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- 16 Oct 2024
- News
Physicians Can Help Cut Costs. They Just Need the Right Incentives.
- Web
2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
Professor Susanna Gallani 10:00–11:15 a.m. EDT + More Info – Less Info In this session, participants will discuss the importance of considering sources of motivation and demotivation beyond monetary rewards.... View Details
- August 2018
- Case
Tapping Growth at Lord Hobo Brewing Company
By: Ethan Rouen and Susanna Gallani
Lord Hobo Brewing Company accounts for its inventory process as it prepares to create its first set of professional financial statements for investors. View Details
Keywords: Inventory; Start-ups; Craft Brewing; Investing; GAAP; Brand Management; Accounting; Working Capital; Entrepreneurship; Private Equity; Business Startups; Business and Shareholder Relations; Food and Beverage Industry; Boston; New England; United States
Rouen, Ethan, and Susanna Gallani. "Tapping Growth at Lord Hobo Brewing Company." Harvard Business School Case 119-028, August 2018.
- July 24, 2024
- Article
Providing Value and Equity in Medicare's Dementia Care Is a Must
By: Susanna Gallani and Lidia Moura
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment
Gallani, Susanna, and Lidia Moura. "Providing Value and Equity in Medicare's Dementia Care Is a Must." Newsweek (July 24, 2024).
- March 2022
- Teaching Note
Springfield Hospital
By: Susanna Gallani and Robert Kaplan
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 117-025. View Details
- October 2019
- Supplement
Tapping Growth at Lord Hobo PowerPoint Supplement
By: Ethan Rouen and Susanna Gallani
- October 2019
- Supplement
Tapping Growth at Lord Hobo Brewing Company Spreadsheet Supplement (Instructor)
By: Ethan Rouen and Susanna Gallani
- September 2016 (Revised October 2018)
- Case
Springfield Hospital
By: Susanna Gallani and Robert Kaplan
One of the key roles of costing systems is to support the evaluation of performance and facilitate appropriate resource allocations. Through participation in a comparative cost study, management at Springfield Hospital, known for its heavy focus on operational... View Details
Keywords: Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing; Variance Analysis; Activity Based Costing and Management; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry
Gallani, Susanna, and Robert Kaplan. "Springfield Hospital." Harvard Business School Case 117-025, September 2016. (Revised October 2018.)
- November–December 2021
- Article
Successfully Implementing TDABC in Health-Care Provider Organizations
By: Susanna Gallani and Gregory Sabin
This article describes some of the common obstacles that challenge the success of TDABC implementation in health-care provider organizations and suggests potential remedies and preventive measures. View Details
Keywords: Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing; Implementation; Health Care and Treatment; Activity Based Costing and Management
Gallani, Susanna, and Gregory Sabin. "Successfully Implementing TDABC in Health-Care Provider Organizations." Cost Management 35, no. 6 (November–December 2021): 29–33. (Commissioned Article.)
- September 2019
- Teaching Note
Tapping Growth at Lord Hobo Brewing Company
By: Ethan Rouen and Susanna Gallani
Teaching Note for HBS No. 119-028. View Details
- May 2016 (Revised November 2022)
- Teaching Note
RegionFly: Cutting Costs in the Airline Industry
By: Susanna Gallani and Eva Labro
Teaching Note for HBS No. 116-047. View Details
- October 2021 (Revised February 2022)
- Case
Hospital 57357: Aligning Performance Towards a Vision of a Cancer-Free Childhood
By: Susanna Gallani and Youssef Abdel Aal
The case follows the Children Cancer Hospital in Egypt, also known as Hospital 57357, as it goes through the roll-out of a new performance management system, which Dr. Sherif Abouel Naga, founder and CEO of the hospital, had championed. This was a critical juncture as... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare; Performance Management; Performance Incentives; Strategic Alignment; Health Care and Treatment; Nonprofit Organizations; Strategy; Alignment; Performance Evaluation; Mission and Purpose; Change Management; Health Industry; Egypt; Middle East
Gallani, Susanna, and Youssef Abdel Aal. "Hospital 57357: Aligning Performance Towards a Vision of a Cancer-Free Childhood." Harvard Business School Case 122-041, October 2021. (Revised February 2022.)
- August 2019
- Case
Bark Gift Shop Ltd.
