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The Brigham and Women's Hospital Innovation Hub: Driving Internal Innovation
Stern, Ariel D.; Huckman, Robert S.Case HBS-619026-EService and Operations ManagementStarting 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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Managing Orthopaedics at Rittenhouse Medical Center
Bohmer, Richard; Huckman, Robert S.; Bozic, Kevin J.; Weber, JamesCase HBS-607152-EService and Operations ManagementConsiders the issues associated with running multiple business models--a private practice and an academic faculty practice--within the confines of the orthopaedics department of a single medical center. Students assume the role of Neela Wilson, Executive Director of Rittenhouse Medical Center, in managing the operational requirements of, and organizational tensions created by, these competing models. In analyzing the case, students have the oppor...Starting at €8.20
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JetBlue Airways: Valentine's Day 2007
Huckman, Robert S.; Pisano, Gary P.; Fuller, Virginia A.Case HBS-608001-EService and Operations ManagementDescribes an operational crisis for JetBlue Airways during an ice storm in the eastern United States in February 2007 and chronicles the airline's immediate response. Provides detail concerning the history of the airline from its founding in 1999 through the February 2007 crisis, which forced the airline to cancel more than 1,000 flights over the course of six days. In addition, discusses the initial response to the crisis by CEO David Neeleman a...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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CVS Health: Promoting Drug Adherence
John, Leslie K.; Quelch, John A.; Huckman, Robert S.Case HBS-515010-EMarketingThe case describes a program that CVS Health recently implemented to improve medication adherence, an important problem from societal, public policy, and firm perspectives. A test of the program, costing hundreds of thousands of dollars to implement, increased the proportion of adherent customers by 1.4 percentage points. Students are asked to quantify the system-wide economic benefit of this improvement and draw upon insights from behavioral sci...Starting at €8.20
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The IT Transformation Health Care Needs
Sahni, Nikhil; Huckman, Robert S.; Chigurupati, Anuraag; Cutler, David M.Article HBS-R1706K-EInformation TechnologiesIn recent years, health care organizations have made sizable investments in information technology. They've used their IT systems to replace paper records with electronic ones and to improve billing processes, thereby boosting revenue. But so far, IT has been of little value in making medical care delivery more effective or less expensive. How can health care organizations change this? One key is to prioritize quality improvement over cost cuttin...Starting at €8.20
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Tiene problemas para mantener sus operaciones enfocadas
Huckman, Robert S.Article HBS-R0909KService and Operations ManagementComo empresa amplía con el tiempo, puede perder el borde operativo que condujo a su éxito inicial. fortalezas centrales se atrofian, la eficiencia o la calidad se resiente, y rivales más nítidas cerca de tomar ventaja de la pérdida de concentración. En su clásico artículo "La fábrica Focused" (HBR mayo-junio de 1974), Wickham Skinner propuso que los fabricantes cuyas líneas de productos habían proliferado crear unidades especializadas, cada uno d...Starting at €8.20
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Managing Orthopaedics at Rittenhouse Medical Center (Spanish version)
Bohmer, Richard; Huckman, Robert S.; Bozic, Kevin J.; Weber, JamesCase HBS-617S06Service and Operations Management(1) gain a better understanding of operational focus and the concept of a "focused factory" in health care, (2) consider the concept of a "factory within a factory" in the context of an academic medical center, and (3) build an appreciation of the managerial challenges associated with operating related, and often competing, business units within the same organization.Starting at €8.20
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Amazon Web Services (Spanish version)
Huckman, Robert S.; Pisano, Gary P.; Kind, LizCase HBS-612S02Service and Operations ManagementConsiders the development of Amazon Web Services (AWS), a division of Amazon.com, Inc., specializing in the provision of web-based storage and computing services to web developers. The case focuses on the issues facing Andy Jassy, the head of AWS, in 2008 as AWS faces increased competition from established technology giants, such as Google, Microsoft, and IBM. Students are asked to consider whether entry into web services by Amazon, which had est...Starting at €8.20