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  • 18 May 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Are Banks the ‘Bad Guys’? Overdraft Fees Are Crushing Low-Income Customers

everyone into the mainstream banking system, the authors suggest. “A blanket push for people to become banked is maybe not the policy response that is going to be the most effective for helping these consumers,” Williams says. Related reading from the Working Knowledge... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services
  • 18 Jun 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Central Banks Missed Inflation Red Flags. This Pricing Model Could Help.

Stagflation? Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: Illustration created by HBSWK using images from AdobeStock/wachiwat and AdobeStock/WP! View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services; Banking
  • Research Summary

Competitive Strategy

By: Michael E. Porter

Porter is engaged in a major new body of work on the theoretical foundations of competitive positioning and the underpinnings of sustainable competitive advantage. This research highlights the distinction between positioning and operational effectiveness; the... View Details

  • March 5, 2022
  • Article

Hospital Capacity Shortages: An SEC-Backed Transparency “PULL” Will Open Beds Faster Than a “PUSH” by HHS

By: Regina E. Herzlinger
In the new normal of ongoing pandemics, hospital bed shortages will continue. Healthcare innovation expert and author of the upcoming book Innovating in Healthcare: Creating Breakthrough Services, Products, and Business Models (Wiley, 2023, 978-1119543008), HBS... View Details
Keywords: Hospital Capacity; Access To Care; Health Pandemics; Health Care and Treatment; Performance Capacity; Planning
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Wisdom or Madness? Comparing Crowds with Expert Evaluation in Funding the Arts

By: Ethan Mollick and Ramana Nanda
In fields as diverse as technology entrepreneurship and the arts, crowds of interested stakeholders are increasingly responsible for deciding which innovations to fund, a privilege that was previously reserved for a few experts, such as venture capitalists and... View Details
Keywords: Crowdfunding; Arts; Decision Choices and Conditions; Entrepreneurship; Investment; Fine Arts Industry; Technology Industry
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  • 2014
  • Article

Framework for China's Novel Sustainable Evaluation System Strategy

By: Robert G. Eccles and Peijun Duan
China’s sustainable development faces three challenges: first, the follow-up momentum of sustainable economic growth and economic transformation is insufficient; second, some resources and environment loads have reached their limits; third, some products affecting the... View Details
Keywords: Sustainable Development; Integrated Report; New Evaluation System; China
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  • 15 Dec 2016
  • HBS Seminar

Joel Isaac, University of Cambridge

  • 25 Jul 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Could a Business Model Help Big Pharma Save Lives and Profit?

Might Also Like: The FDA’s Speedy Drug Approvals Are Safe: A Win-Win for Patients and Pharma Innovation Curbing an Unlikely Culprit of Rising Drug Prices: Pharmaceutical Donations Buy-In from Black Patients Suffers When Drug Trials Don’t Include Them Feedback or View Details
Keywords: by Esther Schrader; Pharmaceutical; Health
  • 30 May 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Racial Bias Might Be Infecting Patient Portals. Can AI Help?

General Brigham, and Lily Payvandi, assistant professor at Boston University Medical Center, was published in March in the Journal of the American Medical Association’s JAMA Network Open. Audience question leads to inquiry The idea for... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand; Health
  • 22 Jun 2022
  • Book

Four Elements for Finding the Right Career Path

Reinvent Your Career How Bonuses Get Employees to Choose Work Over Family How Women Can Learn from Even Biased Feedback Related reading from the Working Knowledge Archives Four Keys of Enduring Success: How High Achievers Win Feedback or View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 15 Nov 2022
  • Op-Ed

Why TikTok Is Beating YouTube for Eyeball Time (It’s Not Just the Dance Videos)

their own versions of it. Rethinking the discovery problem The rise of the internet democratized the publishing and distribution of information and entertainment. In the process, it created an enormous discovery problem. Those with an View Details
Keywords: by John Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
  • 16 Jul 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Are You a Strategist?

reinforcing parts. Rich in organizational detail, and anchored on purpose, such systems of value creation "make strategy the animating force in a company," says Montgomery. "They're the crucial link between lofty ideas and action." To... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 13 Mar 2023
  • Research & Ideas

What Would It Take to Unlock Microfinance's Full Potential?

grow as borrowers demonstrate good repayment. They’ve been very popular. Rigol: A year ago, when CEOs of microfinance institutions heard about these ideas, their response was, “You guys are nuts, but it would be amazing if you can figure this out.” So far, we have good... View Details
Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint; Financial Services
  • 20 Apr 2015
  • Research & Ideas

The 5 Strategy Rules of Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs

Yoffie has had access to all three men—having served on Intel's board since 1989 and written numerous business cases on Apple and Microsoft. He first started talking about the idea for the book more than six years ago with Cusumano, the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Computer
  • 13 Jan 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Are Companies Actually Greener—or Are They All Talk?

Most companies now account for social good in their financial reports in some way, but with regulation scattershot and evolving, it’s complicated for investors to assess so-called ESG reports. The disclosures, known as Environmental, Social, and Governance reports,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 11 Jan 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Is A/B Testing Effective? Evidence from 35,000 Startups

inexperience in how to apply the methodologies. Another possibility? Their ideas just weren’t that good. “I think one of the coolest findings in our paper is that experimentation doesn’t necessarily drive startup growth,” says Rembrand... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
  • Web

Academics - Health Care

business plan for a global business innovation in health care that can better meet these needs. Students generally already have ideas for business plans that they want to pursue. Course Catalog Listing Innovating in Health Care Innovating... View Details
  • 28 Feb 2018
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Master the Team Meeting

you do this no more and no less than 48 hours before it is scheduled so ideas are timely and content is fresh. Topics should not be tactical—that’s what stand-ups and 1:1s are for. Instead, focus on strategic discussions and information... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
  • 21 Aug 2020
  • Blog Post

Pursuing a JD/MBA Joint Degree

(EC) friends to discuss the latest ideas in the startup scene. Afterward, I head over to HLS where I am debating a recently issued statute interpretation from a Delaware bankruptcy judge with my 2L classmates. Finally, I end my day with... View Details
  • 13 Dec 2022
  • Research & Ideas

The Color of Private Equity: Quantifying the Bias Black Investors Face

have proactively sought out minority funds to invest in. “Those are two ideas that aren't hugely expensive, which don't require all sorts of fancy legislation, but that could potentially make a big difference,” says Lerner. You Might Also... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds; Financial Services