Publications

Article

Decisions about Medication Use and Cancer Screening across Age Groups in the United States

By: Kathleen M. Fairfield, Bethany S. Gerstein, Carrie A. Levin, Vickie Stringfellow, Heidi Wierman and Mary McNaughton-Collins

Objective
To describe decision process and quality for common cancer screening and medication decisions by age group.

Methods
We included 2941 respondents to a national Internet survey who made at least one decision about colorectal, breast,... View Details

Keywords: Screening; Decision Making; Health Care and Treatment; Health Testing and Trials

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March 2019 (Revised June 2021)
Case

HelloSelf: Foundation

By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock

On January 6, 2019, HelloSelf, a London-based “BrainTech” company, founded a year earlier by Charles Wells, soft launched. The proposition was simply to help its members “Be your Best Self.” The company provided its registered members with access to a clinical... View Details

Elie Ofek is a Professor in the Marketing unit at the Harvard Business School. Professor Ofek's research focuses on new product strategies in technology-driven business environments as well as in consumer-oriented companies in general. He explores interactions... View Details

Keywords: internet; internet; internet; internet

Web

The Value Chain - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

embedded, are the basic units of competitive advantage. set of choices Strategy is reflected in the set of choices about how the activities in the value chain are configured... View Details

06 Nov 2023
Research & Ideas

Did You Hear What I Said? How to Listen Better

School. “You feel like maybe they weren’t totally listening.” In fact, people often aren’t tuned in when we think they are, and it’s tough to tell when someone is actually paying attention, according to a forthcoming article in the Journal View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

14 Jun 2023
Research & Ideas

Four Steps to Building the Psychological Safety That High-Performing Teams Need

to be candid, to ask for help, to share mistakes, we won’t get things done,” Edmondson explains. After all, very few jobs are performed alone, and in a world where remote work is on the rise and teams are far-flung, that sense View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

June 2024
Article

Oral History and Business History in Emerging Markets

By: Geoffrey Jones

This article describes the motivation, structure and use of the Creating Emerging Markets (CEM) oral history-based project at the Harvard Business School. The project consists of lengthy interviews with business leaders from emerging markets. By June 2024 183... View Details

Keywords: Emerging Economies; Oral History; Emerging Markets; Business History; Research

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January 2016 (Revised January 2017)
Case

Rumie: Bringing Digital Education to the Underserved

By: John J-H Kim and Amram Migdal

In fall of 2015, the Toronto, Canada–based education technology nonprofit Rumie had distributed thousands of computer tablets preloaded with collections of thousands of pieces of curated educational content to nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in some of the most... View Details

Keywords: Edtech; Education Technology; Social Enterprise; Nonprofit; Education Startup; Technological Innovation; Nonprofit Organizations; Social Entrepreneurship; Education; Business Startups; Education Industry; Canada; Africa

22 Aug 2016
Research & Ideas

Master the One-on-One Meeting

from a group meeting or standup unless there are specific things you took off-line in that meeting or need to provide/get constructive feedback. 24 hours or so before the meeting, email the employee a list View Details

Keywords: by Julia B. Austin

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Sam Walton: Great From the Start

Newport empty-handed. With the store intact, Holmes gave it to his son. Thus, Walton suffered from nepotism in a sense just as George Eastman had. Holmes must have figured there was no particular reason to be content with 5 percent of... View Details

Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow; Retail

13 Jul 2016
HBS Case

How Uber, Airbnb, and Etsy Attracted Their First 1,000 Customers

lack of hand towels. The last thing a company wants during its early phases is negative word-of-mouth. “You are still a startup,” says Teixeira. “You have to find people who are willing to accept your flaws... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail; Service; Transportation

21 Nov 2023
Research & Ideas

Employee Negativity Is Like Wildfire. Manage It Before It Spreads.

negative emotions at the collective level is often amplified, which may have adverse effects,” Goldenberg says. “In many cases, it can lead to suboptimal decisions, to irrational choices or, for example in the case of anxiety, to not... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

29 Apr 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Exclusive Preferential Placement as Search Diversion: Evidence from Flight Search

Keywords: by Benjamin G. Edelman & Zhenyu Lai; Publishing; Technology

Ashish Nanda

Ashish Nanda is Senior Lecturer and C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator at Harvard Business School. From 2018 to 2021, he was course head for the MBA Required Curriculum course in Strategy. Beginning in 2022, he is teaching an MBA Elective... View Details

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July 2006 (Revised March 2008)
Case

Changan Automobile Co., Ltd.

By: Dennis Campbell and Donglin Xia

Chairman Yin Jiaxu must communicate that the company's extraordinary reported performance in 2002 reflects Changan's unique strategy within the competitive dynamics of China's automobile industry. Changan's 2002 annual report demonstrated an extraordinary level of... View Details

Keywords: Financial Reporting; Ethics; Corporate Disclosure; Media; Business and Shareholder Relations; Auto Industry; China

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2013
Working Paper

Improving Store Liquidation

By: Nathan Craig and Ananth Raman

Store liquidation is the time-constrained divestment of retail outlets through an in-store sale of inventory. The retail industry depends extensively on store liquidation, not only as a means for investors to recover capital from failed ventures, but also to allow... View Details

Keywords: Business Exit or Shutdown; Financial Condition; Operations; Retail Industry

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October 2023 (Revised April 2024)
Case

ghSMART & Co: Building and Scaling a Time Smart Firm

By: Ashley Whillans and Sara Coronel Rodriguez

"For ghSMART, freedom is the first principle from which all good things flow”—Geoff Smart, Chairman and Founder, ghSMART. ghSMART was a leadership advisory firm that was grounded in the principle of freedom. Talented Consultants and Partners could work remotely from... View Details

Keywords: Time; Consulting Firms; Time Management; Talent and Talent Management; Employee Relationship Management; Innovation Strategy; Knowledge Sharing; Organizational Culture; Going Public; Partners and Partnerships; Expansion; Reputation

2017
White Paper

Medical Knowledge Synthesis: A Brief Overview

By: Maryaline Catillon

The value of medical research derives from its ability to impact further research and medical practice. Medical knowledge synthesis, bridging the gap between current research, future research and medical practice, is a rapidly changing industry. The expanding mass of... View Details

Keywords: Systematic Review; Clinical Practice Guideline; Textbook; Point-of-care Resource; Health; Knowledge; Research; Practice; Health Industry