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- September 2006 (Revised December 2006)
- Case
Arizona Department of Public Health: The Challenges of Preparing for a Public Health Emergency
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Ajay Vinze, T. S. Raghu and Minu Ipe
In the post-9/11 era information technology enablement for emergency preparedness and response have taken on increased significance. Public health organizations like ADHS play a critical role in any statewide preparation for large scale emergencies. With issues like...
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Keywords:
Problems and Challenges;
Information Technology;
Health Care and Treatment;
Business Processes;
Service Delivery;
National Security;
Health Industry;
Health Industry;
Arizona
Applegate, Lynda M., Ajay Vinze, T. S. Raghu, and Minu Ipe. "Arizona Department of Public Health: The Challenges of Preparing for a Public Health Emergency." Harvard Business School Case 807-016, September 2006. (Revised December 2006.)
- August 2006 (Revised August 2012)
- Background Note
Connectivity in Health Care
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Alfred Martin
This note describes the current state of information technology connectivity in the health care sector.
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Keywords:
Health Care and Treatment;
Business and Government Relations;
Health Industry;
Health Industry
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Alfred Martin. "Connectivity in Health Care." Harvard Business School Background Note 307-047, August 2006. (Revised August 2012.)
- April 2006
- Case
Medical Innovation Beyond MedStar: Mobilizing for National Impact
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Ryan Raffaelli and Michelle Heskett
Dr. Craig Feied, director of MedStar Health's Medical Informatics programs, wanted his innovations to influence national health care. Since joining Washington Hospital Center's Emergency Department in 1995 with Dr. Mark Smith, their information system had become the...
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- April 2006
- Article
The Firm Specificity of Individual Performance: Evidence from Cardiac Surgery
By: Robert S. Huckman and Gary P. Pisano
Huckman, Robert S., and Gary P. Pisano. "The Firm Specificity of Individual Performance: Evidence from Cardiac Surgery." Management Science 52, no. 4 (April 2006): 473–488.
- March 2006
- Module Note
Exchange Rates and Firms
By: Mihir A. Desai and Kathleen Luchs
Describes a core module in the International Finance course at Harvard Business School. The module focuses on how firms identify, measure, and manage currency exposures. The cases first introduce students to foreign exchange exposures and the tools used to manage...
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Desai, Mihir A., and Kathleen Luchs. "Exchange Rates and Firms." Harvard Business School Module Note 206-123, March 2006.
- March 2006
- Module Note
Exchange Rates and Global Markets
By: Mihir A. Desai and Kathleen Luchs
Describes the first module of the International Finance course at Harvard Business School. This introductory module focuses on the concepts and skills that students need throughout a course on international finance: a familiarity with exchange rates and associated...
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Keywords:
Asset Pricing;
Currency Exchange Rate;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
International Finance;
Teaching;
Innovation and Invention;
Education Industry
Desai, Mihir A., and Kathleen Luchs. "Exchange Rates and Global Markets." Harvard Business School Module Note 206-122, March 2006.
- March 2006
- Module Note
Valuing Cross-Border Investments
By: Mihir A. Desai and Kathleen Luchs
Describes a core module in the International Finance course at Harvard Business School. The module explores how valuation differs in an international context and introduces students to the major issues in cross-border valuations: how to value investments in currencies...
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Keywords:
International Accounting;
Currency Exchange Rate;
Investment;
Framework;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Body of Literature;
Risk Management;
Projects;
Valuation
Desai, Mihir A., and Kathleen Luchs. "Valuing Cross-Border Investments." Harvard Business School Module Note 206-125, March 2006.
- March 15, 2006
- Article
Increasing the Opportunity of Live Kidney Donation By Matching for Two and Three Way Exchanges
By: Susan L. Saidman, Alvin E. Roth, Tayfun Sönmez, M. Utku Ünver and Francis L. Delmonico
Saidman, Susan L., Alvin E. Roth, Tayfun Sönmez, M. Utku Ünver, and Francis L. Delmonico. "Increasing the Opportunity of Live Kidney Donation By Matching for Two and Three Way Exchanges." Transplantation 81, no. 5 (March 15, 2006): 773–782.
- Article
The Information Technology Ecosystem: Structure, Health, and Performance
By: Marco Iansiti and Gregory L. Richards
A number of modern industries are organized as complex networks of firms whose integrated efforts are necessary to deliver value to end customers. The complexity of these networks, or business ecosystems, and the associated interdependencies among firms, make... View Details
Keywords:
Business Ventures;
Networks;
Value;
Customers;
Performance Productivity;
Product;
Applications and Software;
Innovation and Invention;
Competition;
Business Model;
Information Infrastructure;
Information Technology Industry
Iansiti, Marco, and Gregory L. Richards. "The Information Technology Ecosystem: Structure, Health, and Performance." Antitrust Bulletin 51, no. 1 (Spring 2006).
