Markets In Health Care - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Aug 2019
Blog Post

Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism - Discovering the Business of Storytelling

watched the Mahabharata on rented videotapes. I watched Bollywood movies religiously. I wrote in my HBS essay: “According to The New York Times, Bollywood is viewed as an industry that can successfully View Details

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Entrepreneurship Course Online | HBS Online

idea and assess the market Explore the risks and rewards of entrepreneurship Leverage experiments to validate concepts and refine your business strategy Discover the key financial decisions entrepreneurs must make View Details

22 Aug 2012
Working Paper Summaries

A Randomized Field Study of a Leadership WalkRounds™-Based Intervention

agreed to implement an 18-month long WalkRounds -based program to improve safety. We compared their results to 138 work areas in 48 randomly selected control hospitals. Participants: We conducted the program View Details

Keywords: by Anita L. Tucker & Sara J. Singer; Health

25 Aug 2022
News

Up on the Corner

housing in the next few years, and Dlodlo is currently looking to assume control of a large portfolio of vacant properties presented to her by community leaders, in which she intends to house frontline View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Melissa Golden; Real Estate

02 Jul 2019
Blog Post

Fast-track to Better Outcomes: Yoonjin Min and RapidSOS

number of projects for hospital systems and pharmacies, then, inspired by the opportunity to explore health in a larger context, joined Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. An international organization affiliated... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Health Care

September 2016 (Revised October 2018)
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Springfield Hospital

By: Susanna Gallani and Robert Kaplan

One of the key roles of costing systems is to support the evaluation of performance and facilitate appropriate resource allocations. Through participation in a comparative cost study, management at Springfield Hospital, known for its heavy focus on operational... View Details

Keywords: Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing; Variance Analysis; Activity Based Costing and Management; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry

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06 Jun 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017

perspectives of marketing strategies, store operations, and relationships between customers and store clerks. However, the significance of the development of cellophane as a new packaging material, and the role of packaging manufacturers... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Jessica Mbaeliachi

East and Turkey, based in the UAE. In this role she was responsible for launching innovative care delivery methods, and building long-term partnerships with an ecosystem of... View Details

Keywords: Emerging Markets; Emerging Markets

30 Mar 2021
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Kidney Exchange: An Operations Perspective

Keywords: by Itai Ashlagi and Alvin E. Roth; Health; Health

Career Coach

Doug Lester

expertise in helping the people he coaches craft a work-life narrative that is relevant and compelling to networks, future colleagues and key decision-makers. He coaches students and alumni with a wide variety of interests, with an... View Details

Keywords: Emerging Markets; Emerging Markets; Emerging Markets; Emerging Markets; Emerging Markets; Emerging Markets; Emerging Markets; Emerging Markets; Emerging Markets; Emerging Markets; Emerging Markets; Emerging Markets; Emerging Markets; Emerging Markets; Emerging Markets

15 Dec 2024
News

After Ozempic

Back before Ozempic, when Kate Mulroney (MBA 1984) spoke at technical conferences about her work at Novo Nordisk, people often assumed she was talking about Novartis. “I’d have to explain that’s a Swiss company; we’re Danish,” says Mulroney, now head of advanced... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Illustrations by Pete Ryan; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Oct 2021
News

Fostering Diversity

believe is crucial to society. “You need to invest in the pipeline in order for things to change,” says Victoria, an independent consultant focused on health View Details

17 Jan 2019
Blog Post

MBA Curriculum Spotlight: Short Intensive Programs (SIPs)

will evaluate innovative strategies to create new marketplaces and opportunities, we will examine the key challenges in competing with large incumbent firms, and how incumbents can defend their market... View Details

03 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2010

doctoral student Julia Adler-Milstein, Harvard School of Public Health professor Sara Singer, and HBS professor Michael W. Toffel examine this question in a hospital setting. Conceptual Foundations of the... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

30 May 2023
News

Finding PRIDE

Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; Illustrations by Anthony Gerace In the late 1970s, a dozen or so gay men found one another at HBS and decided to band together, calling themselves the Alternative Executive Lifestyles group. They posted notices around campus, discreetly... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Why Hospitals Don't Learn from Failures: Organizational and Psychological Dynamics That Inhibit System Change

By: A. Tucker and A. Edmondson

The importance of hospitals learning from their failures hardly needs to be stated. Not only are matters of life and death at stake on a daily basis, but also an increasing number of U.S. hospitals are operating in the red. This article reports on in-depth qualitative... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry

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10 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink

near 20 percent online market share. Apparel, greeting cards, party supplies, and office products have reached double-digit penetration as well while sporting goods and cosmetics will likely reach double-digit share View Details

Keywords: by Rajiv Lal & Jose B. Alvarez; Retail

12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

as spirited as it has been during COVID-19, offers significant potential now to help curb the carbon trajectory and accelerate a more sustainable future. Even with the disruptions from COVID, we’re seeing capital flows of over $500 billion View Details

14 Jul 2021
Blog Post

From Colombia to the District of Columbia: Making an Impact with Paulina Llano (MBA 2022)

Paulina Llano (MBA 2022) has traveled the world for education and business, but Cali, Colombia will always be home. In fact, it has been her family’s home for the past 300 years, so the city, and the country as a whole, are deeply... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

01 Dec 2022
News

Full Court Press

didn’t exist before.” Growing basketball on the continent entails addressing the logistics and marketing challenges inherent in trying to scale any operation across 54 countries. It also poses a deep... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

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