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- 22 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 22, 2006
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-011.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsCutlass Capital, L.P. Harvard Business School Case 805-075 David Hetz and Jon Osgood are forming a new venture capital fund in 2001 to invest in health care...
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Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2015
- Op-Ed
The Fall of Greece
tricks." Individuals raised in an environment of favoritism, nepotism, and cronyism are unlikely to let old habits go. I am afraid, though, that the new government will cause damage for one primary reason: it seeks to suppress any...
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by George Serafeim
- 05 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 5, 2006
MaterialsAncora: A Private University in the Health Care of the Poor 306-088 Project Ancora signals the entry of the private sector into primary healthcare for Chile's poor. On a commercial basis, it seeks...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring?
and complicated than it is today. So I would say the primary impact of the FDA over the past century has been to make predictable the safety of food, drugs, cosmetics, and other products regulated by the agency. As consumers we don't have...
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- 11 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 11, 2007
Herzlinger Publication:McGraw-Hill, 2007 Abstract In the battle for U.S. health care, patients and doctors are losing. Who Killed Health Care? shows how to win the war. One of the nation's most respected health care analysts, Regina...
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Martha Lagace
- 27 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018
December 2017 Journal of Creative Behavior In Pursuit of Everyday Creativity By: Amabile, Teresa M. Abstract—Creativity researchers have long paid careful attention to individual creativity, beginning with studies of well-known geniuses...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 14
O'Toole Abstract—In this chapter, we present the two primary functions of corporate reporting (information and transformation) and why currently isolated financial and sustainability reporting are not likely to effectively perform these...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 15
states as a consequence of changes in fiscal institutions and their interaction with colonial institutions. Working Papers Corporate and Integrated Reporting: A Functional Perspective By: Eccles, Robert, and George Serafeim Abstract—In this paper, we present the two...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Feb 2005
- What Do You Think?
If You Blink, Will You Miss?
there were some dissenters. According to Peter Schaible, "A careful reading of Blink reveals that snap decisions can just as often be incorrect, even dangerous." August Specter expressed a clinical concern when he commented,...
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by James Heskett
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
for a primary care visit, about 20% of revenues, up to $215 for an inpatient surgical procedure. The high costs were not caused by wasteful, inefficient processes, duplicate or redundant tasks, or the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 21, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=608168 HealthAllies (A) Harvard Business School Case 302-019 This case describes a "do good and do well" firm that enables individuals to buy health care services at...
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Martha Lagace
- 19 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 19, 2010
causes greater happiness. In this chapter, we have two primary aims. First, we review the evidence linking charitable behavior and happiness. We present research from a variety of samples (adults, children, and primates) and methods...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Need to Do To Restore Investor Confidence
systems, compliance systems. [Markets] do not punish with sufficient speed and force to eliminate the incentive for misconduct. Q: So the problem was making the maximization of shareholder wealth the primary goal? A: The idea of...
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by Harvard Management Update
- 01 May 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Lose from Forced Disclosure
payoff than the firm. In our model, the horizon mismatch occurs because managers take actions based on longer-term consequences than the firm cares about. That is, the firm's preferred actions are myopic relative to the manager's career....
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- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
strategy as demonstrated in Funds I ($70 million) and II ($250 million) emphasized careful targeting of sectors and in-depth work to develop the portfolio companies post-acquisition. With the industry's greater velocity and deal size, can...
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Martha Lagace
- 24 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Kayak Users Built a New Industry
innovation in design spaces related to new sports, like rodeo kayaking and kite surfing. The participants care passionately about their sport, and (because it is new), its design spaces are still largely unexplored. People can also be...
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- 11 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Financial Services 24/7
back its own startup. If Wingspanbank takes off — and the jury is still out — Bank One can apply what it has learned to BankOne.com. If it fails, Bank One has not jeopardized its primary customers or its name. Operational Efficiency With...
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by Susan Young
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
regularly explore together: (1) Who is your primary customer? Have you organized your company to deliver maximum value to that customer? (2) How do your core values prioritize shareholders, employees, and customers? Is everyone in your...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets
because that won't be a sustainable company. You have to run the best possible company. That's your primary job as a businessman. But in addition you have to take care of the society in which you operate,...
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- 22 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 23
enumerated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and subsequent international documents, and in which states are the primary duty bearers of human rights. This commentary argues that the implications of adopting one or the other...
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Sean Silverthorne