Publications

September 2009
Case

The Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions, Inc.

By: Richard M.J. Bohmer, Stephen P. Bradley and Natalie Kindred

Through its uniquely proactive approach to medical malpractice risk management, the Risk Management Foundation (RMF) has decreased claims—and premiums—for the Harvard hospitals it insures. The RMF is the captive medico-legal insurer of the Harvard medical institutions... View Details

Keywords: Cost Management; Insurance; Health Care and Treatment; Risk Management; Performance Improvement; Safety; Health Industry; Health Industry; Boston

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

09 Jun 2024
Blog Post

The EC Formula: MBA Class of 2024 Looks Back

anything at HBS. I came in with a plan and an idea of who I wanted to be post-HBS, but giving myself the time and space to explore, ask questions, and try new things turns out to be the best thing I ever did! View Details

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

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

22 May 2019
Blog Post

What is FIELD Global Immersion?

low-income housing in India, develop new financial services for unbanked consumers in Morocco, and determine how to improve access to medical care for patients View Details

17 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Sustainability Career Advice from the Career & Professional Development Office

what you were doing before joining HBS and what inspired you to join the Career & Professional Development (CPD) team. Before coming to HBS, I lived in New York City where I worked in integrated View Details

27 Feb 2007
First Look

First Look: February 27, 2007

study of the market for federal judicial law clerks conducted in 1998-2000, we have broadly surveyed both federal appellate judges and law students about their experiences of the new View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Oct 2013
First Look

First Look: October 29

http://hbr.org/search/214005-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 114-009 Contempo Technologies, Inc. and Betty Sievers: A Clash of Interests in an Uncertain Time In an era of rapidly evolving systems of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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

13 Jun 2011
HBS Case

Mobile Banking for the Unbanked

to dig in and figure out what their real needs are and their pain points." The Problem With Wizzit WIZZIT entered the mobile banking market in 2004 because the mobile... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking; Communications; Telecommunications

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 View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Feb 2024
News

Combat-Tested Cancer Coaching

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. When Kathy Giusti (MBA 1985) was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 1996, she was overwhelmed. It was the pre-Internet era, with limited available information, but... View Details

January 2017
Case

Bayer AG: Bidding to Win Merck's OTC Business

By: Benjamin C. Esty, Marc Baaij and Arjen Mulder

Shortly after submitting their best and final offer to acquire Merck's Consumer Care Division (a collection of "over-the-counter" (OTC) products with sales totaling $2 billion), the Bayer M&A team was given a chance to revise their bid because another potential... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Bidding Strategy; Valuing Synergies; Negotiations; Corporate Strategy; Business Unit Strategy; Bidding Process; Discounted Cash Flow; Cross-border M＆A; Tax Shields; Valuation; Competitive Strategy; Auctions; Bids and Bidding; Germany; United States; United Kingdom

Article

A Megastudy of Text-Based Nudges Encouraging Patients to Get Vaccinated at an Upcoming Doctor's Appointment

By: Katherine L. Milkman, Mitesh S. Patel, Linnea Gandhi, Heather N. Graci, Dena M. Gromet, Hung Ho, Joseph S. Kay, Timothy W. Lee, Modupe Akinola, John Beshears, Jonathan E. Bogard, Alison Buttenheim, Christopher F. Chabris, Gretchen B. Chapman, James J. Choi, Hengchen Dai, Craig R. Fox, Amir Goren, Matthew D. Hilchey, Jillian Hmurovic, Leslie K. John, Dean Karlan, Melanie Kim, David Laibson, Cait Lamberton, Brigitte C. Madrian, Michelle N. Meyer, Maria Modanu, Jimin Nam, Todd Rogers, Renante Rondina, Silvia Saccardo, Maheen Shermohammed, Dilip Soman, Jehan Sparks, Caleb Warren, Megan Weber, Ron Berman, Chalanda N. Evans, Christopher K. Snider, Eli Tsukayama, Christophe Van den Bulte, Kevin G. Volpp and Angela L. Duckworth

Many Americans fail to get life-saving vaccines each year, and the availability of a vaccine for COVID-19 makes the challenge of encouraging vaccination more urgent than ever. We present a large field experiment (N = 47,306) testing 19 nudges delivered to patients via... View Details

Keywords: Vaccination; COVID-19; Nudge; Influenza; Field Experiment; Health; Communication Strategy; Behavior

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June 2023
Case

Verve Therapeutics: Taking DNA Editing to Heart

By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai

Verve Therapeutics, a public biotech company based in Boston, created a novel approach to addressing cardiovascular disease (CVD) - a leading cause of deaths globally. The company's approach was a single shot treatment to permanently lower cholesterol, thus reducing... View Details

Keywords: AI; Genetic Engineering; Medicine; Health Care and Treatment; Genetics; Innovation Strategy; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Medical Specialties; Innovation and Invention; Entrepreneurship; Biotechnology Industry