Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

For a discipline so fundamentally altruistic, health care is oddly dysfunctional around relationships. Our full article describing social capital, its roles in health care, and strategies for building it in health care organizations is available here (PDF).

Social Capital 8

Social Capital Health Care Cooper Storytelling 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Many of the provisions of the sweeping health-care bill passed by the House of Representatives in March won’t kick in until 2014, however these provisions spell big changes for small businesses. Health insurance costs for small businesses increased from 1999 to 2007.

Uncertainty 57

Uncertainty Insurance Newsletter Incentives 57

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2013

The second time I was in the market to buy. Dear Jeffrey, My company delivers mobile dictation and transcription service to field workers in IT and health care, saving these people time in reporting. How would you approach the market of sales professionals and sales management? I was solicited by their sales team twice.

Real Estate 50

Real Estate CRM Ryan Open-book 50

Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2017

Other firms have ventured down this path, including the conglomerate Wesfarmers , with its 200,000-plus staff, and the global hospital operator Ramsay Health Care. CEO incentives have traditionally been evaluated against objective data — also labelled “hard.” It has no intention of doing so.

TSR 9

TSR Banking Committee Incentives 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2011

Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining innovation in health care, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. All patients would designate health care proxies. Good end-of-life care is a fundamental component of quality medical care.

Health Care 12

Health Care Document System Education 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2014

It used to be that hospitals and health systems operated as islands, selecting and purchasing medical supplies, devices and medications in isolation, and keeping their operational and leadership practices to themselves. While collaboration is always challenging, the health care benefits are by now clear.

Health Care 8

Health Care Retail Mayo Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2018

How would we deliver care to a population overburdened with severe mental illness, food insecurity (the lack of consistent access to enough food to lead an active, healthy life) and early-onset chronic diseases — and do so in locations as disparate as Tennessee and Iowa? The Future of Health Care. Insight Center.

Health Care 8

Health Care Metrics Cost Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2016

politics is not merely the inevitable result of our free-market system; it is also a consequence of the choices our business leaders make. Whether that kind of leadership positions a company for long-term success is a different question. Nor are they entirely innocent. The growing economic inequality that polarizes U.S.

Politics 8

Politics Short-term Long-term Porter 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

It’s a function of the sales tasks , which vary according to the market, your strategy, the stage of the business (i.e., The first step in smart hiring and productivity is understanding the relevant sales tasks in your market and strategy and then reflecting those tasks in hiring criteria and a disciplined hiring process.

Cost 8

Cost Handbook Marketing Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

We have positioned ourselves not just as a productivity-driving force but also as an agent of society by investing in education and health care for our people. By competing on products, we respond to the market. By competing on serving customers, we can understand, anticipate, stimulate, and influence market demands.

Industry 10

Industry Strategy Supply Chain Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

In slightly more formal terms, Id suggest that they were able to take on, at least in tiny part, five of Robert Merton and Zvi Bodies six standard functions of a financial system: settling payments, providing information, setting incentives, pooling resources, and transferring resources.

Banking 15

Banking Crisis Merton Guidelines 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

His primary insight is that the frame one firm uses has to be able to counter their rivals incentive to jump to greater transparency and offer discounts. His primary insight is that the frame one firm uses has to be able to counter their rivals incentive to jump to greater transparency and offer discounts.

Retail 14

Retail Price Comparison Nalebuff 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

President Obama has some unfinished business to attend to, and taking care of it will require help and support from corporate leaders across the country. Just as business leadership was crucial when we turned back the threat to the ozone layer from chlorofluorocarbons, it will be essential today. He delivered on the first two.

Cost 9

Cost Price Energy Proposal 9

Strategy Driven

JUNE 22, 2012

This is not written to take swipes at responsible branding, marketing and advertising. Branding is a sub-set of marketing, which is a sub-sub-set of corporate strategy. Cause-related marketing materials. My analysis: The stock market looks primarily at profits…one small part (1%) of the business picture.

Brand 50

Brand Analysis Advertising Software 50

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2011

Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining innovation in health care, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. The mobile phone is a strong contender as a key transforming agent in the future of health and healthcare. There are now more than 5.3

Wireless 15

Wireless Health Care Pharmaceuticals Business Model 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

That should help more tightly align incentives to provide original content with more returns in visibility and money. That should help more tightly align incentives to provide original content with more returns in visibility and money. Thats the theory, but there are some issues with Googles plan.

Guidelines 15

Guidelines Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence Balanced Scorecard 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

GDP spent on health care continues to rise, reaching 17.9% At the same time, health insurance premiums have increased as much as 60% in the individual market in some states. Now, with the rollback of the mandate that individuals must purchase health insurance, the number of uninsured in the country will climb.

Health Care 8

Health Care Insurance Price Incentives 8