Access - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Oct 2015
First Look

October 6, 2015

with a discussion of task shifting’s potential to improve access to affordable tertiary care in resource-constrained settings. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49780 Integrated Reporting for a Re-Imagined... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Mar 2012
Research & Ideas

What Neuroscience Tells Us About Consumer Desire

or even how much they will pay for an item. But they aren't very good at accessing where that value comes from, or how and when it is influenced by factors like store displays or brands.” Most humans are a little more complicated than... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products

21 Feb 2007
Op-Ed

What a U.N. Partnership with Big Business Could Accomplish

access to local partners and opportunities in developing nations that could benefit their future activities. There is growing evidence that companies that have innovated to ensure effective environmental safeguards, greater... View Details

Keywords: by George C. Lodge & Craig Wilson

23 Dec 2008
First Look

First Look: December 23, 2008

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-005.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsAmerican Cancer Society: Access to Care Harvard Business School Case 109-015 CEO John Seffrin decides to radically change the strategy of the American Cancer... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

25 Sep 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Politics is Failing America, and What Business Can Do To Help

rule-making done behind the scenes, Gehl and Porter assert. The parties have enacted rules that protect their dominance by controlling the primary process, access to voter data, fundraising limits, how Congress is governed, and what... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

15 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

A Better Business Model for Fighting Cancer

blockages that currently exist in the system: Direct-to-patient The Kraft team realized an acute need to reach more patients and encourage them to share their data. “Without access to their tissue and data, you will never understand what... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health; Pharmaceutical

28 May 2014
Research & Ideas

Building Histories of Emerging Economies One Interview at a Time

Musacchio, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, and Dante Roscini, conducted the in-depth interviews, often focusing on key moments of transition and decision-making. The just launched website offers access to video clips, and, in some cases, full... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

20 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

Users Love Ello, But What’s the Business Model?

social networks involves selling access to members based on their personal information. Subscription and freemium models get talked about, but even Wikipedia can't make such models work. Q: So what fate does Ello face? Any advice for... View Details

Keywords: Re: John A. Deighton & Sunil Gupta; Publishing; Financial Services

01 Oct 2009
What Do You Think?

Can the “Masks of Command” Coexist with Authentic Leadership?

the people you serve, empathy for the people you work with, and the courage to make difficult decisions, (4) establishing enduring relationships: people insist on access to, as well as openness and depth of relationships with, their... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

10 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

Encouraging Entrepreneurs: Lessons for Government Policy

start a new business because they don't have access to capital," says Nanda. "Yes, it's a real problem that we do in fact have this 10 percent of low wealth, high human capital individuals who are unable to launch a new... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

24 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Global Brands: Connecting With Consumers Across Boundaries

different ways to access information, spend one's leisure time, and purchase goods and services. According to Wagner, "We're living in the time of the experience economy; we need to turn everything into an adventure, with an emphasis... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner

24 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital

couldn't get out. "Without access to stock exchanges at that time, we had to hold on to these enterprises for nine or ten years," Cohen recalled. The result was a drag on Apax's rate of return. To compensate for that, he said,... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner; Financial Services

26 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019

royalties from content sales. We consider a game-theoretic model in which two platforms offer different standalone utilities to users. We find that incentives to establish one-way compatibility—the platform owner with smaller standalone value grants View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

21 Feb 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: February 21

States, Neeley argues that an organization’s lingua franca is the catalyst by which all employees become some kind of “expat”(someone detached from their mother tongue or home culture). Through her unfettered access to the inner workings... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

06 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Are the Olympics a Catalyst for China Reforms?

earlier pledge to give reporters covering the Olympics unfettered access to the Web. At the same time, it accused the Bush administration of politicizing the Games after the United States criticized China's policies on human rights. We... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

12 Jun 2006
Research & Ideas

The Promise of Channel Stewardship

companies that have tried to improve their go-to-market strategies, we have learned that almost everyone agrees it is difficult to effect significant change in distribution channels. Even though technology has made access to customers... View Details

Keywords: by V. Kasturi Rangan & Marie Bell; Consumer Products

05 Jul 2022
Op-Ed

Hear Me Out: Introverts Can Be Loud and You Might Like Microsoft Teams

integrates very well with the Office 365 product suite that many enterprises use (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.). Sending files and links (now preferred to sending files themselves) is easy. Integrating with SharePoint is also easy, allowing files in use in a Team... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

19 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

Codeacademy’s Delicate Work of Adding Monetization Without Crushing Mission

THE COMPANY'S SERVICES" As an example, one of our portfolio companies at Flybridge, MongoDB, has done that extremely well. They are an open source database software company, which by definition means everyone has access to their database.... View Details

Keywords: Re: Jeffrey J. Bussgang; Technology

11 Jun 2013
First Look

First Look: June 11

and the growth of shadow banking. While recognizing some of the benefits of professional asset management, we are skeptical about the marginal value of active asset management. We then raise concerns about whether the potential benefits of increased View Details