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- August 2008 (Revised September 2008)
- Case
The Flaxil Label (A)
This case focuses on the 2001 negotiation between Mytex Pharmaceuticals and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The outcome of the negotiation would determine the new label for Mytex's blockbuster drug for arthritis, Flaxil. The negotiation is quite... View Details
Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Health Disorders; Product Launch; Negotiation Process; Business and Government Relations; Safety; Pharmaceutical Industry
Barron, Greg M. "The Flaxil Label (A)." Harvard Business School Case 909-001, August 2008. (Revised September 2008.)
- 23 Oct 2015
- News
The Mayo Clinic Model for Running a Value-Improvement Program
- February 2011
- Supplement
Carbon Trading Simulation: Brown Cement Inc.
By: Peter A. Coles
This simulation presents students the opportunity to experience firsthand the economics of carbon markets and permit trading. Each student has private role information about a company he or she manages. The student must make decisions about pollution-reducing... View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Economics; Investment; Business or Company Management; Market Design; Pollutants
Coles, Peter A. "Carbon Trading Simulation: Brown Cement Inc." Harvard Business School Supplement 911-052, February 2011.
- February 2011
- Supplement
Carbon Trading Simulation: Black Cement Inc.
By: Peter A. Coles
This simulation presents students the opportunity to experience firsthand the economics of carbon markets and permit trading. Each student has private role information about a company he or she manages. The student must make decisions about pollution-reducing... View Details
Keywords: Market Design; Pollutants; Investment; Price; Profit; Agreements and Arrangements; Decisions; Service Industry; Energy Industry
Coles, Peter A. "Carbon Trading Simulation: Black Cement Inc." Harvard Business School Supplement 911-053, February 2011.
- 2022
- White Paper
The American Opportunity Index: A Corporate Scorecard of Worker Advancement
By: Matt Sigelman, Joseph Fuller, Nik Dawson and Gad Levanon
The American Opportunity Index: A Corporate Scorecard of Worker Advancement is a new effort to give companies and other stakeholders a set of robust tools that measure how well major employers are doing in fostering economic mobility for workers and how they could do... View Details
Keywords: Upward Mobility; Career Advancement; Personal Development and Career; Compensation and Benefits; Employees; Wages; Human Capital; Recruitment
Sigelman, Matt, Joseph Fuller, Nik Dawson, and Gad Levanon. "The American Opportunity Index: A Corporate Scorecard of Worker Advancement." White Paper, Burning Glass Institute, October 2022 (A joint project with Harvard Business School Project on Managing the Future of Work and Schultz Family Foundation.)
- October 2003 (Revised February 2010)
- Case
The Duke Heart Failure Program
By: Richard M.J. Bohmer and Laura Feldman
Duke University Health System has for the past five years operated a specialized clinic for the management of congestive heart failure, a very common and costly condition in the surrounding community. Nurse practitioners, whose work is guided by highly specified... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Medical Specialties; Time Management; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Outcome or Result; Health Industry
Bohmer, Richard M.J., and Laura Feldman. "The Duke Heart Failure Program." Harvard Business School Case 604-033, October 2003. (Revised February 2010.)
- March 30, 2020
- Article
Why Is the U.S. Behind on Coronavirus Testing?
By: Stefan Thomke
Coronavirus testing is needed to address the uncertainty in making decisions about patient treatment, resource allocation, policy, and so much more. Answers to questions such as “When should we relax social distancing measures—and for whom?” or “How many ventilators... View Details
Keywords: Testing; Coronavirus; Culture; Trump; Data; Experiments; Health Pandemics; Health Testing and Trials; Government and Politics; United States
Thomke, Stefan. "Why Is the U.S. Behind on Coronavirus Testing?" Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (March 30, 2020).
- 24 Mar 2013
- News
Mortgages’ Future Looks Too Much Like the Past
- January 2018 (Revised June 2018)
- Case
Medtronic: Navigating a Shifting Healthcare Landscape
By: Robert S. Kaplan, Michael E. Porter, Thomas W. Feeley and Alee Hernandez
Medtronic is adapting its strategy to changes in healthcare competition and payments. It has decided to develop new relationships with payers, hospitals, and physicians to become more accountable for patient outcomes and total costs. The case describes new forms of... View Details
Keywords: Value Based Health Care; Bundled Payments; Health Care and Treatment; Cost Management; Value Creation; Supply Chain Management; Customer Value and Value Chain; Health Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; United States; Netherlands
Kaplan, Robert S., Michael E. Porter, Thomas W. Feeley, and Alee Hernandez. "Medtronic: Navigating a Shifting Healthcare Landscape." Harvard Business School Case 718-471, January 2018. (Revised June 2018.)
- June 2008
- Article
Minimally Acceptable Altruism and the Ultimatum Game
By: Julio J. Rotemberg
I suppose that people react with anger when others show themselves not to be minimally altruistic. With heterogeneous agents, this can account for the experimental results of ultimatum and dictator games. Moreover, it can account for the surprisingly large fraction of... View Details
Rotemberg, Julio J. "Minimally Acceptable Altruism and the Ultimatum Game." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 66, nos. 3-4 (June 2008).
