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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.
- January 2006
- Article
Hospital Integration and Vertical Consolidation: An Analysis of Acquisitions in New York State
Huckman, Robert S. "Hospital Integration and Vertical Consolidation: An Analysis of Acquisitions in New York State." Journal of Health Economics 25, no. 1 (January 2006): 58–80.
- 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.)
- May 2005 (Revised April 2010)
- Case
GlaxoSmithKline: Reorganizing Drug Discovery (A)
By: Robert S. Huckman and Eli Strick
Describes the reorganization of drug discovery at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) following the formation of GSK from the merger of Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham. This reorganization placed nearly 2,000 research scientists into six centers of excellence in drug discovery...
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Operations;
Organizational Structure;
Performance Improvement;
Research and Development;
Pharmaceutical Industry
Huckman, Robert S., and Eli Strick. "GlaxoSmithKline: Reorganizing Drug Discovery (A)." Harvard Business School Case 605-074, May 2005. (Revised April 2010.)
- May 2005
- Supplement
GlaxoSmithKline: Reorganizing Drug Discovery (B)
By: Robert S. Huckman and Eli Strick
Supplements the (A) case.
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Keywords:
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Decisions;
Operations;
Performance;
Research and Development;
Restructuring;
Organizations;
Pharmaceutical Industry
Huckman, Robert S., and Eli Strick. "GlaxoSmithKline: Reorganizing Drug Discovery (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 605-075, May 2005.
- 2005
- Working Paper
Does Focus Improve Operational Performance? Lessons from the Management of Clinical Trials
By: Robert S. Huckman and Darren E. Zinner
Huckman, Robert S., and Darren E. Zinner. "Does Focus Improve Operational Performance? Lessons from the Management of Clinical Trials." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 05-073, May 2005.
- April 2005 (Revised April 2010)
- Teaching Note
Flextronics International, Ltd. (TN)
Teaching Note to (9-604-063).
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Keywords:
Electronics Industry
- March 2005 (Revised March 2006)
- Background Note
Activity-Based Costing and Capacity
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Discusses the use of budgeted rather than historical data in an activity-based costing (ABC) model and argues for calculating rates using practical capacity, not actual utilization. An ABC model need not be limited to analysis of historical data. When cost driver rates...
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Kaplan, Robert S. "Activity-Based Costing and Capacity." Harvard Business School Background Note 105-059, March 2005. (Revised March 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
- Other Unpublished Work
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." January 2005.
- July 28, 2004
- Article
Generic Dispensing and Substitution in Mail and Retail Pharmacies
By: Marta Wosinska and Robert S. Huckman
Wosinska, Marta, and Robert S. Huckman. "Generic Dispensing and Substitution in Mail and Retail Pharmacies." Health Affairs (July 28, 2004): W4–409 – W4–416.
- July 2004 (Revised April 2005)
- Teaching Note
MedSource Technologies (TN)
Teaching Note to (9-603-081).
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Keywords:
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
- May 2004
- Article
The Role of Information in Medical Markets: An Analysis of Publicly Reported Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery
By: David Cutler, Robert S. Huckman and Mary Beth Landrum
Cutler, David, Robert S. Huckman, and Mary Beth Landrum. "The Role of Information in Medical Markets: An Analysis of Publicly Reported Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery." American Economic Review 94, no. 2 (May 2004): 342–346. (Papers and Proceedings.)
- April 2004 (Revised September 2007)
- Case
Accounting Fraud at WorldCom
By: Robert S. Kaplan and David Kiron
The principal players in WorldCom's accounting fraud included CFO Scott Sullivan, the General Accounting and Internal Audit departments, external auditor Arthur Andersen, and the board of directors. The case provides sufficient detail to allow for a full discussion of...
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Keywords:
Governance Controls;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Crime and Corruption;
Ethics;
Financial Reporting;
Organizational Culture;
Corporate Governance;
Accounting Audits
Kaplan, Robert S., and David Kiron. "Accounting Fraud at WorldCom." Harvard Business School Case 104-071, April 2004. (Revised September 2007.)
- November 2003 (Revised April 2010)
- Case
Flextronics International, Ltd.
By: Robert S. Huckman and Gary P. Pisano
Describes Flextronics' evolution from providing outsourced manufacturing services for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the electronics industry to developing entire unbranded products for purchase by OEMs. In 2001, Flextronics began a development program that...
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Keywords:
Growth and Development Strategy;
Product Development;
Production;
Service Operations;
Performance Effectiveness;
Electronics Industry;
Manufacturing Industry
Huckman, Robert S., and Gary P. Pisano. "Flextronics International, Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 604-063, November 2003. (Revised April 2010.)
- May 2003
- Article
The Utilization of Competing Technologies within the Firm: Evidence from Cardiac Procedures
Huckman, Robert S. "The Utilization of Competing Technologies within the Firm: Evidence from Cardiac Procedures." Management Science 49, no. 5 (May 2003): 599–617.
- April 2003
- Tutorial
ABC Pen Factory Tutorial
By: Robert S. Kaplan
To preview this online product, Authorized Faculty can call our customer service department at 1-800-545-7685 or 617-783-7600. Illustrates, via a guided audio tour accompanied by dynamically changing spreadsheets, the role for activity-based cost systems. The numerical...
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Keywords:
Factories, Labs, and Plants
- March 2003
- Article
Technological Development and Medical Productivity: The Diffusion of Angioplasty in New York State
By: David M. Cutler and Robert S. Huckman
A puzzling feature of many medical innovations is that they simultaneously appear to reduce unit costs and increase total costs. We consider this phenomenon by examining the diffusion of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA)—a treatment for coronary...
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Keywords:
Innovation and Invention;
Cost;
Health Care and Treatment;
Health Disorders;
Performance Improvement;
Product;
New York (state, US)
Cutler, David M., and Robert S. Huckman. "Technological Development and Medical Productivity: The Diffusion of Angioplasty in New York State." Journal of Health Economics 22, no. 2 (March 2003): 187–217.
- January 2003
- Article
Economic Evaluation in Orthopaedics
By: Kevin J Bozic, Aaron G. Rosenberg, Robert S. Huckman and James H. Herndon
Bozic, Kevin J., Aaron G. Rosenberg, Robert S. Huckman, and James H. Herndon. "Economic Evaluation in Orthopaedics." Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery: American Volume 85, no. 1 (January 2003): 129–42.