Publications

Portrait Project

Gilbert Tang

changes to the world. Changes that inspire me to grow beyond my profession, to impact not only an individual's life, but millions worldwide. As a doctor, I am about to make this happen! This vision is daunting. Health View Details

06 May 2014
First Look

First Look: May 6

GlaxoSmithKline employees were accused of bribing Chinese health care workers to prescribe the company's drugs. The accusations brought to light the questionable incentive structures of the Chinese View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

February 2013
Supplement

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Video Supplement 2012

By: Anita Tucker and Amy Edmondson

Keywords: Process Improvement; Leadership Succession; Healthcare; Quality And Safety; Transparency; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Management Succession; Health Care and Treatment; Performance Improvement; Business Processes; Health Industry; Ohio

Web

Demo Day | New Venture Competition

their storefronts for AI shopping agents. Coord Health Christina Vosbikian (MBA 2025), Leora Sutton (MBA 2025) Coord Health provides critical at-home care for women's health.... View Details

Profile

Zayed Muhammed Yasin

from all walks of life, people passionate about solving problems," he says. Once he graduates and completes his residency, probably in ER, Zayed is interested in organizing a company that can address health View Details

September 2011
Supplement

Narayana Hrudayalaya Heart Hospital

By: Tarun Khanna and Tanya Bijlani

Narayana Hrudayalaya (NH) is one of the world's busiest heart hospitals, where surgeons perform 30-35 complex cardiac surgeries daily. With an average cost of $1,800 per surgery, the hospital treats patients at affordable prices, and does not turn away even the poorest... View Details

Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Experience and Expertise; Cost Management; Insurance; Health Care and Treatment; Resource Allocation; Time Management; Emerging Markets; Infrastructure; Cooperative Ownership; Quality; Social Enterprise; Health Industry; Karnataka

March 2015 (Revised September 2016)
Case

Terrapin Laboratory

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Joseph B. Fuller

Describes the formation and rapid growth of a drug testing company. The company needs to decide whether to enter the painkiller testing market, in addition to growing its drug treatment center business. The associated teaching materials provide students the opportunity... View Details

Keywords: Business Growth; Entrepreneurial Management; Entrepreneurship; Growth Strategy; Market Entry; Venture Capital; Growth Management; Expansion; Financing and Loans; Health Care and Treatment; Health Testing and Trials; Business Startups; Health Industry; Health Industry

08 Mar 2017
News

A Steady Voice in Difficult Times

Denise Welsh (MBA 1981) is a pediatric chaplain at Mount Sinai Medical Center, a second career after having spent many years in the finance field. In this video, she talks about her role in the intensive care unit and the impact of... View Details

July 2014
Case

BMVSS: Changing Lives through Innovation One Jaipur Limb at a Time (Abridged)

By: Srikant Datar, Saloni Chaturvedi and Caitlin Bowler

Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS) is an Indian not-for-profit organization engaged in assisting differently-abled persons by providing them with the legendary low-cost prosthesis, the Jaipur Foot, and other mobility-assisting devices, free of cost. Known... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Financial Condition; Health Care and Treatment; Diversity; Growth and Development Strategy; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Health Industry; Health Industry; India

22 Nov 2024
News

Healthcare Club Hosts its 25th Annual Conference; Alumni Step Out for Global Networking Night; Meet the Club Leader: Andrea Fantacone

Healthcare Alumni Conference Marks 25 Years The HBS Healthcare Alumni Association (HBSHAA) hosted its 25th Annual Conference at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge on November 7, and once again offered an exclusive agenda that was jam-packed with industry thought leaders... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

May 2021
Supplement

Paul Levy: Confronting a 'Corporate Campaign' (B)

By: James K. Sebenius and Isaac Silberberg

Paul Levy, CEO of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center hospital is faced with a formidable negotiation campaign to unionize staff at BIDMC. Armed only with his personal blog, does Paul stand a chance against the union's multi-million dollar organizing budget? View Details

Keywords: Healthcare; Healthcare Industry; Hospital Management; Unions; Negotiation Campaign; Blog; Health Care and Treatment; Labor; Labor Unions; Labor and Management Relations; Negotiation; Strategy; Social Media; Health Industry; Massachusetts; United States

Profile

Lucasz S. Babiarz

MBA can give me the skills I need to make changes." Leadership in administration At his first summer internship, Lukasz worked with Peter Slavin, MD, MBA, president of Massachusetts General Hospital. Shadowing Dr. Slavin was a lesson in the difficult balancing act... View Details

29 Mar 2016
First Look

March 29, 2016

healthcare—i.e., patient-centered outcomes achieved per healthcare dollar spent—can define quality and unify performance improvement goals with health outcomes of importance to patients across the entire cycle of care. We describe the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

2013
Case

Advanced Leadership Pathways: General Gale Pollock and Services for the Vision Impaired

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Juliane Calingo Schwetz and Patricia Bissett Higgins

In July 2012, retired United States Army Major General Gale Pollock created Elevivo, a venture that worked on developing a comprehensive disease management software system to support the growing number of visually impaired individuals by providing them with tailored... View Details

Keywords: Disease Management; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Education; Information Technology; Insurance; Entrepreneurship; Leadership; Health Industry; Health Industry; United States

September 2012 (Revised March 2014)
Case

Reinventing Brainlab (A)

By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Vincent Dessain and Karol Misztal

The management of Germany's Brainlab AG, a leading provider of software-driven oncology and surgery solutions, needs to evaluate strategic options for proceeding without an exclusive hardware partner in its most profitable business segment. View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Information Infrastructure; Applications and Software; Medical Specialties; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; Health Industry; Germany