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- 30 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
Health Care Under a Research Microscope
says, "will kill us financially and medically it will ruin our economy, deny us the health care services we need, and undermine the important genomic research that can fundamentally improve the practice of medicine and control its...
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- August 2016 (Revised July 2019)
- Case
Alere
By: Raffaella Sadun, Catherine Slater and Channing Spencer
The Board of Alere, Inc., a leading medical diagnostic firm, is evaluating the offer made by Ron Zwanziger, the firm’s founder and former CEO, to acquire the company and take it private. The offer arrives at the end of a tumultuous year for the company, which saw...
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- January 2006 (Revised April 2007)
- Case
General Electric Healthcare, 2006
By: Tarun Khanna and Elizabeth Raabe
In January 2006, Joe Hogan, head of General Electric (GE) Healthcare Technologies, prepared to step into William Castell's shoes as CEO of GE Healthcare, the world's leading manufacturer of diagnostic imaging equipment. In 2004, former CEO Jeff Immelt acquired Amersham...
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Keywords:
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Cost vs Benefits;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Machinery and Machining;
Global Range;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Product Design;
Technological Innovation;
Expansion;
Value Creation;
Business Subsidiaries;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Khanna, Tarun, and Elizabeth Raabe. "General Electric Healthcare, 2006." Harvard Business School Case 706-478, January 2006. (Revised April 2007.)
- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
for cadavers. Anteby's current research examines the morality of markets by focusing on the U.S. supply and demand of cadavers for medical research and education.) Anyone who has been trained as a physician—or is close to someone who has...
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- March 2019
- Article
A Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing Analysis of Emergency Department Scribes
By: Robert S. Kaplan, Heather A. Heaton, David M. Nestler, William J. Barry, Richard A. Helmers, Mustafa Y. Sir, Deepi G. Goyal, Derek A. Haas and Annie T. Sadosty
Objectives: To apply time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC) methodology to determine emergency medicine physician documentation costs with and without scribes.
Methods: Two research assistants shadowed attending physicians for a total of 64 hours in the... View Details
Methods: Two research assistants shadowed attending physicians for a total of 64 hours in the... View Details
Kaplan, Robert S., Heather A. Heaton, David M. Nestler, William J. Barry, Richard A. Helmers, Mustafa Y. Sir, Deepi G. Goyal, Derek A. Haas, and Annie T. Sadosty. "A Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing Analysis of Emergency Department Scribes." Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes 3, no. 1 (March 2019): 30–34.
- February 2008 (Revised March 2008)
- Supplement
Terumo (B)
By: David Godes, Masako Egawa and Mayuka Yamazaki
This case provides an update on the firm's decision regarding its U.S. sales strategy for its catheter products and the progress of Solution Pack.
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Godes, David, Masako Egawa, and Mayuka Yamazaki. "Terumo (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 508-069, February 2008. (Revised March 2008.)
- 27 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 27, 2007
the law clerk market will lead to either a reversion to very early hiring or the use of a centralized matching system such as that used for medical residencies. We suggest, however, potential avenues by which the clerkship market could...
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Martha Lagace
- Article
An Invitation to Market Design
By: Scott Duke Kominers, Alexander Teytelboym and Vincent P. Crawford
Market design seeks to translate economic theory and analysis into practical solutions to real-world problems. By redesigning both the rules that guide market transactions and the infrastructure that enables those transactions to take place, market designers can...
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Keywords:
Matching;
Trading;
Scrip;
Liquidity;
Efficiency;
Equity;
Allocation Rules;
Marketplaces;
Market Design;
Marketplace Matching;
Auctions
Kominers, Scott Duke, Alexander Teytelboym, and Vincent P. Crawford. "An Invitation to Market Design." Oxford Review of Economic Policy 33, no. 4 (Winter 2017): 541–571.
