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- 06 Aug 2014
- Research & Ideas
Climbing Down from the Ivory Tower
understand why there are so many diarrhea-related fatalities in developing countries. (Diarrheal diseases account for one in nine child deaths worldwide, according to the Center for Disease Control.) This, despite the existence of an...
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- 08 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 8, 2016
gun policy. First, mass shootings evoke large policy responses. A single mass shooting leads to a 15% increase in the number of firearm bills introduced in a state in the year after a mass shooting. Second, mass shootings account for a small portion of all gun View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 2
outcomes such as employment, earnings, and health and safety change when employers adopt ISO 9001. We analyzed a matched sample of nearly 1,000 companies in California. ISO 9001 adopters subsequently had far lower organizational death...
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Martha Lagace
- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
the death of Yataro Iwasaki in 1885. The case supplements case 808-158, "Yataro Iwaski: Founding Mitsubishi (A)." Purchase this supplement: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=809038
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Martha Lagace
- 30 Jan 2019
- What Do You Think?
Who Will Measure up to These Two Remarkable Leaders?
diversification and lower costs. So-called index funds became so popular that just before his death Bogle warned that their ubiquity could have a problematic effect on stock markets. Nevertheless, they were a primary factor leading to...
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- 16 May 2016
- HBS Case
Food Safety Economics: The Cost of a Sick Customer
parasites, or chemicals to consumers. In 2010, 582 million cases of 22 different foodborne diseases resulted in 351,000 deaths worldwide, with salmonella, E.coli, and norovirus resulting in the greatest number of fatalities, according to...
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- 16 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Can Applied Economics Save Homeless Puppies?
dog.’” The team realized a market need for a website that helped people find pets—while also helping those who needed to find new homes for their pets, due to a death in the family, for instance, or dire financial circumstances. And so...
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- 10 Feb 2014
- HBS Case
Stressing Safety in South Africa’s Platinum Mines
boasted the nation's best safety record at the time, it still averaged 46 deaths per year. Four months into her tenure, Carroll learned of a fatality that occurred during her first visit to Rustenburg. "This organization is out of...
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- 15 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Going Green Makes Good Business Sense
Star-Kist was under fire because its fishing practices for tuna in the eastern tropical Pacific involved accidental deaths of many dolphins, since tuna typically swim under schools of dolphins. Preliminary marketing research confirmed...
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by Martha Lagace
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Unlocking Your Investment Capital
always the potential of a sort of death spiral taking place with these instruments if the market they're in turns sour? A: What I find more amazing is the extraordinary global progress that has been made over the past twenty-five years in...
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- 24 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why the Internet Doesn’t Change Everything
other pioneers have gleefully declared the death of the state. What their stories show us, though, is that while technology can gravely wound governments, it rarely kills them. Instead, governments survive because, ironically, both...
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by Debora L. Spar
- 28 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Eyes Shut: The Consequences of Not Noticing
bankrupt. Consequently many of the plaintiffs turned their attention to Walmart and sued the retailer as a causal agent in the deaths and injuries. Given that more than one party was involved in Walmart's sale of unsafe gas cans, who is...
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- 17 May 2016
- First Look
May 17, 2016
shootings evoke large policy responses. A single mass shooting leads to a 15% increase in the number of firearms bills introduced within a state in the year after a mass shooting. This effect increases with the number of fatalities. Second, mass shootings account for...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 8, 2010
these valleys of death exist, what can be done to deal with them, and how these DOE programs are designed and implemented. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/810144-PDF-ENG
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 5
over three days, resulting in the deaths of 34 people and 28 people injured. However, the Taj received praise in the aftermath of the attacks for the selfless actions of the staff in placing the safety of the hotel's guests before their...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist
unregulated.” A big vision for American capitalism And behind this kink in the US competitive landscape stood Edna Gleason, who kept her pharmacy business running profitably until her death in the mid-1950s. Gleason wouldn’t be the only...
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- 21 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 21
1,000 companies in California. ISO 9001 adopters subsequently had far lower organizational death rates than a matched control group of non-adopters. Among surviving employers, ISO adopters had higher growth rates for sales, employment,...
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Martha Lagace
- 27 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 27, 2009
the death or bankruptcy of at least one seller, are sold at lower prices than other houses. Foreclosure discounts are particularly large, on average, at 28% of the value of a house. The pattern of death-related discounts suggests that...
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Martha Lagace
- 12 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 12, 2016
correlation between exposures. We find that more than 120,000 deaths per year and approximately 5%–8% of annual healthcare costs are associated with and may be attributable to how U.S. companies manage their work forces. Our results...
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Carmen Nobel
- 16 Apr 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom
discussion from one point to the next—are remembered often by the legions of MBA students, doctoral candidates, and faculty members Christensen taught during an HBS career that spanned half a century, from the 1940s until his death in...
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