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Richard K. Lester

- Verified email at mit.edu - Cited by 9126

Dr. Richard Lester MD, FRCPC

- Verified email at mail.ubc.ca - Cited by 7707

Richard H Lester

- Verified email at mays.tamu.edu - Cited by 7158

[HTML][HTML] Systematic review of basket trials, umbrella trials, and platform trials: a landscape analysis of master protocols

JJH Park, E Siden, MJ Zoratti, L Dron, O Harari… - Trials, 2019 - Springer
Background Master protocols, classified as basket trials, umbrella trials, and platform trials,
are novel designs that investigate multiple hypotheses through concurrent sub-studies (eg …

HIV status in discordant couples in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

O Eyawo, D de Walque, N Ford, G Gakii… - The Lancet infectious …, 2010 - thelancet.com
Background Most couples affected by HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa live in discordant
relationships. Men are thought to be the index case in most relationships, and most social …

[HTML][HTML] Self-collected versus clinician-collected sampling for chlamydia and gonorrhea screening: a systemic review and meta-analysis

C Lunny, D Taylor, L Hoang, T Wong, M Gilbert… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background The increases in STI rates since the late 1990s in Canada have occurred
despite widespread primary care and targeted public health programs and in the setting of …

Made in America

ML Dertouzos, RK Lester, RM Solow - 1989 - osti.gov
Late in 1986 the Massachusetts Institute of Technology convened its first commission on a
major national issue since World War II. In this paper, the authors address the decline in US …

Are family firms really superior performers?

D Miller, I Le Breton-Miller, RH Lester… - Journal of corporate …, 2007 - Elsevier
Although international evidence suggests that families may be unhelpful to firm
performance, recent analyses of US public companies indicate that family firms outperform …

Effects of a mobile phone short message service on antiretroviral treatment adherence in Kenya (WelTel Kenya1): a randomised trial

RT Lester, P Ritvo, EJ Mills, A Kariri, S Karanja… - The Lancet, 2010 - thelancet.com
Background Mobile (cell) phone communication has been suggested as a method to
improve delivery of health services. However, data on the effects of mobile health …

[BOOK][B] Innovation—The missing dimension

RK Lester, MJ Piore - 2004 - degruyter.com
Amid mounting concern over job loss to low-wage economies, one fact is clear: America's
prosperity hinges on the ability of its businesses to continually innovate. But what makes for …

The design space for long-duration energy storage in decarbonized power systems

NA Sepulveda, JD Jenkins, A Edington… - Nature Energy, 2021 - nature.com
Long-duration energy storage (LDES) is a potential solution to intermittency in renewable
energy generation. In this study we have evaluated the role of LDES in decarbonized …

Family and lone founder ownership and strategic behaviour: Social context, identity, and institutional logics

D Miller, I Le Breton‐Miller… - Journal of management …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
abstract There is controversy in the literature about the effects of ownership on strategy and
performance. Some scholars have taken agency explanations as definitive, arguing that …

Top management teams, strategy and financial performance: A meta‐analytic examination

ST Certo, RH Lester, CM Dalton… - Journal of Management …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
abstract A considerable amount of research has investigated the linkage between top
management team (TMT) characteristics and firm financial performance. Much of this …