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- February 2014 (Revised June 2014)
- Case
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.: Safety, Environment and Health
By: John A. Quelch and Margaret L. Rodriguez
In January 2014, Gary Bald, senior vice president of Safety, Environment and Health at Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines (RCL), prepared for a review meeting with the company's chief executive, Adam Goldstein, and chairman, Richard Fain. Prior to joining RCL in 2006, Bald... View Details
Keywords: Marketing; Market Segmentation; Operations; Shipbuilding; Cruising; Cruise Lines; Royal Caribbean; Carnival; Environmental And Social Sustainability; Environment; Security; Health; Public Health; Environmental Protection; Health Care; International; Safety; Environmental Sustainability; Health Industry; Health Industry; Europe; West Indies; Mexico; United States; United Kingdom
- February 20, 2014
- Article
Today's Neighborhood Drugstore Is Tomorrow's Neighborhood Health Care Company
By: Nancy F. Koehn
- February 2014 (Revised July 2016)
- Case
Iora Health
By: William A. Sahlman and Vineeta Vijayaraghavan
The Iora Health case looks at a new approach to the management and delivery of primary care. Instead of having a doctor, half a nurse and two accountants, Iora deploys a doctor, a nurse and several health coaches, all operating as an integrated team. Iora focuses on... View Details
- January 2014 (Revised March 2014)
- Teaching Note
Cancer Screening in Japan: Market Research and Segmentation
By: John A. Quelch
- 2014
- Working Paper
Management Practices, Relational Contracts and the Decline of General Motors
By: Susan Helper and Rebecca Henderson
General Motors was once regarded as one of the best managed and most successful firms in the world, but between 1980 and 2009 its share of the US market fell from 62.6 to 19.8 percent, and in 2009 the firm went bankrupt. In this paper we argue that the conventional... View Details
- January 2014 (Revised June 2014)
- Case
23andMe: Genetic Testing for Consumers (A)
By: John A. Quelch and Margaret L. Rodriguez
On November 22, 2013, the direct-to-consumer genetic testing provider, 23andMe, received a letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ordering the company to halt the sale and promotion of its genetic testing kit. The FDA stated that the product was... View Details
- January 2014 (Revised June 2014)
- Supplement
23andMe: Genetic Testing for Consumers (B)
By: John A. Quelch and Margaret L. Rodriguez
Following the FDA's letter in November 2013, which ordered 23andMe to cease sales of its DNA test kits, observers wondered how co-founder and CEO, Anne Wojcicki, would guide the company in the presence of uncertainty. View Details
- 24 Jan 2014
- Other Presentation
Value Based Health Care Delivery
According to Harvard professor Michael Porter, health care reform is proving to be one of the defining issues of the 21st century, both in the United States and throughout the world. Costs are exploding even in single-payer systems driven by aging populations and... View Details
- 22 Jan 2014
- Lecture
Value Based Health Care Delivery: Applications
- January 2014
- Supplement
Fred Khosravi and AccessClosure (C)
By: Richard Hamermesh and Lauren Barley
On September 11, 2013, the three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied St. Jude's request to rehear an appeal on the "double patenting" ruling for the '439 patent. Further, it removed the injunction threat that was hanging over the... View Details
- 9 Jan 2014
- Other Presentation
Value-Based Health Care Delivery Faculty Information Session
Keywords: Health
- January 2014 (Revised January 2014)
- Case
Henry Schein: Doing Well by Doing Good?
By: Rebecca Henderson, Raffaella Sadun, Aldo Sesia and Russell Eisenstat
Henry Schein Inc., a distributor of supplies to dentist, physician, and veterinary practices, had sales approaching $9 billion and employed nearly 16,000 people. The company had experienced impressive growth under the leadership of Stanley Bergman and his executive... View Details
Keywords: Leadership Development; Strategy Execution; Performance Management; Corporate Culture; Social Responsibility; Mergers ＆ Acquisitions; Joint Ventures; Partnerships; Health Care Industry; Healthcare Logistics Industry; Competitive Advantage; Strategy; Leadership; Global Strategy; Selection and Staffing; Management Style; Organizational Culture; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Health Industry; Health Industry; China; Europe; United States
- 6 Jan 2014
- Other Presentation
Value Based Health Care Delivery: Welcome and Introduction
Keywords: Health
- 6 Jan 2014
- Other Presentation
Value Based Health Care Delivery: Welcome and Introduction
Keywords: Health
- January 2014 (Revised December 2014)
- Case
GenapSys: Business Models for the Genome
By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Joseph B. Fuller and Matthew Preble
GenapSys, a California-based startup, was soon to release a new DNA sequencer that the company's founder, Hesaam Esfandyarpour, believed was truly revolutionary. The sequencer would be substantially less expensive—potentially costing just a few thousand dollars—and... View Details
- 15 Jan 2014
- Other Presentation
Value Based Health Care Delivery: Welcome and Introduction
Keywords: Health
- December 2013 (Revised May 2021)
- Case
Paul Levy: Confronting a 'Corporate Campaign' (A)
Hospital CEO Paul Levy confronts an SEIU unionization drive via a "corporate campaign" aimed at undercutting the hospital's relationships with key internal and external constituencies. Having shepherded one of Boston's top teaching hospitals much of the way through a... View Details