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28 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 28

they cannot spend on marketing the way their competitors do. The case invites students to explore an unusual business model in both concept and execution. Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/609106-PDF-ENG Pfizer:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

September 2021
Article

Kidney Exchange: An Operations Perspective

By: Itai Ashlagi and Alvin E. Roth

Many patients in need of a kidney transplant have a willing but incompatible (or poorly matched) living donor. Kidney exchange programs arrange exchanges among such patient-donor pairs, in cycles and chains of exchange, so each patient receives a compatible kidney.... View Details

Keywords: Kidney Exchange Programs; Matching; Health Disorders; Health Care and Treatment; Programs; Design

23 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 23

714-510 Health City Cayman Islands Narayana Health (NH) had been successfully delivering affordable high quality tertiary care to the masses in India through its chain of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

2012
Working Paper

Learning from Customers: Individual and Organizational Effects in Outsourced Radiological Services

By: Jonathan R. Clark, Robert S. Huckman and Bradley R. Staats

The ongoing fragmentation of work has resulted in a narrowing of tasks into smaller pieces that can be sent outside the organization and, in many instances, around the world. This trend is shifting the boundaries of organizations and leading to increased outsourcing.... View Details

Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Learning; Health Care and Treatment; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Knowledge Acquisition; Volume; Performance Productivity; Health Industry

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02 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

Digital Initiative Summit: The Business of Crowdsourcing

Boston predict which places might be violating public health regulations. And it is working with an education nonprofit in Watertown, Mass., Education Resource Strategies, to study how school districts spend... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

March 2010 (Revised April 2010)
Case

Deworming Kenya: Translating Research into Action (A)

By: Nava Ashraf, Neil Buddy Shah and Rachel Gordon

Karen Levy and her colleague, Margaret Ndanyi, have spent the last six months planning and preparing for a national Kenyan program to target school children most at risk for parasitic worm infection. One week after its launch, the program seemed to be going well but... View Details

Keywords: Planning; Risk and Uncertainty; Mission and Purpose; Performance Efficiency; Programs; Problems and Challenges; Research; Policy; Health Care and Treatment; Management Practices and Processes; Kenya

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14 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 14

individuals bring well-articulated preexisting preferences to such decisions. Understanding beliefs and attitudes motivating these preferences can assist physicians in helping parents make informed decisions consistent with their values. Consumer-Driven View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

Summer 2023
Article

Do Policies to Increase Access to Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Work?

By: Eric Barrette, Leemore S. Dafny and Karen Shen

Even among commercially insured individuals, opioid use disorder is undertreated in the United States: nearly half receive no treatment within six months of a new diagnosis. Using a difference-in-differences specification exploiting the extension of insurance parity... View Details

Keywords: Opioid Treatment; Medication-assisted Treatment; Substance Use Disorder; Private Insurance; Insurance; Health Care and Treatment

22 Mar 2016
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March 22, 2016

Ranjay, and Alicia DeSantola Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50787 forthcoming JAMA Oncology Effects of Narrow Networks on Access to High-Quality Cancer Care By: Schleicher,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Feb 2018
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New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018

Case 118-051 Partners In Health: Costing Primary Care in Haiti Partners in Health, a global NGO focused on delivering health care to residents of rural underserved communities,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 9, 2018

how should they go to market? Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/619014-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School 419-011 Hironobu Tsujiguchi and His Sweet Revolution Hironobu Tsujiguchi, a Japanese chocolatier, had chosen an unusual path to success as a pastry... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

26 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

What Can the World’s Largest Refugee Camp Teach Us About the Meaning of Work?

day.” Testing the unique benefits of work By all accounts, overcrowding, extreme poverty, and the experience of forced displacement inside the camps has taken a profound toll. Doctors Without Borders has provided almost 1.4 million outpatient medical consultations and... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

July 2000 (Revised November 2001)
Case

Catalyst Medical Solutions

By: Amy C. Edmondson, Richard M.J. Bohmer and Naomi Atkins

Faced with a drop in the NASDAQ, four eHealth entrepreneurs must decide between two distribution strategies for their new company's technology. The team, comprised of three full-time resident physicians and an MBA, has developed software to enable electronic... View Details

Keywords: Product Development; Health Care and Treatment; Distribution; Strategy; Venture Capital; Applications and Software; Partners and Partnerships; Borrowing and Debt; Information Technology Industry; Service Industry

28 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Helping Yelp Create More Accurate Reviews

Revenue: The Case of Yelp.com, which explored how restaurant reviews on Yelp affect their bottom lines.) Reviewing The Reviewers After spending some time on Yelp, Luca questioned whether the site's star-based rating system (five stars for... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Food & Beverage

29 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 29, 2008

situation facing Gary Gottlieb, president of Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), prior to the opening of BWH's integrated cardiovascular center. This case allows students to develop an appreciation of the strategic, financial, organizational, clinical, and physical... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

September 2002
Case

Align Technology, Inc.: Matching Manufacturing Capacity to Sales Demand

By: H. Kent Bowen and Jonathan P Groberg

Align Technology is a four-year-old medical products company that has invented a new product requiring new manufacturing processes. Demand for the new product has grown more slowly than initial forecasts predicted, and the cost structure is preventing the company from... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Problems and Challenges; Product; Forecasting and Prediction; Marketing Strategy; Sales; Demand and Consumers; Production; Health Industry

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11 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 11, 2008

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808104 Partners in Health: The PACT Project Harvard Business School Case 608-065 Partners in Health (PIH) is a Boston-based, not-for-profit that provides View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

September 2009 (Revised August 2012)
Case

Novasys Medical

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Lauren Barley

Novasys has developed a new medical device and procedure for the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence that is cheaper and can be performed in doctors' offices. In spite of FDA approval, the American Medical Association has been unwilling to approve the... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Product Development; Business and Government Relations; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; United States

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