High Blood Pressure - Publications - Faculty & Research

October 2016 (Revised November 2016)
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Innovating Beyond Ochsner

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Olivia Hull

The Ochsner Health System has developed a proprietary software tool designed to treat hypertension. Built into the system’s electronic medical records, the Hypertension Digital Medicine program allows patients to record their blood pressure at home and share readings... View Details

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13 May 2021
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How Two Classmates Began a Journey of Tackling the High Blood Sugar Epidemic

Keywords: Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

01 Mar 2005
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In the Blood

back centuries,” says Clay. “There’s a beauty in watching a foal being born and growing up to race and become a champion. It gets in your blood quickly.” When Clay attended the Owner/President Management Program (OPM) in the late 1970s,... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; horse racing; Animal Production and Aquaculture; Agriculture; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

07 May 2016
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Retail in the Blood

As a boy, Simon Belsham (MBA 2007) hung out on the shop floor of Scally Wags Fun Factory, the toy shop his parents ran in the English town of Ashford. The shop closed with the arrival of Toys R Us, but “it gave me an insight into the View Details

Keywords: Retail Trade

27 Sep 2010
Research & Ideas

Customer Experts Lose Influence When Teams are Pressured

everyone on the team, not just the leader. Q: What kind of pressure creates these effects on team members? A: The elements of scrutiny, evaluation, and high stakes make performance View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

29 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

Time Pressure and Creativity: Why Time is Not on Your Side

out, the results suggest that, overall, very high levels of time pressure should be avoided if you want to foster creativity on a consistent basis. However, if a time crunch is absolutely unavoidable,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education; Fine Arts

31 Oct 2014
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Silicon valley: start-up founders under pressure

15 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

High Ambition Leadership

improvement processes of one kind or another, innovation, and so on. With a few notable exceptions—including Jim Collins's work on "Level Five" leaders, and the treatment of leadership both in my previous book, High Commitment, View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

09 Jun 2020
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Brands under pressure to make a stand on racism

2009
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Feeling the Heat: The Effects of Performance Pressure on Teams' Knowledge Use and Performance

By: Heidi K. Gardner

Why do some teams fail to use their members' knowledge effectively, even after having correctly identified each other's expertise? This paper identifies performance pressure as a critical barrier to effective knowledge utilization in teams. I theorize that performance... View Details

Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Expectations; Groups and Teams

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10 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet

lover who played saxophone in high school, discussed what he learned from violinist Robertson in this interview with HBS Working Knowledge. Martha Lagace: What drew you to writing a business case that looks at the world of classical... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Music

11 Apr 2012
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The High Risks of Short-Term Management

volatility, the length of time investors held a firm's stock, and the cost of capital. The results showed that short-term companies attracted short-term investors (bringing with them a whole new set of performance pressures on executives)... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

13 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

Turning High Potential into Real Reward

smells bad, it gets oily—just a whole bunch of problems. So Jeremy Moon runs across a pair of wool underwear made not out of everyday sheep's wool, but from the merino sheep, whose long, fine wool is used for suits and ties at the high... View Details

Keywords: Re: Joseph B. Lassiter; Consumer Products

June 2008
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Treadway Tire Company: Job Dissatisfaction and High Turnover at the Lima Plant

By: C. Wickham Skinner and Heather Beckham

Treadway Tire's plant in Lima, Ohio must confront strong job dissatisfaction and high turnover among its line foremen. The foremen are caught in the middle of an adversarial relationship between the union and management, and they must cope with the needs and interests... View Details

Keywords: Superior ＆ Subordinate; Labor Relations; Work Force Management; Human Resource Management; Hiring; Job Satisfaction; Management; Leadership; Retention; Rank and Position; Organizational Culture; Change Management; Selection and Staffing; Satisfaction; Personal Development and Career; Labor and Management Relations; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; Ohio

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06 Aug 2007
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High Hills, Deep Poverty: Explaining Civil War in Nepal

Others say that many different groups cannot agree on anything, so such differences lead to a greater chance of civil war. The role of geography is also open. Nepal has a huge amount of diversity in all these dimensions. Geographically it has 3 major zones: the View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

10 Feb 2022
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Why Are Prices So High Right Now—and Will They Ever Return to Normal?

some categories,” he says. “Those shortages are putting pressure on prices. And they're still contributing to the high levels of inflation we see now.” Shifting shortages on store shelves To examine the... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

June 2016
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Managing the High Intensity Workplace: An 'Always Available' Culture Breeds a Variety of Dysfunctional Behaviors

By: Erin M. Reid and Lakshmi Ramarajan

People today are under intense pressure to be “ideal workers”—totally committed to their jobs and always on call. But after interviewing hundreds of professionals in many fields, the authors have concluded that selfless dedication to work is often unnecessary and... View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Working Conditions; Work-Life Balance; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture

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The Case for Creative Risk-Taking, Even When the Stakes Are High | Working Knowledge

Strategy and Innovation The Case for Creative Risk-Taking, Even When the Stakes Are High Featuring Goran Calic . By Sean Silverthorne on May 23, 2025 . Surgeons are so inclined to follow standard operating procedures that they’re less... View Details

15 Apr 2020
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Vena Vitals: Runner-up in the 2020 New Venture Competition Alumni Track

September 2014
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Radiometer, 2003

By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin

In 2003, Radiometer was the world's leading supplier of blood gas analysis equipment and accessories for critical care patients. Based in Denmark, Radiometer sold through a combination of sales subsidiaries and distributors around the world, and generated sales of over... View Details