Promoting Value and Reducing Costs in Medicaid Transformation

Increasing Energy Efficiency by Reducing Losses and Promoting Value Propositions

Transaction Management: Value Creation by Reducing Transaction Costs

In this era of globalization we see an increase in specialization: the production chain is split up in more and more parts and the production of these parts is outsourced to those places in the world where production is relatively the cheapest and most efficient. This implies that transaction costs, associated with the coordination of production and trade in parts and components, become increas...

The role of Medicaid in promoting access to high-quality, high-value maternity care.

One of the most challenging aspects of health care improvement and reform is ensuring that individuals, particularly those who are vulnerable and low income, have access to care. Just as challenging is the imperative to ensure that the care accessed is of the highest quality possible. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, Crossing the Quality Chasm, identified the primary goal of any high-qua...

Promoting Peace and Reducing Poverty

This report examines the notion that tourism can help deliver peace and prosperity to developing countries by examining relationships among tourism, development, and conflict in three countries: Kenya, Nigeria, and India. The case studies were commissioned as part of the 2008 Travelers’ Philanthropy Conference held in Arusha, Tanzania. The three-day conference was attended by 225 delegates from...

Promoting Healing and Reducing Suffering