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- 08 Dec 2008
- Research & Ideas
Thinking Twice About Supply-Chain Layoffs
increasing the amount of labor at a store is associated with an increase in profit margin. This did not come about through the impact of more labor on service quality, but through its impact on conformance quality—those "boring... View Details
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What Others Are Saying - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Health Care “Redefining Health Care has caught the imagination of many of the most influential voices in NHS reform and has been occupying minds at the highest level throughout this year. ...It is a... View Details
- February 2015
- Supplement
MedCath Corporation (C)
By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Kevin Schulman and F. Fallon Upke
MedCath is a horizontally integrated chain of heart hospitals that partners with local cardiologists. It claims that its focus leads to better and cheaper results than those of an everything-for-everybody general hospital. Community hospitals generally vehemently... View Details
Keywords: Medical Specialties; Market Entry and Exit; Service Delivery; Conflict and Resolution; Horizontal Integration; Health Industry
Herzlinger, Regina E., Kevin Schulman, and F. Fallon Upke. "MedCath Corporation (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 315-018, February 2015.
- September 2002 (Revised January 2013)
- Case
MedCath Corporation (A)
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Pete Stavros
MedCath is a horizontally integrated chain of heart hospitals that partners with local cardiologists. It claims that its focus leads to better and cheaper results than those of an everything-for-everybody general hospital. Community hospitals generally vehemently... View Details
Keywords: Medical Specialties; Market Entry and Exit; Service Delivery; Conflict and Resolution; Horizontal Integration; Health Industry
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Pete Stavros. "MedCath Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 303-041, September 2002. (Revised January 2013.)
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
On The Case
leadership, innovation, globalization, digital transformation, and the health care sector and Mihaljevic’s path from cardiac surgeon to leader of one of the world’s most esteemed medical centers. That initial conversation led to many more... View Details
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Executive Education Courses - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
responsible for overseeing care delivery Financial executives who direct cost management for health care delivery organizations HR executives from large organizations who manage health care for employees,... View Details
- 17 Jul 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Tort Reform and Innovation
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Profiles from the class of 2007
systems. As if he weren’t busy enough, Jain is also involved in expanding the services and facilities at a health center his family started years ago in its ancestral village in the state of Rajasthan,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Lewis I. Rice
- 16 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Has Apple Reinvented the Watch?
technologies, industries, and organizations. He has also conducted extensive research on the watch industry. Raffaelli weighs in below on everything from battery life to the Apple Watch's implications for the health care industry. Read an... View Details
- Profile
Janet Simpson Benvenuti
Caring for her aging parents led Janet Simpson Benvenuti (MBA 1985) to launch a company that helps other families find resources that are right for their own parents’ needs. View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
WATER Ltd.
at the turn of a faucet. Not so for 1 billion other residents of planet Earth, whose day begins quite differently. With their basic health already compromised for lack of water-based sanitation, those less fortunate must also worry that... View Details
- 07 May 2020
- News
Ensuring Student Equity
learning programs, food and other basic resources, and health services for more than 1,200 children each week in this underserved community. “We had to rethink the operation of our food pantry. We had to... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Opening the Door
neighborhood-based health plan for the city of Charlestown, and I became involved in building a system of benchmarks for the various services that were being offered—everything from dental care to drug and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
HBS Student Battles ALS
was one of five students to receive this year’s Dean’s Award for outstanding service to HBS and the community. For their part, HBS students, inspired by his example and commitment, have raised over $400,000 to combat ALS. With his family... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Unexpected Advice from Am Ex’s Chenault
the health and well-being of the communities in which you and your employees live and work.” Chenault grounded his advice in what he called the “unspoken compact” between business and society at large. “Society allows us to operate in... View Details
- June 2009 (Revised April 2011)
- Case
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
By: Anita L. Tucker and Amy C. Edmondson
The case describes an organization's use of the science of improvement to transform their process quality from below average to the top 10% in their industry. The case outlines the protagonist's strategy of developing internal experts who are trained in a common... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Experience and Expertise; Leading Change; Measurement and Metrics; Service Delivery; Performance Improvement; Health Industry; Ohio
Tucker, Anita L., and Amy C. Edmondson. "Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center." Harvard Business School Case 609-109, June 2009. (Revised April 2011.)
- 30 Aug 2021
- News
One and the Same
working for McKinsey in London and New York; most recently, she served as MP for the Victorian Parliament from 2006 to 2020, in addition to roles as Victoria’s Minister for Mental Health and Community View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
What Industrial Policy?
include: Agriculture, which receives massive government subsidies. Universities, which enjoy tax-exempt status and direct subsidies through government research grants. Health care, which receives a huge tax break (employer-sponsored View Details
- 07 Oct 2021
- News
Bringing Light to the Fight
own businesses and is now director of the Auckland International Airport and chair of Spark, New Zealand’s largest telecommunications and digital services company. “Measuring performance in charity is as important as in a commercial... View Details
- 15 Apr 2021
- News
Bringing Light to the Fight
symbol of health care activism, not the internationally recognized icon it is today. Starting a public conversation about women’s health was not easy, certainly, but the foundation believed that education... View Details