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      • August 2012 (Revised February 2021)
      • Case

      Hub and Spoke, HealthCare Global and Additional Focused Factory Models for Cancer Care

      By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Amit Ghorawat, Meera Krishnan and Naiyya Saggi
      This case compares and contrasts four different models for delivering cancer care in India and the US. Students are asked to select the best model in its alignment with the Six Forces in those two countries and Africa, to which one of the models is considering...  View Details
      Keywords: Cancer Care Services; Focused Factories For Cancer Care; Hub And Spoke Cancer Care; Cancer Care In The U.S.; Cancer Care In Africa; Cancer Care In India; Health Care and Treatment; Business Model; Six Sigma; Health Disorders; Health Industry; United States; India; Africa
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      Herzlinger, Regina E., Amit Ghorawat, Meera Krishnan, and Naiyya Saggi. "Hub and Spoke, HealthCare Global and Additional Focused Factory Models for Cancer Care." Harvard Business School Case 313-030, August 2012. (Revised February 2021.)
      • October 2010
      • Case

      The Cleveland Clinic: Improving the Patient Experience (Abridged)

      By: Ananth Raman, Anita L. Tucker and Rachel Gordon
      Healthcare has traditionally focused on medical outcomes and financial performance. The big question is always, "How much is it going to cost?" What would happen though if healthcare also considered question of "How does the patient feel?" This case looks at the...  View Details
      Keywords: Customer Satisfaction; Ethics; Health Care and Treatment; Six Sigma; Performance Improvement; Safety; Value Creation
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      Raman, Ananth, Anita L. Tucker, and Rachel Gordon. "The Cleveland Clinic: Improving the Patient Experience (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 611-015, October 2010.
      • September 2010 (Revised December 2012)
      • Case

      Assembling Smartphones: Takt Time ≠ Cycle Time?

      By: Willy Shih and Ethan Bernstein
      The case was prepared to be used as part of a process review in the first year Technology and Operations Management course at HBS. It offers students an opportunity to discuss the context of a manufacturing process choice, and then examine actual production numbers...  View Details
      Keywords: Cognition and Thinking; Research and Development; Design; Six Sigma; Measurement and Metrics; Production
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      Shih, Willy, and Ethan Bernstein. "Assembling Smartphones: Takt Time ≠ Cycle Time?" Harvard Business School Case 611-012, September 2010. (Revised December 2012.)
      • March 2006
      • Background Note

      Customer-Introduced Variability in Service Operations

      By: Frances X. Frei
      Presents a typology of customer-introduced variability and offers guidance on how to manage each type. Central to the ideas developed is how to mitigate the effects of the apparent trade-off between reducing variability and diminishing the service experience or...  View Details
      Keywords: Customers; Six Sigma; Consumer Behavior; Service Operations; Performance Efficiency
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      Frei, Frances X. "Customer-Introduced Variability in Service Operations." Harvard Business School Background Note 606-063, March 2006.
      • autumn 2005
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      Six Sigma Comes To Marketing

      By: John A. Quelch and Brian Harris
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      Quelch, John A., and Brian Harris. "Six Sigma Comes To Marketing." European Business Forum 22 (autumn 2005): 33–35.
      • June 2001
      • Case

      GE's Early Dispute Resolution Initiative (A)

      By: Michael A. Wheeler and Gillian Morris
      GE's chief litigation counsel sought to rationalize litigation flow by viewing it as a manufacturing process. By applying the principles of Six Sigma, P.D. Villareal created an Early Dispute Resolution (EDR) system that enabled both lawyers and managers to work...  View Details
      Keywords: Corporate Governance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Lawsuits and Litigation; Six Sigma; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Problems and Challenges; Conflict and Resolution; Energy Industry; Technology Industry; United States
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      Wheeler, Michael A., and Gillian Morris. "GE's Early Dispute Resolution Initiative (A)." Harvard Business School Case 801-395, June 2001.
      • October 2000
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      GE's Two-Decade Transformation: Jack Welch's Leadership Multimedia Case

      By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Meg Wozny
      General Electric is faced with Welch's impending retirement, and the question on many minds is whether anyone can sustain the blistering pace of change and growth characteristic of the Welch era. After briefly describing GE's heritage and Welch's transformation of the...  View Details
      Keywords: Leadership; Transformation; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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      Bartlett, Christopher A., and Meg Wozny. "GE's Two-Decade Transformation: Jack Welch's Leadership Multimedia Case." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 301-040, October 2000.
      • April 1999 (Revised May 2005)
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      GE's Two-Decade Transformation: Jack Welch's Leadership

      By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Meg Wozny
      GE is faced with Jack Welch's impending retirement and whether anyone can sustain the blistering pace of change and growth characteristic of the Welch era. After briefly describing GE's heritage and Welch's transformation of the company's business portfolio of the...  View Details
      Keywords: Transformation; Global Strategy; Leadership Development; Goals and Objectives; Six Sigma; Management Succession; Service Operations; Quality; Corporate Strategy
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      Bartlett, Christopher A., and Meg Wozny. "GE's Two-Decade Transformation: Jack Welch's Leadership." Harvard Business School Case 399-150, April 1999. (Revised May 2005.)
      • January 1999 (Revised February 2000)
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      GE...We bring good things to life. (A)

      By: James L. Heskett
      Jack Welch and the Corporate Executive Council of General Electric are faced with a decision about whether and how to implement a six-sigma quality-improvement effort in the context of many other initiatives already undertaken at GE in recent years.  View Details
      Keywords: Change Management; Leadership Style; Six Sigma; Quality; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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      Heskett, James L. "GE...We bring good things to life. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 899-162, January 1999. (Revised February 2000.)
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