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Weathering the Storm at NYU Langone Medical Center
Huckman, Robert S.; Sadun, Raffaella; Norris, MichaelCase HBS-616026-EService and Operations ManagementIn the fall of 2012, Hurricane Sandy forced a full evacuation of NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City. The institution, which comprises NYU Medical School and several teaching hospitals, had been on an upward trajectory for several years under the leadership of Dr. Robert I. Grossman. Grossman's central initiative, which he credited with helping to create a performance-driven, transparency-focused culture was an information technology dash...Starting at €8.20
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Making Virtual Reality Real
Zhu, Feng; Mehta, Sarah; Lane, DavidCase HBS-617013-EService and Operations ManagementThis note describes virtual reality and augmented reality technologies, and describes the main consumer products on offer in 2016 and their manufacturers. It also surveys existing applications of virtual and augment reality technologies.Starting at €8.20
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Weathering the Storm at NYU Langone Medical Center, Teaching Note
Sadun, Raffaella; Friar, GretaTeaching Note HBS-718506-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for case 616026.Starting at €0.00
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Adaptive Platform Trials: The Clinical Trial of the Future
Stern, Ariel D.; Mehta, SarahCase HBS-618025-EService and Operations ManagementIn July 2017, Dr. Brian M. Alexander, president and CEO of the AGILE Research Foundation, was preparing to launch a new type of clinical trial-an adaptive platform trial-to study potential therapies for glioblastoma (GBM), an aggressive form of brain cancer. Alexander believed that the standard way in which new cancer drugs were tested-the traditional randomized controlled trial (RCT)-was limited in many ways. While statistically rigorous and s...Starting at €8.20
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Innovation at Uber: The Launch of Express POOL
Farronato, Chiara; MacCormack, Alan; Mehta, SarahCase HBS-619003-EService and Operations ManagementSet in March 2018, the case follows ride-sharing company Uber as it develops and launches a new product called Express POOL. This product offers a reduced price to riders willing to carpool, walk a short distance to/from their pick-up and drop-off points, and wait a few minutes before being matched to a driver. Two weeks after the launch of Express POOL in six U.S. cities, Uber's product managers discover that if riders are made to wait five minu...Starting at €8.20
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Ariadne Labs: Building Impactful Partnerships, Teaching Note
Stern, Ariel D.; Mehta, SarahTeaching Note HBS-620002-EService and Operations ManagementThis teaching note accompanies case no. 619-017, "Ariadne Labs: Building Impactful Partnerships."Starting at €0.00
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Why Do We Undervalue Competent Management
Sadun, Raffaella; Bloom, Nicholas; Van Reenen, JohnArticle HBS-R1705K-EService and Operations ManagementBusiness schools teach MBA students that you can't compete on the basis of management processes because they're easily copied. Operational effectiveness is table stakes in the competitive universe, according to the strategists. But data from a decade-long research project involving 12,000 firms challenges that thinking. The study examined how well companies performed 18 core management practices. It found vast differences in how they execute basi...Starting at €8.20
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Ariadne Labs: Building Impactful Partnerships
Stern, Ariel D.; Mehta, SarahCase HBS-619017-EService and Operations ManagementIn September 2018, the executive team at Ariadne Labs (Ariadne), a Boston-based organization dedicated to improving health systems through the discovery and implementation of simple tools, faced a number of strategic decisions. Chief among them, the seven-year-old organization needed to determine how it might establish and shepherd successful partnerships with a wide range of diverse entities-ranging from major international public health organiz...Starting at €8.20