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The UCLA Medical Center: Kidney Transplantation

By: Michael E. Porter, Jennifer F Baron, Jacob Mathew Chacko and Robin Jian Tang

In 2010, organ transplantation remained among the few sets of medical conditions in the U.S. for which bundled payments were a dominant reimbursement model, and for which patient health outcomes were universally measured and reported. In 1986, UCLA Medical Center was... View Details

Keywords: Insurance; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Measurement and Metrics; Outcome or Result; Competitive Strategy; Integration; Health Industry; California

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January 2002
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Global Business Council on HIV/AIDS on World AIDS Day 2001, The

Explores the motivation for businesses to be concerned with the global AIDS epidemic. The formation of the council serves as an example of how business leaders are building a network of companies to develop an effective business response to AIDS-both through workforce... View Details

Keywords: Health; Social Issues; Global Strategy; Business and Community Relations; Growth and Development Strategy; Business and Government Relations; Health Industry

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11 Mar 2022
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HBS Professor Linda Hill Says Leaders Must Engage with Emotions as Never Before

21 Jun 2017
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A New Approach to Safely Sharing Cancer Patients’ Data

17 Jan 2023
Cold Call Podcast

Nestlé’s KitKat Diplomacy: Neutrality vs. Shared Value

Keywords: Re: Geoffrey G. Jones; Consumer Products

03 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

Corporate Social Responsibility in a Downturn

business sense? A: PNC [a financial services organization based in Pittsburgh] is an excellent example of how a business has focused on a cause that the company, its employees, and its customers deeply care about: early childhood... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

March 2024
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From “BIG” Ideas to Sustainable Impact at ICL Group (A)

By: Linda A. Hill and Lydia Begag

In the summer of 2023, Eduard (“Eddie”) Croitoru, Vice President (VP) of ICL Group (“ICL”) Corporate Initiatives, was reflecting on ICL’s internal ideation program, the Business Innovation for Growth (BIG) Accelerator. When Raviv Zoller became the CEO of ICL in 2018,... View Details

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10 May 2022
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The Digital Mindset: What It Really Takes to Thrive in the Age of Data, Algorithms, and AI

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Fostering Innovation in Life Sciences - Health Care

evaluates the productivity, pricing and innovation in health care, medical malpractice, and racial disparities in health care. Featured Research 28 Nov 2017 Blavatnik Fellow Creates Virtual Brain Biopsy Software August 2018 Review of Industrial View Details

13 Feb 2014
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Managing the Family Business: Leadership Roles

organization to be successful, it needs to be led, managed, and governed well. Leading, Managing, And Governing Governance provides a broad sense of purpose or mission for the group and gives the group a sense of stability. Without... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Davis

08 Sep 2015
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September 8, 2015

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49543 Misconduct in Financial Services: Differences Across Organizations By: Brown, Jennifer, and Dylan Minor Abstract—We examine misconduct in financial services. We propose a theory in... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Getting a Peek Into the HBS Experience - MBA

Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year... View Details

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No Line Left Behind: Assortative Matching Inside the Firm

By: Achyuta Adhvaryu, Vittorio Bassi, Anant Nyshadham and Jorge Tamayo

How do firms pair workers with managers, and which constraints affect the allocation of labor within the firm? We characterize the sorting pattern of managers to workers in a large readymade garment manufacturer in India and then explore potential drivers of the... View Details

Keywords: Assortative Matching; Productivity; Global Buyers; Readymade Garments; Labor; Organizational Design; Performance Productivity; Fashion Industry

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26 May 2003
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When Silence Spells Trouble at Work

"Better to be quiet and thought a fool than to talk and be known as one." The social virtues of silence are reinforced by our survival instincts. Many organizations send the message—verbally or nonverbally—that falling into line... View Details

Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow

24 Feb 2016
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Why It's Best to Take Tests Early in the Day

the job.” Note to managers: “We would be interested in finding organizations that are willing to experiment with practices that may recharge employees,” says Gino. “We would love to collaborate with them and identify interventions that,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

01 Dec 1997
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Multimedia Martha: Sharon Patrick Cooks Up A Winner

jealous, they feel inadequate. But people also love her because she organizes life for the rest of us in very helpful ways from which we can pick and choose what works for us. She offers tools and techniques and tips that are doable. How... View Details

26 Sep 2013
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Playing Favorites: How Firms Prevent the Revelation of Bad News

Keywords: by Lauren Cohen, Dong Lou & Christopher Malloy; Financial Services

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The Role of Leaders - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

customers, channels, suppliers, competitors and financial markets The benefits of strategy are greatest when it is communicated widely in the organization Communicating strategy requires a simple and vivid way of describing the essence of... View Details

24 Jul 2007
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First Look: July 24, 2007

collaboration. Second, they didn't organize effectively for collaboration, believing that innovation could be managed much like production and partners treated like "suppliers." And third, they didn't invest in building... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

February 2012
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Henkel: Building a Winning Culture

By: Robert Simons and Natalie Kindred

This case illustrates a CEO-led organizational transformation driven by stretch goals, performance measurement, and accountability. When Kasper Rorsted became CEO of Henkel, a Germany-based producer of personal care, laundry, and adhesives products, in 2008, he was... View Details