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Is Saving Lives Your Task or God's?: Religiosity, Belief in God, and Moral Judgment

By: Netta Barak-Corren and Max Bazerman
Should a Catholic hospital abort a life-threatening pregnancy or let a pregnant woman die? Should a religious employer allow his employees access to contraceptives or break with healthcare legislation? People and organizations of faith often face moral decisions that... View Details
Keywords: Normative Conflict; Inaction; Indirectness; Deontology; Utilitarianism; Sunday Effect; Religion; Moral Sensibility; Decisions; Judgments
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  • September 2014
  • Case

Radiometer, 2013

By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
In 2013, Radiometer continued to lead the world in blood gas analysis equipment and accessories, selling direct and through distributors to hospital central laboratories, point-of-care locations, and non-hospital medical locations. Founded in 1935 and based in Denmark,... View Details
Keywords: Medical Devices; Medical Equipment ＆ Devices; Mergers ＆ Acquisitions; Strategic Analysis; Strategic Change; Family Business; Strategy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Denmark; United States
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  • 27 Mar 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018

of hospital performance, intermediate operational outcomes and inputs. We adopt two econometric approaches: a parametric approach that exploits the movement of CEOs across different hospitals and a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2013
  • Working Paper

Work Design Drivers of Organizational Learning about Operational Failures: A Laboratory Experiment on Medication Administration

By: Anita L. Tucker
Operational failures persist in hospitals, in part because employees work around them rather than attempt to prevent recurrence. Drawing on a process improvement tool—the Andon cord—we examine three work design components that may foster improvement-oriented behaviors:... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Process Improvement; Organizational Learning; Behavioral Operations; Prosocial Behavior; Experiments; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Behavior; Performance Improvement; Health Care and Treatment; Business Processes; Health Industry
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  • March 2012
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A 2-phase Labeling and Choice Architecture Intervention to Improve Healthy Food and Beverage Choices

By: Anne Thorndike, Lilian Sonnenberg, Jason Riis, Susan Barraclough and Douglas E. Levy
Objectives: We assessed whether a 2-phase labeling and choice architecture intervention increased sales of healthy food and beverages in a large hospital cafeteria. Methods: Phase 1 was a 3-month color-coded labeling intervention (red="unhealthy" yellow="less healthy"... View Details
Keywords: Health; Sales; Change; Food and Beverage Industry
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  • Web

Podcasts - Managing the Future of Work

work and the rise of the CHRO. Hospitality at work: Bridging opportunity and innovation 04 DEC 2024 | Managing the Future of Work How do you foster inclusion, economic mobility, and a sense of purpose across a global organization with... View Details
  • Web

Publications - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

required. A set of six tests for physicians... June 2020 Article Are cost advantages from a modern Indian hospital transferable to the United States? Are cost advantages from a modern Indian hospital... View Details
  • 07 Aug 2007
  • First Look

First Look: August 7, 2007

Participation describes front-line staff sharing decision-making authority with hierarchical superiors (e.g., managers). Collaboration refers to front-line staff respectfully working together by sharing information and coordinating activities to achieve a goal. Using a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

    Innovating in Healthcare: Creating Breakthrough Services, Products, and Business Models

    Innovating in Healthcare offers effective approaches for designing, reworking, and implementing innovative healthcare services, products, and business models. It will help anyone working in healthcare service or product development, from hospitals to... View Details

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    MBA Experience - Health Care

    student club members. The conference brings together more than 600 students, alumni, and professionals, plus 30 speakers from diverse areas of health care. Physician Shadow Program Enables students who are interested in health care delivery to shadow physicians at area... View Details
    • 11 Apr 2024
    • In Practice

    Why Progress on Immigration Might Soften Labor Pains

    consumers, who may end up paying higher prices. Restrictions on unskilled immigration might be particularly harmful for sectors like hospitality or agriculture, where immigrant labor cannot be easily replaced because US-born workers... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne
    • Article

