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Generic Manufacturers’ Labeling Catch-22
(2011)In Wyeth v. Levine, the Supreme Court eliminated brand-name manufacturers’ ability to use the preemption defense against state law failure to warn claims involving allegedly misbranded pharmaceutical drugs. Since that time, ... -
Is A CURE ON the WAY? – THE BAD MEDICINE OF GENERICS, CITIZEN PETITIONS, AND NOERR-PENNINGTON IMMUNITY
(2010-03)Over the next five years, approximately 110 drugs, including blockbuster products such as Sanofi-Aventis’ allergy medicine Flomax, GlaxoSmithKline’s herpes medication Valtrex, and Pfizer’s cholesterol medication Lipitor ... -
Technological Change at Work: The Impact of Employee Involvement on the Effectiveness of Health Information Technology
(2010-01)REVISED VERSION OF https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/handle/1774.2/33502?show=full. This paper uses employee and patient survey data from a large, integrated healthcare provider to assess the moderating role that employee ... -
A Comprehensive Examination of the Wealth Effects of Recent Stock Repurchase Announcements
(2010-01-12)In this paper we examine the wealth effect of stock repurchase announcements using a sample of 11,862 repurchase programs announced during 1994-2007. The results of several recent industry surveys indicate that managerial ... -
Free Cash Flows and the Wealth Effects of Stock Repurchase Announcements
(2010-01-12)The free cash flow hypothesis predicts that repurchasing firms with free cash flows will have larger announcement-period abnormal returns than repurchasers that do not have free cash flows. We test the free cash flow ... -
Size Matters: The Impact of Physician Practice Size on Productivity
(Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School, 2010-01)Abstract Physician practices in the US are largely small-scale, independently-run enterprises, despite their potential critical role in creating a more integrated health care system. Using an approach that builds on – ... -
Entrepreneurship and Microfinance A Review and Research Agenda
(Carey Business School, The Johns Hopkins University, 2009-11)Abstract In this paper, I review fifty four research papers spanning a 10 year period between 1998 and 2008 on research questions related to microfinance and entrepreneurship. I highlight the main research questions, ... -
Informed Consent: Enforcing Pharmaceutical Companies' Obligations Abroad
(Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University, 2009-11)The past several years have seen an evolution in the obligations of pharmaceutical companies conducting clinical trials abroad. Key players, such as international human rights organizations, the United States government ... -
Implicit distancing in Auction: When name letter branding backfires
(Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University, 2009-10)Consumers subconsciously prefer brand names that resemble their own names - an effect called name letter branding. We extend it and propose that a reversal of name letter branding, wherein consumers will subconsciously ... -
Employee Involvement in the Deployment of Health Information Technology
(Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University, 2009-07)PLEASE SEE REVISED VERSION AT https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/handle/1774.2/33783: This paper uses employee and patient survey data from a large, integrated healthcare provider to assess the moderating role that ... -
Why Don't Docs Digitize? The Adoption of Health Information Technology in Primary Care Medicine
(Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University, 2009-05-11)Reformers in the US have earmarked substantial resources towards encouraging the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs). However, studies have yet to explain why physicians resist adoption and why the investments ...
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