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Brigham and Women's Hospital: Shapiro Cardiovascular Center
Porter, Michael E.; Huckman, Robert S.; Friese, Jeremy L.Case HBS-608175-EService and Operations ManagementTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Considers the situation facing Gary Gottlieb, president of Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), prior to the opening of BWH's integrated cardiovascular center. This case allows students to develop an appreciation of the strategic, financial, organizational, clinical, and physical aspects of integrating health care delivery around specific categories of disease. It provides an...Starting at €8.20
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Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center: Spine Care, Teaching Note
Huckman, Robert S.; Porter, Michael E.Teaching Note HBS-610068-EStrategyTeaching Note for [609016].Starting at €0.00
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Brigham and Women's Hospital: Shapiro Cardiovascular Center, Teaching Note
Huckman, Robert S.; Porter, Michael E.Teaching Note HBS-610030-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for 608-175.Starting at €0.00
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Mayo Clinic: The 2020 Initiative
Herzlinger, Regina E.; Huckman, Robert S.; Lesser, JennyCase HBS-615027-EDescribes the challenges facing Dr. John Noseworthy, President and CEO, in implementing a long-term strategy for the growth of the Mayo Clinic-a leading academic medical center with a reputation for excellence in tertiary and quaternary health care. The case highlights the concurrent forces of regional and national competition and federal health care reform as factors complicating the plans of Mayo Clinic to grow through several channels. Student...Starting at €8.20
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Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center: Spine Care
Huckman, Robert S.; Porter, Michael E.; Gordon, Rachel; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-609016-EStrategyDescribes the Spine Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, a multidisciplinary unit that offers patients suffering from spinal problems "one-stop" access to a range of providers including orthopedic surgeons, neurosurgeons, neurologists, medical specialists in physical medicine and pain management, mental health providers, and occupational and physical therapists. The Center was created to address what its founder, James Weinstein, M.D., s...Starting at €8.20
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Wyeth Pharmaceuticals: Spurring Scientific Creativity with Metrics
Pisano, Gary P.; Rennella, Mark; Huckman, Robert S.Case HBS-607008-EService and Operations ManagementDescribes the reorganization of the drug discovery organization at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and focuses on the decisions to: (1) centralize decision-making within drug discovery and (2) institute numerical metrics--jointly affecting all R&D scientists--for the progression of compounds through the Wyeth pipeline. Highlights issues concerning the degree to which scientific activity can be evaluated via numerical metrics, the extent to which R&D can be...Starting at €8.20
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Learning Launches: Growth Results from Experimental Learning
Hess, Edward D.; Liedtka, Jeanne M.Technical Note DARDEN-S-0198-EStrategyIn this note, the author discusses how research shows that consistent growth companies engage in growth experiments or tests to gather better data to be used in determining which growth ideas are worth investing in. A Learning Launch is described as a process that can be used to do those growth experiments. Students will be shown that by doing Learning Launches, a business can evaluate many growth ideas quickly and cheaply, allowing it to gain be...Starting at €8.20
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How Humility Can Outsmart the Smart Machines
Hess, Edward D.Article ART-3098-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementMost of us think we're pretty smart, or we wouldn't be in our current executive position. But the kind of thinking that got you where you are today will not be enough to keep you there in the Smart Machine Age -- a new era in which technology will, in many cases, be smarter than humans. Staying ahead of tech and an increasingly competitive job market requires that we shed outdated mentalities and behaviors, embracing instead what the author calls...Starting at €8.20
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JetBlue Airways: Deicing at Logan Airport
Fearing, Douglas; Huckman, Robert S.Case HBS-612028-EService and Operations ManagementTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. The case explores a deicing capacity expansion decision made by JetBlue at Boston Logan International Airport in the summer of 2010. The need for capacity expansion was driven by significant challenges faced during the previous winter combined with substantial scheduled growth for the upcoming winter.Starting at €8.20
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3 Fellers Bakery
Hess, Edward D.Case DARDEN-ENT-0137-EEntrepreneurshipThis case could be used in entrepreneurship, strategy, and small-business courses. It presents classic issues regarding successful start-ups such as how to choose from a multitude of growth opportunities; how to pace growth so as not to dilute quality control and financial risk tolerance; and how to choose a strategic focus.Starting at €8.20