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- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Is There Help for the Big Ticket Buyer?
learned that residential construction projects typically take far longer than the estimated time and cost up to 20 to 50 percent more than originally projected (outsider view). Yet, despite our knowledge of... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman
- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Market for Babies
placing children and good means of detecting any illegal baby selling. Most importantly, we could work much harder to ensure that home studies are completed—accurately and in depth—by reputable adoption... View Details
- 06 May 2015
- What Do You Think?
Are You Ready for Personalized Predictive Analytics?
combination, and analysis of data about each of us from a number of disparate sources. Pretty exciting, no? Some years ago, we heard the story about the GE maintenance engineer who, based on information from the firm's advanced monitoring and predictive analytics,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 8, 2006
prospects for growth in the future. The president of CEMEX North America wonders whether the program should be turned into a major line of business for the company. Provides a good understanding of financing mechanisms available to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
Harvard Business School Note 706-044 Describes the emergence of several kinds of efforts to assure the safety of foreign investment in emerging markets: international arbitration, expanded official political risk insurance, credit from... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Oct 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
The New Deal: Negotiauctions
buying a home or car. The first Harvard faculty member to hold tenured appointments at both Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School, Subramanian is the faculty chair for the new HBS Executive... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
of Wenzhou Kangning Hospital Co, Ltd. from founding to just before its initial public offering to illustrate the extraordinary entrepreneurship happening in China’s healthcare... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 17
Publications August 2013 California Management Review What Impact? A Framework for Measuring the Scale & Scope of Social Performance By: Ebrahim, Alnoor, and V. Kasturi Rangan Abstract—Organizations with social missions, such as nonprofits and social enterprises,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health
healthcare services is taking place from Asia to Africa. In India, the Avarind Eye Hospital provides routine eye surgeries to the highest quality standards at perhaps a tenth... View Details
- 01 Aug 2019
- What Do You Think?
Has the Twitter Age Left the Case Method Behind?
How Will the Case Method Have to Evolve to Meet Future Needs? Like any good case discussion, this month’s column generated thoughtful comments centered around several issues concerning whether or not the... View Details
- 06 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago
help societies cope with aging, both by working in nursing homes and assisting older natives and by contributing to the pension system. But what about Europe? Besides economic structure, Europe—and View Details
Keywords: by Marco Tabellini
- 05 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017
mostly, but not entirely, settled. Some, but not all, of the key hospital leaders had signed on to participate in the event. Rittgers wondered what she could do to nudge the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 5
the waiting time to enter the ED increased by 26 minutes. We do not find any indications of improved performance on clinical metrics, with no statistical change in the number of admissions to the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 8, 2010
for a cure; the doubts and obstacles he experiences along the way; and the current options Kremer faces, from returning home to spend time with family to founding a new biotech... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
medicines. Furthermore, Chile offers no reimbursements for pharmaceutical expenses, so this tends to add to customers' negative disposition." To respond View Details
- 19 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
How Mercadona Fixes Retail’s ’Last 10 Yards’ Problem
highlights the chain's "specialists"—an unusual example of how operations, customer service, employee relations, and profitability are all maximized together. "It's a lot like the kind of service Home Depot used View Details
- 14 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 14
18 months and eight unsuccessful product launches, the CEO of Yabbly has agreed to sell his company to a larger, well-funded startup, providing a return of capital for his investors and a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
consulting for Perot Systems, is surprised that a family business would choose an "outsider" for this important post, but he recognizes it as a wise strategic move. He says that Jianguo needs a coach and should focus on learning the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 24, 2006
plan or lose control of Medco to Temasek. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207021 Mount Auburn Hospital: Physician Order Entry Harvard Business School Case 603-060 Mount Auburn View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Michael Porter’s Prescription For the High Cost of Health Care
Under positive-sum competition, providers would not attempt to match competitors' every move. Instead, they would develop clear strategies around unique expertise and tailored facilities in those areas where they can become distinctive.... View Details