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  • 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... View Details
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
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  • 02 Dec 2002
  • Research & Ideas

The Secret of How Microsoft Stays on Top

of the company from Harvard Business School professors Marco Iansiti and Alan MacCormack. Their take: Microsoft wins through effective management of its intellectual property and an ability to spot and react to important trends before... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Sep 2007
  • First Look

First Look: September 25, 2007

employees. As he is getting ready to introduce his framework at the firm's annual meeting, however, he faces many questions about its implementation. Could a single framework effectively apply to lawyers across so many different regions... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • June 2010 (Revised September 2010)
  • Case

athenahealth: Innovating in Response to a Crisis in Healthcare

When Jonathan Bush and his partner, Todd Park, realized that their revolutionary approach to delivering clinical care was being stymied by the inefficiencies in the healthcare system and insurance red tape, they turned their proprietary technology, athenaNet, to a new... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Information Management; Innovation and Invention; Brands and Branding; Product Development; Health Industry; United States
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  • 08 Feb 2023
  • Op-Ed

Building an Inclusive Workplace? Prepare to Shield It from Economic Fears

you’re not accustomed to reflection, it might feel weird, like you’re wasting time. But you would be wrong. In fact, reflection helps leaders make better decisions faster. Leaders must constantly assess a dynamic environment to gain... View Details
Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and Nicole Gilmore
  • July 2007 (Revised January 2008)
  • Case

Turnaround at the Veterans Health Administration (A)

By: Amy C. Edmondson, Brian R. Golden and Gary J. Young
Investigates the challenges that Dr. Kenneth W. Kizer confronted in seeking to create organizational change at the largest integrated health care system in North America, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Kizer was appointed as the Under Secretary of Health, to... View Details
Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Transformation; Leadership; Consolidation; Health Care and Treatment; Service Delivery; Health Industry; Public Administration Industry; North and Central America
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  • 22 Nov 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Side Effects: The Case of Propecia

name of the drug and the problem it could correct, but would also have to include a list of major side effects. Trying to put side effects into context in a 30-second TV spot was next to impossible. "Reminder" ads could mention... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health; Pharmaceutical
  • Web

Dean Nitin Nohria | About

introduced two new joint degrees: MS/MBAs in Biotechnology: Life Sciences (In conjunction with HMS, GSAS, and FAS) and in Engineering Sciences (in conjunction with SEAS). October 2018 Klarman Hall Opened Made possible by a gift from Seth (MBA 1982) and Beth Klarman,... View Details
  • 2016
  • Teaching Note

Advanced Leadership Pathways: General Gale Pollock and Services for the Vision Impaired

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Tessa Natanay Hamilton and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
Teaching note for case 314029. Following a successful military career as an Army Nurse, achieving rank as Major General, becoming the first female Acting Surgeon General of the Army, and the 22nd Chief of the Army Nurse Corps, Pollock developed a vested interest in... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Health Care Education; Insurance Companies; Military; Leadership Skills; Health Care and Treatment; Education; Insurance; Business Startups; Information Technology; Applications and Software; Change Management; Health Industry; Information Technology Industry
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  • 06 Feb 2014
  • HBS Seminar

Karthik Ramanna, Harvard Business School

  • 2023
  • Working Paper

Are Hospital Quality Indicators Causal?

By: Amitabh Chandra, Maurice Dalton and Douglas O. Staiger
Hospitals play a key role in patient outcomes and spending, but efforts to improve their quality are hindered because we do not know whether hospital quality indicators are causal or biased. We evaluate the validity of commonly used quality indicators, such as... View Details
Keywords: Quality; Health Care and Treatment; Measurement and Metrics; Outcome or Result; Health Industry
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  • 17 Feb 2022
  • Book

When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed

of subduing individuality and ensuring conformity. Culture offers an inexpensive and informal way of regulating behavior that is all the more effective because it occurs inside the minds of employees and relies on peer pressure as a... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
  • 31 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 31

financial management and the usefulness of formal hedging of agricultural production risks was offered to randomly selected farmers in Gujarat, India. The authors evaluate the effect of the financial literacy training and three marketing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
  • 20 Oct 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Seven Things That Surprise New CEOs

By significantly expanding our understanding of the dynamics of competition, Michael E. Porter's Harvard Business Review article "How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy" launched a business management revolution among academics... View Details
Keywords: by Michael E. Porter, Jay W. Lorsch & Nitin Nohria
  • 16 Mar 2009
  • Research & Ideas

When the Internet Runs Out of IP Addresses

(ARIN), have been making these determinations for more than a decade. They're going to keep performing these reviews even when the resources at issue are resources obtained via paid transfers, rather than resources obtained from as-yet-unused space. Furthermore, the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Telecommunications
  • 08 Apr 2019
  • Sharpening Your Skills

The Life of Luxury and How to Sell It

lucrative but often confusing dynamics of the luxury market. Harvard Business School researchers have studied the trends to answer a number of questions. Does a prestige brand like Longchamp dilute its aura by selling an affordable... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Auto; Retail; Fashion
  • 07 Jun 2004
  • Research & Ideas

What Drives Supply Chain Behavior?

that its supply chain limps along. We believe the appreciation of these behavioral dynamics on supply chain management can provide the key to understanding and removing the many and oft-repeated examples of inefficiency that plague it.... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston
  • 02 Mar 2016
  • News

David Moss is Rewriting History

participation and encourages questions and debate. But what she saw during the on-campus workshop was something different. Moss and his team have spent a great deal of time considering exactly what it is about the case method that makes it a different and View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 12 Apr 2022
  • Blog Post

The Many Languages of Medicine to Impact Care Delivery

in biotechnology. On my psychiatric rotation, I witnessed patients of similar ages as me in a state of mental turmoil without effective treatment options to mitigate their suicidal tendencies. The impact of... View Details
  • 17 Jan 2019
  • Blog Post

MBA Curriculum Spotlight: Short Intensive Programs (SIPs)

first-hand what it’s like to work on a startup, which should help them assess career fit.  How to Talk Gooder in Business and Life  This SIP focuses on a pervasive, unavoidable, and profoundly important part of the human experience: conversation. Humans have to... View Details