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How Bundled Health Care Payments Are Working in the Netherlands

Harvard Business Review

The system for paying health care providers is extremely fragmented. In response, both the United States and the Netherlands are now experimenting with bundled-payment models , whereby a single prospective payment is made for all services for a patient with a given condition, even when multiple providers deliver that care.

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18 of the Top 20 Tech Companies Are in the Western U.S. and Eastern China. Can Anywhere Else Catch Up?

Harvard Business Review

But as the digital revolution continues to spark widespread disruption in other industries — automotive, financial services, health care, and retail — who will win? From 2010 to 2017, the market cap of GAFAM companies increased by $2.6 And the amounts involved are huge.

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People Are Angry About Globalization. Here’s What to Do About It.

Harvard Business Review

personal consumption expenditures in 2010 and that over half of that amount actually went to U.S. newspapers, the share of foreign stories has declined from 27% in 1987 to 11% in 2010. But in the words of survey coauthor Michael Porter , many were “offended by the discussion saying that someone is getting paid too much.”