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- November 2003 (Revised December 2007)
- Supplement
Circle Gastroenterology Products (B)
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and James Weber
Supplements the (A) case.
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Herzlinger, Regina E., and James Weber. "Circle Gastroenterology Products (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 304-053, November 2003. (Revised December 2007.)
- August 2002 (Revised July 2003)
- Case
LAE Enterprises Corp.
Jay Entrepreneur had to decide whether it was worth his time to plow through a 12-page term sheet for a Series A round of preferred stock prepared by HBS Investors, a well-established venture capital firm that did seed, early-round, and mezzanine financings. He could...
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Keywords:
Venture Capital;
Contracts;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Business Startups;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Bagley, Constance E. "LAE Enterprises Corp." Harvard Business School Case 803-025, August 2002. (Revised July 2003.)
- February 2002 (Revised August 2002)
- Case
Inhale Therapeutics: Executing and Growing the Business Model
Inhale is about to bring a novel technology to market that uses inhalation to administer drugs that formerly required injection. Inhale must now decide which way to evolve its business model. This will determine the future direction of growth for the company.
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Technological Innovation;
Health Care and Treatment;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Chesbrough, Henry W., and Gillian Morris. "Inhale Therapeutics: Executing and Growing the Business Model." Harvard Business School Case 602-132, February 2002. (Revised August 2002.)
- November 2001
- Teaching Note
Catalyst Medical Solutions (TN)
By: Richard M.J. Bohmer, Amy C. Edmondson and Laura Feldman
Teaching Note for (9-601-014).
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Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
- September 2001 (Revised April 2005)
- Case
ePhysician
By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Grady Clouse and Gayathri Koundinya
Herzlinger, Regina E., Grady Clouse, and Gayathri Koundinya. "ePhysician." Harvard Business School Case 302-021, September 2001. (Revised April 2005.)
- March 2001 (Revised December 2001)
- Supplement
Circon (C)
By: Brian J. Hall, Guhan Subramanian and Christopher A Rose
Supplements the (A) case.
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Keywords:
Motivation and Incentives;
Corporate Governance;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
United States
Hall, Brian J., Guhan Subramanian, and Christopher A Rose. "Circon (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 801-405, March 2001. (Revised December 2001.)
- January 2000 (Revised February 2007)
- Case
Asia Renal Care
Presents a business plan for a start-up company focused on building a network of high-quality dialysis centers in the Asia-Pacific region. Includes a detailed financial forecast. An executable spreadsheet is available by contacting HBSP Customer Service at...
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Keywords:
Business Plan;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Business Startups;
Financial Strategy;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
Asia
Roberts, Michael J. "Asia Renal Care." Harvard Business School Case 800-243, January 2000. (Revised February 2007.)
- May 1998
- Teaching Note
ArthroCare TN
Teaching Note for (9-898-056).
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Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
- December 1998 (Revised March 1999)
- Case
Disruptive Technology a Heartbeat Away: Ecton, Inc.
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Edward G Cape
Describes an innovating start-up company with a disruptive technology to the large, expensive echocardiography machines that leading cardiologists use to create images of heart functions for diagnostic purposes. Ecton's machine is small, cheap, portable, and can't...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Disruption;
Machinery and Machining;
Entrepreneurship;
Innovation and Invention;
Marketing;
Product;
Commercialization;
Technology;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Christensen, Clayton M., and Edward G Cape. "Disruptive Technology a Heartbeat Away: Ecton, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 699-018, December 1998. (Revised March 1999.)
- April 1998
- Case
Becton Dickinson: Worldwide Blood Collection Team (Abridged)
By: Clayton M. Christensen
Becton Dickinson's Vacutainer business was largely based in the United States, but in 1980 management determined to grow the business aggressively first in Europe and then Japan. These areas demanded new products that were tailored to local markets. Despite the change...
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Keywords:
Resource Allocation;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Change Management;
Product Development;
Global Strategy;
Expansion;
Innovation and Invention;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
United States;
Europe;
Japan
Christensen, Clayton M. "Becton Dickinson: Worldwide Blood Collection Team (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 698-058, April 1998.
- March 1997 (Revised October 2017)
- Case
Hospital Equipment Corporation
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Rory McDonald
Hospital Equipment Corp. is a very successful maker of hospital beds. Due to outstanding performance in new product development, it grew to dominate its primary market and is searching for other opportunities to grow through new product development. It discovers that...
