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      Diagnosing Quality: Learning, Amenities, and the Demand for Health Care

      By: Jorge Tamayo, Achyuta Adhvaryu, Emilio Gutierrez and Anant Nyshadham
      We study the role of amenities in increasing demand for underutilized healthcare services. We evaluate the offer of a high-amenity diagnostic consultation for cataracts with a randomized price and find that a lower price for the high-amenity consultation increases...  View Details
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      Tamayo, Jorge, Achyuta Adhvaryu, Emilio Gutierrez, and Anant Nyshadham. "Diagnosing Quality: Learning, Amenities, and the Demand for Health Care." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-110, March 2021.
      • 2021
      • Working Paper

      Judging Foreign Startups

      By: Nataliya Langburd Wright, Rembrand Koning and Tarun Khanna
      Accelerators and investors evaluate entrepreneurial ideas in an increasingly global context. Can they pick the most promising startup ideas no matter their provenance? Discerning the potential of early-stage ideas is challenging and may be particularly so when...  View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurial Financing; Innovation; Bias; Entrepreneurship; Global Strategy; Business Startups; Financing And Loans; Decision Making
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      Wright, Nataliya Langburd, Rembrand Koning, and Tarun Khanna. "Judging Foreign Startups." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-097, March 2021.
      • March 9, 2021
      • Article

      Addressing Consolidation in Health Care Markets

      By: Leemore S. Dafny
      This Viewpoint proposes three steps the Biden administration can take to slow consolidation within health care, which has been shown to raise costs without improving service or quality: better fund federal antitrust enforcement agencies; appoint agency heads committed...  View Details
      Keywords: Antitrust Issues And Policies; Health Care And Treatment; Markets; Consolidation; Competition; Government Administration
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      Dafny, Leemore S. "Addressing Consolidation in Health Care Markets." JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association 325, no. 10 (March 9, 2021): 927–928.
      • March–April 2021
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      Selling After the Crisis

      By: Frank V. Cespedes
      Like perishable goods in grocery stores, sales models have a sell-by date. As product standards evolve and new entrants emerge, buyers have more choices and demand more in terms of quality and performance across vendors. Firms that fail to adjust to changing customer...  View Details
      Keywords: Sales Model; Sales; Management; Customer Relationship Management; Health Pandemics
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      Cespedes, Frank V. "Selling After the Crisis." Harvard Business Review 99, no. 2 (March–April 2021): 52–57.
      • March–April 2021
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      Manage the Suppliers That Could Harm Your Brand: Know When to Avoid, Engage, or Drop Them

      By: Jodi L Short and Michael W. Toffel
      The pandemic has placed a new spotlight on working conditions in factories that supply global companies. To avert problems, firms often impose codes of conduct on their suppliers and perform audits to assess compliance. Do these measures help identify unethical...  View Details
      Keywords: Auditing; Agency Cost; Quality And Safety; Quality Management System; Quality Management; Unions; Environmental Management; Globalization; Goods And Commodities; Governance; Labor; Labor Unions; Wages; Working Conditions; Operations; Supply Chain; Safety; quality; China; Bangladesh; Asia; Pakistan
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      Short, Jodi L., and Michael W. Toffel. "Manage the Suppliers That Could Harm Your Brand: Know When to Avoid, Engage, or Drop Them." Harvard Business Review 99, no. 2 (March–April 2021).
      • February 2021
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      Trust and Disintermediation: Evidence from an Online Freelance Marketplace

      By: Grace Gu and Feng Zhu
      As an intermediary improves trust between the two sides of its market to facilitate matching and transactions, it faces an increased risk of disintermediation: with sufficient trust, the two sides may circumvent the intermediary to avoid the intermediary’s fees. In...  View Details
      Keywords: Disintermediation; Intermediaries; Online Marketplace; Platform Strategy; Trust; Marketplace Matching
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      Gu, Grace, and Feng Zhu. "Trust and Disintermediation: Evidence from an Online Freelance Marketplace." Management Science 67, no. 2 (February 2021): 794–807.
      • January–February 2021
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      Cross‐firm Return Predictability and Accounting Quality

      By: Wen Chen, Mozaffar Khan, Leonid Kogan and George Serafeim
      We test the hypothesis that if poor accounting quality (AQ) is associated with poor investor understanding of firms’ revenue and cost structures, then poor AQ stocks likely respond more slowly than good AQ stocks to new non‐idiosyncratic information that affects both...  View Details
      Keywords: Accounting Quality; Earnings Quality; Stock Returns; Investment Strategy; Accounting; Business Earnings; quality; Investment Return; Investment; Strategy
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      Chen, Wen, Mozaffar Khan, Leonid Kogan, and George Serafeim. "Cross‐firm Return Predictability and Accounting Quality." Journal of Business Finance & Accounting 48, nos. 1-2 (January–February 2021): 70–101.
      • 2021
      • Working Paper

      FinTech Lending and Cashless Payments

      By: Boris Vallée, Pulak Ghosh and Yao Zeng
      This study provides a new perspective to understand the rise and future potential of FinTech lending by linking it to the informational role of cashless payments. We uncover both theoretically and empirically a synergy between FinTech lending and cashless payments....  View Details
      Keywords: Fintech; Lending; Payments; Data Sharing; Financing And Loans; Technology; Banks And Banking; Business Model
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      Vallée, Boris, Pulak Ghosh, and Yao Zeng. "FinTech Lending and Cashless Payments." Working Paper, February 2021.
      • January 28, 2021
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      Lessons from the U.S.'s Rocky Vaccine Rollout

      By: Robert S. Huckman and Bradley R. Staats
      The rocky rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines is emblematic of many of the problems with the U.S. health care system. The United States is blessed with highly trained, excellent, and compassionate care providers and terrific research and development that has led to novel...  View Details
      Keywords: Health Care; Covid-19; Vaccines; Operations Improvement; Health Pandemics; Health Care And Treatment; Service Delivery; Operations; Performance Improvement; Health; Health Industry; United States
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      Huckman, Robert S., and Bradley R. Staats. "Lessons from the U.S.'s Rocky Vaccine Rollout." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (January 28, 2021).
      • 2021
      • Working Paper

      Connecting Expected Stock Returns to Accounting Valuation Multiples: A Primer

      By: Akash Chattopadhyay, Matthew R. Lyle and Charles C.Y. Wang
      We outline a framework in which accounting “valuation anchors" could be connected to expected stock returns. Under two general conditions, expected log returns is a log-linear function of a valuation (market value-to-accounting) multiple and the expected growth in the...  View Details
      Keywords: Expected Returns; Present Value; Investment Return; Accounting; Valuation; Information; Framework
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      Chattopadhyay, Akash, Matthew R. Lyle, and Charles C.Y. Wang. "Connecting Expected Stock Returns to Accounting Valuation Multiples: A Primer." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-081, January 2021.
      • 2021
      • Working Paper

      Auditor Independence and Outsourcing: Aligning Incentives to Mitigate Shilling and Shirking

      By: Ashley Palmarozzo, Jodi L. Short and Michael W. Toffel
      Multinational corporations (MNCs) hire auditors to assess their business partners’ compliance with quality, working conditions, and environmental standards. Independent third-party auditors are widely assumed to outperform second-party auditors employed and thus...  View Details
      Keywords: Concurrent Sourcing; Transaction Cost Economics; Outsourcing; Suppliers; Monitoring; Business Strategy; Vertical Integration; Supply Chain Management; quality; Safety; Risk And Uncertainty; Apparel And Accessories Industry; Retail Industry; China; India; Bangladesh
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      Palmarozzo, Ashley, Jodi L. Short, and Michael W. Toffel. "Auditor Independence and Outsourcing: Aligning Incentives to Mitigate Shilling and Shirking." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-078, January 2021.
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      Resilience vs. Vulnerability: Psychological Safety and Reporting of Near Misses with Varying Proximity to Harm in Radiation Oncology

      By: Olivia Jung, Palak Kundu, Amy C. Edmondson, John Hegde, Nzhde Agazaryan, Michael Steinberg and Ann Raldow
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      Psychological safety, a shared belief that interpersonal risk taking is safe, is an important determinant of incident reporting. However, how psychological safety affects near-miss reporting is unclear, as near misses contain contrasting cues that...  View Details
      Keywords: Psychological Safety; Near-miss Reporting; Health Care And Treatment; Safety
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      Jung, Olivia, Palak Kundu, Amy C. Edmondson, John Hegde, Nzhde Agazaryan, Michael Steinberg, and Ann Raldow. "Resilience vs. Vulnerability: Psychological Safety and Reporting of Near Misses with Varying Proximity to Harm in Radiation Oncology." Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety 47, no. 1 (January 2021): 15–22.
      • January 2021
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      Commuting and Innovation: Are Closer Inventors More Productive?

