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  • 10 Nov 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The Hard Numbers on Social Investments

to social problems through market solutions, the rate of return on these deals should be at least as high as traditional early stage investments. The big winners were in the technology and View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
  • June 2000
  • Case

Lifeline Systems, Inc. (A)

By: H. Kent Bowen and Marilyn Matis
Lifeline Systems provides emergency response equipment to the elderly who live at home. The company uses local hospitals to market, sell, and install these units in homes, while the hospital monitors and calls for aid to respond to emergency calls from the elderly... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Product Marketing; Sales; Problems and Challenges; Growth and Development Strategy; Managerial Roles; Service Operations; Information Infrastructure; Age; Service Delivery; Restructuring; Crisis Management; Health Industry; Health Industry
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  • Profile

Avi Kremer

could convince them that ALS is a good investment, market forces will do more than all the ALS foundations worldwide can do.” In 2011 and 2012, Prize4Life awarded million-dollar prizes for tests that measure the disease’s progression... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Health Care
  • 20 Mar 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018

Analysis with Robo-Analysts Using machine-learning technology, New Constructs creates cleaned up financial statement data that removes accounting distortions. This powerful data aims to provide unparalleled insights into companies’ true... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Oct 2013
  • News

Moving the Needle

hospital stays and doctors' visits showed her the health care system up close. "I realized that I really wanted to make a difference," she recalls. At Harvard, this self-described "contrarian" recalls having... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance
  • 06 Oct 2015
  • First Look

October 6, 2015

2015 University of Chicago Press Economic Analysis of the Digital Economy By: Goldfarb, Avi, Shane Greenstein, and Catherine Tucker, eds. Abstract—As the cost View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Mar 2015
  • First Look

First Look: March 3

run-ups on venture-capital foundings between 1984 and 2011. The results pinpoint the aspects of the social environment that most heavily influence entrepreneurial activity and the dynamics of organizational... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Mar 2021
  • News

Chasing the Silver Tsunami

do with engaging, and that’s what excites and delights our members,” she says. After earning her MBA, she worked as an executive in the senior-housing industry, which included oversight of a multibillion-dollar portfolio for a View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov; illustration by Dan Page; Nursing and Residential Care Facilities; Nursing and Residential Care Facilities
  • 14 Feb 2012
  • First Look

First Look: February 14

Publication:Pediatrics (forthcoming) Abstract Objective: To examine whether parents' delivery room management decisions for extremely preterm infants are influenced by (a) the degree of detail with which options-comfort View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 04 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 4

in Large Markets By: Kojima, Fuhito, Parag A. Pathak, and Alvin E. Roth Abstract—Accommodating couples has been a long-standing issue in the design of centralized labor market... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • March 2016 (Revised March 2022)
  • Teaching Note

Express Scripts: Promoting Prescription Drug Home Delivery (A) and (B)

By: John Beshears
The pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) sector processes prescription drug claims on behalf of companies that offer a prescription drug benefit to their employees. The case associated with this teaching note follows Bob Nease, chief scientist at Express Scripts, as he... View Details
Keywords: Pharmaceuticals; Prescription Drugs; Pharmacy Benefit Manager; PBM; Healthcare; Behavioral Economics; Choice Architecture; Active Choice; Service Delivery; Decision Choices and Conditions; Consumer Behavior; Distribution Channels; Health Care and Treatment; Service Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry
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  • 22 May 2007
  • First Look

First Look: May 22, 2007

resulting currency position tends to rise in value when equity markets fall. This strategy works well for investment horizons of one month to one year. In the past 15 years the risk-minimizing demand for the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 3

  PublicationsThe Power of Small Wins Authors:Teresa M. Amabile and Steven J. Kramer Publication:Harvard Business Review 89, no. 5 (May 2011) Abstract What is the best way to motivate employees to do creative work? Help them take a step... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • March 2013 (Revised May 2013)
  • Case

Omar Ishrak: Building Medtronic Globally

By: Bill George and Natalie Kindred
Omar Ishrak, Medtronic's first non-American CEO, aims to reinvigorate the medical device maker's growth by focusing on emerging markets, therapy innovation, and creative business models. In 2012, budget constraints in mature economies, the lack of new medical therapies... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare; Medical Devices; Medtronic; Globalization; Innovation; Reverse Innovation; Leadership; Multinational Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Management Teams; Business Model; Emerging Markets; Global Strategy; Health Care and Treatment; Acquisition; Innovation and Invention; Manufacturing Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; China
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  • 10 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017

risk changing its business model or proceed with confidence? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/217035-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 517-070 Access Health CT: Marketing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Jan 2013
  • First Look

First Look: January 15

Architecture of Transaction Networks: A Comparative Analysis of Hierarchy in Two Sectors Authors:Luo, Jianxi, Carliss Y. Baldwin, Daniel E. Whitney, and Christopher L. Magee... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Feb 2016
  • First Look

February 23, 2016

outlines answers in the contemporary literature to these questions, starting with questions about the nature and possibility of value incommensurability. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50622 February 2016... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Suppliers - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Employers Suppliers Policymakers Suppliers Suppliers Suppliers of medical products, technology, and services play vital roles in the value of health View Details
  • 16 Apr 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer

live concerts and merchandising (for music) and product placements (for movies and network shows), will become essential for the financial health of media companies. This will involve setting up... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Music
  • 03 Apr 2012
  • First Look

First Look: April 3

leadership development programs for residents. The authors first present a definition of clinical leadership and highlight evidence that effective frontline clinical leadership improves both clinical outcomes and satisfaction for patients... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel