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- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Where Are the Innovators in Health Care?
No sector of our economy is more in need of innovation than health care, yet its many regulations handcuff entrepreneurs. A consumer-driven health-care system will unlock these shackles to bring about a much-needed entrepreneurial... View Details
- January 2008 (Revised August 2012)
- Case
Retail Sales of Health Insurance: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Grady Clouse
The BCBS of Florida is contemplating whether to enter the consumer-driven health care market and if so, whether to target such groups—and individuals—and in which of its geographic markets, and how. View Details
- October 1991 (Revised November 1992)
- Case
Managing Health Care at Ford Motor Co.
By: George C. Lodge and Malcolm S. Salter
Lodge, George C., and Malcolm S. Salter. "Managing Health Care at Ford Motor Co." Harvard Business School Case 792-015, October 1991. (Revised November 1992.)
- October 1981 (Revised June 1985)
- Case
Vicks Health Care Division: Project Scorpio (B)
Reveals that Vicks chose a multi-condition positioning for the product. Describes testing of name and concept, and extensively reports on a four-city test market. Students are expected to evaluate both the design and results of the test, and face options ranging from... View Details
Yip, George S., and Jeffrey R Williams. "Vicks Health Care Division: Project Scorpio (B)." Harvard Business School Case 582-040, October 1981. (Revised June 1985.)
- August 2001
- Case
Aurora Health Care: Finding "a Better Way"
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Kevin M. Dwyer
The largest hospital system in Wisconsin is trying to respond to new threats from nontraditional care providers. This case presents the hospital's dilemma as it tries to create change from within. View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation Strategy; SWOT Analysis; Competitive Strategy; Health Industry
Christensen, Clayton M., and Kevin M. Dwyer. Aurora Health Care: Finding "a Better Way". Harvard Business School Case 602-043, August 2001.
- August 2007 (Revised January 2008)
- Supplement
Turnaround at the Veterans Health Administration (B)
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Brian R. Golden
Edmondson, Amy C., and Brian R. Golden. "Turnaround at the Veterans Health Administration (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 608-062, August 2007. (Revised January 2008.)
- December 2011
- Article
Data Impediments to Empirical Work on Health Insurance Markets
By: Leemore S. Dafny, David Dranove, Frank Limbrock and Fiona Scott Morton
We compare four datasets that researchers might use to study competition in the health insurance industry. We show that the two datasets most commonly used to estimate market concentration differ considerably from each other (both in levels and in changes over time),... View Details
Dafny, Leemore S., David Dranove, Frank Limbrock, and Fiona Scott Morton. "Data Impediments to Empirical Work on Health Insurance Markets." B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 11, no. 2 (December 2011).
- January 2010 (Revised December 2011)
- Case
Jiamei Dental: Private Health Care in China
By: William C. Kirby and G.A. Donovan
With the recent announcement from the Chinese government that the country's healthcare system was going to undergo reform, Jiamei Dental Chairman Liu Jia wondered what that meant for his 15 year-old dental clinic business. Founded in 1993, Jiamei Dental Medical... View Details
Keywords: Private Sector; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Entrepreneurship; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Health Care and Treatment; Private Ownership; Partners and Partnerships; Competition; Expansion; Health Industry; China
Kirby, William C., and G.A. Donovan. "Jiamei Dental: Private Health Care in China." Harvard Business School Case 910-404, January 2010. (Revised December 2011.)
- March/April 2003
- Article
A Prescription for Health Care Cost Reform
By: Anthony W Ulwick, Clayton M. Christensen and Jerome H Grossman
- October 2020
- Case
Michael Phelps: 'It's Okay to Not Be Okay'
By: Boris Groysberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Michael Norris
In 2020, Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, with 28 medals in various swimming events, was now retired. As he looked back on his 20+ year athletic career, he considered what had gone into making him the greatest of all time—the highs and lows,... View Details
Keywords: Mental Health; Talent and Talent Management; Training; Health; Success; Performance Improvement; Personal Development and Career; Family and Family Relationships; Sports; Competition; Sports Industry; United States; Baltimore; Arizona; Sydney; Athens; Beijing; London
Groysberg, Boris, Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Michael Norris. "Michael Phelps: 'It's Okay to Not Be Okay'." Harvard Business School Case 421-044, October 2020.
