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- 21 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 21
http://hbr.org/product/keeping-up-with-the-quants-your-guide-to-understan/an/11177-HBK-ENG 2006 Strategic Management Journal Location Strategies for Agglomeration Economies By: Alcácer, Juan, and Wilbur Chung Abstract—Geographically concentrated View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 2013
- Case
Advanced Leadership Pathways: General Gale Pollock and Services for the Vision Impaired
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Juliane Calingo Schwetz and Patricia Bissett Higgins
In July 2012, retired United States Army Major General Gale Pollock created Elevivo, a venture that worked on developing a comprehensive disease management software system to support the growing number of visually impaired individuals by providing them with tailored... View Details
Keywords: Disease Management; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Education; Information Technology; Insurance; Entrepreneurship; Leadership; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States
Kanter, Rosabeth M., Juliane Calingo Schwetz, and Patricia Bissett Higgins. "Advanced Leadership Pathways: General Gale Pollock and Services for the Vision Impaired." Harvard Business Publishing Case 314-029, 2013.
- 19 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 19, 2006
conservatism. Competitive Advantage and the Value Network Configuration: Making Decisions at a Swedish Life Insurance Company Authors:Øystein D. Fjeldstad and Christian H.M. Ketels Periodical:Long Range Planning Journal 39, no. 2 (April... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 3, 2008
bribery but even made it tax deductible until 1999, it was not welcomed in some nations where Siemens did business such as the United States—or in Germany after 2000—but old practices continued. Cooperative management-labor relations, often seen as key to the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- May 2017
- Article
When Discounts Raise Costs: The Effect of Copay Coupons on Generic Utilization
By: Leemore S. Dafny, Christopher Ody and Matt Schmitt
Branded pharmaceutical manufacturers frequently offer “copay coupons” that insulate consumers from cost sharing, thereby undermining insurers’ ability to influence drug utilization. We study the impact of copay coupons on branded drugs first facing generic entry... View Details
Dafny, Leemore S., Christopher Ody, and Matt Schmitt. "When Discounts Raise Costs: The Effect of Copay Coupons on Generic Utilization." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 9, no. 2 (May 2017): 91–123.
- April 1995 (Revised August 1995)
- Supplement
Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield (D)
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Ramona Hilgenkamp
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Ramona Hilgenkamp. "Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield (D)." Harvard Business School Supplement 195-219, April 1995. (Revised August 1995.)
- December 2013
- Supplement
Rough Justice: Stuart Eizenstat and Holocaust-Era Asset Restitution (B)
By: James K. Sebenius and Laurence A. Green
This case carefully traces the process by which Stuart Eizenstat handled the negotiation challenges outlined in "Rough Justice: Stuart Eizenstat and Holocaust-Era Asset Restitution (A)". It describes the outcome of the Swiss negotiations and briefly sketches... View Details
Keywords: Bargaining; Conflict Resolution; Disputes; Mediation; Dispute Resolution; Governance; History; Negotiation; Business and Government Relations; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Switzerland; Germany; Austria; France; Israel
Sebenius, James K., and Laurence A. Green. "Rough Justice: Stuart Eizenstat and Holocaust-Era Asset Restitution (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 914-026, December 2013.
- September 2006 (Revised February 2007)
- Case
Timing of Option Grants at UnitedHealth Group (A)
Faced with press allegations that executives' stock options might have been backdated, the Board of UnitedHealth Group needs to determine whether its accounting for the options was proper, and if not, what the restatement amount should be and what... View Details
Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Ethics; Stock Options; Accounting; Crisis Management; Corporate Governance; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; United States
Ferri, Fabrizio. "Timing of Option Grants at UnitedHealth Group (A)." Harvard Business School Case 107-028, September 2006. (Revised February 2007.)
- April 1995 (Revised August 1995)
- Supplement
Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield (F)
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Ramona Hilgenkamp
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Ramona Hilgenkamp. "Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield (F)." Harvard Business School Supplement 195-221, April 1995. (Revised August 1995.)
- November 2001
- Teaching Note
Provident Life and Accident Insurance: The Acquisition of Paul Revere TN
By: Mihir A. Desai, E. Scott Mayfield and Mark Veblen
Teaching Note for (9-202-044). View Details
- 28 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 28, 2015
Accumulation and Labor Force Participation of Disability Insurance Applicants By: Shu, Pian Abstract—This paper provides empirical evidence of the existence of forward-looking asset-accumulation behavior among disability-insurance... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Management’s Role in Reforming Health Care
are used to good service from other industries and expect higher performance than they see on the delivery sector. They obviously worry a lot about whether their insurance will cover the medical services... View Details
- March 2008 (Revised January 2010)
- Background Note
Note on Accountability in the U.S. Health Care System
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Michael Millenson
This note explains how health care providers, health insurers, and consumers are held accountable for their performance and the entrepreneurial opportunities thus created. View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Insurance; Corporate Accountability; Health Care and Treatment; Demand and Consumers; Health Industry; United States
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Michael Millenson. "Note on Accountability in the U.S. Health Care System." Harvard Business School Background Note 308-111, March 2008. (Revised January 2010.)
- 12 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Regulators Ease Up on Companies Generating Political Benefits
charity care to uninsured patients. "It's a Robin Hood story," Heese says. "These hospitals overbill the insured patients to generate money to pay for the uninsured." (Heese's research was done before the enactment of... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
worked tirelessly to operationalize her new mutualist ideals, which comprise collective strength, independence, and shared protections. In 2008, she plans to move the organization into the health insurance View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Nancy M. Barry, MBA 1975
savings, and insurance products. Together, WWB and the leaders in its network work with policymakers to create financial systems for the needy majority in their regions. Barry joined WWB as president in 1990 after fifteen years in top... View Details
- 05 Sep 2012
- What Do You Think?
Will Business Management Save US Health Care?
goals. For example, as Joanna pointed out, " we have a 'disease management' system, (not) a 'health care' system Insurers profit from healthy individuals, but they do not actually contribute to our health." Another problem is a... View Details
- September 2014 (Revised January 2017)
- Teaching Note
Access Health CT: Marketing Affordable Care (A) & (B)
By: John A. Quelch
- April 1995 (Revised August 1995)
- Supplement
Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield (G)
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Ramona Hilgenkamp
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Ramona Hilgenkamp. "Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield (G)." Harvard Business School Supplement 195-222, April 1995. (Revised August 1995.)