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  • 11 Jun 2021
  • News

The Power of Resilience

actually holding my newborn baby in my arms when I got the call, and could see on the phone that it was the breast surgeon calling. And I knew that the fact that she was calling on a Saturday, with the results of my biopsy, that it... View Details
  • 26 Feb 2007
  • Research & Ideas

The Power of the Noncompete Clause

and geographic reach. Q: How widespread are noncompetes today? And what are the consequences for those who sign them? A: These days, noncompetes seem nearly universal, and not just in technology companies. I recently spoke with an eye View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 05 Nov 2009
  • Research & Ideas

A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?

emergency medical workers, and medical researchers all demand cadavers or cadaver parts. As an illustration, orthopedic surgeons use human joints to fine-tune their skills to learn new procedures. Similarly, some researchers studying... View Details
Keywords: by Michel Anteby; Health
  • 04 Jun 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Is Health Care Making You Better—or Dead?

medical centers didn't want minimally invasive surgery because it threatened the surgeons and it threatened the hospitals; their real profit centers are the surgical suites. It came through community hospitals and community doctors who... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health
  • 07 Feb 2012
  • First Look

First Look: February 7

psychology, we investigate how individuals learn from both failure and success from their own past experience as well as the experience of others. For our empirical analyses we use 10 years of data from 71 cardiothoracic surgeons who... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Jan 2013
  • First Look

First Look: January 15

maps and financial data relating to the processes used during (1) an office visit to a plastic surgeon for three different diagnoses and (2) application and removal of three different casts in the orthopedic cast room. Students calculate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 31

others. For our empirical analyses, we use 10 years of data from 71 cardiothoracic surgeons who completed over 6,500 procedures using a new technology for cardiac surgery. We find that individuals learn more from their own successes than... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 06 Nov 2012
  • First Look

First Look: November 6

failure and success and from the experiences of others. For our empirical analyses, we use ten years of data from 71 cardiothoracic surgeons who completed over 6,500 procedures using a new technology for cardiac surgery. We find that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne