Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2018

Consequently, if we want new medical innovations to be financially viable for the patients who need it most, health insurance markets need to be regulated to eliminate the perverse financial incentives that limit patients’ coverage. Insurance markets are failing to deliver. First, a little background. Insight Center.

Cost 8

Cost Insurance Incentives Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

For instance, the cost of building and equipping a leading-edge semiconductor fab has climbed to $7 billion, as the technology required to make more advanced chips is getting more complex. In many industries, the capital required to build an asset of minimum efficient scale is growing.

Co-Opetition 8

Co-Opetition Operations Cost Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

At athenahealth, for example, we have a rules engine with 40 million billing rules (yes, there are that many ways to be denied) that enables us to execute our clients’ work more efficiently than they ever could alone. On any given day in America, 40% of hospital beds lie empty, their enormous fixed costs weighing heavily on the system.

Health Care 8

Health Care Power Hotels Transportation 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2015

As I described in an article in the May issue of HBR , a single 3D printer can produce engine pumps one day and crankshafts the next. The technology’s flexibility introduces synergies where none existed before. The company has invested heavily in 3D printing technologies that are flexible enough to produce a variety of products.

Engineering 8

Engineering Learning Curve Fixed Costs Competitive Advantage 8

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 23, 2023

One would assume that if the engines of innovation are working as the hype suggests, Schumpeter’s famous creative destruction would be happening at a rate seldom seen before. After the 1970s, it spread to other sectors, with the rise in information technology a likely factor behind that. “Corporate concentration (e.g.,

Creativity 127

Creativity Innovation Trends Information Technology 127

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2017

Political campaigns are marketing campaigns, messages aimed at selling a product. Media companies are experiencing an extreme form of competition that comes with digital technologies: Everyone is a media company today. Yet by 2004 its market share was down to 3%. Bigger marketing budgets may not pay off.

Media 9

Media Advertising Fixed Costs Content 9