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The Hard Side of Change Management
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleEveryone agrees that managing change is tough, but few can agree on how to do it. Most experts are obsessed with "soft" issues, such as culture and motivation,... -
Research: How Successful Health Care Organizations Keep Worker Morale Up
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA workforce burnout and retention crisis has dominated the industry for the last three years, but data (finally) shows some encouraging trends. -
The Strategy That Will Fix Health Care
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleIn health care, the days of business as usual are over. Around the world, every health care system is struggling with rising costs and uneven quality,... -
Reputation and Its Risks
Public relations Magazine ArticleIdentify, quantify, and manage the risks to your company’s reputation long before a problem or crisis strikes. -
Ending the War Between Sales and Marketing
Business communication Magazine ArticleIn many companies, sales forces and marketers feud like Capulets and Montagues—with disastrous results. Here’s how to get them to lay down their swords. -
Research: How Bias Against Women Persists in Female-Dominated Workplaces
Gender Digital ArticleA look inside the ongoing barriers women face in law, health care, faith-based nonprofits, and higher education. -
5 Critical Priorities for the U.S. Health Care System
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleA guide to making health care more accessible, affordable, and effective. -
5 Principles to Improve the Patient Experience
Customer experience Digital ArticlePatients are consumers too — a reality that providers have often ignored when building digital interfaces. -
Who Has the D?: How Clear Decision Roles Enhance Organizational Performance
Decision making and problem solving Magazine ArticleYour organization can become more decisive—and can implement strategy more quickly—if you know where the bottlenecks are and who’s empowered to break through them. -
Listening Is a Lost Art in Medicine. Here’s How to Rediscover It
Organizational culture Digital ArticleThe highest-need patients are the least likely to be heard. -
Why Health Care May Finally Be Ready for Big Data
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleLack of standardization has held the sector back. -
How to Narrow the Digital Divide in U.S. Health Care
Innovation Digital ArticleSix ways academia and industry can work together to build a more equitable system. -
5 Ways to Restore Depleted Health Care Workers
Health and wellness Digital ArticleProven strategies that health systems are using to combat employees’ physical and emotional exhaustion. -
The Next Wave of Hospital Innovation to Make Patients Safer
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleTechnology and procedure can only get us so far. -
Quality Improvement Customers Didn't Want (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleIs investing in new technology always the right choice for a company and its customers? Allan Moulter, the CEO of Quality Care, isn't sure he wants to... -
4 Ways to Remove “Sludge” from Health Care Processes
Behavioral economics Digital ArticleAdvice from three senior managers at Ascension. -
Innovate at Your Own Risk: Deborah Wince-Smith on Competitiveness
Emerging markets Magazine ArticleThe U.S. may be the world’s leading innovator, but it won’t be for long if investors, regulators, and the legal establishment continue to penalize companies for risk taking, says Deborah Wince-Smith, president of the Council on Competitiveness. Recently, the council’s National Innovation Initiative, a leadership network of CEOs and university presidents, released a report in […] -
What Mentors Wish Their Mentees Knew
Career coaching Digital ArticleA good relationship depends on both people. -
Disruptive Changes Are Coming to the Delivery of Medical Care
Change management Digital ArticleWe have grown accustomed to scientific research producing major medical advances such as those I wrote about in The Future of Medicine — Megatrends in Healthcare. But there are now some very disruptive changes coming in how medical care will be delivered by your doctor or hospital. Some examples: Team-based care for chronic illness. The […] -
3 Myths About Machine Learning in Health Care
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleThe technology has a lot of potential - but it isn't magic.
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Alvogen
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Alvogen is a young Icelandic generic pharmaceutical company, whose CEO believes that his global strategy will give them an edge in this competitive industry.... -
Merck, Darmstadt: Sustaining Legacy Beyond 350 Years
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case is about the business, governance and leadership transformation of Merck - a 13th generation, family-owned, German multinational group operating... -
Taurion Inc.: Built to Cure an Incurable Disease (VCs)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case IES519. Taurion Inc. is a start-up company established in 2006 and based in Vienna. It specializes in researching the causes of Alzheimer's... -
3M: Rethinking Regionalisation to Adapt to Supply Chain Disruptions
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Set in April 2022, this case delves into supply chain disruptions faced by 3M in and after the Covid-19 pandemic, and the strategies used by the company... -
Reintroduce Thalidomide? (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In the 1960s thalidomide, a popular new drug considered to be safe and effective, was revealed to cause severe nerve damage and birth defects in newborn... -
Labour Dispute at Dr. Reddy's: Tip of the Iceberg in a Globalization Effort
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The case describes a dispute between the management of Dr. Reddy's and a trade union over the employment terms of contract workers. However, as events... -
Genzyme Corp.: Strategic Challenges with Ceredase
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Genzyme Corp., one of the largest biotechnology companies, has succeeded in developing, manufacturing, and commercializing its first therapeutic, a treatment... -
Puritan Drug Co.
