Value Based Health Care - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 2

Andrew Huang and the Center had worked with the Taiwan National Health Insurance system to create a pay-for-performance reimbursement program for breast cancer care that has since been adopted by five other... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2009
News

Alumni Books

Loyalty, and Maximize Profits by John A. Goodman (MBA ’71) (Amacom) Managing the Publishing Process by Ralph Hancox (PMD 26, 1973) (CCSP Press) Cured! The Insider's Handbook for Health Care Reform by Stephen... View Details

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Honors & Awards - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC About Michael Porter About Michael Porter A Letter from Michael Porter Biography The Essential Porter Honors & Awards Affiliated Organizations & Institutions VBHCD Initiative Honors & Awards Honors & Awards Porter Prize Japan Porter Prize India Porter Prize... View Details

10 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

COVID's Surprising Toll on Careers of Women Scientists

do you have to stay home and care for your young child? Those things seem to be the bottleneck.” Just 5 percent of the total scientists responding to the emailed query reported working fewer than 42 hours weekly before the pandemic... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health; Health; Health

27 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Customer Loyalty Programs That Work

understanding about what brands matter to consumers," says Alvarez. "So if consumers are switching brands, or buying based on promotions, you can drive the customer to your own label." Brand-based data can also be used as... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Retail

01 Dec 2007
News

Rediscovering America

thinking. You see a pattern through a kaleidoscope, but it’s not fixed. Imagination and the ability to change the pattern have been main elements in the prosperity that Americans have enjoyed, and we need to value them highly. Science is... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

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Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition

and medium businesses draw meaningful, actionable insights from across all of their disparate data sources. Jana Care Sidhant Jena, MBA 2011 Jana Care is a health technology... View Details

16 May 2016
Blog Post

Career Resources for International Students

large U.S. technology firm would be more likely to participate in the dedicated interview process, while those looking for roles in health care in South Africa or retail in Brazil will utilize CPD’s career... View Details

01 Mar 2004
What Do You Think?

Are Customer Loyalty Initiatives Worth the Investment?

to let customers acquire points or miles or any loot unconnected to the product they are using . . . It's about customers and suppliers caring for each other's success." As Alan de Winter put it, "A consistently well-delivered... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

03 Jun 2008
First Look

First Look: June 3, 2008

Implementing Patient-Focused Care (A) (Abridged) Harvard Business School Case 608-070 Reading Rehab Hospital has experimented with a popular concept in health care—patient-focused care—intended to increase... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Aug 2005
HBS Case

Classic Cases Live On at HBS

quality service, attention to patients, and an attractive work environment for doctors and staff—must be taken into account. By showing the positive impact of making health care more consumer-oriented,... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

27 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work

Bumping up against accepted theories in process improvement, a new research paper from Harvard Business School questions the value of prioritizing problems identified by frontline employees. Citing a hospital safety improvement program... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Guttry

01 Dec 2004
News

Warren Buffett Speaks at HBS

is wealthy enough so that, ideally, all its citizens should be taken care of and “some base level” of health care should be available to all.... View Details

Keywords: Warren Buffett; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

August 2008 (Revised September 2008)
Case

The Flaxil Label (B)

This case focuses on the 2001 negotiation between Mytex Pharmaceuticals and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The outcome of the negotiation would determine the new label for Mytex's blockbuster drug for arthritis, Flaxil. The negotiation is quite... View Details

Keywords: Governance; Risk and Uncertainty; Value Creation; Negotiation; Attitudes; Health Care and Treatment; Government Administration; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States

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01 Jun 2018
News

The Long Run

persons from 1999 to 2016. Beyond the devastating personal costs, there is an economic toll, too, caused by rising health care expenses for overdose prevention drugs and addiction treatment, criminal justice... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Melissa Golden

04 May 2007
What Do You Think?

How Do Managers Think?

"Interesting to make analogies, but the basics of medical decision making are grounded in scientific fact whereas there is no unified body of knowledge based on science for the manager." As Todd Rhoad put it, " doctors are... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Dec 1997
News

Short Takes

Firms and Flexibility As job security and long-term relationships between corporations and their white-collar workers become relics of the past, what will link these two parties in the future? According to HBS assistant professor Jeffrey L. Bradach, a new model View Details

Keywords: Judith Ross

19 Jan 2023
Blog Post

11 Ways to Reengage Employees in the New Year

ahead to ensure that ERGs leaders are compensated for their extra work and initiatives can successfully move forward. 7. Promote Wellness: Health and wellness ease stress and promote increased productivity. You can foster mental View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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Awards | Commencement 2025

have contributed significantly to their companies and communities while upholding the highest standards and values in everything they do. As such, they represent the best in our alumni body. Exemplary role models, they inspire all those... View Details

27 Jul 2017
News

Seeing a Way Forward

their place, it was not the way I wanted to have an impact,” she says. Leger then shifted her focus to social enterprise and the concept of “business at the base of the pyramid,” realizing that she needed more business knowledge in order... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

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