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  • 09 May 2018
  • News

Experts puzzle over Partners-Harvard Pilgrim merger talks

  • 31 Mar 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Can a ‘Basic Bundle’ of Health Insurance Cure Coverage Gaps and Spur Innovation?

continuing to address health insurance problems piecemeal will only create further fractures. The US needs to work on fostering “universal access to innovative care in an affordable system,” they say. You... View Details
Keywords: by Kasandra Brabaw; Insurance; Health
  • February 2001
  • Case

BarnesandNoble.com (C)

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Dickson Louie and William A. Sahlman
At the end of 1999, Steve Riggio, the vice chairman and acting CEO of barnesandnoble.com, wonders what his company should do next against Amazon.com, the online retailer who is the leading online book seller in the United States. While barnesandnoble.com has been... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Internet and the Web; Diversification; Brands and Branding; Retail Industry
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  • 06 Jan 2011
  • What Do You Think?

How Should Management Deal With “Anonymous”?

said, "maybe the only thing that can help is common sense and learning to keep our mouths, and e-mails, shut." The most prevalent attitude about dealing with a leaky Internet was to assume the worst and act accordingly. In Mike... View Details
Keywords: by James L. Heskett
  • 15 Aug 2011
  • Research & Ideas

A New Model for Business: The Museum

Groupon's success is borne of the careful way the company presents wares to its customers: providing a very limited amount of choices at a time, along with a brief, engaging description of each offering. To that end, Weaver is exploring... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 21 Jul 2020
  • News

Where do COVID-19 vaccine players stand on pricing? So far, it's no profit, slight profit or undecided

    Patent Trolls: Evidence and Proposed Solutions

     

    The Growing Problem of Patent Trolling • SCIENCE • VIDEO

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    • 02 Aug 2004
    • What Do You Think?

    For Greater Transparency, Is Section 404 an Effective Response?

    broken. It is really about people and ethics." B. V. Krishnamurthy concurred, saying "... the Act ... is unlikely to result in any radical transformation of the system. Such a transformation has to be an internal process with... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • 06 Sep 2019
    • Blog Post

    The Business of Medicine: MD/MBA Students Having an Impact

    change both small and large: improving how operating rooms function, and “instituting changes from an administrative perspective” that would address socioeconomic inequalities. All with the goal of changing how health care is delivered. A... View Details
    • 08 Jul 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    The Critical Computer Science Principles Every Strategic Leader Needs to Know

    caught up in bits and bytes and microprocessor architectures is to embrace the concept of abstraction. Abstraction means substituting a simplified model for the full and technically complex reality. It acts as a filter, enabling “MBAs... View Details
    Keywords: by Ben Rand; Technology; Information Technology
    • 16 Jul 2008
    • Op-Ed

    What Should Employers Do about Health Care?

    have a strategic role to play in improving value in the health care system. Rather than disenfranchising employers, policymakers would be well advised to harness this role. Employers, for their part, need to recognize their fundamental... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael E. Porter, Elizabeth O. Teisberg & Scott Wallace; Health
    • August 2008 (Revised May 2009)
    • Background Note

    Note on Generic Drugs in the European Union

    By: Robert C. Pozen and Elizabeth M. Leonard
    Rules governing the introduction of generic drugs in U.S. and EU have some similarities but significant differences because of the Hatch-Waxman Act in the U.S. View Details
    Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government Legislation; Health Care and Treatment; Trademarks; Brands and Branding; Pharmaceutical Industry; European Union; United States
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    • July 2014 (Revised May 2015)
    • Case

    Making Room for the Baby Boom: Senior Living

    By: Charles F. Wu, Joseph Beyer and Arthur I. Segel
    Tom Alperin's National Development has purchased a building site in affluent Wellesley, MA, and is in the process of deciding whether to build apartments, a combination of independent living and assisted living units for seniors, or perhaps even higher acuity... View Details
    Keywords: Senior Living; Assisted Living; Independent Living; Property; Finance; Real Estate Industry; Boston; Massachusetts; United States
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    • October 2019 (Revised February 2020)
    • Case

    Brightview Senior Living

    By: Lynda M. Applegate and James Weber
    Marilynn Duker, CEO, was exploring how to grow the company while maintaining the culture that made it a leader in the field of senior housing. Brightview constructed and operated senior living apartment communities that offered independent living, assisted living, and... View Details
    Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Culture; Employee Relationship Management; Real Estate Industry; United States
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    • May 4, 2023
    • Article

    Falling Insulin Prices—What Just Happened?

    By: Leemore S. Dafny
    Recently, more than 100 years after insulin was developed, manufacturers announced price reductions for insulin products. Pressure to reduce prices had long been building, so why would they act now? View Details
    Keywords: Price; Health Care and Treatment; Public Opinion; Demand and Consumers; Pharmaceutical Industry
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    • 29 Jul 2021
    • News

    Medical debt was cut nearly in half in states that expanded Medicaid

    • December 2010 (Revised June 2018)
    • Case

    The Pecora Hearings

    By: David Moss, Cole Bolton and Eugene Kintgen
    In 1932, in the depths of the Great Depression, the Senate Banking Committee began a much-publicized investigation of the nation's financial sector. The hearings, which came to be known as the Pecora hearings after the Banking Committee's lead counsel Ferdinand Pecora,... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Crisis; Fairness; Borrowing and Debt; Financial Institutions; Debt Securities; Stocks; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government Legislation; History; Financial Services Industry; United States
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    • April 2013
    • Article

    Rx: Human Nature: How Behavioral Economics Is Promoting Better Health Around the World

    By: Nava Ashraf
    Why doesn't a woman who continues to have unwanted pregnancies avail herself of the free contraception at a nearby clinic? What keeps people from using free chlorine tablets to purify their drinking water? Behavioral economics has shown us that we don't always act in... View Details
    Keywords: Behavior; Economics; Motivation and Incentives; Zambia
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    • 29 Oct 2021
    • Blog Post

    Helping Women in Mexico to Live Fulfilled and Healthy Lives

    on women’s health in Mexico? In Mexico, 50% of health care spending is out of pocket, and the government system is underfunded and at overcapacity. Only 8% of the population can afford insurance. There are... View Details
    • 03 Nov 2003
    • What Do You Think?

    Can Investors Have Too Much Accounting Transparency?

    insiders of the insider's equity..." Several respondents suggested the need for a careful approach to the issue of greater transparency. E. Smith asked, "Do investors care about immaterial... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett