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InterfaceRAISE: Sustainability Consulting, Teaching Note
Toffel, Michael W.; Eccles, Robert G.Teaching Note HBS-612049-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for 611-069.Starting at €0.00
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Ebola: Managing to Save Lives
IESE InsightArticle ART-2676-EService and Operations ManagementA year after the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa in March 2014, health-care experts are cautiously optimistic that the epidemic appears to be slowing. Although the outlook is brighter than a year ago when the first case was detected in Guinea, there is still a long way to go and many lessons to be learned in managing a crisis of this scale, related to institutional shortfalls, international coordination, engagement with local stakeholders and, m...Starting at €8.20
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InterfaceRAISE: Sustainability Consulting
Toffel, Michael W.; Eccles, Robert G.; Taylor, CaseyCase HBS-611069-EService and Operations ManagementInterfaceRAISE is a sustainability management consulting firm created to leverage the capabilities of its parent company Interface Inc., a carpet manufacturer recognized as a global leader in corporate environmental sustainability. This case illustrates the challenges of turning an internal capability into a client facing revenue stream. This is made especially difficult by the fact that the parent company is a manufacturing firm and InterfaceR...Starting at €8.20
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A New Hospital for Heredia. A Public-Private Partnership for Health Care
Cercone J.; Rosenmöller, MagdaCase P-1003-EService and Operations ManagementTogether with a senior official from the CCSS, the Costa Rican Social Security organization, the principal of a regional hospital in Costa Rica draws up a new model for public-private cooperation in health care, given the stringent limitations on public investment. The case follows the project's progress, presents the various problems encountered, and shows how it has succeeded in gaining the support of the various stakeholders involved. The CCSS...Starting at €8.20
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Introducing DRGs as an Instrument for Clinical Management
Cercone J.; Márquez G.; García Prat, AntoniCase P-1048-EService and Operations ManagementThe case focuses on the use of DRGs in Costa Rica from the original motivation to use them, the implementation steps, the difficulties found and how they were addressed. The case describes the changes that occurred as a result of DRG introduction, and how the ?perverse incentives? were managed. The emphasis is on the lessons learnt in order to define the following implementation steps. The DRG system can be a useful tool to better organizing medi...Starting at €8.20
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El nuevo hospital para Heredia Colaboración Pública-Privada para la atención sanitaria
Cercone J.; Rosenmöller, MagdaCase P-1003Service and Operations ManagementEl director de un hospital regional de Costa Rica elabora, junto con un alto funcionario de la CCSS, la Caja Costarricense del Seguro Social, un nuevo modelo de colaboración publico-privada en la atención sanitaria, ante unas estrictas limitaciones de inversión publica. El caso sigue el proceso del proyecto, presenta los diferentes problemas encontrados y muestra como ha logrado asegurar el soporte de los distintos grupos involucrados. La CCSS ha...Starting at €8.20
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Student Success at Georgia State University (A)
Toffel, Michael W.; Mendelson, Robin; Kelley, JuliaCase HBS-621006-EService and Operations ManagementGeorgia State University had developed a reputation for driving student success by nearly doubling its graduation rate for students of all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. It did so while growing its student body and the proportion of Black/Starting at €8.20
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Student Success at Georgia State University (B)
Toffel, Michael W.; Mendelson, Robin; Kelley, JuliaCase HBS-621039-EService and Operations ManagementThis is a supplement to the Student Success at Georgia State University (A) case. The (B) case includes the results of a randomized control trial that Georgia State conducted to test education technology start-up AdmitHub's chatbot solution as a strategyStarting at €5.74
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Walmart Health: Scaling During a Pandemic
Huckman, Robert S.; Min, Yoonjin; Thiel, MarissaCase HBS-621061-EService and Operations ManagementAmidst the onset of COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Marcus Obsborne, Vice President for Health and Wellness Transformation at Walmart was planning to scale its new health care clinic business, Walmart Health, to additional locations in Georgia and beyond. Walmart Health aimed to differentiate its offerings from those of competing retail clinics, most notably by offering a wider range of services including visits with primary care physicia...Starting at €8.20
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Introducción de los Grupos de Diagnóstico Relacionado (GDR) como instrumento de gestión clínica
Cercone J.; Márquez G.; García Prat, AntoniCase P-1048Service and Operations ManagementEl caso se concentra en el uso de los GDR en Costa Rica, desde la motivación para comenzar a usarlos, los diferentes pasos a seguir, las dificultades en la implementación y cómo se resolvieron. Se discuten los cambios que ocurrieron como resultado de la introducción de los GDR, y cómo se manejaron los "incentivos perversos". Se hace énfasis en las lecciones aprendidas con el objeto de definir cómo seguir adelante a partir de este punto. El sistem...Starting at €8.20