Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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PATH and the Safe Water Project: Making Safe Water Products More Affordable
Zenios S; Denend L; Elliott TCase SGSB-OIT109-EInformation Technologies, Service and Operations ManagementThis case provides an overview of the nonprofit organization PATH and its Safe Water Project—a five-year effort launched in late 2006 with $17 million in funding from the global development unit of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The purpose of the grant was to evaluate to what extent market-based approaches could help accelerate the widespread adoption and sustained use of household water treatment and safe storage products by low-income ...Starting at €8.20
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The Role of Physicians in Device Innovation: Critical Success Factor or Conflict of Interest
Zenioa S; Burns L; Denend LCase SGSB-OIT105-EInformation Technologies, Service and Operations ManagementAs of 2012, the Physician Payments Sunshine Act of 2009 requires medical device manufacturers to track any payments or gifts they make to physicians that are worth more than $10 and then starting in 2013 to report those that exceed a total of $100 per year to any given doctor. While a majority of doctors, academic medical centers, and pharmaceutical and device companies generally support the principle of greater transparency when it comes to phys...Starting at €8.20
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PATH and the Safe Water Project: Empowering the Poor Through User-Centered Design
Stefanos Zenios, Lyn Denend, Tim ElliottCase SGSB-OIT107-EInformation Technologies, Service and Operations ManagementThis case provides an overview of the nonprofit organization PATH and its Safe Water Project—a five-year effort launched in late 2006 with $17 million in funding from the global development unit of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The purpose of the grant was to evaluate to what extent market-based approaches could help accelerate the widespread adoption and sustained use of household water treatment and safe storage products by low-income ...Starting at €8.20
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Blue Shield of California - Teaching note
Chess, R; Saucedo, MTeaching Note SGSB-OIT112TN-EInformation Technologies, Service and Operations ManagementBlue Shield of California follows CEO Paul Markovich as he navigates the challenges of running one of the largest not-for-profit health care insurers in the United States. The case begins with a history of health insurance in the US, beginning in the 1870s and working through the origination of modern day health care in the 1920s. It then analyzes the modern day industry before diving into the challenges faced by Blue Shield of California today. ...Starting at €0.00
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University Hospital: The Joint EP/CATH Lab Decision
Wu Gasper,Cindie; Schulman,Kevin; Scheinker, DavidCase SGSB-OIT120-EInformation TechnologiesHealth care management requires careful planning for efficient operations, in an environment where technology, best practices, and patient demands continue to change rapidly. This case study presents an operations management decision at a large academic medical center in response to falling demand for cardiac catheterization (CATH) procedures and growing demand for electrophysiology (EP) procedures, and requires students to consider all angles of...Starting at €8.20
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PATH and the Safe Water Project: Seeking Market Based Solutions
Zenios S; Denend L; Elliott TCase SGSB-OIT106-EInformation Technologies, Service and Operations ManagementThis case provides an overview of the nonprofit organization PATH and its Safe Water Project—a five-year effort launched in late 2006 with $17 million in funding from the global development unit of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The purpose of the grant was to evaluate to what extent market-based approaches could help accelerate the widespread adoption and sustained use of household water treatment and safe storage products by low-income ...Starting at €8.20
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PATH and the Safe Water Project: Improving Access to Safe Water Through Innovative Sales and Distribution Models
Zenios S; Denend L; Elliott TCase SGSB-OIT108-EInformation Technologies, Service and Operations ManagementThis case provides an overview of the nonprofit organization PATH and its Safe Water Project—a five-year effort launched in late 2006 with $17 million in funding from the global development unit of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The purpose of the grant was to evaluate to what extent market-based approaches could help accelerate the widespread adoption and sustained use of household water treatment and safe storage products by low-income ...Starting at €8.20
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Blue Shield of California
Chess, R; Saucedo, MCase SGSB-OIT112-EInformation Technologies, Service and Operations ManagementBlue Shield of California follows CEO Paul Markovich as he navigates the challenges of running one of the largest not-for-profit health care insurers in the United States. The case begins with a history of health insurance in the US, beginning in the 1870s and working through the origination of modern day health care in the 1920s. It then analyzes the modern day industry before diving into the challenges faced by Blue Shield of California today. ...Starting at €8.20