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Una breve introducción a los museos
Marco, Elvira; Herrero, Quionia; Munoz-Seca, Beatriz; Riverola, JosepTechnical Note PN-445Knowledge and Communication, Service and Operations ManagementHistóricamente, los museos europeos se desarrollaron a partir de las elites sociales, muchos tienen su origen en colecciones reales, y no se permitía la visita del público. A partir del siglo XIX comenzaron a abrir sus puertas a los visitantes y se concibieron como un instrumento para educar a las clases populares. Los museos han evolucionado en el último tercio del siglo XX de estar orientados a la conservación y almacenamiento de piezas durant...Starting at €8.20
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A Brief Introduction to Museums
Marco, Elvira; Herrero, Quionia; Munoz-Seca, Beatriz; Riverola, JosepTechnical Note PN-445-EKnowledge and Communication, Service and Operations ManagementHistorically, museums in Europe were developed by the social elite, and many have their origins in royal collections which were not open to the public. However, during the nineteenth century, they began to open their doors to visitors, a move conceived as a means of helping to educate the masses. During the last third of the twentieth century, the role that museums played in society evolved: they went from being places for the display, preservati...Starting at €8.20
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El sector cultural
Herrero, Quionia; Marco, Elvira; Munoz-Seca, Beatriz; Riverola, JosepTechnical Note PN-453Economics, Service and Operations ManagementLa cultura en sí misma es una actividad económica que genera empleo e ingresos fiscales y que compra bienes y servicios. Se perfila como un campo en expansión dentro de la economía de los países industrializados donde ha crecido en los últimos años por encima del PIB con un volumen de generación de empleo superior a la media.Starting at €8.20
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Virginia Mason Medical Center (Spanish version)
Bohmer, Richard; Ferlins, Erika M.Case HBS-608S03Service and Operations Managementhow to institute a production model in health care.Starting at €8.20
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Virginia Mason Medical Center (Abridged) (Spanish version)
Bohmer, RichardCase HBS-614S01Service and Operations Managementhow to institute a production model in health care.Starting at €8.20
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Too Far Ahead of the IT Curve? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Glaser, John P.; Halvorson, George C.; Ford, Monte; Heffner, Randy; Kastor, John A.Article HBS-R0707A-EService and Operations ManagementPeachtree Healthcare has major IT infrastructure problems, and CEO Max Berndt is struggling to find the right fix. He can go with a single set of systems and applications that will provide consistency across Peachtree's facilities but may not give doctors enough flexibility. Or he can choose service-oriented architecture (SOA), a modular design that will allow Peachtree to standardize incrementally and selectively but poses certain risks as a new...Starting at €8.20
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The Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions, Inc.
Bohmer, Richard; Bradley, Stephen P.; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-610014-EService and Operations ManagementThrough its uniquely proactive approach to medical malpractice risk management, the Risk Management Foundation has decreased claims-and premiums-for the Harvard hospitals it insures. The RMF is the captive medico-legal insurer of the Harvard medical institutions and affiliated physicians. Over the last two decades, through a combination of active legal defense and medical error prevention, The RMF has successfully controlled the medico-legal cost...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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Partners In Health: The PACT Project
Bohmer, Richard; Friedman, JoshCase HBS-608065-EService and Operations ManagementPartners in Health is a Boston-based, not-for-profit that provides health care to people in some of the poorest regions of the world, including Haiti, Malawi, Rwanda, and Peru. In 1998, PIH established a program (PACT) in Boston to bring care to AIDS and TB patients who were not well served by existing care delivery systems. Describes PIH's programs in the developing world and the way in which lessons learned in these countries informed the desig...Starting at €8.20
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Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Bohmer, Richard; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-609088-EService and Operations ManagementHow will Newton-Wellesley Hospital (NWH) preserve its private practice tradition while remaining effective and competitive in a healthcare industry demanding increasing integration between physicians and hospitals? This is the decision facing Newton-Wellesley Hospital president Mike Jellinek in 2009, as several trends-higher costs and lower revenues, shifting workforce demographics, and changing reimbursement models-threaten to disrupt NWH's orga...Starting at €8.20