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      Evaluating Innovative Health Care Solutions for Obesity
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      • August 2020
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      Volunteering and Subsequent Health and Well-Being in Older Adults: An Outcome-Wide Longitudinal Approach

      By: Eric Kim, A.V. Whillans, Matt Lee, Ying Chen and Tyler VanderWeele
      Background: Growing evidence documents strong associations between volunteering and favorable health and well-being outcomes. However, epidemiological studies have not evaluated whether changes in volunteering are associated with subsequent health and well-being...  View Details
      Keywords: Volunteering; Prosocial Behavior; Well-being; Health; Behavior; Health; Welfare
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      Kim, Eric, A.V. Whillans, Matt Lee, Ying Chen, and Tyler VanderWeele. "Volunteering and Subsequent Health and Well-Being in Older Adults: An Outcome-Wide Longitudinal Approach." American Journal of Preventive Medicine 59, no. 2 (August 2020): 176–186.
      • January 2018 (Revised June 2018)
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      Medtronic: Navigating a Shifting Healthcare Landscape

      By: Robert S. Kaplan, Michael E. Porter, Thomas W. Feeley and Alee Hernandez
      Medtronic is adapting its strategy to changes in healthcare competition and payments. It has decided to develop new relationships with payers, hospitals, and physicians to become more accountable for patient outcomes and total costs. The case describes new forms of...  View Details
      Keywords: Value Based Health Care; Bundled Payments; Health Care And Treatment; Cost Management; Value Creation; Supply Chain Management; Customer Value And Value Chain; Health Industry; Medical Devices And Supplies Industry; United States; Netherlands
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      Kaplan, Robert S., Michael E. Porter, Thomas W. Feeley, and Alee Hernandez. "Medtronic: Navigating a Shifting Healthcare Landscape." Harvard Business School Case 718-471, January 2018. (Revised June 2018.)
      • October 2016 (Revised January 2017)
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      The U.S. Health Club Industry, 2005–2016

      By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
      In 2015, the U.S. health-club industry generated revenues of $25.8 billion, up from $14.8 billion in 2004. Members of health clubs accounted for 17% of the population, up from 14%. The number of clubs had grown from 26,830 in 2004 to 36,180. In the process, the list of...  View Details
      Keywords: Health Clubs; Fitness; Gyms; Chain; Weight Loss; obesity; Exercise; Personal Training; Retention; Bally Total Fitness; 24 Hour Fitness; Ymca; Gold's Gym; Curves; Franchise; Franchising; Subscription; Promotional Sales; Promotions; Fixed Costs; Body; Business Ventures; Strategy; Health; Investment; Entertainment And Recreation Industry; Health Industry; United States
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      Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "The U.S. Health Club Industry, 2005–2016." Harvard Business School Background Note 717-421, October 2016. (Revised January 2017.)
      • 2016
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      Advanced Leadership Pathways: Laurent Adamowicz and Bon'App

      By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Tessa Natanay Hamilton and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
      Teaching Note for Case 314-028. After a successful career as Chairman and CEO of Paris-based luxury food company, Fauchon, Laurent Adamowicz sought to provide a solution to a large scale complex problem. Ultimately, Adamowicz created a mobile application to provide...  View Details
      Keywords: Nutritional Information; obesity; Weight Loss; App Development; Business Startups; Nutrition; Health; Information; Mobile Technology; Entrepreneurship; Social Enterprise; Information Technology Industry; Health Industry
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      Kanter, Rosabeth M., Tessa Natanay Hamilton, and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone. "Advanced Leadership Pathways: Laurent Adamowicz and Bon'App." Harvard Business Publishing Teaching Note 316-025, 2016.
      • March 2016
      • Teaching Note

      Advanced Leadership Pathways: Laurent Adamowicz and Bon'App

      By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Tessa Natanay Hamilton and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
      After a successful career as Chairman and CEO of Paris-based luxury food company, Fauchon, Laurent Adamowicz sought to provide a solution to a large scale complex problem. Ultimately, Adamowicz created a mobile application to provide consumers with more accessible and...  View Details
      Keywords: Leadership; Change Management; Social Entrepreneurship; Nutrition; Business And Community Relations
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      Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, Tessa Natanay Hamilton, and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone. "Advanced Leadership Pathways: Laurent Adamowicz and Bon'App." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 316-035, March 2016.
      • March 2014 (Revised May 2014)
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      Demarketing Soda in New York City

      By: John A. Quelch
      In 2013, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg tried and failed to institute a ban on serving sizes of large sugary beverages. Obesity posed a large public health risk to the city. Mayor Bloomberg's proposed ban was one of many attempts to combat the rising threat of...  View Details
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      Quelch, John A. "Demarketing Soda in New York City." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 514-052, March 2014. (Revised May 2014.)
      • October 2013 (Revised June 2014)
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      Demarketing Soda in New York City

