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- 14 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The High Cost of the Slow COVID Vaccine Rollout
committed to buy hundreds of millions of doses of successful vaccines, providing a guaranteed market for the shots. "I couldn’t be on the front lines treating patients. But at least I could try to help with some of the market design challenges." “I don’t have a View Details
- 01 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Much Time Should CEOs Devote to Customers?
customer intimacy but product innovation; the CEO will need to spend time with his chief scientists, medical opinion leaders, government regulators, and CEOs of the companies distributing pharmaceuticals, but not so much time with end... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Entering the Age of Alliances
particularly daunting when cross-sector alliances are sought because information about the availability and suitability of partners is not readily available. Sometimes serendipity appears to play a role. The idea of forming an alliance with Starbucks Corporation came... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
reference points or anchors to simplify the complex tasks of valuation and negotiation. Read the paper: http://people.hbs.edu/mbaker/cv/papers/refpt.pdf The Four Habits of High-Value Health Care Organizations Author:Richard M.J. Bohmer... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Nov 2024
- In Practice
Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times
that their leaders have a realistic, rational, and focused path to the future. 2. How well are we treating the people who are being laid off? Intuit’s blog is worth reading for the care it demonstrates for the feelings and well-being of... View Details
- 03 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 3, 2009
behavior, distorted risk preferences, corrosion of organizational culture, and reduced intrinsic motivation. Rather than dispensing goal setting as a benign, over-the-counter treatment for motivation, managers and scholars need to conceptualize goal setting as a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Unconscious Executive
research at HBS, in close collaboration with Harvard Medical School. In addition to researching sleep, creativity, and decision making, he studies influence, persuasion, voice and facial categorization, and communication. Martha Lagace:... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
the most basic medical services. China is still governed by a staunchly Communist regime, and both its industrial infrastructure and capital markets are dominated by state-owned enterprises. These are not the kinds of conditions that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Best Place for Retirement Funds
Retirement, education, and medical care are focal in the minds of voters, so setting up tax-deferred savings programs around these issues is a political winner. Also, given the political power of... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 03 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
5 New Year's Resolutions You Can Keep (With the Help of Behavioral Science Research)
conceptualize goal setting as a prescription-strength medication that requires careful dosing, consideration of harmful side effects, and close supervision. We offer a warning label to accompany the practice... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 23 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 23
accelerate growth. Purchase this case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=509049 The Jenner Situation Harvard Business School Case 809-070 Dr. Bill Lemont is the new chief medical officer of a large academic View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Empathy: The Brand Equity of Retail
told the story of patient advocate Jackie Gruzenski, who faced an all-too-common experience when her husband was hospitalized for a cerebral bleed in 2009. Gruzenski was only allowed to see her husband during very strict visiting hours for the intensive View Details
- 02 Jun 2003
- What Do You Think?
What Can Aspiring Leaders Be Taught?
(and law schools, medical schools, etc.) should attempt to teach students ways to reconcile their actions when ethics seemingly compete with profit or another targeted outcome." As Ken Coleman pointed out, "business students... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 11 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 11, 2007
and reveals how to recruit, nurture, and promote this special type of leader. With a healthy supply of qualified internal candidates, companies get the leadership they need—when they need it. Who Killed Health Care? America's $2 Trillion View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 19
related activities). We consider whether there are similar benefits to related diversification within an operating unit and examine the mechanism that generates these benefits. Using the empirical context of cardiovascular care within... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 4
Clinic has long had a reputation for medical excellence. But in 2009 the CEO acknowledged that patients did not think much of their experience there, and he decided to act. Since then the Clinic has leaped to the top tier of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 18, 2009
intrinsic motivation. Rather than dispensing goal setting as a benign, over-the-counter treatment for motivation, managers and scholars need to conceptualize goal setting as a prescription-strength medication that requires View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 2
"l" Author:Richard Bohmer Publication:British Medical Journal, January 27, 2010 Abstract What exactly do we mean by leadership in health care? Does it mean to take formal positions in senior leadership teams in hospitals,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2015
US Health Care? (18,291) Jim Heskett asks, are we addressing health care cost issues with the creativity they deserve? What do YOU think? How Should Pay Be Linked to Performance? (18,284) Jim Heskett sums up 98 reader responses from... View Details
- 04 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018
W. Feeley Abstract—Patients and providers are frustrated with seemingly endless data entry. We used our patients’ vested interest in their own health care by actively engaging them in the entry of their own View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman