Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 14, 2015

At CVS Health, we believe that community retail pharmacies play a critical role in that effort —­­ a view confirmed by our experience in over 60 health-system partnerships across the United States. Those relationships are successful because they build on five realities in population health management. Insight Center.

System 8

System Health Care Retail Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Instead, our interviews found a willingness to let organizational forms and structures evolve naturally, developing in line with the identity of the enterprise. Some of the first business functionaries were railroad telegraph operators who managed schedules. The functional model of organization dates back to the 1850s.

Development 8

Development Supply Chain Incentives Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

An impatient marketing or finance manager would, on the sly, secure some extra budget money and hire a contractor to build a little database that tracked mailing addresses or top-line financials. Slowly but surely, as the little database grew bigger and bigger, the manager would wedge the cost into her operating budget.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain CIO Budgeting Project 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

The health care system in the United States, with its technological prowess and massive infrastructure, often serves as a reference point for rapidly developing economies around the world while they build their own medical systems. Basing a system on fee-for-service payment. Victor Albrow/Getty Images.

Health Care 8

Health Care Tourism Pharmaceuticals Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

All too often companies misunderstand the value of their cybersecurity teams and underfund their development. One of the things that surprised me most about security at Facebook is the level of attention and support that we receive from the company’s senior management team. Insight Center. The Future of Cybersecurity.

Team 8

Team P&L Engineering Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2013

IT is asked to the table far too late to advise on the difficulties of consolidating systems after a merger , then faulted when the task takes longer and costs more. Or business silos blame IT because “systems don’t talk,” when the root issue is that siloed departments don’t like working together.

Information Technology 8

Information Technology Technology Cost Center Constraint 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2011

In the early 1990s, Kodak's IT function was focused on systems and internal services. High-value functions such as infrastructure development and database administration were retained; others, including PCs, networks, and mainframes, were outsourced. After all, we have a great deal of skill with file transfer protocols."

CIO 8

CIO Outsourcing Cost Center Film 8