By: Susanna Gallani, Jan Bouwens and Peter Kroos
This case describes a setting in which the CFO of Bark Gift Shop Ltd., a gift items retailer, discovers an undesired pattern in the performance data suggesting that her shop managers that perform well during the first part of the year, purposely reduce their effort in... View Details
Keywords: Data Analytics; Employees; Behavior; Performance; Management; Goals and Objectives; Motivation and Incentives; Analysis
Gallani, Susanna, Jan Bouwens, and Peter Kroos. "Bark Gift Shop Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 120-008, August 2019.
- April 29, 2024
- Editorial
Stemming the Ripple Effect of Untreated Mental Illness: A Prescription for Change: Reimagining U.S. Healthcare
By: Lidia Moura and Susanna Gallani
Moura, Lidia, and Susanna Gallani. "Stemming the Ripple Effect of Untreated Mental Illness: A Prescription for Change: Reimagining U.S. Healthcare." Psychology Today (website) (April 29, 2024).
- October 16, 2024
- Article
Physicians Can Help Cut Costs. They Just Need the Right Incentives.
By: Susanna Gallani and Derek A. Haas
Health care organizations have long tried to enlist physicians in their effort to control or reduce costs. One effective means for doing so is to create an incentive system that rewards physicians for their contributions. To design such a system, organizations should... View Details
Gallani, Susanna, and Derek A. Haas. "Physicians Can Help Cut Costs. They Just Need the Right Incentives." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (October 16, 2024).
- June 2019 (Revised July 2019)
- Case
Building a Meritocracy at Alghanim Industries
By: Paul M. Healy, Susanna Gallani and Esel Çekin
Building on his father’s legacy, Omar Alghanim (MBA 2002) had been working on strengthening a performance-driven culture based on meritocracy in the family business, Alghanim Industries. The task had been particularly challenging because of traditional Middle East... View Details
Keywords: Meritocracy; Social Norms; Family Business; Organizational Culture; Performance; Diversity; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Middle East; Kuwait
Healy, Paul M., Susanna Gallani, and Esel Çekin. "Building a Meritocracy at Alghanim Industries." Harvard Business School Case 119-019, June 2019. (Revised July 2019.)
- Spring 2023
- Article
Incentive Contract Design and Employee-Initiated Innovation: Evidence from the Field
By: Wei Cai, Susanna Gallani and Jee-Eun Shin
This study examines how the design of incentive contracts for tasks defined as workers’ official responsibilities (i.e., standard tasks) influences workers’ propensity to engage in employee-initiated innovation (EII). EII corresponds to innovation activities that are... View Details
Keywords: Employee-initiated Innovation; Contract Design; Rank-and-file; Extra-role Behaviors; Compensation and Benefits; Motivation and Incentives; Innovation and Management
Cai, Wei, Susanna Gallani, and Jee-Eun Shin. "Incentive Contract Design and Employee-Initiated Innovation: Evidence from the Field." Contemporary Accounting Research 40, no. 1 (Spring 2023): 292–323.
- May 2023
- Article
Incentive Effects of Subjective Allocations of Rewards and Penalties
By: Wei Cai, Susanna Gallani and Jee-Eun Shin
We examine the incentive effects of subjectivity in allocating tournament-based rewards and punishments. We use data from a company where reward and punishment decisions are based on a combination of objective metrics and subjective performance assessments. Rankings... View Details
Keywords: Subjectivity; Tournament-based Incentives; Rewards; Penalties; Expectancy Theory; Employees; Compensation and Benefits; Management; Decisions; Performance; Measurement and Metrics
Cai, Wei, Susanna Gallani, and Jee-Eun Shin. "Incentive Effects of Subjective Allocations of Rewards and Penalties." Management Science 69, no. 5 (May 2023): 3121–3139.
- 27 Jul 2021
- News
To Set the Price Tag for Telehealth, First Understand Its Value
- March 2022 (Revised March 2024)
- Case
DaVita Responds to COVID
By: Susanna Gallani and David Lane
Early in August 2021, DaVita CEO Javier Rodriguez was assessing the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on his firm, which provided life-sustaining kidney dialysis to roughly 240,000 people. Effective infection control practices and information sharing had ensured... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Change Management; Communication; Talent and Talent Management; Fairness; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Accountability; Health Care and Treatment; Health Pandemics; Human Resources; Employee Relationship Management; Retention; Wages; Working Conditions; Leadership Style; Crisis Management; Organizational Culture; Health Industry; United States
Gallani, Susanna, and David Lane. "DaVita Responds to COVID." Harvard Business School Case 122-007, March 2022. (Revised March 2024.)