      By: Hongyu Xiao, Andy Wu and Jaeho Kim
      We estimate the causal effect of workplace–home commuting distance on inventor productivity. We construct a novel panel of U.S. inventors with precisely measured workplace–home distances and inventor-level productivity. Our identification strategy exploits firm office...  View Details
      Keywords: Commuting; Proximity; Inventors; Innovation; Relocation; Telecommuting; Geographic Location; Technological Innovation; Innovation And Management; Innovation Strategy; United States
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      Xiao, Hongyu, Andy Wu, and Jaeho Kim. "Commuting and Innovation: Are Closer Inventors More Productive?" Art. 103300. Journal of Urban Economics 121 (January 2021).
      • 2020
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      Algorithm-Augmented Work Performance and Domain Experience: The Countervailing Forces of Ability and Aversion

      By: Ryan Allen and Prithwiraj Choudhury
      How does a knowledge worker’s level of domain experience affect their algorithm-augmented work performance? We propose and test theoretical predictions that domain experience has countervailing effects on algorithm-augmented performance: on one hand, domain experience...  View Details
      Keywords: Automation; Domain Experience; Algorithmic Aversion; Experts; Algorithms; Machine Learning; Decision-making; Future Of Work; Employees; Experience And Expertise; Decision Making; Performance
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      Allen, Ryan, and Prithwiraj Choudhury. "Algorithm-Augmented Work Performance and Domain Experience: The Countervailing Forces of Ability and Aversion." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-073, October 2020.
      • December 2020
      • Technical Note

      Tales of Life-changing Innovations: High Quality and Radiation Free | Note on the Development of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (through the 1990s)

      By: Amar Bhidé, Srikant M. Datar and Katherine Stebbins
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      Bhidé, Amar, Srikant M. Datar, and Katherine Stebbins. "Tales of Life-changing Innovations: High Quality and Radiation Free | Note on the Development of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (through the 1990s)." Harvard Business School Technical Note 321-056, December 2020.
      • December 2020 (Revised March 2021)
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      Made In Space, Expectations Management, and the Business of In-Space Manufacturing

      By: Matthew C. Weinzierl and Mehak Sarang
      After having proven its base technology (3D printing) through NASA solicitations and contracts, Made In Space was searching for a viable commercial application. But the business case for the leading candidate, high-quality fiber optic cable for use on Earth, remained...  View Details
      Keywords: Aerospace; Space; Space Economy; 3d Printing; Manufacturing; Public-private Partnership; Partners And Partnerships; Strategy; Business And Government Relations; Aerospace Industry; Manufacturing Industry
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      Weinzierl, Matthew C., and Mehak Sarang. "Made In Space, Expectations Management, and the Business of In-Space Manufacturing." Harvard Business School Case 721-025, December 2020. (Revised March 2021.)
      • December 2020
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      Château Margaux: Serving Up the Third Wine

      By: Elie Ofek
      In fall 2019, Corinne Mentzelopoulos, owner of the famous first-growth Château Margaux, is pondering a series of decisions with respect to the chateau's third wine. Margaux du Château Marguax, as this wine was called, was launched in 2013 with a particular goal in mind...  View Details
      Keywords: Brand Management; Pricing; Wine Industry; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Performance Evaluation; Price; Distribution Channels; Growth And Development Strategy; France
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      Ofek, Elie. "Château Margaux: Serving Up the Third Wine." Harvard Business School Case 521-054, December 2020.
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      Healthy Buildings in 2070

      By: John D. Macomber and Joseph G. Allen
      Fifty years seems a very long time in the future for most industries. Not so in buildings and real estate; built structures routinely last decades if not hundreds of years, as long as they are economically competitive. Any discussion of the 50-year future has to...  View Details
      Keywords: Health & Wellness; Real Estate; Architectural Innovation; Public Health; Health; Buildings And Facilities; Well-being
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      Macomber, John D., and Joseph G. Allen. "Healthy Buildings in 2070." The Bridge 50, no. S (Winter 2020): 11–14. (Special 50th Anniversary Issue edited by Ronald M. Latanision.)
      • 2020
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      Aggregate Advertising Expenditure in the U.S. Economy: What's Up? Is It Real?

      By: Alvin J. Silk and Ernst R. Berndt
      The two components of the advertising industry—the creative sector that develops and produces messages, and the communications sector that transmits messages via various media—have each been greatly affected by advances in creative design and communications...  View Details
      Keywords: Economy; Advertising; Spending; Media
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      Silk, Alvin J., and Ernst R. Berndt. "Aggregate Advertising Expenditure in the U.S. Economy: What's Up? Is It Real?" NBER Working Paper Series, No. 28161, December 2020.
      • 2020
      • Working Paper

      The Market for Healthcare in Low Income Countries

      By: Reshmaan Hussam, Abhijit Banerjee, Jishnu Das, Jeffrey Hammer and Aakash Mohpal
      New research clearly identifies trust as an important driver of the demand for healthcare. However, doctors who realize that patients may not trust them may also alter their behavior in response. We assemble a large dataset that assesses clinical performance using...  View Details
      Keywords: Health Care And Treatment; quality; Developing Countries And Economies; Trust
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      Hussam, Reshmaan, Abhijit Banerjee, Jishnu Das, Jeffrey Hammer, and Aakash Mohpal. "The Market for Healthcare in Low Income Countries." Working Paper, December 2020.
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