Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

But most women outgrew the "cookies and crafts" stereotype a long time ago, and have their sights set on bigger goals. Today, the greatest number of multimillion-dollar women-owned businesses are in wholesale trade (20%), finance/insurance (12%), and transportation/warehousing (11%).

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Benchmarking Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2015

To do this work, the system starts with the goals of the report (e.g., did this portfolio outperform the benchmark?). For instance, the report could be a bulleted list of key findings for portfolio managers who just need the facts, or it could be a lengthy detailed summary to meet an investor’s needs.

Benchmarking 8

Benchmarking Analysis Report CRM 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2013

They also believe that innovation will help them achieve these lofty goals — and they''re investing accordingly. In 2013, only 8% of the companies in this annual benchmarking survey received a top grade from their customers — and that''s a pathetically low number in comparison to the amount of professed innovation in the industry.

Innovation 8

Innovation Forrester Business Model Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2015

Note that most companies’ fixed costs are much more complex and often include rent, advertising, insurance and office supplies but since we’re trying to evaluate the BEQ for the $2,000 advertising campaign, we focus just on this number. No matter how many flip flops are sold the cost of advertising remains the same: $2,000.

Payback Period 8

Payback Period Fixed Costs Analysis Price 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2015

If it’s accurate enough to detect arrhythmia, then maybe it should be collected on the second, every second, and subsidized by insurance companies. But we’d speculate that Fitbit could do just as well at coaching you through your personal health goals by logging the reading on the minute and storing 1/60th of the data.

Business Model 8

Business Model System Management Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2017

With automated pricing engines, insurers and banks can roll out new offers as fast as online competitors. One traditional insurer, for instance, shifted from updating its quotes every several days to every 15 minutes by simply automating the processes that collect benchmark pricing data. Structured data analytics.

Company 13

Company Telecommunications Retail Supply Chain 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2015

.” Unlike many health systems that, in this era of accountable care, find themselves having to re-define their vision and re-align physicians around new performance goals, Privia has the advantage of being “purpose-built” for value-based care. How well is front desk staff capturing insurance information?

How To 8

How To Health Care Insurance Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2015

In our model in the Netherlands, insurers pay a bundled payment to a principal contracting entity — the care group — to cover a full range of diabetes-care services for a fixed period of 365 days. Web-based EHRs also enabled care groups to benchmark the performance of care providers, who could then learn from one another.

Health Care 8

Health Care Insurance Quality Porter 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Examples include the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) initiative for Medicare patients, arrangements between commercial insurers and providers, and increasingly, in direct negotiated contracts between large employers such as Boeing, Lowes, and Wal-Mart and leading providers for complex medical conditions.

Health Care 8

Health Care Cost Activity Based Costing Metrics 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Although rewards were not tied to performance in 2012 (they will be in later years), Pioneer ACOs did better on blood pressure and cholesterol control for beneficiaries with diabetes than did managed-care plans, and better on readmissions relative to the Medicare fee-for-service benchmark. ACOs in Medicare have fewer options for cost control.

Organization 8

Organization Health Care Insurance Quality 8