- June 2025 (Revised July 2025)
- Case
Full-Funnel Advertising on TikTok
By: Jeremy Yang, Ayelet Israeli and Alexis Lefort
In 2025 TikTok is working to grow its brand and performance advertising business, along with a new integrated full-funnel solution. As an emerging media platform with unique ad formats and user behavior in a privacy-first environment, TikTok faces both significant... View Details
Keywords: Social Media; Growth and Development Strategy; Advertising; Brands and Branding; Digital Marketing; Measurement and Metrics
Yang, Jeremy, Ayelet Israeli, and Alexis Lefort. "Full-Funnel Advertising on TikTok." Harvard Business School Case 525-065, June 2025. (Revised July 2025.)
- August 22, 2017
- Article
Find the Right Metrics for Your Sales Team
By: Frank V. Cespedes and Robert Marsh
This article reports the results of a survey of key performance indicators (KPIs) used by more than 800 sales groups across industries. The most common KPIs are closed deals and salesperson performance against quota, which, on average, firms measure monthly. But a... View Details
Cespedes, Frank V., and Robert Marsh. "Find the Right Metrics for Your Sales Team." Harvard Business Review (website) (August 22, 2017).
- January 2002 (Revised January 2003)
- Case
Finova Group, Inc. (A), The
By: Stuart C. Gilson and Perry Fagan
Finova Group, a $14 billion commercial finance company, filed for Chapter 11 in early March 2001, in what was one of the largest U.S. bankruptcy filings of all time and the largest corporate bond default since the Great Depression. While in Chapter 11, Finova became... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Business Startups; Borrowing and Debt; Equity; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Debt Securities; Price; Crisis Management; Bids and Bidding; Partners and Partnerships; Strategy; Valuation; Financial Services Industry; United States
Gilson, Stuart C., and Perry Fagan. "Finova Group, Inc. (A), The." Harvard Business School Case 202-095, January 2002. (Revised January 2003.)
- April 2018
- Article
We Ask Men to Win & Women Not to Lose: Closing the Gender Gap in Startup Funding
By: Dana Kanze, Laura Huang, Mark Conley and E. Tory Higgins
Male entrepreneurs are known to raise higher levels of funding than their female counterparts, but the underlying mechanism for this funding disparity remains contested. Drawing upon Regulatory Focus Theory, we propose that the gap originates with a gender bias in the... View Details
Kanze, Dana, Laura Huang, Mark Conley, and E. Tory Higgins. "We Ask Men to Win & Women Not to Lose: Closing the Gender Gap in Startup Funding." Academy of Management Journal 61, no. 2 (April 2018): 586–614.
- November 2011
- Article
Competing Matchmakers: An Experimental Analysis
By: Tanjim Hossain, Dylan B. Minor and John Morgan
Platform competition is ubiquitous, yet platform market structure is little understood. Theory models typically suffer from equilibrium multiplicity—platforms might coexist or the market might tip to either platform. We use laboratory experiments to study the outcomes... View Details
Keywords: Platform Competition; Two-Sided Markets; E-commerce; Competition; Two-Sided Platforms; Monopoly
Hossain, Tanjim, Dylan B. Minor, and John Morgan. "Competing Matchmakers: An Experimental Analysis." Management Science 57, no. 11 (November 2011): 1913–1925.
- Program
Developing Yourself as a Leader—Virtual
Summary As high-performing emerging leaders develop their leadership style, it is imperative to have the skillset and knowledge to gain influence and increase impact across an organization. This virtual program will arm you with a number of actionable learning View Details
- July–September 2023
- Article
A Systematic Review of Respect Between Acute Care Nurses and Physicians
By: Derrick P. Bransby, Anna T. Mayo, Matthew A. Cronin, Katie Park and Christina Yuan
Background: Interprofessional collaboration between nurses and physicians has become an essential part of patient care, which, when lacking, can lead to well-known challenges. One possible explanation for ineffective nurse–physician collaboration is a lack of... View Details
Keywords: Relationships; Status and Position; Cooperation; Attitudes; Behavior; Outcome or Result; Health Industry
Bransby, Derrick P., Anna T. Mayo, Matthew A. Cronin, Katie Park, and Christina Yuan. "A Systematic Review of Respect Between Acute Care Nurses and Physicians." Health Care Management Review 48, no. 3 (July–September 2023): 237–248.
- September 2011
- Article
How to Solve the Cost Crisis in Health Care
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Michael E. Porter
Existing health care costing systems have serious flaws that make it impossible to measure costs accurately at the individual patient and medical condition level. This gap has severely limited meaningful cost reduction throughout the system. The paper describes a new... View Details
Keywords: Cost; Health Care and Treatment; Measurement and Metrics; Service Delivery; Outcome or Result; Quality; Health Industry
Kaplan, Robert S., and Michael E. Porter. "How to Solve the Cost Crisis in Health Care." Harvard Business Review 89, no. 9 (September 2011): 47–64.