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Why the Health of Your Doctor Matters

Michael Lee Stallard

In addition to caring for patients in the exam room or operating suite, physicians face challenges of navigating the reporting requirements of new payment models. His life took a turn in 2004 and he “managed to taper off the drugs.” Photo by Online Marketing on Unsplash. Practicing medicine these days is stressful.

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The Comprehensive Business Case for Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. Coca-Cola, for example, faced a water shortage in India that forced it to shut down one of its plants in 2004.

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Yelp's IPO Will Test the Flaws in Its Business Model

Harvard Business Review

Yelp's timing reflects both a tech-friendly market and the company's current position as the dominant consumer-review web site. In a recent paper , I combined Yelp ratings with restaurant revenues for every restaurant that operated in Seattle during Yelp's entire run there. The evidence shows that it does. This is fine, in principle.

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Electing a President in a Microtargeted World

Harvard Business Review

If we're launching a new type of bicycle and we want to know how likely it is that this person is a bicycle rider, we would apply that score, saying: here's the likelihood that this person is a bicycle rider in the market for a new bike. In 2004, microtargeting was a fairly new concept. Definitely the scale.

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