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The Hard Side of Change Management
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleEveryone agrees that managing change is tough, but few can agree on how to do it. Most experts are obsessed with "soft" issues, such as culture and motivation,... -
Research: How Successful Health Care Organizations Keep Worker Morale Up
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA workforce burnout and retention crisis has dominated the industry for the last three years, but data (finally) shows some encouraging trends. -
The Strategy That Will Fix Health Care
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleIn health care, the days of business as usual are over. Around the world, every health care system is struggling with rising costs and uneven quality,... -
Reputation and Its Risks
Public relations Magazine ArticleIdentify, quantify, and manage the risks to your company’s reputation long before a problem or crisis strikes. -
Ending the War Between Sales and Marketing
Business communication Magazine ArticleIn many companies, sales forces and marketers feud like Capulets and Montagues—with disastrous results. Here’s how to get them to lay down their swords. -
Research: How Bias Against Women Persists in Female-Dominated Workplaces
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA look inside the ongoing barriers women face in law, health care, faith-based nonprofits, and higher education. -
5 Critical Priorities for the U.S. Health Care System
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleA guide to making health care more accessible, affordable, and effective. -
5 Principles to Improve the Patient Experience
Customer experience Digital ArticlePatients are consumers too — a reality that providers have often ignored when building digital interfaces. -
Who Has the D? How Clear Decision Roles Enhance Organizational Performance
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleDecisions are the coin of the realm in business. But even in highly respected companies, decisions can get stuck inside the organization like loose change.... -
How Hospitals Are Using AI to Battle Covid-19
Global Business Digital ArticleOverwhelmed and under-equipped, some health centers are innovating in the midst of the global pandemic. -
The U.S. Health Care System Isn't Built for Primary Care
Global Business Digital ArticleBox checking and perverse incentives undermine the patient/physician relationship. -
How to Narrow the Digital Divide in U.S. Health Care
Innovation Digital ArticleSix ways academia and industry can work together to build a more equitable system. -
What Mentors Wish Their Mentees Knew
Career coaching Digital ArticleA good relationship depends on both people. -
Disruptive Changes Are Coming to the Delivery of Medical Care
Change management Digital ArticleWe have grown accustomed to scientific research producing major medical advances such as those I wrote about in The Future of Medicine — Megatrends in Healthcare. But there are now some very disruptive changes coming in how medical care will be delivered by your doctor or hospital. Some examples: Team-based care for chronic illness. The […] -
How Pharmacists Can Help Ensure That Patients Take Their Medicines
Operations and supply chain management Digital ArticleIt shouldn’t be just on the patient. -
Making Better Use of Health Care Data
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleLessons from the Sanford Data Collaborative. -
Enlist Medical Specialists in the Drive to Improve Population Health
Health and wellness ResearchPatients visiting specialists should be screened for chronic conditions and unhealthy behaviors and referred to resources for managing them. -
Making Life-Saving Medical Treatments More Affordable
Business models Digital ArticleA look at the challenges and some innovative solutions. -
Innovate at Your Own Risk: Deborah Wince-Smith on Competitiveness
Emerging markets Magazine ArticleThe U.S. may be the world’s leading innovator, but it won’t be for long if investors, regulators, and the legal establishment continue to penalize companies for risk taking, says Deborah Wince-Smith, president of the Council on Competitiveness. Recently, the council’s National Innovation Initiative, a leadership network of CEOs and university presidents, released a report in […] -
Reducing Joint Replacement Length of Stay at MGH
Operations and supply chain management Digital ArticleFor several years the average length of stay for joint replacement patients at the Massachusetts General Hospital hovered around four days, while the average at benchmark institutions was closer to three and a half days. To address this, an interdisciplinary care-redesign team created and implemented the MGH EXCELerated Total Joint Replacement Program which features pre-operative […]
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Management Reporting at Novartis (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details How should multinational corporations evaluate the performance of their subsidiaries--in local currencies or in the parent company's currency? What management... -
Walking the Path of Expansion: MiracleFeet's Journey toward a Global Footprint
Management Case Study8.95View Details MiracleFeet, a US-based non-profit, improves access to high-quality treatment of clubfoot in low-income countries, typically in partnership with public... -
Genmor Pharmaceuticals' Acquisition of Vascorex Corporation
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case asks students to identify and evaluate the merits of two factors that have led a buy-side analyst to conclude that an acquiring company is a... -
Cardinal Health: Deploying Blockchain Technology
Management Case Study8.95View Details The chief technology officer of a leading pharmaceutical distributor in the US is facing a crossroads. Driven by the company's mission of "reimagining... -
David Pyott: The Battle for Allergan (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details This case series charts the evolution of the hostile battle for Allergan and its ultimate sale to a white knight, Actavis. David Pyott had been the CEO... -
