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Drivers of the Variation in Prosthetic Implant Purchase Prices for Total Knee and Total Hip Arthroplasties

By: Derek A. Haas, Kevin J Bozic, Anthony M. DiGioia, Zirui Song and Robert S. Kaplan
Previous studies have documented wide variation in health-care spending and prices; however, the causes for the variation in supply purchase prices across providers are not well understood. The purpose of this study was to determine the drivers of variation in... View Details
Keywords: Costing; Cost Variation; Total Knee Arthroplasty; Total Hip Arthroplasty; Prosthetic Implant Cost; Health Care and Treatment; Cost Management; Health Industry; Health Industry
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  • 01 Jun 2000
  • News

The Business of Biotech

could replace the painful prick of a vaccination needle. And as "delivery vehicles" for medicines proliferate, new distribution channels, such as supermarkets and health clubs, could offer products alongside... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • Web

Drivers of Competitiveness - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

efficiency and prosperity. Key Concepts Productivity Competitivenss is determined by the productivity with which a location uses its human, capital, and natural endowments to create value. Microeconomic Foundations Productivity ultimately... View Details
  • 28 Nov 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Rethinking the Fairness of Organ Transplants

create a policy. The group's proposed method determines how many life years can be added by looking at the expected survivability for every case. "The new system will explicitly give points based on the likelihood View Details
Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Health
  • 22 Aug 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Failure Analysis

that health care organizations typically fail to analyze or make changes even when people are well aware of failures. Whether medical errors or simply problems in the work process, few hospital organizations... View Details
Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon
  • December 2013
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Measuring the Value of Process Improvement Initiatives in a Preoperative Assessment Center using Time-driven Activity-based Costing

By: Katy E. French, Heidi W. Albright, John C. Frenzel, James R. Incalcaterra, Augustin C. Rubio, Jessica F. Jones and Thomas W. Feeley
Background: The value and impact of process improvement initiatives are difficult to quantify. We describe the use of time-driven activity-based costing(TDABC)in a clinical setting to quantify the value of process improvements in terms of cost, time and personnel... View Details
Keywords: Quality Improvement; Value Agenda; Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing; Accounting; Health; Measurement and Metrics; Value; Health Industry; North and Central America
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  • May 2024 (Revised February 2025)
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Choosing the Course of Passion: Brooke Boyarsky Pratt at knownwell

By: Jon M. Jachimowicz and Alexis Lefort
Brooke Boyarsky Pratt (HBS ’13) enjoyed considerable success in her early career, quickly climbing the ranks to associate partner at McKinsey, and later becoming an executive vice president at Berkadia, a Berkshire Hathaway portfolio company. Throughout these years,... View Details
Keywords: Passion; Career; Career Planning; Purpose; Personal Development and Career; Mission and Purpose; Identity; Business Startups; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Health Industry; United States
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  • 18 Jan 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Hazard Warning: The Unacceptable Cost of Toxic Workers

Minor says. Workers are flagged as self-regarding through a series of nuanced questions to determine how much they value others. “If you’re selfish, you’re more likely to steal and bully,” Minor says. To... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
  • 14 Jun 2010
  • Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Measuring Social Impact

requires greater access to education, health care, and employment resources; at the same time, you might be trying to influence public policy on issues that affect the homeless. That involves a whole set of... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 20 Sep 2013
  • Working Paper Summaries

Historical Origins of Environmental Sustainability in the German Chemical Industry, 1950s-1980s

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Christina Lubinski; Chemical
  • 01 Mar 2008
  • News

Class of 2007 Fellowship Awarded

development. Kim focused on developing a sustainable model for delivering health care to rural India. “If you create a profitable solution, it can be scalable,” he explains. Upon earning his MBA, Kim is committed to helping people in... View Details
Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 07 May 2009
  • Working Paper Summaries

Broadening Focus: Spillovers and the Benefits of Specialization in the Hospital Industry

Keywords: by Jonathan R. Clark & Robert S. Huckman; Health
  • 09 Jun 2024
  • Blog Post

The EC Formula: MBA Class of 2024 Looks Back

anything at HBS. I came in with a plan and an idea of who I wanted to be post-HBS, but giving myself the time and space to explore, ask questions, and try new things turns out to be the best thing I ever did! View Details
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Individuals' Decision to Co-Donate or Donate Alone: An Archival Study of Married Whole Body Donors in Hawaii

By: Michel Anteby, Filiz Garip, Paul V. Martorana and Scott Lozanoff

Background: Human cadavers are crucial to numerous aspects of health care, including initial and continuing training of medical doctors and advancement of medical research. Concerns have periodically been raised about the limited number of whole body... View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Health Care and Treatment; Personal Characteristics; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Health Industry; Hawaii
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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

Bertrand, Zoë B. Cullen, Edward L. Glaeser, and Michael Luca. Workplace Knowledge Flows (pdf) , Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2020. With Jason Sandvik, Richard Saouma, and Nathan Seegert. Determinants... View Details
  • 01 Dec 1998
  • News

Managing the Business of Life

however, Glover and her husband, Phil Stapleton, had dreamed of starting a business together. "Phil is one of the best thinkers and practitioners in the environmental health... View Details
  • 20 Dec 2019
  • News

The 19 Musts of 2019

deftly weaves in rich storylines from her experience as a psychotherapist—not just to entertain or teach us about others but to beautifully and subtly teach us even more about ourselves.” —Dr. Darria Long Gillespie (MBA 2005), ER doctor, TV host, View Details
Keywords: podcast; Arts, Entertainment
  • 26 Mar 2020
  • Research & Ideas

7 Leadership Principles for Managing in the Time of Coronavirus

Cash. The most obvious commercial C of the 7 Cs is Cash. Cash is king at a time of crisis, and everything needs to be done to look both short term and long term at the financial View Details
Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Health
  • 22 Feb 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Lack of Female Scientists Means Fewer Medical Treatments for Women

treatments that primarily benefit women, yet an examination of biomedical patents filed over a 30-year period revealed a significant shortage of inventions targeting women’s View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
  • 01 Jun 2005
  • News

Profiles from the Class of 2005

another farewell, bound for every corner of the globe, they mark the completion of a degree and the beginning of a new relationship with one another and the School. (“It’s sad... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Julia Hanna; James E. Aisner; Graduate profiles; Government; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing