Health Care Regulation - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Apr 2022
Book

How to Avoid the 'Ethical Slide' That Leads Companies Astray

opportunity, motivation, and rationalization, and typically can be seen through measures of at least five types of misconduct: abuse, lying to employees, discrimination, health and safety violations, and stealing. Worldwide, 20 percent of... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

01 Oct 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Organizational Factors that Contribute to Operational Failures in Hospitals

Keywords: by Anita L. Tucker, W. Scott Heisler & Laura D. Janisse; Health

Profile

Yi-An Huang

internal consulting group. How is your current job related to your HBS experience? When I came to HBS, I had been working in global health and development issues. I had realized that healthcare is an exciting sector with powerful social... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

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Your Social Entrepreneurship checklist | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

mailing list Business and Environment Initiative The Digital, Data, and Design (D^3) Institute at Harvard Race, Gender & Equity Initiative Health Care Initiative Rock Center for Entrepreneurship | Join... View Details

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Social Progress Imperative - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC About Michael Porter About Michael Porter A Letter from Michael Porter Biography The Essential Porter Honors & Awards Affiliated Organizations & Institutions VBHCD Initiative Affiliated Organizations... Affiliated Organizations & Institutions ICHOM VBHCD... View Details

01 Oct 2021
News

From Scholarship to Life-Saving Impact

Nora Rabah (MS/MBA 2022), who emigrated to the United States as a child, remembers the hardship of growing up without health care and wants to make drugs for children with rare diseases more accessible and... View Details

30 Jul 2007
Research & Ideas

Repugnant Markets and How They Get That Way

cockroaches in California, because nobody wants to eat cockroaches. The law of supply and demand takes care of that. But the reason there's a law against eating horse meat in California is because some people would like to eat horse meat,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Prineeta Kulkarni

interfered with survival, but also with how patients integrated into their communities." After graduation, she took a position with a boutique consulting firm, L.E.K. Consulting, that concentrated on a portfolio of life science, pharma, and View Details

Keywords: Healthcare/Biotech; Nonprofit/Government/Education

August 1983 (Revised June 1986)
Case

Johnson & Johnson (A)

By: Francis Aguilar

Describes the Johnson & Johnson culture and the corporate systems, structures, and procedures which reflect and promote it. The principal teaching objectives are to gain an understanding of the impact a strong culture can have on strategic decisions and to consider how... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Culture; Management Systems; Organizational Structure; Business Growth and Maturation; Corporate Strategy; Growth Management; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry

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18 May 2022
News

Capping a Two-Year First at HBS: Inaugural Cohort of MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Program Showcase Their Work

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By: Matthew C. Weinzierl

My academic research centers on uncovering and closing gaps between the theory and reality of tax policy. My main contribution has been to identify and address a mismatch between the goals for taxation typically assumed in theory and the goals the public and... View Details

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Drug & Alcohol Policy | About

Harvard’s Employee Assistance Program (EAP). The Harvard University Police Department brochure Playing It Safe contains helpful information as well. Additionally, any member of the University may make use of the Health Services on an... View Details

04 Dec 2023
Blog Post

My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service

Care Units. I came to school passionate about access and equity in health care, and curious about systemic barriers to resources that allow communities to live healthy lives. As soon as I got to campus... View Details

28 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Investor Lawsuits Against Auditors Are Falling, and That's Bad News for Capital Markets

dismissals have increased, and settlements in recent years have declined,” conclude the authors of a new research paper. “Our study asks why.” The number of lawsuits specifically about Rule 10b-5, the antifraud regulation created under... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services; Accounting

December 2005 (Revised August 2006)
Case

Amgen Inc.'s Epogen--Commercializing the First Biotech Blockbuster Drug

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Dennis A. Yao

Amgen Inc.'s Epogen was the first biotech blockbuster drug. Epogen helped prevent anemia, a condition that leads to severe fatigue, increased risk of cardiovascular disease, and even death. At the time, the market for Epogen, which included dialysis patients and... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Strategic Planning; Competition; Patents; Innovation and Invention; Pharmaceutical Industry; Biotechnology Industry; United States

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01 Oct 2013
First Look

First Look: October 1

champions that the government hoped to create, SPH was also considering an acquisition in the U.S. or Europe. This case allows students to consider the broad trends sweeping China's pharmaceutical industry and health View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Jan 2024
Blog Post

Access Real-World Employment Data from HBS Alumni with the Career Trends Tool

their information. Here are some scenarios in which Career Trends could be helpful: “I currently live in the Midwest and have been offered a role in Boston at a health care startup. I’m wondering if there is... View Details

17 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

What's Behind the Unexpected Trump Support from Women

higher education His stand on workplace deregulation raises concerns about continued protection of women’s (and men’s) human and civil rights A reshaped Supreme Court could roll back protections to the rights of women, including the right to choose Changes to the... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Morgan Roberts and Robin Ely

Stephen P. Bradley

Professor Bradley is the William Ziegler Professor of Business Administration Emeritus at the Harvard Business School. In addition to teaching Management and Strategy in the Owner President Management Program and leading an... View Details

Keywords: health care; health care; health care; health care; health care; health care; health care

06 Oct 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters

firms do not have a succession plan. Maintaining best practices around physical and mental health is not a luxury or a frill, but an essential aspect of risk management. CEOs and top management need to prioritize taking View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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