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  • June 2010 (Revised December 2010)
  • Case

Hôpital de Pontoise

By: Richard M.J. Bohmer, Daniela Beyersdorfer and Simon Harrow
In 2010, Andre Razafindranaly, managing director of a large French public hospital, considers which organizational structure will help them adjust to the changing health sector environment. The move from global budget to activity-based funding has led his and many... View Details
Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Governance Controls; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Health Care and Treatment; Leading Change; Service Delivery; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Health Industry; France
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  • June 2009 (Revised October 2011)
  • Case

Mina O'Reilly at Logan Airport's TSA

By: Michel Anteby and Erin McFee
Mina O'Reilly, an officer at Logan Airport's Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in Boston, must discipline an employee responsible for a security breach that resulted in a 45-minute terminal closure during peak hours, a potential threat to traveler safety,... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Accountability; Employee Relationship Management; Organizational Culture; Air Transportation; Air Transportation Industry; Boston
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  • Profile

Stephanie Tilenius

slow for me.” In the first of a series of important career shifts, she moved into investment banking where she handled technology accounts at Alex Brown. “I got very excited – not by the banking part, but by the technology. I knew then... View Details
  • January 1983 (Revised September 1983)
  • Case

E.T. Phone Home, Inc.: Forecasting Business Demand

By: John F. Cady and Frank V. Cespedes
Describes a process for forecasting market demand for an emerging technology--cellular radio. The student must critically evaluate the demand model and the market estimates, and modify them as appropriate in order to develop a marketing plan and budget. View Details
Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Forecasting and Prediction; Marketing Strategy; Demand and Consumers; Business Processes; Technology
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  • 01 Jun 2009
  • News

Insights from the Post-Macho Workplace

race and gender relations decides to study workers on an oil rig, an isolated setting with low gender diversity? In our research on gender, my colleague from Stanford, Debra Meyer-son, and I have written about how organizations often... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining
  • Web

FAQs - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

organization founded by Michael Porter and based at Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts. For more information about the Institute, what we do and how we do it, please see About the Institute . Does the Institute provide... View Details
  • Article

Are Cost Advantages from a Modern Indian Hospital Transferable to the United States?

By: R. S. Kaplan, F. Erhun, V.G. Narayanan, B. Mistry and K. Brayton, et al
We use time-driven activity-based costing to estimate the cost of personnel and space for an elective coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery at two U.S. hospitals, Intermountain and Baylor Heart, and Narayana Health (NH), in India. All three hospitals use modern... View Details
Keywords: Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing; Health Care and Treatment; Cost; Organizational Structure; Performance Efficiency; India; United States
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  • December 2004
  • Article

Market Valuation and Merger Waves

By: Matthew Rhodes-Kropf and S. Viswanathan
Does valuation affect mergers? Data suggest that periods of stock merger activity are correlated with high market valuations. The naïve explanation that overvalued bidders wish to use stock is incomplete because targets should not be eager to accept stock. However, we... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Valuation; Market Transactions; Value; Cash; Stocks; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Bids and Bidding; Market Design; Stock Shares; Accounting Audits; Performance Evaluation
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  • 15 Dec 2024
  • News

Back at the Ranch

to do this work, so whether we’re building fences or moving pallets of minerals or taking care of cattle, we try to give them a ton of free manpower. In return, we get a lot of knowledge and experience that’s super valuable,” Minden says.... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photos by Adler and Vance Jacobs; Animal Production and Aquaculture; Agriculture
  • 03 May 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Business History around the World

strategies and organized their businesses. The contributors to this new book bring out this rich diversity on a much broader canvass. Q: What have you learned about the success and impact of businesses around the world? A: This book shows... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • 01 Apr 2002
  • News

Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City

customers when they are grouped together under the umbrella of community organizations such as churches. "One customer with a $500 savings account is not very interesting to a financial-services firm,"... View Details
Keywords: Paul Grogan; Peter Tufano; David Crockett; Diana Barrett; Real Estate
  • Web

1.11 Leaves of Absence | MBA

ordinarily will consult with Harvard University Health Services (which may consider information from the student’s current and/or former health care providers, if made available by the student). Students who have not completed Term 1 are... View Details
  • 11 Mar 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Evolving for Success [Part Two]

businesses. Every time you try to do something new, you need to dedicate a group to just do that new venture, understand it, be accountable for it. Then there are forces of resistance. Some come from the way companies and View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • Web

Visionary, Innovator, Educator - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

businessmen and other leaders. " Robert McCabe (HBS MBA '58), Foreword to The First Venture Capitalist: Georges Doriot on Leadership, Capital, & Business Organization , 2004 66 66 McCabe, "Foreword" in Gupta, ed., First Venture Capitalist... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2018
  • News

Turning Point: Crossover

core beliefs, for example, is that on our team, we care about each other. When things don’t go well, you can reflect on those values and find the answers that will help get you through some tough moments—whether they happen on the... View Details
  • 05 Sep 2012
  • First Look

First Look: September 5

cases, films are produced independently and distributed by studios under revenue sharing agreements, which give studios 30% to 40% of the revenue stream. Under either regime, the studio determines and pays for the allocation of scarce marketing resources. After View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2011
  • News

Making the Case for Leadership

Groysberg. “At Williamsport, Toby worked to understand the organization and get the employees involved, so when it was time for buy-in and action, they were ready to go. She’s a high-potential leader.” And an open-minded one as well: “I... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 16 Sep 2019
  • News

Smarter Farming

stewardship or care for their natural environment. So having renamed PAMU as an organization [from Landcorp Farming], we're very focused on embedding Kaitiakitanga and the value of View Details
Keywords: meat; dairy; cattle; Agriculture
  • 03 May 2004
  • What Do You Think?

How Much Is Enough?

asks, "When organizations follow maximum profit/wealth, why not individuals?" Mark Porter posed the question in a different way, saying, "It seems that we have somewhat of a paradox if we are able to determine a threshold... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 01 Jun 2015
  • News

Ink

ecosystems—not just products. Create a network that brings together powerful partners engaged in complementary product and service innovation. Exploit leverage and power. If you have it, use your large size to advantage, but also be smarter and more agile than your... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Apple; Microsoft; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services