These Are the Next Steps on Climate Change

We can’t know what will happen, but we have a good sense for what might or could happen. Don’t wait for the one moment of indisputable truth to emerge; act on the odds presented in the information available today in sea rise curves, flood... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber

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