- 10 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017
Forlenza was reviewing Becton Dickinson’s transformation efforts designed to enable the company to innovate and grow in a changing environment. Becton Dickinson had been a successful medical device company for over 100 years. In recent...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
as their mental well-being—a forthcoming article in American Psychologist examines current organizational psychology research to help business leaders manage COVID-related fallout in the workplace and develop solutions to ease the stress...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- December 2010
- Case
Oral Rehydration Therapy
By: Nava Ashraf and Claire Qureshi
This case highlights the puzzlingly high rate of diarrhea-related child mortality in developing countries despite the existence of a simple, effective treatment: oral rehydration therapy (ORT). ORT treated extreme dehydration caused by diarrhea, which was a leading...
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Keywords:
Health Care and Treatment;
Innovation Strategy;
Problems and Challenges;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Technological Innovation;
Distribution Channels;
Emerging Markets;
Consumer Behavior;
Performance Consistency;
Performance Evaluation;
Health Industry;
Africa;
Asia
Ashraf, Nava, and Claire Qureshi. "Oral Rehydration Therapy." Harvard Business School Case 911-035, December 2010. (Request a courtesy copy.)
- 2019
- Chapter
Teams and Team Effectiveness in Health Services Organizations
By: Bruce J. Fried and Amy C. Edmondson
Book Abstract: Completely updated to address the challenges faced by modern health care organizations, this edition of Shortell and Kaluzny's Health Care Management: Organization Design and Behavior offers a more global perspective on how the United States and...
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Fried, Bruce J., and Amy C. Edmondson. "Teams and Team Effectiveness in Health Services Organizations." Chap. 5 in Shortell & Kaluzny's Health Care Management: Organization Design and Behavior. 7th ed., edited by Lawton Robert Burns, Elizabeth H. Bradley, and Bryan Jeffrey Weiner, 98–131. Boston, MA: Cengage Learning, 2019.
- March 2014
- Teaching Note
Oral Rehydration Therapy
By: Nava Ashraf and Natalie Kindred
This Teaching Note accompanies the case "Oral Rehydration Therapy" (911-035). The case highlights the puzzlingly high rate of diarrhea-related child mortality in developing countries despite the existence of a simple, effective treatment: oral rehydration therapy...
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- 07 Aug 2009
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t Americans Get Health Care Right?
above are numerous in a channel that includes, in your comments, food and tobacco producers of unhealthy products (Christy Hitchens, Tom Dolembo); lifestyle equipment and service providers; developers and manufacturers of high-cost pharmaceuticals and View Details
- 30 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 30
suggest that the bundle of inputs that angel investors provide have a large and significant impact on the success and survival of start-up ventures. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-086.pdf The Economic Crisis and View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
forthcoming American Journal of Therapeutics Food and Drug Administration Guidance Documents and New Medical Devices: The Case of Breast Prostheses By: Weitzman, Rachel E., Ariel Dora Stern, and Daniel B. Kramer Abstract—No abstract...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 26 Apr 2023
- Cold Call Podcast
How Martine Rothblatt Started a Company to Save Her Daughter
- May 21, 2020
- Editorial
Primary Care Is Hurting: Why Aren't Private Insurers Pitching In?
By: Leemore S. Dafny and J. Michael McWilliams
Primary care clinicians are the front line for patients with suspected infection. We rely on them to diagnose, triage, and manage patients with potential or confirmed COVID infections. They are also responsible for keeping non-COVID medical conditions under control...
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Keywords:
COVID-19;
Primary Care;
Health Pandemics;
Health Care and Treatment;
Financial Condition;
Insurance
Dafny, Leemore S., and J. Michael McWilliams. "Primary Care Is Hurting: Why Aren't Private Insurers Pitching In?" Health Affairs Blog (May 21, 2020).
- February 2008
- Supplement
Terumo (C)
By: David Godes, Masako Egawa and Mayuka Yamazaki
This case provides a further update on the firm's decision regarding its U.S. sales strategy for its catheter products and the progress of Solution Pack. It also discusses the expansion of the firm's “Medical Pranex,” a unique facility offering training and meeting...
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Godes, David, Masako Egawa, and Mayuka Yamazaki. "Terumo (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 508-070, February 2008.
- 14 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
practical solutions to real-world problems. By redesigning both the rules that guide market transactions and the infrastructure that enables those transactions to take place, market designers can address a broad range of market failures....
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Carmen Nobel