      By: John A. Quelch, Margaret L. Rodriguez, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Christine Snively
      In 2013, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg tried and failed to institute a ban on serving sizes of large sugary beverages. Obesity posed a large public health risk to the city. Mayor Bloomberg's proposed ban was one of many attempts to combat the rising threat of...  View Details
      Keywords: Marketing; Soda; Public Health; Business And Public Policy; obesity; Business And Government Relations; Public Sector; Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Marketing; Health; City; Food And Beverage Industry; New York (city, Ny)
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      Quelch, John A., Margaret L. Rodriguez, Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Christine Snively. "Demarketing Soda in New York City." Harvard Business School Case 514-003, October 2013. (Revised June 2014.)
      • September 2013
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      Advanced Leadership Pathways: Laurent Adamowicz and Bon'App

      By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Juliane Calingo Schwetz and Patricia Bissett Higgins
      After a successful career as Chairman and CEO of Paris-based luxury food company Fauchon, Laurent Adamowicz sought to reduce obesity and improve health outcomes. Adamowicz created a mobile application to provide consumers with more accessible and interpretable...  View Details
      Keywords: Management; Nutrition; Startup; Leadership; Leadership Style; Leadership Skills; Nutrition Database; Nutritionist In Your Pocket; Nutritional Educational Platform; Shazam Of Food; Weight Loss; Iphone; Android; Applications; App Development; Nutrition Labeling; Nutritional Information; obesity; Epidemic; Software; Nutrition; Business Startups; Health; Health Care And Treatment; Information Technology Industry; Health Industry; Boston; Massachusetts
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      Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, Juliane Calingo Schwetz, and Patricia Bissett Higgins. "Advanced Leadership Pathways: Laurent Adamowicz and Bon'App." Harvard Business School Case 314-028, September 2013.
      • 2013
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      Advanced Leadership Pathways: Laurent Adamowicz and Bon'App

      By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Juliane Calingo Schwetz and Patricia Bissett Higgins
      After a successful career as Chairman and CEO of Paris-based luxury food company, Fauchon, Laurent Adamowicz, sought to reduce obesity and improve health outcomes. Adamowicz created a mobile application to provide consumers with more accessible and interpretable...  View Details
      Keywords: Nutritional Information; obesity; Weight Loss; App Development; Business Startups; Nutrition; Health; Information; Mobile Technology; Entrepreneurship; Social Enterprise; Information Technology Industry; Health Industry
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      Kanter, Rosabeth M., Juliane Calingo Schwetz, and Patricia Bissett Higgins. "Advanced Leadership Pathways: Laurent Adamowicz and Bon'App." Harvard Business Publishing Case 314-028, 2013.
      • March 2013
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      Nestlé: Agricultural Material Sourcing Within the Concept of Creating Shared Value (CSV) (TN)

      By: Ray A. Goldberg and Matthew Preble
      In December 2012, Hans Jöhr, Nestlé's head of corporate agriculture, was preparing to meet with the company's board of directors to discuss its vision for the future related to sustainable agriculture. Nestlé's continued success depended on its ability to access the...  View Details
      Keywords: Agribusiness; Sustainability; Sustainability Management; Agribusiness; Environmental Sustainability; Food; Nutrition; Agriculture And Agribusiness Industry
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      Goldberg, Ray A., and Matthew Preble. "Nestlé: Agricultural Material Sourcing Within the Concept of Creating Shared Value (CSV) (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 913-412, March 2013.
      • December 2012 (Revised August 2013)
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      Nestlé: Agricultural Material Sourcing Within the Concept of Creating Shared Value (CSV)

      By: Ray A. Goldberg and Lorin A. Fries
      Corporate Head of Agriculture Hans Jöhr's mind raced in anticipation of the executive board meeting that afternoon. Jöhr recognized the meeting as a key opportunity to strategize far into the future, reexamining how his team's efforts in sustainable agricultural...  View Details
      Keywords: Agribusiness; Value Creation; Quality; Supply Chain Management; Social Issues; Environmental Sustainability; Problems And Challenges; Growth And Development Strategy; Agriculture And Agribusiness Industry; Health Industry
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      Goldberg, Ray A., and Lorin A. Fries. "Nestlé: Agricultural Material Sourcing Within the Concept of Creating Shared Value (CSV)." Harvard Business School Case 913-406, December 2012. (Revised August 2013.)
      • November 2012
      • Supplement

      Amylin Pharmaceuticals (B)

      By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Carin-Isabel Knoop
      Amylin Pharmaceuticals brought two first-in-class diabetes drugs to market, Byetta and Symlin, in 2005, which were sold in over 80 countries with $650.7 million in sales by 2011. However, the company remained unprofitable as sales plateaued. The small pharmaceutical...  View Details
      Keywords: Pharmaceuticals; Bristol-myers Squibb; Health Care And Treatment; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States
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      Hamermesh, Richard G., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Amylin Pharmaceuticals (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 813-091, November 2012.
      • April 2012 (Revised February 2013)
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      H-E-B: Creating a Movement to Reduce Obesity in Texas

