Cancer leaders pinpoint key policy concerns for 2013

Challenges for Policy Makers and Organizational Leaders: Addressing Trends in Mental Health Inequalities

We typically think of acutely and chronically mentally ill patients as those who belong in psychiatric hospitals and the latter category of patients belonging in “regular” hospitals, but the intersection of physical and mental illness draws attention to important challenges for policy-makers and organizational leaders. This article illuminates some broad trends in the health status of people wi...

Policy Concerns for Online B2B Exchanges

Policy concerns arise as e-business activities become increasingly common. This paper discusses important elements of such concerns, particularly the proand anti-competitive assessment of online business-to-business (B2B) exchanges. The definition of markets, the role of quality management and communication, and joint purchasing implications within such environments are related to food distribu...

Iranian Population Policy and Aging: New Health Concerns

Career Concerns and Policy Intransigence

I investigate why a political leader (manager) may be reluctant to abandon her chosen project, when she is concerned both about social welfare and the electorate’s (shareholders’) beliefs about her ability. The quality of the project is correlated with her ability, and there is ex ante symmetric information. However, news regarding the project arrives gradually over time and is privately observ...

Policy Making with Reputation Concerns ∗

We study the policy choice of an office-holding politician who is concerned with the public’s perception of his capabilities. The politician decides whether to maintain the status quo or to conduct a risky reform. The success of the reform depends critically upon the abilities of the politician, which is privately known to the politician. The public observes both his policy choice and the outco...