Harvard Business

DECEMBER 5, 2016

For decades, experts and policy wonks have argued that health care is a uniquely inefficient industry, insulated from conventional market forces that operate in the rest of the economy. The comparison of health care to concrete may initially strike some as nonsensical, but as we discovered, the contrast is more informative than meets the eye.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 24, 2017

In the period between 1991 and 2008, our sample yielded 75 firms classified as “most admired” (which we refer to as “high reputation”) at least once. Following past research, we obtained data on a firm’s reputation using Fortune’s most admired companies ranking.

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Comparison Marketing Research Journal 31

Harvard Business

MARCH 2, 2018

The Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation (CFI) was established in 2008, becoming the first healthcare innovation center to employ a team of in-house designers. Under the banner of the Mayo Clinic motto, “the needs of the patient come first,” it utilises human-centered design to transform the experience and delivery of healthcare.

Healthcare 36

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 10, 2016

On August 1 Uber announced that it is selling its Chinese brand and operations to Didi Chuxing for $1 billion, its annual burn rate in that market, in exchange for a 20% stake in the local competitor. And that the two companies’ CEOs, Travis Kalanick and Cheng Wei, would take seats on each other’s boards.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 3, 2012

While I was working with them, the focus of my PhD gradually shifted toward how economic integration and various factors (domestic, international, political, economic) have impacted Japanese companies’ corporate strategy and operations over the past couple of decades. Hence I entered consulting. ” Pure humor.

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freshminds

MAY 24, 2016

Airbnb Since its launch in San Francisco in 2008 between two friends renting their home out during a conference in the city, this online bed booking service offers over 250,000 rooms provided by private individuals in in over 30,000 cities in 192 countries. billion since its launch. This means it'll certainly be hard to crack down on.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 15, 2014

Readers will recognize those points as part of my Fed Uncertainty Principle , written April 3, 2008, before the big collapse. The Fed is operating under the principle that it''s easier to get forgiveness than permission. Our present expectations are rather conservative by comparison. I side with GMO and Hussman.

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Harvard Business

MAY 4, 2017

For comparison, they hold around 0.6%–0.7% In 2008 Bill Gates testified before Congress to advocate for more H-1B visas to help compensate for “a deficit of Americans with computer science degrees.” jobs overall.) ” IT companies in India and the U.S.

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