Health Care Industry - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 5, 2008

analyses of data covering 69 two-digit SIC industries at two points in time, 1991 and 1999. Across industries, we find that the likelihood of internalization of advertising services decreases as the size of advertising outlays increase... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

July 1981 (Revised December 1984)
Case

American Distilling Co. (B)

By: William E. Fruhan Jr.

Keywords: Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry

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23 Jul 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Innovation Is Magic. Really

innovation when they assemble diverse teams of designers, engineers, and other specialists working together to solve a problem. Find a way to hide the solution. The magician's audience doesn't necessarily care how difficult a trick is or... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products

26 Mar 2012
Research & Ideas

What Neuroscience Tells Us About Consumer Desire

brain data to play a key role in future research on consumer choice. (In a recent HBS industry background note on neuromarketing, she discusses the techniques that have helped researchers decode secrets such as why people love... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products

20 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 20, 2007

caught his attention. First, he noticed that an industry suit to block the government's proposed system to rate tires on tread wear, traction, and temperature resistance had been rebuffed by a U.S. appeals court. Although the court found... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Feb 2021
Research & Ideas

Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids

and Australia; and industries include automotive, hospitality, real estate, manufacturing, and finance. Their biggest concerns fell into five categories: Cash flow and liquidity. “Payments [were] not coming in, but we had to make our... View Details

Keywords: by Gamze D. Yucaoglu, Robin Abrahams, and Boris Groysberg

14 Aug 2007
First Look

First Look: August 14, 2007

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-005.pdf Can Higher Prices Stimulate Product Use? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Zambia Authors:Nava Ashraf, James Berry, and Jesse M. Shapiro Abstract The controversy over whether and how much to charge for View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

March 1994 (Revised January 1995)
Case

Cardinal Health, Inc.

By: Jay W. Lorsch

Robert D. Walter, chairman and CEO of Cardinal Health, Inc., responds to questions regarding Cardinal's board and its influence on the acquisition of and merger with Whitmire Distribution. View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Governing and Advisory Boards; Power and Influence; Management Teams; Distribution Industry; Distribution Industry; Distribution Industry

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29 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 29, 2007

companies, hoping to empower black workers. In 1999, it had purchased a 5% stake in LeisureNet, a white-owned and -run South African company that operated health clubs globally and was seeking a BEE partner. Surve hoped to eventually... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 7

overachievement bonuses) to keep high performers, low performers, and average performers engaged throughout the year. Managers should be careful in setting and adjusting quotas. For instance, studies show that ratcheting (raising a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 5, 2009

not the end goal. In fact, cost cutting and restructuring are simply the first steps in repositioning and leading a company and industry through the crisis and in defining how business will be conducted in the future. This paper describes... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Teaching Interest

General Management: Processes and Action

General Management: Processes and Action (GMPA) focuses on implementation and the way that general managers get things done. Typically, they work through processes—sequences of tasks and activities that unfold over time, like strategic planning,... View Details

07 Jun 2019
Book

Are You a Digital Manager?

to thrive today, managers need to make sure team members can have an impact on an organization whose purpose they deeply care about. Lagace: You’ve spoken recently about the importance of building ecosystems. What do you mean? Hill: For... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

July 2014 (Revised February 2015)
Teaching Note

Johnson & Johnson: The Promotion of Wellness

By: John A. Quelch

The chief medical officer of Johnson & Johnson (J & J) is reflecting on forty years of sustained efforts by the company to improve employee wellness. The case reviews J & J's multiple wellness initiatives and efforts to measure their effectiveness. It also invites... View Details

Keywords: Empoylee Wellness Programs; Human Resource Management; Corporate Management Strategy; Employee Engagement; Human Resources; Management; Organizations; Performance; Personal Development and Career; Programs; Strategy; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; North and Central America; Europe; Asia

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07 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 7

fairness within the industry. Coordinating conflicting programs requires a careful balance between equity and efficiency. In our work, we first develop a fairness metric to measure deviation from first-scheduled, first-served in the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Jun 2017
First Look

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

modern industrial corporation encompasses a myriad of different software applications, which must work in concert to deliver functionality to end users. However, the increasingly complex and dynamic nature of competition in today’s... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Jun 2015
First Look

First Look: June 30, 2015

underlying the ratings. Our tests examine whether these forms of disclosure reflect firms' real efforts to combat corruption or are cheap talk. We find that the ratings are related to enforcement and monitoring, country and industry... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

29 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 29

Authors:Rotemberg, Julio J. Publication:Marketing Science Abstract A setting is considered where consumers keep track of the extent to which brands care about them, which is modeled as altruism of brands towards their target consumers.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Jun 2006
Research & Ideas

The Promise of Channel Stewardship

encouraged to stay in the system. Far from it. Stewardship involves careful construction and management of channel relationships so that the valuable members are suitably rewarded and the less valuable members are weeded out. When a... View Details

Keywords: by V. Kasturi Rangan & Marie Bell; Consumer Products

13 Jan 2009
First Look

First Look: January 13, 2009

expand internationally with a regional focus on East Asia or, alternatively, a focus on the U.S. and other Western markets. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=708479 HNA Group: Moving China's Air... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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American Distilling Co. (B)

Innovation Is Magic. Really

What Neuroscience Tells Us About Consumer Desire

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Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids

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Cardinal Health, Inc.

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General Management: Processes and Action

Are You a Digital Manager?

Johnson & Johnson: The Promotion of Wellness

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The Promise of Channel Stewardship

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