- February 2006 (Revised August 2006)
- Case
deCODE Genetics: Hunting for Genes to Develop Drugs
By: Debora L. Spar
In 1996, Kari Stefansson launched a new kind of biotechnology company and a whole new way of attacking diseases. Based in Iceland, his firm, deCODE Genetics, plans to identify the individual genetic markers that lead to society's most prevalent diseases. To do so, it...
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Keywords:
Information;
Innovation Strategy;
Genetics;
Ethics;
Health Disorders;
Biotechnology Industry;
Iceland
Spar, Debora L., and Chris Bebenek. "deCODE Genetics: Hunting for Genes to Develop Drugs." Harvard Business School Case 706-040, February 2006. (Revised August 2006.)
- December 2005
- Article
Pairwise Kidney Exchange
By: A. E. Roth, Tayfun Sonmez and M. Utku Unver
Roth, A. E., Tayfun Sonmez, and M. Utku Unver. "Pairwise Kidney Exchange." Journal of Economic Theory 125, no. 2 (December 2005): 151–188.
- November 2005 (Revised December 2005)
- Case
County Department of Public Health: Organizing for Emergency Preparedness and Response
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Ajay Vinze and Minu Ipe
The anthrax attacks of 2001 exposed serious inadequacies in the response of the U.S. public health system to meet such grave threats. The public health infrastructure required rebuilding to respond to any type of large-scale health emergency. The Public Health...
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Keywords:
Information Technology;
Change Management;
Crisis Management;
Health Care and Treatment;
Infrastructure;
Health Industry;
Health Industry;
United States
Applegate, Lynda M., Ajay Vinze, and Minu Ipe. "County Department of Public Health: Organizing for Emergency Preparedness and Response." Harvard Business School Case 806-089, November 2005. (Revised December 2005.)
- August 2005 (Revised December 2006)
- Case
Procter & Gamble: Electronic Data Capture and Clinical Trial Management
By: Robert S. Huckman and Mark J. Cotteleer
Considers whether the management of Procter & Gamble (P&G) Pharmaceuticals should adopt Web-based electronic data capture (EDC) as the default standard for the management of its clinical drug trials. Provides a detailed description of the existing paper-based process...
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Keywords:
Health Testing and Trials;
Internet and the Web;
Information Technology;
Adoption;
Business Processes;
Industry Structures;
Technological Innovation;
Service Operations;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
United States
Huckman, Robert S., and Mark J. Cotteleer. "Procter & Gamble: Electronic Data Capture and Clinical Trial Management." Harvard Business School Case 606-033, August 2005. (Revised December 2006.)
- August 2005 (Revised December 2005)
- Teaching Note
Global Healthcare Exchange (TN)
- 2005
- Manual
Problems and Cases in Health Care Marketing - Instructor Manual
Gourville, John T., John A. Quelch, and V. Kasturi Rangan. Problems and Cases in Health Care Marketing - Instructor Manual. New York: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2005.
- May 2005
- Article
A Kidney Exchange Clearinghouse in New England
By: Alvin E Roth, Tayfun Sonmez and M. Utku Unver
Keywords:
Health
Roth, Alvin E., Tayfun Sonmez, and M. Utku Unver. "A Kidney Exchange Clearinghouse in New England." American Economic Review 95, no. 2 (May 2005): 376–380.
- April 2005 (Revised February 2007)
- Case
American Outsourcing
By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Alexander Veytsman
Covers the phenomenon of outsourcing jobs from the United States. Reviews the evolution of Mexico's Maquiladoras, manufacturing special economic areas in China, and information technology and service-sourcing in India. Also reviews exports/imports, exchange rates,...
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Keywords:
Job Cuts and Outsourcing;
Employment;
Emerging Markets;
Wages;
Trade;
United States;
Mexico;
China;
India
Vietor, Richard H.K., and Alexander Veytsman. "American Outsourcing." Harvard Business School Case 705-037, April 2005. (Revised February 2007.)
- March 2005 (Revised June 2006)
- Case
Sun Microsystems, Inc.: Web Services Strategy
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Fernando Suarez
Microsoft and IBM have excluded Sun Microsystems from the board of the Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I), an industry consortium that will shape the evolution of Web services standards. Sun managers must decide whether to join WS-I as a contributing...
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Keywords:
Information Technology;
Standards;
Corporate Governance;
Power and Influence;
Information Technology Industry;
Information Technology Industry
Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Fernando Suarez. "Sun Microsystems, Inc.: Web Services Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 805-095, March 2005. (Revised June 2006.)
- March 3, 2005
- Article
Adopting New Technologies: Turf Battles in Coronary Revascularization
By: Robert S. Huckman and Gary P. Pisano
Huckman, Robert S., and Gary P. Pisano. "Adopting New Technologies: Turf Battles in Coronary Revascularization." New England Journal of Medicine 352, no. 9 (March 3, 2005): 857–859.
- 2005
- Book
Problems and Cases in Health Care Marketing
Gourville, John T., John A. Quelch, and V. Kasturi Rangan. Problems and Cases in Health Care Marketing. New York: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2005.