HBR's 10 Must Reads on Strategy for Healthcare (featuring articles by Michael E. Porter and Thomas H. Lee, MD)

by Harvard Business Review, Michael E. Porter, James C. Collins, W. Chan Kim, Renee Mauborgne

Overview

Prepare for an uncertain future with a solid vision and innovative practices.

Is your healthcare organization spending too much time on strategy—with too little to show for it?

If you read nothing else on strategy, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones for healthcare professionals to help you catalyze your organization’s strategy development and execution.

Leading strategy experts, such as Michael E. Porter, Jim Collins, W. Chan Kim, and Renee Mauborgne, provide the insights and advice you need to:

• Understand how the rules of corporate competition translate to the healthcare sector
• Craft a vision for an uncertain future
• Segment your market to better serve diverse patient populations
• Achieve the best health outcomes—at the lowest cost
• Learn what disruptive innovation means for healthcare
• Use the Balanced Scorecard to measure your progress

This collection of articles includes "What Is Strategy?" by Michael E. Porter; "The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy," by Michael E. Porter; "Health Care Needs Real Competition," by Leemore S. Dafny and Thomas H. Lee; "Building Your Company's Vision," by Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras; "Reinventing Your Business Model," by Mark W. Johnson, Clayton M. Christensen, and Henning Kagermann; "Will Disruptive Innovations Cure Health Care?" by Clayton M. Christensen, Richard Bohmer, and John Kenagy; "Blue Ocean Strategy," by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne; "Rediscovering Market Segmentation," by Daniel Yankelovich and David Meer; "The Office of Strategy Management," by Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton; and "The Strategy That Will Fix Health Care," by Michael E. Porter and Thomas H. Lee.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781633694309
Publisher:	Harvard Business Review Press
Publication date:	06/05/2018
Series:	HBR's 10 Must Reads Series
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.00(d)

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Table of Contents

Introduction Thomas H. Lee, MD vii

What Is Strategy? Michael E. Porter 1

The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy Michael E. Porter 39

Health Care Needs Real Competition Leemore S. Dafny Thomas H. Lee 77

Building Your Company's Vision Jim Collins Jerry I. Porras 97

Reinventing Your Business Model Mark W. Johnson Clayton M. Christensen Henning Kagermann 123

Will Disruptive Innovations Cure Health Care? Clayton M. Christensen Richard Bohmer John Kenagy 145

Blue Ocean Strategy W. Chan Kim Renée Mauborgne 167

Rediscovering Market Segmentation Daniel Yankelovich David Meet 187

The Office of Strategy Management Robert S. Kaplan David P. Norton 209

The Strategy That Will Fix Health Care Michael E. Porter Thomas H. Lee 229

About the Contributors 263

Index 265