Health Policy - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Aug 2013
First Look

First Look: August 6

available. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/313109-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 112-085 Schön Klinik: Measuring Cost and Value The case illustrates how a leading German hospital group has invested deeply in the measurement of patient-level outcomes and... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

10 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 10

Ariely Publication:Health Affairs 31 (February 2012) Abstract Policies that mandate calorie labeling in fast-food and chain restaurants have had little or no observable impact on calorie consumption to date. In three field experiments, we... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

Student-Profile

Olivia Zhao

mined from a day on the diamond. “I’ve loved baseball since I was a very small child,” she says. “I also have played softball all my life—currently I’m on the Harvard health policy team. Whether watching or... View Details

10 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink

near 20 percent online market share. Apparel, greeting cards, party supplies, and office products have reached double-digit penetration as well while sporting goods and cosmetics will likely reach double-digit share in 2011. Pet products and View Details

Keywords: by Rajiv Lal & Jose B. Alvarez; Retail

01 Feb 2002
News

It's academic. (Not!)

business administration (DBA) in accounting and control, marketing, policy and management, or technology and operations management. Another option is a joint program with Harvard University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences that... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

19 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?

work one-on-one to the policy staff trying to apply the ideas,” says Ben Edelman. “It’s a big commitment, but it’s worth it.” Many business professors do occasional consulting work for large companies, which can prove mutually beneficial... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

22 Feb 2022
News

New Urban Order

book) is accelerating that trend. “There are substantial public health impacts in wildfire smoke, extreme heat, and the aftermath of flooding,” notes Macomber, who teaches the MBA electives Business Opportunities in Climate Adaptation and... View Details

Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services

13 Oct 2009
Research & Ideas

7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm

CEO Dan Vasella made counterintuitive moves by expanding Novartis's generic drug, vaccines, and consumer health businesses in spending heavily on acquisitions to offer alternatives to patented drugs. Meanwhile, he focused Novartis's... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

25 Aug 2022
News

Up on the Corner

helped create this situation. Or as Calvin Young (MBA 2015), a Baltimore native and 2016 mayoral candidate who now works at the private equity firm Green Street Impact Partners, puts it, “there was real intentionality around the policies... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Melissa Golden; Real Estate

05 Oct 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Don't More People Get Flu Shots at Work?

With a yearly price tag of roughly $87 billion in lost productivity and adverse health consequences, the flu is nothing to sneeze at. It’s no surprise that workplace flu vaccination clinics have gained popularity as employers try to keep... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Health

11 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

Germany May Have the Answer for Reducing Drug Prices

medical care, a financial burden that forces some consumers to skip doses or forgo treatment. The US isn’t Germany While Germany's approach offers a relevant policy example, the country's health system... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health

06 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

Curbing an Unlikely Culprit of Rising Drug Prices: Pharmaceutical Donations

Prescription drug costs continue to climb in the United States, but tightening a loophole in a federal law may help curb rising expenses, according to research published this week in Health Affairs. Efforts to control US View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Health; Health; Health

16 Jul 2014
HBS Case

Marketing Obamacare

couldn't still succeed, says John Quelch, the Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and a professor of health policy and management at Harvard School of Public... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

27 May 2020
Research & Ideas

What South Korea Teaches the World About Fighting COVID

whereas South Korea has 216 cases per million. "South Korea created a vast number of testing sites, which included not only big hospitals but local clinics and public health care facilities." What South Korea teaches us is that proactive... View Details

Keywords: by Doug J. Chung; Health

30 Aug 2010
Research & Ideas

Turning Employees Into Problem Solvers

reports. The paper, authored by Julia Adler-Milstein, an HBS doctoral candidate in the Health Policy Management program; Sara J. Singer, assistant professor at the Harvard School of Public View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health

February 10, 2009
Editorial

Rethinking Our Rules of Organ Donations

Essay argues for presumed consent as a method for reducing wait times for patients undergoing solid organ transplantation. View Details

Keywords: Medical Specialties; Policy; Health Industry

Citation

06 Aug 2014
Research & Ideas

Climbing Down from the Ivory Tower

Ashraf, an associate professor in the Negotiations, Organizations, and Markets unit at Harvard Business School. “Asking them to apply something that's been generated somewhere else isn't involving them in the process” But there's a dearth of co-production in the public... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health; Health

02 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 2

mitigation policies within its supply chain and in government policy. Publisher's link: http://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/caesars-entertainment-betting-on-sustainability/ Working Papers Market Reallocation and Knowledge Spillover: The... View Details