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Keywords:
Growth and Development Strategy;
Innovation and Management;
Opportunities;
Business Processes;
Product Development;
Technological Innovation;
Expansion;
Markets;
Problems and Challenges;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
United States
Christensen, Clayton M., and Rory McDonald. "Hospital Equipment Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 697-086, March 1997. (Revised October 2017.)
- April 1977
- Teaching Note
Insight Optical Equipment Co., Teaching Note
Keywords:
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
- 15 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
Be Unapologetically Yourself: Interview with Singer-Songwriter and Banking Strategist Andrea Mendoza
be just one thing.” Growing up in Peru, Mendoza developed a love of music alongside the quantitative skills that made her succeed in the classroom. She completed her undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering and found a fit for her...
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- 08 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 8, 2008
PublicationsEstimating Demand Uncertainty Using Judgmental Forecasts Authors:Vishal Gaur, Saravanan Kesavan, Ananth Raman, and Marshall L. Fisher Periodical:Manufacturing and Service Operations Management 9, no. 4 (fall 2007) Abstract Measuring demand uncertainty is a...
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Martha Lagace
- 05 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Porsche’s Risky Roll on an SUV
Only when you think of it in terms of a pure manufacturing product does its content become problematic for deciding just how 'German' it is. We do not try to figure that out. It's near impossible because of the long supply View Details
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Entering the Age of Alliances
community service projects such as serving as classroom aides in inner-city schools or assisting staff at neighborhood Boys and Girls Clubs. Expansion of the relationship over the ensuing decade found Timberland supplying City Year's...
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by James Austin
- April 1993 (Revised October 1995)
- Case
ALZA and Bio-Electro Systems (A): Technological and Financial Innovation
By: Josh Lerner and Peter Tufano
To develop the next generation of risky products, ALZA, a mature and profitable biotechnology firm specializing in drug delivery systems, must raise $40 million. Organizational constraints and competitive concerns demand that the work be done inside the firm. However,...
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Keywords:
Risk and Uncertainty;
Technological Innovation;
Business Subsidiaries;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Corporate Finance;
Biotechnology Industry;
Biotechnology Industry
Lerner, Josh, and Peter Tufano. "ALZA and Bio-Electro Systems (A): Technological and Financial Innovation." Harvard Business School Case 293-124, April 1993. (Revised October 1995.)
- November 2022
- Teaching Note
Proximie: Using XR Technology to Create Borderless Operating Rooms
By: Ariel D. Stern, Alpana Thapar and Menna Hassan
Founded by Nadine Hachach-Haram in 2016, Proximie was a digital medicine platform that used mixed reality and a host of digital audio and visual tools to enable clinicians, proctors, and medical device company personnel to be virtually present in operating rooms (ORs),...
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- July 2014
- Case
BMVSS: Changing Lives through Innovation One Jaipur Limb at a Time (Abridged)
By: Srikant Datar, Saloni Chaturvedi and Caitlin Bowler
Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS) is an Indian not-for-profit organization engaged in assisting differently-abled persons by providing them with the legendary low-cost prosthesis, the Jaipur Foot, and other mobility-assisting devices, free of cost. Known...
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Keywords:
Nonprofit Organizations;
Financial Condition;
Health Care and Treatment;
Diversity;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
India
Datar, Srikant, Saloni Chaturvedi, and Caitlin Bowler. "BMVSS: Changing Lives through Innovation One Jaipur Limb at a Time (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 115-009, July 2014.
- October 2013 (Revised April 2015)
- Case
Myomo: Getting Sales in Motion
By: Frank V. Cespedes, Shikhar Ghosh and Matthew Preble
In late 2012, the management team of Myomo, a startup which had designed a unique myoelectric arm brace for patients with dysfunctional arms, was deciding which of the three sales models the company had tested to pursue as its sales strategy going forward. Each model...
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Keywords:
Technological Innovation;
Information Technology;
Marketing Strategy;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Health Care and Treatment;
Business Startups;
Sales;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Cespedes, Frank V., Shikhar Ghosh, and Matthew Preble. "Myomo: Getting Sales in Motion." Harvard Business School Case 814-034, October 2013. (Revised April 2015.)