Health and Personal Care Stores - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Dec 2011
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Clocky, the Runaway Alarm Clock

designing, positioning, marketing, and selling the animated snooze-button thwarter, as well as the challenge of expanding the company's product line. The cases deal with universal entrepreneurial consumer product questions: Should the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products

07 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

The Business of Biotech

hired—and receive health insurance? Some would counter that such personal information is, in a sense, already available, pointing to the fact that many companies require physicals for their employees as part... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health; Health; Health

13 Nov 2013
Research & Ideas

Should Men’s Products Fear a Woman’s Touch?

to drive to the grocery store to pick up the kids and go on errands, rather than pushing it to its limits on the open road. They were not interested in the racing heritage of Porsche. The commentators would... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage; Auto

18 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

How New Managers Become Great Managers

she set store standards, instituted training programs, and rejuvenated performance. Due to her success in operations over the next two years, this manager received two more challenging assignments. First,... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill

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

18 Sep 2017
Research & Ideas

'Likes' Lead to Nothing—and Other Hard-Learned Lessons of Social Media Marketing

into the social space for fear of how customers will react, but Gupta questions whether that’s a sign these companies really have a more general image problem that needs to be addressed. “A health care... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Advertising; Technology

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

06 Aug 2013
First Look

First Look: August 6

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/download.aspx?name=norton%20apfelbaum%202013.pdf August 2013 Journal of Personality and Social Psychology The Cheater's High: The Unexpected Affective Benefits of Unethical... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

11 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

Germany May Have the Answer for Reducing Drug Prices

market—they must demonstrate to an independent panel from the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) that a new product works better than existing options... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health

30 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition

employee with young kids at home, or someone taking care of elder relatives, or a worker needing to focus on their own physical and mental health as a result of the situation... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

15 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

What You Don’t Know About Making Decisions

But take care not to double count. Go-no-go choices involve only one option and don't qualify as two alternatives. Assumption Testing. "Facts" come in two varieties: those that have been carefully... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto

21 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

Are You Sabotaging Your Own Company?

permit short-cuts to be taken in order to expedite decisions.” “Make ‘speeches.’ Talk as frequently as possible and at great length. Illustrate your ‘points’ by long anecdotes and accounts of View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

22 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Failure Analysis

that health care organizations typically fail to analyze or make changes even when people are well aware of failures. Whether medical errors or simply problems in the work process, few hospital organizations... View Details

Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon

17 Dec 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

‘Ted Levitt Changed My Life’

executive might as well pack his attaché case and go fishing. If an organization does not know or care where it is going, it does not need to advertise that fact with a ceremonial figurehead. Everybody will... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education; Retail

06 Aug 2014
Research & Ideas

Climbing Down from the Ivory Tower

could have been prevented if parents and local health care workers had been involved in designing a solution. Indeed, oral rehydration therapy was successful in countries like... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health; Health

24 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

These Coronavirus Heroes Show Us How Crisis Leadership Works

their companies. If ever there was a time for leaders to be authentic, this is it. They need to be humble, open, and realistic about the health care View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Health

27 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

How Remote Work Changes What We Think About Onboarding

relationships with the right people. This crisis presents an opportunity for the CEO to communicate to all employees, including new hires, that the company cares about them and is prioritizing their View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg

13 Jun 2011
HBS Case

Mobile Banking for the Unbanked

In many developing countries it's common for a person to have a mobile phone but not a bank account. In fact, more than 1 billion people fit this description, and the number is only likely to increase. To... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking; Communications; Telecommunications

26 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers

processes as disparate as smelting, extrusion, die design, and finance. We also started creating pilot sites in the health care industry. We started our work with a... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

23 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Forgiving Medical Debt Won't Make Everyone Happier

assistance early boosts the chances patients will actually receive the care they need to detect and treat conditions, such as diabetes. Past research also shows large increases in View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health

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