Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2014

But ongoing changes in policy, technology, and industry culture are now creating unprecedented opportunities for those with just the right kind of crazy. In our group at Merck, we are witnessing this opportunity firsthand as we collaborate with start-ups in the areas of digital health, big data, and health IT.

Health Care 10

Health Care Venture Funding Entrepreneur Pharmaceuticals 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Yet this is exactly the challenge facing leaders of the finance function who are asked to help their organization improve the way that work is done. As finance shifts its focus from controlling costs to advising managers on improvement activities, CFOs must change their thinking and behaviors.

Finance 14

Finance CFO Budgeting Operations 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2014

One of the main justifications for the mergers and acquisitions sweeping the health care industry is greater integration between the physicians and teams that care for patients. We chose to support independent medical centers by creating the Mayo Clinic Care Network. But consolidation does not ensure integration.

Health Care 8

Health Care Mayo Due Diligence Human Resources 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Finally, health care, which has been largely immune to the forces of disruptive innovation , is beginning to change. Whereas new technologies, competitors, and business models have made products and services more affordable and accessible in media, finance, retail, and other sectors, U.S. Transforming Health Care.

Health Care 8

Health Care Innovation Insurance Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2012

These people are the information economy's mom and pop business owners , just more technologically leveraged and profitable than their brick & mortar predecessors. Combine a lone technical genius with a mesmerizing sales guy and you had the DNA for a billion dollar technology company. The formula worked. But times change.

Venture Capitalist 21

Venture Capitalist Software Entrepreneur Engineering 21

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2012

These people are the information economy's mom and pop business owners , just more technologically leveraged and profitable than their brick & mortar predecessors. Combine a lone technical genius with a mesmerizing sales guy and you had the DNA for a billion dollar technology company. The formula worked. But times change.

Venture Capitalist 21

Venture Capitalist Software Entrepreneur Engineering 21

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

When I founded the nonprofit African Institution of Technology , I initially focused on helping African entrepreneurs or artisans, especially those with only primary education, develop new skills and market opportunities. People need at least a rudimentary understanding of finance to become good entrepreneurs or artisans.

Books 15

Books Guidelines Banking Telecommunications 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2012

Highly skilled workers — especially in health care, engineering, and IT — have fared the best during the recovery. Workers in engineering, IT, business development, sales, finance, marketing, and legal services are most likely to receive compensation for moving. Considering relocation is not feasible for everyone.

Health Care 18

Health Care Engineering Skills Finance 18

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Innovating for Value in Health Care. In heath care, Omada has similarly turned services into a product, packaging complementary healthcare devices, services, and support into a turnkey offering it sells to employers and health insurance plans to help people lose weight and reduce their risk of type 2 diabetes or heart disease.

Health Care 8

Health Care Insurance Wireless Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2011

Non-profit corporations may not be providing a financial return to investors or owners, but they still capture value to finance activities with contributions, grants, and service revenue. Government agencies are financed by taxes, fees, and service revenue, but are still accountable to deliver citizen value at scale.

Business Model 16

Business Model Kaplan Finance Health Care 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Vital though near-term effectiveness is, the exchanges hold a longer-term potential—they can help reshape the organization, delivery, and financing of insurance. Simply put, we think that the health insurance exchange—supported at various times by both liberals and conservatives—may well fulfill the health reform dreams of both.

Insurance 13

Insurance Goal Health Care Long-term 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Like almost every other major industry today, banking relies on hugely complex, enormously expensive technology. I discovered that only one bank had a board member with some direct experience in technology and in that case it was as a sales executive. The truth is that many industries today employ outdated technology.

Technology 8

Technology Zero Based Budgeting Banking CIO 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2013

I am fortunate enough to work with these people all the time across a span of industries and professions: finance, health care, education, energy, technology. I’m pretty sure that I can tell you what your boss’s expectations are. And from my vantage point, the messages are clear and constant.

Health Care 18

Health Care Short-term Report Fashion 18

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2012

For highly regulated sectors like finance, social media can be a legal minefield. These hurdles aren't unique to financial services — insurance, pharmaceuticals, health care and government all face regulation, to name a few examples. without any compliance process or technology in place.".

Compliance 17

Compliance Media Compliance Officer Policies 17

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad. The Ministry of Commerce was showing how some companies "have made use of technology to.promote a low-carbon economy and environmental protection." This last article is the one that really grabbed my attention. In the U.S.

NGO 15

NGO Chemicals Guidelines Telecommunications 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2011

These losses were offset by growth in higher-value-added jobs in consulting, finance & insurance, and computer systems design. Half of this job growth came in health care, government, retail, and construction. to emerging economies. Overall employment in the tradable sector thus stayed flat at roughly 34 million.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Health Care Globalization Trends 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2014

In addressing the billion-dollar adherence problem, Vitality (since acquired by NANTHEALTH ) considered the interests of the players in the diverse ecosystem, including pharmaceutical companies, retail pharmacies, and health care providers. Information & technology Operations Organizational culture Product development'

Productivity 11

Productivity Products Company Engineering 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2017

Where and When the Technology Might Be Deployed. By contrast, driverless vehicle adoption depends on overcoming three factors: infrastructure maturity, technology readiness, and regulation. How can we finance fleets through leasing and/or mobility securitization? Health care. Of the large markets, the U.S.,

Automotive 11

Automotive Transportation Health Care Maturity 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2011

From the start we asked: What are the complexities of financing these homes? And David Smith's entry on the financial challenge shows that flexibility can be born out of financing options as well. How do you get energy and infrastructure into such dwellings? How do you get corporations to invest in a significant way? Triple the U.S.

