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The Dow Acquisition of Rohm and Haas (E)
Lorsch, Jay W.Case HBS-411005-ELeadership and People ManagementDow completed the acquisition of Rohm and Haas and escaped a battle in a Delaware courtroomStarting at €5.74
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How to Pay for Health Care
Porter, Michael E.; Kaplan, Robert S.Article HBS-R1607G-ELeadership and People ManagementThe United States stands at a crossroads in how to pay for health care. Fee for service, the dominant payment model in the U.S. and many other countries, is now widely recognized as perhaps the single biggest obstacle to improving health care delivery. A battle is currently raging, outside of the public eye, between the advocates of two radically different payment approaches: capitation and bundled payments. The stakes are high, and the outcome w...Starting at €8.20
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How to Solve the Cost Crisis in Health Care
Kaplan, Robert S.; Porter, Michael E.Article HBS-R1109B-ELeadership and People ManagementU.S. health care costs currently exceed 17% of GDP and continue to rise. One fundamental reason that providers are unable to reverse the trend is that they don't understand what it costs to deliver patient care or how those costs compare with outcomes. To put it bluntly, few health care providers measure the actual costs for treating a given patient with a given medical condition over a full cycle of care, or compare the costs they incur with the...Starting at €8.20
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CEO Evaluation at Dayton Hudson (Spanish version)
Lorsch, Jay W.; Sailer, James E.Case HBS-408S14Leadership and People ManagementDescribes the Dayton Hudson CEO evaluation process, one of the most intensive in corporate America today. The board of directors' role in the evaluation is examined, as is the question of whether the Dayton Hudson CEO evaluation process should serve as a model for other corporations.Starting at €8.20
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El Consejo de General Mills y la Dirección Estratégica
Lorsch, Jay W.; Sailer, James E.Case HBS-415S18StrategyExamina los Molinos Junta General de papel de Gestión en la empresa conjunta de General Mills con Nestlé S.A. a los cereales vender fuera de América del Norte. Se plantea la cuestión más general de la función apropiada para el consejo de administración en la formulación de estrategias.Starting at €8.20
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How to Solve the Cost Crisis in Health Care (Spanish version)
Kaplan, Robert S.; Porter, Michael E.Article HBS-R1109BLeadership and People ManagementU.S. health care costs currently exceed 17% of GDP and continue to rise. One fundamental reason that providers are unable to reverse the trend is that they don't understand what it costs to deliver patient care or how those costs compare with outcomes. To put it bluntly, few health care providers measure the actual costs for treating a given patient with a given medical condition over a full cycle of care, or compare the costs they incur with the...Starting at €8.20
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Medtronic: Navigating a Shifting Healthcare Landscape
Kaplan, Robert S.; Porter, Michael E.; Feeley, Thomas W; Hernandez, AleeCase HBS-718471-EStrategyMedtronic is adapting its strategy to changes in health care competition and payments. It has decided to develop new relationships with payers, hospitals, and physicians to become more accountable for patient outcomes and total costs. The case describes new forms of partnerships for therapy optimization, management of acute care episodes, and management of chronic care patients.Starting at €8.20
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New England Baptist Hospital: Getting Paid for Value
Kaplan, Robert S.; Witkowski, Mary L.; Emanuel, Toby E.; Shehab, Syed S.Case HBS-121036-EStrategyStarting at €8.20
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Accounting for Climate Change
Kaplan, Robert S.; Ramanna, KarthikArticle HBS-R2106J-EStrategyCorporations are facing growing pressure--from investors, advocacy groups, politicians, and even business leaders themselves--to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from their operations and their supply and distribution chains. About 90% of the companies in the S&P 500 now issue some form of environmental, social, and governance report, almost always including an estimate of the company's GHG emissions. The authors describe these as "catchall ...Starting at €8.20
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Hess Corporation
Lorsch, Jay W.; Durante, KathleenCase HBS-413126-ELeadership and People ManagementOn January 29, 2013, Elliott Management, a hedge fund run by Paul E. Singer that owned 4.5% of Hess Corporation stock, put forward a slate of five independent directors it wanted elected to improve the company's performance. Elliott argued that Hess lacked focus and was distracted by ventures outside its core exploration and production business. Further it argued that John Hess, CEO and son of the founder, of being more interested in "maintaining...Starting at €8.20