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May 2003
Article

The Utilization of Competing Technologies within the Firm: Evidence from Cardiac Procedures

Keywords: Competition; Information Technology; Business Ventures

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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... View Details

Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Cost; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Performance Improvement; Product; New York (state, US)

January 2003
Article

Economic Evaluation in Orthopaedics

By: Kevin J Bozic, Aaron G. Rosenberg, Robert S. Huckman and James H. Herndon

Keywords: Economics; Health

2003
Working Paper

The Effect of Organizational Context on Individual Performance: Evidence from Cardiac Surgery

By: Robert S. Huckman and Gary P. Pisano

2002
Other Unpublished Work

The Effect of Organizational Context on Individual Performance: Evidence from Cardiac Surgery

By: Robert S. Huckman and Gary P. Pisano

Keywords: Organizations; Performance; Health Care and Treatment

November 2002 (Revised August 2003)
Case

MedSource Technologies

Considers the issues facing Richard Effress, MedSource's chairman and CEO, as the firm approaches the Precision Cut project--the first test of MedSource's capabilities as an integrated, contract manufacturer in the medical device industry. MedSource Technologies was... View Details

Keywords: Product Development; Production; Mergers and Acquisitions; Product Design; Supply Chain Management; Management Teams; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; United States

Educators

Purchase

2002
Working Paper

The Utilization of Competing Technologies within the Firm: Evidence from Cardiac Procedures

April 2000 (Revised July 2001)
Case

Oxford Health Plans (B): Crisis Strikes

By: Robert S. Huckman and Jody H. Gittell

Supplements the (A) case. A rewritten version of an earlier supplement. View Details

Keywords: Crisis Management; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; United States

Research Summary

Building a Corporate Culture of Health

This stream of Professor Huckman's work involves developing and implementing a survey of U.S. corporations regarding their commitments to developing a “culture of health” aimed at improving well-being for employees, consumers, communities, and the environment. This... View Details

Research Summary

Consumerism and the Distributed Delivery of Health Care

This stream of Professor Huckman's work examines the growing tendency for health care to be delivered in a more distributed manner. Examples of this phenomenon include health IT, teleradiology, medical travel, remote monitoring of chronic medical conditions, and retail... View Details

Research Summary

Innovation and Performance Improvement in Health Care

This stream of Professor Huckman's work examines how organizations delivering health care can structure and manage their activities to improve operational performance. It addresses issues including the impact of various forms of familiarity on performance, the impact... View Details

Teaching Interest

Managing Health Care Delivery - Executive Education

While delivering patient care has always been a primary goal of health care organizations, financial outcomes have long been the metric by which success is measured. Increasingly, however, health care leaders are being held accountable for... View Details

Teaching Interest

Technology and Operations Management - MBA Required Curriculum