Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2017

” A new clinical model based on an advanced illness-management program one of us (Brad) developed at Sutter Health, an integrated system in Northern California, demonstrates how to increase quality while dramatically reducing costs. health care system from a supply-driven, fee-for-service structure toward payment for real value.

Health Care 8

Health Care Sharpe Document Cost 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Twelve cases are written as narratives with multiple teaching points, but without a focus on a particular business decision; the remaining twenty-three cases were written around specific conundrums related to strategy, operations, finance, marketing, leadership, culture, human resources, organizational design, business model, and growth.

Learning-by-Doing 62

Learning-by-Doing Price Bottom-up Finance 62

Chris Brady

DECEMBER 13, 2010

With humor, wisdom and insight, Tony engaged us with lively comments and interactive learning methods covering eight essential aspects of our lives and the lives of all those for whom we work: Faith, Finances, Family, Fitness, Friendship, Fun, Following and Freedom. In a split second Clayton said, “The System!”

Open-book 124

Open-book Learning-by-Doing Travel Blog 124

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2017

It might also include political capital that arises from membership of or strong ties to a high status group such as the finance committee, a special task force, or the senior management team. But conversely, the sharp edges of hard power can wreck a plan. This leads us to take the high ground. The High Ground.

Politics 12

Politics Bureaucracy Long-term Short-term 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

In later stages you’ll want people who think about how to scale through process, training, and systems. Strategies like outsourcing, hiring lower-cost people, or exotic employment offer tempting cost savings to the finance-minded folks. Invest in permanent systems. This work is hard and often unglamorous. What not to do.

Metrics 13

Metrics Engineering Efficiency Learning-by-Doing 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Since 2007, gross cross-border capital flows have fallen by 65%, and half of that is due to a sharp reduction in cross-border lending and other banking activities, a new McKinsey Global Institute report finds. As European banks retreat, China is leading something of a changing of the guard in global finance. And it is not alone.

Banking 8

Banking McKinsey Finance Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

One result is that they keep their cards close to their chests about what they are looking for (at first), while expecting you to reveal everything – your finances, pricing, ownership, human resources, production processes, quality assurance, customer service procedures, KPIs, and existing customers.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2014

The fascinating thing about how this information entered the realm of public debate is not just that no one asked this question, but that our system for producing and sharing such knowledge is poorly designed for asking such questions. But only if the PLoS study is itself true. And repairing it with the truth is very, very difficult.

Peer Review 8

Peer Review Review Industry Wilde 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2017

corporate tax system is woefully equipped for current global realities. Such a system creates distortions without collecting as much revenue as the high rate would suggest. Such a system creates distortions without collecting as much revenue as the high rate would suggest. The news on the corporate side is better.

Ryan 8

Ryan Proposal Incentives Class 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2016

embargo of Cuba (which remains firmly in place) and a consequently sharp improvement in Cuba’s economic conditions. With a limited financial system, Cuba lacks the domestic savings to raise fixed capital investment above the current level of 10% of GDP (half the average of Latin America).

Policies 8

Policies Short-term Long-term GDP 8