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- June 1994 (Revised March 1995)
- Case
Lotus Development Corp.: Spousal Equivalents (A)
A group of Lotus employees propose extending all health care and other benefits to the spousal equivalents of lesbian and gay employees. The vice president of human resources considers the proposal during a reorganization and period of financial uncertainty.
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Gentile, Mary C., and Sarah Gant. "Lotus Development Corp.: Spousal Equivalents (A)." Harvard Business School Case 394-197, June 1994. (Revised March 1995.)
- September 8, 2020
- Article
Allocation of COVID-19 Relief Funding to Disproportionately Black Counties
By: Pragya Kakani, Amitabh Chandra and Sendhil Mullainathan
This study describes correlations between the dollar amount of relief funding authorized by the US Congress to fund prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and to reimburse health care entities for lost revenues, and county-level...
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Kakani, Pragya, Amitabh Chandra, and Sendhil Mullainathan. "Allocation of COVID-19 Relief Funding to Disproportionately Black Counties." JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association 324, no. 10 (September 8, 2020): 1000–1003.
- 27 Nov 2017
- News
Payment Reform Is a Play We’re All Watching
- 06 Apr 2021
- News
Day of 4 Million Vaccines Signals Sharp Turnaround for U.S.
- 27 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 27
https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=45271 August 2013 Journal of Health Economics Consumers' Misunderstanding of Health Insurance By: Loewenstein, George, Joelle Y. Friedman, Barbara McGill, Sarah...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jul 2020
- News
How to Build an ESG Portfolio – And Why You Should
Toren Fronsdal
Toren Fronsdal is a doctoral student in the Business Economics program. His research interests are industrial organization and health economics, primarily focusing on hospital and insurer negotiations. He graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in Economics in...
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- February 2019 (Revised September 2021)
- Case
The a2 Milk Company
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel Fisher
The a2 Milk Company (a2MC) became the most valuable company listed on the New Zealand stock exchange in 2018 by capitalizing on a biochemical discovery related to the protein composition of cow's milk. Because many people find the A1 protein difficult to digest, and...
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Keywords:
Judo Economics;
Market Entry;
Innovation;
Barriers To Response;
Industry Attractiveness;
Advantage Horizon;
Sustainability;
First-mover Advantage;
Scope;
Strategy Execution;
Strategic Evolution;
Biochemistry;
Genetics;
Branding;
Commodity;
Milk;
Dairy;
Infant Formula;
Farming;
Porter's Five Forces;
Competitive Advantage;
Corporate Strategy;
Value Creation;
Competition;
Disruption;
Innovation and Invention;
Five Forces Framework;
Market Entry and Exit
Esty, Benjamin C., and Daniel Fisher. "The a2 Milk Company." Harvard Business School Case 719-424, February 2019. (Revised September 2021.)
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Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing for Surgical Episodes
By: Peter Najjar, Matt Strickland and Robert S. Kaplan
Health care costs related to surgical care account for 40% of all hospital and physician spending. Payers attempting to contain costs are replacing fee-for-service with value-based payment schemes that can encompass entire episodes of care, including physician services...
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Keywords:
Surgery;
Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing;
Bundled Payments;
Health Care and Treatment;
Cost Management
Najjar, Peter, Matt Strickland, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing for Surgical Episodes." JAMA Surgery 152, no. 1 (January 2017): 96–97.
- 04 Oct 2013
- News
Medical Device Tax Might Be Way To Get A Budget Passed
- June 2008
- Case
Brigham and Women's Hospital: Shapiro Cardiovascular Center
By: Michael E. Porter, Robert S. Huckman and Jeremy Lance Friese
Considers the situation facing Gary Gottlieb, president of Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), prior to the opening of BWH's integrated cardiovascular center. This case allows students to develop an appreciation of the strategic, financial, organizational, clinical,...
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Health Care and Treatment;
Health Disorders;
Service Delivery;
Organizational Design;
Integration;
Health Industry
Porter, Michael E., Robert S. Huckman, and Jeremy Lance Friese. "Brigham and Women's Hospital: Shapiro Cardiovascular Center." Harvard Business School Case 608-175, June 2008.
- 24 Apr 2019
- News
The Fallacy of Medicare for All
- September 2012 (Revised August 2015)
- Case
Shanghai Pharmaceuticals
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Natalie Kindred
Shanghai Pharmaceuticals (SPH), a vertically integrated Chinese pharmaceutical conglomerate, was considering its strategic options in the context of a rapidly evolving industry, policy, and economic environment. The company—essentially a collection of subsidiaries...
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Keywords:
Business Subsidiaries;
Business Conglomerates;
Vertical Integration;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Consolidation;
Health Care and Treatment;
Global Strategy;
State Ownership;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Shanghai;
United States;
Europe
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Natalie Kindred. "Shanghai Pharmaceuticals." Harvard Business School Case 313-016, September 2012. (Revised August 2015.)
- 03 Feb 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
Regulator Leniency and Mispricing in Beneficent Nonprofits
- November 2014 (Revised May 2017)
- Teaching Note
Fresno's Social Impact Bond for Asthma
By: John A. Quelch
The case desccribes a social impact bond (SIB) to fund home-based remediation programs designed to reduce asthma attacks among Fresno residents (especially children) and thereby save on health care costs (ambulance callouts, emergency room visits etc.). The case...
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- 23 Feb 2017
- News
The power — and the fear — of knowing your cancer genome
- 25 Jul 2009
- News