      By: Jose B. Alvarez, Jason Riis and Walter J. Salmon
      In January 2012, H-E-B Grocery Co., a private retail chain with stores located in Texas and Mexico, was introducing its Healthy at H-E-B program to its customers. The program, which started with the company's employees a few years earlier, was an effort to educate and...  View Details
      Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility And Impact; Profit; Leading Change; Customer Focus And Relationships; Food And Beverage Industry; Retail Industry; Texas
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      Alvarez, Jose B., Jason Riis, and Walter J. Salmon. "H-E-B: Creating a Movement to Reduce Obesity in Texas." Harvard Business School Case 512-034, April 2012. (Revised February 2013.)
      • February 2012 (Revised March 2014)
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      Sweet Deal—Industry Self-Regulation of Breakfast Cereal Advertising to Children

      By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Dennis Yao, Britta Kelley and Lizzie Gomez
      In response to growing concern about childhood obesity, in February 2006 the Council of Better Business Bureaus (CBBB) announced an initiative to examine its self-regulatory program on children's advertising. The existing program was a voluntary cross-industry program...  View Details
      Keywords: Food; Advertising; Ethics; Food And Beverage Industry
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      Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Dennis Yao, Britta Kelley, and Lizzie Gomez. "Sweet Deal—Industry Self-Regulation of Breakfast Cereal Advertising to Children." Harvard Business School Case 712-463, February 2012. (Revised March 2014.)
      • March 2011 (Revised October 2013)
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      Battle of the Bulge: Innovating in Obesity Treatment

      By: Regina E. Herzlinger
      Teaching Note for #304-009 and #305-027.  View Details
      Keywords: Cost; Health Disorders; Health Care And Treatment; Performance Evaluation; Health Industry
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      Herzlinger, Regina E. "Battle of the Bulge: Innovating in Obesity Treatment." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 311-095, March 2011. (Revised October 2013.)
      • November 2009 (Revised March 2013)
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      PureCircle

      By: David E. Bell and Aldo Sesia
      In December 2008, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) determined that high-purity Rebaudioside A (Reb A), a natural and calorie-free product that a young company named PureCircle manufactured from the Stevia plant, could be used in beverages, foods, and as a...  View Details
      Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Investment; Globalization; Leadership; Risk Management; Product Launch; Production; Performance Productivity; Business And Shareholder Relations; Food And Beverage Industry; United States
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      Bell, David E., and Aldo Sesia. "PureCircle." Harvard Business School Case 510-032, November 2009. (Revised March 2013.)
      • October 2009
      • Teaching Note

      Global Health Partner: Obesity Care

      By: Michael E. Porter, Zayed Muhammed Yasin and Jennifer F Baron
      Teaching Note for [709494].  View Details
      Keywords: Value; Quality; Performance Improvement; Competitive Advantage; System; Private Ownership; Medical Specialties; Integration; Health Industry; Sweden
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      Porter, Michael E., Zayed Muhammed Yasin, and Jennifer F Baron. "Global Health Partner: Obesity Care." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 710-431, October 2009.
      • May 2009
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      Global Health Partner: Obesity Care

      By: Michael E. Porter, Zayed Muhammed Yasin and Jennifer F Baron
      Global Health Partner (GHP) was founded in 2006 as a privately owned health care provider in Sweden serving both public and private paying patients. In contrast to most providers in the country, GHP organized around specific service lines where it saw the potential to...  View Details
      Keywords: Health Care And Treatment; Medical Specialties; Service Delivery; Organizational Structure; Outcome Or Result; Quality; Competitive Advantage; Integration; Health Industry; Sweden
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      Porter, Michael E., Zayed Muhammed Yasin, and Jennifer F Baron. "Global Health Partner: Obesity Care." Harvard Business School Case 709-494, May 2009.
      • December 2006 (Revised August 2009)
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      Disney Consumer Products: Marketing Nutrition to Children

      By: David E. Bell and Laura Winig
      In an effort to capture market share in the children's foods category, Disney Consumer Products (DCP) debuted a broad line of "better for you" foods, ranging from fresh fruits and vegetables to frozen meals, through a partnership with Kroger supermarkets. In answer to...  View Details
      Keywords: Age; Nutrition; Brands And Branding; Corporate Social Responsibility And Impact; Partners And Partnerships; Social Issues; Consumer Products Industry; Food And Beverage Industry
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      Bell, David E., and Laura Winig. "Disney Consumer Products: Marketing Nutrition to Children." Harvard Business School Case 507-006, December 2006. (Revised August 2009.)
      • September 2004 (Revised July 2006)
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      Battle of the Bulge: Private and Public Solutions for Obesity (B)

      By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Louisa Neissa
      Supplements the (A) case.  View Details
      Keywords: Health Disorders; Nutrition
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      Herzlinger, Regina E., and Louisa Neissa. "Battle of the Bulge: Private and Public Solutions for Obesity (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 305-027, September 2004. (Revised July 2006.)
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