Suri 15

Suri Godin Real Estate Construction 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2018

The draft bill has generated much debate, including some concern from global technology giants as well as Nasscom, India’s IT industry body. These solutions lie at the intersection of technology development by companies and policy formulation by governments. What Policy Makers Should Consider.

Supply Chain 13

Supply Chain Globalization GAAP Policies 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

The Healthy Heart program seeks to bring pacemaker technology to hundreds of thousands of Indians who desperately need it. The company had drawn on pioneering Indian health care models, such as Aravind Eye Care System 's affordable cataract care, to help TMH design new ways to serve low-income patients.

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Venture Capitalist Health Care 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

His most recent books are Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning and Analytics at Work. His most recent books are Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning and Analytics at Work.

Guidelines 15

Guidelines Education Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

But government policy in health care, intellectual property, financial regulation, and antitrust — among other areas — all needs to take better account of the needs and challenges of entrepreneurs. But technological advances are making new forms of personalized education possible that could lead to big leaps in learning.

Outsourcing 15

Outsourcing Education Policies Operations 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Aside from stocks, he dabbled in an activist brand of angel investing: holding large stakes and board seats in several start-up health care businesses, all based in Spain. I'm not a finance person, but that seems too soon to me.". The end goal is to build awareness and improve health care practices, right?". "Do

Case Study 15

Case Study Franchising Health Care Follow-up 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

We have been deploying technology, re-engineering, training, and adopting modern IT-enabled management platforms to help our workers improve their productivity, hence their income. We have positioned ourselves not just as a productivity-driving force but also as an agent of society by investing in education and health care for our people.

Industry 14

Industry Strategy Supply Chain Long-term 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

“Paying for value” is one of the most overused tropes in health care today. To those who pay the bills — employers, health plans, and even the government — value often means paying as little as possible for services. Tell us what health-care content you’d like to see more of from HBR.

Health Care 8

Health Care Short-term Insurance Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2018

Nearly 800 digital health startups were funded in 2017, an all-time high. health care system. We have identified how hospitals’ budgeting systems have erected three distinct barriers to the adoption of technology. Health Care’s New Frontier. Gillian Blease/Getty Images. Insight Center.

Budgeting 8

Budgeting System Innovation Payback Period 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2015

But with the rapid implementation of electronic health records (EHRs), CNOs are now expected to master new trends in health care information technologies to engage hospital leaders in strategic discussions about major technology investments. But it’s not just technology causing this learning overload.

Six Sigma 8

Six Sigma Health Care Supply Chain Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Not long ago, many services such as tax accounting were delivered episodically and in-person, as most health care still is today. Health care has proved resistant to a similar transition, although everyone would benefit. The ideas have also been embraced by public policy makers, health plans, and the general public.

Health Care 8

Health Care How To Insurance Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

The results show uneven progress: The technology sector comes out on top — no surprise there. Right behind it are media, finance, and professional services, all of which have far more sophisticated digital capabilities than the rest of the economy.

Industry 8

Industry Benchmarking Supply Chain Health Care 8

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2010

Without these term limits, the congress has no reason to include themselves in the health care system they impose on us. However, I have recently changes my tune. There is motivation to limit their own pay to that near what their constituents make.

Blog 415

Blog Politics Short-term Long-term 415

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Most modern health care improvements seem to involve expensive technology and an uncomfortable amount of change management. But clinical and nonclinical staff at the Rotterdam Eye Hospital have improved patient care and raised staff morale at a very modest cost: 10 minutes a day and a special deck of cards.

Health Care 8

Health Care Stress Morale Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

” Health care. And the Health Care Transformation Task Force , a newly formed coalition of private insurers and provider organizations in the U.S., Finally, some companies have struggled to finance their activities without payment while they work on delivering the results, limiting their ability to innovate too.

Incentives 8

Incentives Health Care Education Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2017

The fashion and finance verticals had the highest propensity to select the best-known, top-of-the-line product, while manufacturing and health care had the lowest. #4: Banking, technology, and consulting would be price sensitive, while manufacturing, health care, real estate, and fashion are price conscious. #5:

Price 8

Price Health Care Committee Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2015

By January 1, 2015, all state-based marketplaces were expected to replace federal funding with state-level financing. Leading Change in Health Care. Technological challenges. Some technological challenges remain for all marketplaces in 2015, but in Rhode Island we have largely worked through them. Insight Center.

Insurance 8

Insurance Health Care Cost Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Many have found success in industries like technology, mining, and construction. The same report indicates that health care, social assistance, and education are industries in which the growth of women''s ownership has been the strongest. In 1977, only 4.5% of privately held businesses were owned by women.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Benchmarking Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2017

How can the health care system adapt to bring that kind of specialized experience to more families? My concern is that I don’t think children’s health is a national priority right now. So I think there’s a strong case to be made for pediatric care as we debate health care legislation and reforms.

CEO 8

CEO System Innovation Finance 8