- 2023
- Article
Dynamic HTA for Digital Health Solutions: Opportunities and Challenges for Patient-Centered Evaluation
By: Jan B. Brönneke, Annika Herr, Simon Reif and Ariel D. Stern
Germany’s 2019 Digital Healthcare Act (Digitale-Versorgung-Gesetz, or DVG) created a number of opportunities for the digital transformation of the health care delivery system. Key among these was the creation of a reimbursement pathway for patient-centered digital... View Details
Keywords: Digital Transformation; Applications and Software; Product Development; Insurance; Policy; Health Industry; Germany
Brönneke, Jan B., Annika Herr, Simon Reif, and Ariel D. Stern. "Dynamic HTA for Digital Health Solutions: Opportunities and Challenges for Patient-Centered Evaluation." International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 39, no. 1 (2023).
- January 2014 (Revised March 2014)
- Teaching Note
Cancer Screening in Japan: Market Research and Segmentation
By: John A. Quelch
- January 2000 (Revised October 2002)
- Case
Cambridge Hospital Community Health Network - The Primary Care Unit
By: V.G. Narayanan, Lisa Brem and Ryan Moore
The Cambridge Hospital Community Health Network needed to gain a better understanding of its unit-of-service costs, which had been rising at a rate of 10% per year. The network's step-down costing system gave only aggregate costing information, and there was some... View Details
Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Health Care and Treatment; Cost Accounting; Cost; Network Effects; Health Industry; Health Industry; Massachusetts
Narayanan, V.G., Lisa Brem, and Ryan Moore. "Cambridge Hospital Community Health Network - The Primary Care Unit." Harvard Business School Case 100-054, January 2000. (Revised October 2002.)
- Web
Kraft Precision Medicine Accelerator - Health Care
readiness Develop the landscape Interview the key opinion leaders Write the strategic plan Write the operational plan Continually communicate [DOWNLOAD ALL TOOLS] Learn More About the KPMA Learn more about the KPMA and what it accomplished by exploring the resources... View Details
- July 2008 (Revised May 2017)
- Teaching Note
Financial Leadership in Novartis Consumer Health Businesses
By: Boris Groysberg and Geoff Marietta
Teaching Note for HBS No. 406-102. View Details
- September 1988
- Case
Vicks Health Care Division: Project Scorpio (D)
Reveals that Vicks chose a multi-condition positioning for the product. Describes testing of name and concept, and extensively reports on a four-city test market. Students are expected to evaluate both the design and results of the test, and face options ranging from... View Details
Kosnik, Thomas J. "Vicks Health Care Division: Project Scorpio (D)." Harvard Business School Case 589-008, September 1988.
- February 2009 (Revised December 2009)
- Case
Merck: Global Health and Access to Medicines
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Katharine Lee
The case describes the effort of Merck, a global leader in pharmaceuticals, in making available its medicines to the poor. The challenge for the company (or for that matter, any pharmaceutical company) is how to integrate its business strategy with its corporate social... View Details
Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Health Care and Treatment; Emerging Markets; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Poverty; Business Strategy; Pharmaceutical Industry
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Katharine Lee. "Merck: Global Health and Access to Medicines." Harvard Business School Case 509-048, February 2009. (Revised December 2009.)
- May 1981
- Case
Hospital Affiliates International, Inc. and the Hospital Management Industry
Porter, Michael E. "Hospital Affiliates International, Inc. and the Hospital Management Industry." Harvard Business School Case 381-205, May 1981.