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- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Executives Convene to Discuss Consumer-Driven Health Care
A mid-November conference on consumer-driven health care attracted nearly two hundred providers of health-care services, technology, and information; government professionals;... View Details
- October 1981 (Revised June 1985)
- Case
Vicks Health Care Division: Project Scorpio (B1)
To be handed out during class discussion of the (B) case. Reveals that Vicks developed a second name and advertising positioning. Presents results of copy testing, and further test market results. Students have to choose between the two names and positionings, as well... View Details
Yip, George S., and Jeffrey R Williams. "Vicks Health Care Division: Project Scorpio (B1)." Harvard Business School Case 582-041, October 1981. (Revised June 1985.)
- 08 Jun 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
Physician Beliefs and Patient Preferences: A New Look at Regional Variation in Health Care Spending
- February 2019
- Article
Physician Beliefs and Patient Preferences: A New Look at Regional Variation in Health Care Spending
By: David Cutler, Jonathan Skinner, Ariel Dora Stern and David Wennberg
There is considerable controversy about the causes of regional variations in health care expenditures. Using vignettes from patient and physician surveys linked to fee-for-service Medicare expenditures, this study asks whether patient demand-side factors or physician... View Details
Cutler, David, Jonathan Skinner, Ariel Dora Stern, and David Wennberg. "Physician Beliefs and Patient Preferences: A New Look at Regional Variation in Health Care Spending." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 11, no. 1 (February 2019): 192–221.
- 1979
- Chapter
Preventive Health Care and Consumer Behavior: Towards a Broader Perspective
By: J. Quelch and S. Ash
- Web
Strategy for Health Care Delivery - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Strategy for Health Care... Strategy for Health Care Delivery November 5th - 8th, 2023 Executive Education Course Learn More Summary When you improve value, everyone wins—your... View Details
- 2 Oct 2008
- Other Presentation
Creating a High-Value Health Care System: Implications for Finland
This presentation draws on Michael E. Porter and Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg: Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results, Harvard Business School Press, May 2006, "How Physicians Can Change the Future of Health Care" Journal of the American... View Details
Porter, Michael E. "Creating a High-Value Health Care System: Implications for Finland." Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Helsinki, Finland, October 2, 2008.
- 20 Aug 2016
- News
The Business of Improving Health Care Delivery
Josue Zapata (MD/MBA 2012) is chief resident in internal medicine at the University of California in San Francisco. In this interview he discusses how he is utilizing his business training to make a difference in patient treatment View Details
- 04 Feb 2011
- News
Using Crowdcasting To Find Treatments
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Leading a community of health care providers
As CEO and chairman of the board of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., Kent Thiry (MBA 1983) has built the second-largest kidney dialysis company in the world. He oversees 2,074 outpatient dialysis centers that serve 163,000 people in the... View Details
- June 10, 2021
- Article
Preparing Hospitals for the Next Pandemic
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Barak D. Richman
The COVID-19 epidemic response has shown that the U.S. is blessed with heroic physicians and other health care providers, researchers, and facilities. But it has also revealed a health care system that was woefully unprepared for the surge of pandemic patients. In the... View Details
Keywords: Hospital; Hospital Management; Hospitals—administration; Health Care; Health Care Industry; Health Care Investment; Health Care Operations; Health Pandemics; Health Care and Treatment; Operations; Performance Improvement; Investment; Health Industry; United States
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Barak D. Richman. "Preparing Hospitals for the Next Pandemic." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (June 10, 2021).
- 2005
- Manual
Problems and Cases in Health Care Marketing - Instructor Manual
Gourville, John T., John A. Quelch, and V. Kasturi Rangan. Problems and Cases in Health Care Marketing - Instructor Manual. New York: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2005.
- 07 Aug 2009
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t Americans Get Health Care Right?
Summing Up Does U.S. health care need more pull or push? There are clear symptoms that something is wrong with U.S. health care. In Edward Hare's words, "It's making us... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Health Care a Top Priority at HBS
Berkeley, and who has worked in the health-care industry for fifteen years, explains why health care is important to HBS. “It’s 17 percent of the U.S. economy View Details
- 07 Apr 2020
- News
What Will U.S. Health Care Look Like After the Pandemic?
- 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.)
- 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.)