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- November 2020 (Revised April 2021)
- Case
Roll-Ups and Surprise Billing: Collisions at the Intersection of Private Equity and Patient Care
By: Trevor Fetter and Kira Seiger
This case describes the increasing investment by private equity (PE) firms in patient care and other healthcare services. The case focuses on investments in physician staffing firms and roll-up strategy investments in physician practice management (PPM). Included in... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Model; Change; Disruption; Fluctuation; Trends; Customers; Customer Value and Value Chain; Ethics; Fairness; Finance; Equity; Insurance; Private Equity; Geography; Geographic Scope; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Markets; Demand and Consumers; Supply and Industry; Industry Structures; Ownership; Ownership Type; Private Ownership; Relationships; Agency Theory; Business and Community Relations; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Networks; Strategy; Competition; Consolidation; Expansion; Integration; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration; Value; Value Creation; Health Industry; Insurance Industry; United States
Fetter, Trevor, and Kira Seiger. "Roll-Ups and Surprise Billing: Collisions at the Intersection of Private Equity and Patient Care." Harvard Business School Case 321-049, November 2020. (Revised April 2021.)
- 13 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
Improving Public Health for the Poor
models? A: I am writing a case on Farmacias Similares, a pharmacy chain in Mexico aimed at the low-income sector. Any medicine on its shelf is at least 30 percent cheaper than in traditional drugstores. It also has a medical clinic next... View Details
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
ecosystems, hierarchy is an architectural property that refers to the degree to which transactions proceed in a single direction, from "upstream" to "downstream." It is often assumed that a unidirectional flow of goods in a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 8, 2019
School Case 718-010 Google in Europe: Competition Policy in the Digital Era (B) Supplements the (A) case. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/718010-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 718-055 Vietnam: Managing Global View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Feb 2006
- HBS Case
Oprah: A Case Study Comes Alive
rejections personally because their requests were merely a few among the thousands of pieces of mail that Harpo Productions received every week. The experience also taught them the value of teamwork and the necessity of not allowing each... View Details
- 17 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 17, 2009
Agreements in Bio-Pharmaceuticals Authors:Juan Alcácer, John Cantwell, and Michelle Gittelman Publication:In Location of Biopharmaceutical Activity, edited by Iain M. Cockburn and Matthew J. Slaughter. NBER, forthcoming. Abstract As the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
Business School Case 912-408 The case depicts a mission and values driven firm, how it was turned around, and its unique strategy of enabling others to succeed. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/912408-PDF-ENG The Agnellis and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: November 15
an entrant needs to strategically choose whether to reveal its innovation by competing through the new business model or conceal it by adopting a traditional business model. We also show that the value of business model innovation may be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 21
knowledge spillovers. The strategic value of these agglomeration economies may vary by firm, depending upon the relative value of each economy, and upon firm and agglomeration economy traits. To better... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 25
priorities Americans have for Social Security. The results suggest that the value retirees place on protection against longevity risk is an important caveat to the widespread enthusiasm for a switch to a slower-growing price index such as... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 16 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019
including patients, physicians, employers, insurance companies, and the government need to recognize that value is best defined as “a given health outcome per dollar of cost expended.” In this article, we examine some of the challenges to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 31 May 2016
- First Look
May 31, 2016
additively separable in its state variables, leading to conquering the curse of dimensionality and the opportunity to manage the supply chain using independently acting managers. We develop conditions under which myopic policies are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Aug 2005
- HBS Case
Classic Cases Live On at HBS
mistrustful of exotic foods." He also determined that labor cost and availability was the key problem in the U.S. restaurant business and that eliminating the conventional kitchen could address that. From these fundamental observations, he soon developed a View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
endorsement opportunities from Electronic Arts, 2K Games, and Xbox Live to add to his portfolio. Allows for a rich discussion about how superstar athletes and other celebrities can create and capture value from their brands as well as... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
relations with governments. Emerging markets, or at least the larger and more fast-growing ones in Asia and Latin America, were increasingly seen as indispensable by MNEs in every industry. They were both a place to assemble manufactured goods and locate activities in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
possible in terms of service and its economics, without compromising on its value proposition? Was Paladina just too different of a business to be part of the DaVita family? This case offers an example of "intrapreneurship"—i.e.,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Nov 1999
- Lessons from the Classroom
What’s Next & So What? Leading in the 21st Century
Indeed, many of the leaders we've celebrated over the last decade or two made their organizations competitive by instituting fairly linear improvements, such as reengineering, supply chain management, enhanced customer responsiveness, and... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- January 2023
- Case
Natura: Weathering the Pandemic at Brazil's Cosmetic Giant
By: Brian Trelstad, Pedro Levindo and Carla Larangeira
Brazil's Natura, a multi-brand cosmetics group, has taken several measures to safeguard the livelihoods of its thousands of employees and millions of sales representatives during the COVID-19 health and economic crisis. The company has also made strides in its efforts... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; ESG Reporting; Acquisition; Customer Focus and Relationships; Decision Making; Social Entrepreneurship; Environmental Sustainability; Environmental Management; Climate Change; Ethics; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Global Strategy; Corporate Governance; Health Pandemics; Human Resources; Human Capital; Crisis Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing; Distribution Channels; Supply Chain; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Customer Ownership; Relationships; Business and Community Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Networks; Partners and Partnerships; Science-Based Business; Reputation; Human Needs; Social Issues; Strategy; Equality and Inequality; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Brazil; Latin America
- 14 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2006
management of variability often requires a company to influence customers' behavior. Managers attempting that kind of intervention can follow a three-step process: diagnosing the behavioral problem, designing an operating role for customers that creates new View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
operations? 2) What might be the intellectual added value of such a perspective? 3) What are the basic elements of behavioral operations research? Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-096.pdf Film Rentals and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace