Publications

23 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

Product Disasters Can Be Fertile Ground for Innovation

In 2009, a stroke victim at a Los Angeles medical center started losing his hair following a CT brain perfusion scan. After some confusion, doctors determined he had been subject to a radiation overdose—a... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies

April 2011
Article

Improving Cancer Care Through Public Reporting Of Meaningful Quality Measures

By: Tracy E. Spinks, Ronald Walters, Thomas W. Feeley, Heidi Wied Albright, Victoria S. Jordan, John Bingham and Thomas W. Burke

Historically, quality measures for cancer have followed a different route than overall quality measures in the health care system. Many specialized cancer treatment centers were exempt from standard reporting on quality measures because of the complexity of cancer.... View Details

Keywords: Cancer; Quality Metrics; Public Reporting; Affordable Care Act; Quality; Health; Health Industry; North and Central America

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09 Jan 2013
News

Research in Action: Work of Michael E. Porter and Robert S. Kaplan Helps Hospital

December 2006 (Revised November 2008)
Case

The New York Jets--A West Side Story

In 2005, Jay Cross, New York Jets president, must decide how to proceed with finding a new home for the football team he heads after New York's Public Authorities Control Board rejects a $1.4 billion plan to build the New York Sports and Convention Center (NYSCC) on... View Details

Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Investment; Negotiation Deal; Negotiation Process; Partners and Partnerships; Urban Development; Sports; Real Estate Industry; Sports Industry

January 2019 (Revised January 2022)
Case

Chinese Infrastructure Investments in Sri Lanka: A Pearl or a Teardrop on the Belt and Road?

By: Meg Rithmire and Yihao Li

In 2015, a surprise presidential election result seemed to imperil Chinese investments in Sri Lanka, which were associated with China’s Belt and Road Initiative to build global infrastructure. In the previous decade, China had undertaken two major projects in the... View Details

Keywords: Belt And Road Initiative; Investment; Infrastructure; China; Sri Lanka

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Institute Associates - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

involved in numerous regional and national health policy initiatives, including the American Joint Replacement Registry, where he serves as Vice Chair of the Board View Details

26 Apr 2011
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities

Blog

Inside the Learning: Boston By the Season

If you are coming to Boston for one of our programs—and especially if you are coming from some distance away—you may want to extend your stay a few days and explore Boston, Cambridge, and View Details

17 Mar 2022
News

The Companies Boycotting Russia Are Demonstrating Six Key Values

01 Dec 2022
News

Business as a Force for Good in Society

Illustration by Dana Smith In a world facing myriad complex challenges, Harvard Business School is actively exploring how capitalism is working, what leadership role business can and should play in making it work better, and how business can be a force View Details

July 2018
Case

Ce Soir-Là, Ils n'Arrivent Plus Un par Un, Mais par Vagues: Coping with the Surge of Trauma Patients at L'Hôpital Universitaire La Pitié Salpêtrière—Friday, November 13, 2015

By: Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard, Emilie Billaud and Arnold M. Howitt

On November 13, 2015, Dr. Marie Borel, Dr. Emmanuelle Dolla, Dr. Frédéric Le Saché, and Professor Mathieu Raux were the doctors in charge of the trauma center at L’Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière in Paris, where dozens of wounded and dying patients, most with severe... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Crisis Management; Performance Capacity; Decision Making; Leadership; Health Industry; Europe; France; Paris