New business formation plays a crucial role in predicting economic activity in North Carolina. Research shows that business starts positively impact county GDP growth and job creation, with larger effects in highly populated counties. The impact is smaller but still significant in less populated counties. Employment growth also varies by sector—new businesses in goods-producing industries create jobs after a delay, while service-sector businesses contribute to job growth more quickly. This research was done in collaboration with the North Carolina Secretary of State’s Office and the North Carolina Collaboratory.
This afternoon, President Trump is expected to formally declare the nation’s opioid abuse epidemic a public health emergency – just as proceedings get underway at the Kenan Center at an expert roundtable discussion on the same topic.
The Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise hosted the first-ever “Business of Healthcare: Adapting to an Aging Economy” conference at the Kenan Center in Chapel Hill October 27. Featuring distinguished scholars, healthcare professionals and business leaders from around the country, the event centered on the effects of America’s aging population on the economy and the resultant need for changes in areas such as real estate, adaptive technologies, pharmaceutical packaging and labeling, healthcare options and workforce policies. Dr. Mandy Cohen, secretary of the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, delivered the keynote address.
Medicare observation status has remained controversial since its introduction as an administrative payment category dating back to at least 1983. Much of the debate revolves around beneficiary billing and the 3-day rule, which requires that beneficiaries spend 3 consecutive days as an inpatient in order to receive coverage for postacute skilled nursing facility (SNF) care.
Governors across the United States have reacted to the COVID-19 pandemic by implementing state-level executive actions to address a range of issues provoked by the crisis. Although it is too early to gauge the long-term effects of the pandemic and states’ responses to it, this Kenan Insight provides a preliminary analysis of actions governors have taken thus far, to help inform policymaking going forward. This briefing features CREATE Director and UNC Kenan-Flagler Professor Maryann Feldman, Rethinc. Labs Faculty Director and UNC Kenan-Flagler Professor Eric Ghysels, UNC-Chapel Hill Political Science Professor Christopher Clark and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Deputy Secretary Kody Kinsley.
This week our panel of experts examined the effects of COVID-19 on the healthcare system, its providers and supply chains. The briefing featured UNC Center for the Business of Health Faculty Director Brad Staats, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School Professors Jay Swaminathan and Vinayak Deshpande, UNC Hillman Scholars in Nursing Innovation Director Cheryl Jones and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Chief Strategy Officer Bryony Winn.
Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, institutions of higher education were under immense pressure to live up to their value propositions, with underlying tensions that have been developing for years posing an existential threat to their financial viability. As colleges and universities move classes and operations online in response to the pandemic, questions arise as to what such changes hold not just for now, but for the long-term success of higher education. Can ed tech provide a way forward? This briefing features North Carolina Area Health Education Centers Liason and UNC School of Nursing Professor Mary Schuler, UNC College of Arts and Sciences Associate Dean of Instructional Innovation Professor Kelly Hogan, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School Dean Doug Shackelford and Association of College and University Educators CEO Susan Cates.
A panel of experts from the North Carolina CEO Forum, convened by UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School and its affiliated Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, offered a press briefing via webinar to introduce a new framework aggregating real-time, non-standard economic and public health data to guide critical policy decisions on economic openness. This press briefing features UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School Professor & Kenan Institute Research Director Christian Lundblad, Kenan Institute Senior Fellow & Carroll Family Holdings Founder David Carroll, First Citizens Bank Vice Chair Hope Bryant and Kenan Institute Executive Director and UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School Professor Greg Brown.
A panel of experts convened by UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, its affiliated Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise and the Institute of African American Research offered a press briefing via webinar on the intersection of the COVID-19 crisis and the Black Lives Matter movement—providing a framework for developing solutions to achieve equitable public health and economic outcomes for the short- and long-term. This press briefing featured Duke University Political Science Ph.D. Candidate Ajenai Clemmons, City of Pittsburgh Deputy Chief of Staff and Chief Equity Officer Majestic Lane, Center for Responsible Lending Executive Vice President Nikitra Bailey and CREATE Executive Director and Black Communities Conference Co-founder Mark Little.
Join the Center for the Business of Health virtually as they discuss the complexity of the healthcare ecosystem and how innovation and interconnectivity are necessary to build a more robust and flexible system.
Governments around the globe are exploring how to leverage technology and data analytics to enable effective contact tracing to stem the spread of COVID-19. UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School Professor of Operations Jay Swaminathan hosts a panel of experts to explore how developers, corporations, regulators and consumer advocates are thinking about the impact of integrating this technology in response to the pandemic. Panelists include IBM Watson IoT VP of Offering Management Stephan Biller; the Heritage Foundations's Center for Technology Policy Director Klon Kitchen; the Future of Privacy Forum CEO Jules Polonetsky and UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health Associate Professor and Carolina Population Center MEASURE Evaluation Project Director Jim Thomas.
Hosted by the Center for the Business of Health, the Healthcare Club and the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, the Business of Healthcare Conference brings together students, executives from the private sector, academic researchers and public policy leaders to discuss the most pressing problems in healthcare today.
Corporations face constant pressure to respond to a wide range of social, environmental and governance issues, many of are outside the company’s core mission. Determining whether or how to respond to such pressures is a complex process, often requiring substantial time and resources on the part of senior management. In a new paper, “Willing and Able: A General Model of Organizational Responses to Normative Pressures,” Olga Hawn, University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School Assistant Professor for Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Sustainability; Rodolphe Durand of HEC Paris; and Ioannis Ioannou from the London Business School provide a dynamic framework for understanding how companies analyze and respond – or don’t respond – to “normative pressures” on matters that include global warming, environmental stewardship, occupational health, executive compensation and corporate governance, among others. This pressure comes from a wide range of interest groups that may include activists, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other stakeholders.
Brad Staats, professor of operations at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School and faculty director of the Center for the Business of Health, outlines his latest research on people-centric operations. Staats and his colleagues looks at how a merging of organizational behavior and operations can be capitalized upon to create systems that help people thrive and be productive.
The global COVID-19 pandemic has been a recurring theme throughout the 2020 U.S. elections, and its health and economic consequences will be felt far beyond November 3. In this Kenan Insight, we look at both the challenges and potential opportunities the pandemic has created for accelerating innovations in healthcare delivery and pharmaceutical development.
LabCorp Executive Vice President & President of Diagnostics Brian Caveney joined UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School Associate Dean of MBA Programs & Faculty Director of the Center for the Business of Health Brad Staats on Friday, Nov. 13 for an exclusive conversation as part of the 10th Annual Business of Healthcare Conference. This virtual fireside chat was part of the Dean’s Speaker Series, hosted by Kenan-Flagler Business School Dean Doug Shackelford.