Novartis (B): Reimagining Medicine
Management Case Study5.00View Details This case unfolds around the first-ever approved personalized cancer treatment, how Novartis wrapped it into a new business model design, and how Novartis... -
Gilead: Launching Truvada in Europe
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Gilead Sciences launched Truvada, a combination pill incorporating Gilead's individual antiviral drugs, Viread and Emtriva, in the U.S. in 2004. This... -
mPharma (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details mPharma pioneered electronic prescriptions in Ghana, and aimed to increase drug affordability and accessibility in Africa, but the company remained unprofitable.... -
Finance Leadership in Novartis Consumer Health Businesses (Custom Version)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Describes and contrasts the roles and challenges of three high-performing finance heads at Novartis Consumer Health businesses in Australia, Japan, and... -
Dementia Discovery Fund
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details After the British government searched for a venture capital organization to create a new dementia fund, it selected SV Health, a UK- and US-based healthcare... -
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (B), Japanese Version
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details This case is a follow up to HBS Case No. 721-373, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (A). Following the events of the previous case, Takeda reached... -
National Innovation Systems and Comparative Industry Evolution
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Discusses U.S. and Japanese innovation systems. Illustrates these with comparative studies of computer and pharmaceutical industries. Probes effects of... -
Merck: Managing Vioxx (A), Portuguese Version
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This two-class case series allows students to stand in the shoes of CEO Ray Gilmartin during the unfolding stages of a reputational crisis. Merck's mission... -
American Cyanamid (B): Management's Response to the (A) Case
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Rahzi's Dilemma: Decision-Making at Samudera Pharma Corporation (C)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case SMU312. This is a three-part case. Case A introduces Rahzi Putera, a product manager at Samudera Pharma Corporation (SPC), one of Indonesia's... -
Building a Scalable Business with Small-Holder Farmers in Kenya: Honey Care's Beekeeping Model
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Madison Ayer, Honey Care Africa (HCA) CEO, is looking to scale the business to generate more benefits for Kenyan small-holder farmers. He is seeking a... -
Shaklee Corporation: Corporate Social Responsibility
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Having bought Shaklee Corporation from Yamanouchi, Roger Barnett, its owner and CEO, wrestled with the question of how to grow the company and its reputation... -
ImmuLogic Pharmaceutical Corp. (A): March 1991
Finance & Accounting Case Study6.95View Details ImmuLogic Pharmaceutical Corp., a development-stage biotechnology company, is considering making an initial offering of common stock. The diverse perspectives... -
OrganiGram: Navigating the Cannabis Industry with "Grey Knowledge"
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details OrganiGram Holdings Inc. (OrganiGram), a New Brunswick-based company, was a licensed producer of medical cannabis in Canada. On April 20, 2016, the Canadian... -
The Unfinished Agenda: Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Dr. K. Anji Reddy founded Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd (DRL) in 1984. Since then, the company had grown to become one of the largest pharmaceutical companies...
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The Hard Side of Change Management
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleEveryone agrees that managing change is tough, but few can agree on how to do it. Most experts are obsessed with "soft" issues, such as culture and motivation,... -
Research: How Successful Health Care Organizations Keep Worker Morale Up
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA workforce burnout and retention crisis has dominated the industry for the last three years, but data (finally) shows some encouraging trends. -
The Strategy That Will Fix Health Care
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleIn health care, the days of business as usual are over. Around the world, every health care system is struggling with rising costs and uneven quality,... -
Reputation and Its Risks
Public relations Magazine ArticleIdentify, quantify, and manage the risks to your company’s reputation long before a problem or crisis strikes. -
Ending the War Between Sales and Marketing
Business communication Magazine ArticleIn many companies, sales forces and marketers feud like Capulets and Montagues—with disastrous results. Here’s how to get them to lay down their swords. -
Research: How Bias Against Women Persists in Female-Dominated Workplaces
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA look inside the ongoing barriers women face in law, health care, faith-based nonprofits, and higher education. -
5 Critical Priorities for the U.S. Health Care System
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleA guide to making health care more accessible, affordable, and effective. -
5 Principles to Improve the Patient Experience
Customer experience Digital ArticlePatients are consumers too — a reality that providers have often ignored when building digital interfaces. -
Who Has the D? How Clear Decision Roles Enhance Organizational Performance
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleDecisions are the coin of the realm in business. But even in highly respected companies, decisions can get stuck inside the organization like loose change.... -
Management Reporting at Novartis (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details How should multinational corporations evaluate the performance of their subsidiaries--in local currencies or in the parent company's currency? What management...