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details David Thomas takes his first sales management assignment and is faced with a sales rep revolt because of a possible territory reorganization. In addition,... -
Reintroduce Thalidomide? (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details An abstract is not available for this product. -
Genetic Testing and the Puzzles We Are Left To Solve (A): Consideration for Family Members
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details This set of cases (labeled A through M [UV1898 through UV1911]) presents various vignettes, each with a specific dilemma about genetic testing and the... -
Merck: Managing Vioxx (F)
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Kendle International, Inc.
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Candace Kendle and Christopher Bergen, the CEO and COO of Kendle International, Inc., are reviewing ways to finance the growth of their privately-owned... -
Building an Integrated Biopharma Company: Crucell (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details The Crucell (B) case updates events at Crucell since 2009. In September, 2009, Johnson & Johnson acquired 18% of Crucell for $400 million. This investment... -
Zantac (B)
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case IN1271. The cases describe the development, worldwide launch, and subsequent marketing of a new pharmaceutical product which, although... -
Treu Pharma: Role for Alex Hoffman
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details No Abstract -
Price-Fixing Vignettes
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This case escribes the antitrust prosecutions in the United States and abroad of the international bulk vitamins cartel. Both the civil and criminal fines... -
Genetic Testing and the Puzzles We Are Left To Solve (B): How Test Accuracy Levels Can Alter Decisions
Technology & Operations Case Study5.00View Details This set of cases (labeled A through M [UV1898 through UV1911]) presents various vignettes, each with a specific dilemma about genetic testing and the... -
PROPECIA: Helping Make Hair Loss History
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details In late 1997, Tom Casola, brand manager for Propecia, debates the best approach to market this breakthrough one-a-day pill for hair loss. This launch... -
Transforming Maternal and Newborn Healthcare in India Through Midwifery: The Fernandez Foundation Initiative
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The case explores the promises and challenges of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in the Indian Healthcare system. India has a high maternal mortality... -
Novartis Pharma: The Business Unit Model
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In June 2000, Novartis reorganized its pharmaceutical business to form global business units in oncology, transplantation, ophthalmology, and mature products....
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The Hard Side of Change Management
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleEveryone agrees that managing change is tough, but few can agree on how to do it. Most experts are obsessed with "soft" issues, such as culture and motivation,... -
Research: How Successful Health Care Organizations Keep Worker Morale Up
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA workforce burnout and retention crisis has dominated the industry for the last three years, but data (finally) shows some encouraging trends. -
The Strategy That Will Fix Health Care
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleIn health care, the days of business as usual are over. Around the world, every health care system is struggling with rising costs and uneven quality,... -
Reputation and Its Risks
Public relations Magazine ArticleIdentify, quantify, and manage the risks to your company’s reputation long before a problem or crisis strikes. -
Ending the War Between Sales and Marketing
Business communication Magazine ArticleIn many companies, sales forces and marketers feud like Capulets and Montagues—with disastrous results. Here’s how to get them to lay down their swords. -
Research: How Bias Against Women Persists in Female-Dominated Workplaces
Gender Digital ArticleA look inside the ongoing barriers women face in law, health care, faith-based nonprofits, and higher education. -
5 Critical Priorities for the U.S. Health Care System
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleA guide to making health care more accessible, affordable, and effective. -
5 Principles to Improve the Patient Experience
Customer experience Digital ArticlePatients are consumers too — a reality that providers have often ignored when building digital interfaces. -
Who Has the D?: How Clear Decision Roles Enhance Organizational Performance
Decision making and problem solving Magazine ArticleYour organization can become more decisive—and can implement strategy more quickly—if you know where the bottlenecks are and who’s empowered to break through them. -
Alvogen
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Alvogen is a young Icelandic generic pharmaceutical company, whose CEO believes that his global strategy will give them an edge in this competitive industry....