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- 28 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Unilever: Transformation and Tradition
Unilever's market positions in detergents. The attempts to find more profitable growth opportunities through innovation, in products as diverse as fresh dairy and feminine... View Details
- August 2013
- Teaching Note
Nutricia Middle East: Measuring Sales Force Effectiveness
By: F. Asis Martinez-Jerez
Nutricia's Middle East and African region is transitioning from a trading to a customer focus. CEO Ernest Vandenbussche must decide how to market infant milk formula most effectively in a region where the information environment is much less rich than in other... View Details
- March 2017
- Case
Cantel Medical
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
Cantel Medical Corporation provided infection prevention and control products and services for patients, caregivers, and other healthcare providers. In 2016, Cantel generated sales of $665 million and net profits of $60 million, double the levels of five years earlier.... View Details
Keywords: Cantel; Charles Diker; Furniture Industry; Matrix Organization; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Business Units; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Chemicals; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Multinational Firms and Management; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Business History; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Structure; Problems and Challenges; Research and Development; Opportunities; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Information Technology; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; United States; New Jersey
Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "Cantel Medical." Harvard Business School Case 717-482, March 2017.
- 08 Mar 2021
- In Practice
COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?
A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Profile
Mark Giragosian
care firm focused on artificial intelligence-powered diagnostic products. He is also working with a mentor on continuing his career in health View Details
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Frameworks - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
HBS ISC Resources Resources Video Courses Data Events & Presentations Frameworks News Publications Frameworks Frameworks Michael Porter has developed a series of frameworks to support the expanse of his research areas. Value-Based Health... View Details
- Program
Compensation Committees
governmental rules, and navigate public sentiment Ensure that the compensation structure promotes the desired corporate culture Address external factors influencing compensation strategies Compete effectively for top talent in today's... View Details
- 04 Jun 2020
- Book
It’s Not About You: Why Leaders Need to Look Outward
judgment and competence (logic), and when they believe that you care about them (empathy). When trust is lost, it can almost always be traced back to a breakdown in one of these three drivers. You can find... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
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Organizational Behavior - Faculty & Research
Rihanna’s ventures and examines the challenges and opportunities in aligning strategy with purpose, particularly in the context of identity-based barriers in cultural markets.... View Details
- December 2018
- Article
Reserve Design: Unintended Consequences and the Demise of Boston's Walk Zones
By: Umut Dur, Scott Duke Kominers, Parag A. Pathak and Tayfun Sönmez
Admissions policies often use reserves to grant certain applicants higher priority for some (but not all) available seats. Boston’s school choice system, for example, reserved half of each school’s seats for local neighborhood applicants while leaving the other half... View Details
Keywords: Neighborhoods; Equal Access; School Choice; Affirmative Action; Desegregation; Marketplace Matching; Fairness; Local Range; Education; Policy
Dur, Umut, Scott Duke Kominers, Parag A. Pathak, and Tayfun Sönmez. "Reserve Design: Unintended Consequences and the Demise of Boston's Walk Zones." Journal of Political Economy 126, no. 6 (December 2018): 2457–2479.
- November 2017
- Case
The 'Wonder Drug' That Killed Babies
By: Joshua Lev Krieger, Tom Nicholas and Matthew Preble
In the early 1960s, a popular drug taken by patients worldwide for a range of maladies was found to cause severe birth defects and other health problems in babies born to mothers who had taken it during a certain stage of fetal development. As many as 10,000 children... View Details
Keywords: Regulation; Business and Government Relations; Business and Community Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Product Marketing; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business History; Health; Government Legislation; Corporate Accountability; Ethics; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Pharmaceutical Industry; Public Administration Industry; United States; United Kingdom; Australia; Germany; Europe
Krieger, Joshua Lev, Tom Nicholas, and Matthew Preble. "The 'Wonder Drug' That Killed Babies." Harvard Business School Case 818-044, November 2017.
- 28 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Profit Power of Corporate Culture
includes: the careful selection of employees who are believers in these values and in establishing "how we do things around here"; the development of realistic... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Publications - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
“inpatient-only list” in January 2022. An additional 1,500 surgeries will be eliminated in the following year. The change... 01 Feb 2021 Health View Details
- 05 Oct 2020
- Book
Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time
money-driven society to a time-smart one—would be higher productivity and lower health care spending. Shifting the rhetoric could be contagious in a way that social scientists... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Making Your Threat Credible
for it to back away from the public commitment he made. If the company now fails to respond with a competitive bid, it is likely to take a greater hit in the stock market than if he had simply kept quiet and... View Details
Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra
- 17 Feb 2022
- Book
When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed
should support their teammates in their personal development, no matter who they are or what their background. The Boston-based women’s technology company Ovia Health is the leading digital View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- 20 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 20, 2015
People Who Care About Others Cooperate More? Experimental Evidence from Relative Incentive Pay By: Hernandez, Pablo, Dylan B. Minor, and Dana Sisak Abstract—We experimentally study ways in which the social... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness
and managers alike face unprecedented obstacles every day. In March and early April, as COVID-19 spread worldwide, a study by Mind Share Partners in partnership with Qualtrics and SAP found that 42 percent... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Susan Seligson
- 12 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 12
spiritual-health, and 3) accurately measure the investments in and return on the program. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/johnson-johnson-the-pursuit-of-wellness/an/514112-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 514-119 Access... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Aligning Reimbursement with Value - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
and interventions performed over a full care cycle for an acute medical condition. Such bundled payments create benefits for all the principal players. Bundled payment in View Details