The Brigham and Women's Hospital in 1992

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Case

Reference no. 9-792-095

Subject category: Strategy and General Management

Authors: Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg (Harvard Business School); Eric J Vayle (Harvard Business School)

Published by: Harvard Business Publishing

Originally published in: 1992

Version: 30 March 1993

Length: 23 pages

Data source: Field research

Topics: Competitive decision making; Corporate strategy; Health services; Hospital administration; Non-profit organizations; Regulated industries; Social enterprise; Uncertainty

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Abstract

Brigham and Women's Hospital is a highly successful teaching hospital in 1992. However, the hospital sector is undergoing a major transition and the hospital faces uncertainty about changing demographic trends, new types of competitors, and technological and scientific change. It's premier OB service is declining, and many of the hospital leaders are nearing retirement. How should it craft its strategy for the 1990s?

Location:

Massachusetts

Industries:

Hospitals; Regulation

Size:

Mid-size

Other setting(s):

1992