    Time-driven Activity-based Costing of Multivessel Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting across National Boundaries to Identify Improvement Opportunities: Study Protocol

    By: F. Erhun, B. Mistry, T. Platcheck, A. Milstein, V.G. Narayanan and R. S. Kaplan
    Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is a common treatment for coronary artery disease—a disease that affects over 10% of US adults and is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. In 2005, the mean cost for a CABG procedure among Medicare beneficiaries in the... View Details
    Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Health Disorders; Health Care and Treatment; United States; India
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    • September 2014
    • Case

    FormPrint Ortho500

    By: Frank V. Cespedes and Alisa Zalosh
    The Senior Vice President of FormPrint's Medical Products business unit is considering issues raised by the upcoming introduction of a new 3D printing system, the Ortho500, which could print custom exoskeletal orthopedic splints, braces, and casts that conformed to a... View Details
    Keywords: B2B Marketing; Technological Innovation; Market Entry and Exit; Marketing Strategy; Distribution Channels; Product Development; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
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    • May 2016
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    Transformation of Health Care—Perspectives of Opinion Leaders

    By: Joanne Disch, Thomas W. Feeley, Diana J. Mason, Richard L. Schilsky, Ellen L. Stovall and Shelley Fuld Nasso
    "What Health System Transformations Do You Believe Are Necessary for the Future of Health Care?" We need to transform to a true value-based health care delivery system. That means organizing care around medical conditions, not simply around hospitals and doctors. We... View Details
    Keywords: Perspective; Health Disorders; Performance Improvement; Health Care and Treatment; Transformation; Health Industry
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    • September 2017
    • Editorial

    Helping Patients with Cancer Navigate Narrow Networks

    By: Stephen M. Schleicher, Emeline M. Aviki and Thomas W. Feeley
    The Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) was designed primarily to improve patient access to affordable health care. The access-expanding provisions of the ACA included federal- and state-based health insurance exchanges with minimum coverage requirements and preexisting... View Details
    Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Insurance; Problems and Challenges; United States
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    • August 2017
    • Case

    Hacking Heroin

    By: Mitchell Weiss and Sarah Mehta
    "Hacking Heroin" was the first hackathon that Annie Rittgers, founder of Cincinnati-based 17a, had organized or even attended. "There will continue to be a lot of preventable overdose deaths and wasted potential if the opioid crisis continues unabated," she said.... View Details
    Keywords: Public Entrepreneurship; Hackathon; Heroin; Opioids; Crowdsourcing; Public Sector; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Health Pandemics; Public Administration Industry; Health Industry; Ohio; Cincinnati
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    Connect with Clubs - Recruiting

    grcc@studentclubs.hbs.edu Health & Wellness Club Co-Presidents Brooke Robinson brobinson@mba2026.hbs.edu Maggie Richardson mrichardson@mba2026.hbs.edu Health Care Club Co-Presidents Anne Botos abotos@mba2026.hbs.edu Morgan Hewett mhewett@mba2026.hbs.edu View Details
    • 2008
    • Book

    On Competition

    By: M. E. Porter
    Competition is one of society's most powerful forces for making things better in many fields of human endeavor. The study of competition and the creation of value, in their full richness, have preoccupied me for several decades. Competition is pervasive, whether it... View Details
    Keywords: Leadership; Practice; Competitive Strategy; Theory; Value Creation
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    • 09 Sep 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: September 9

      Working PapersOperational Failures and Problem Solving: An Empirical Study of Incident Reporting Authors:Julia Adler-Milstein, Sara J. Singer, and Michael W. Toffel Abstract Operational failures occur in all industries with consequences that range from minor... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
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    Latin America - Global

    Acción Hemato-oncologica – Argentine National Academy of Medicine, and acting as advisor to the Board of Directors of the Hospital Garrahan. She received the Greenhill Award in 2024 for her significant contributions to the HBS community.... View Details