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- July 1997
- Case
We've Got Rhythm! Medtronic Corporation's Cardiac Pacemaker Business
By: Clayton M. Christensen
Illustrates how a new management team at Medtronic's Cardiac Pacemaker business reversed a steep decline in market share by adopting certain management principles for new product development: clarifying strategy, aggregating project planning, accommodating the number...
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Keywords:
Management Teams;
Innovation Strategy;
Innovation and Management;
Product Development;
Health;
Technology;
Change Management;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
United States
Christensen, Clayton M. "We've Got Rhythm! Medtronic Corporation's Cardiac Pacemaker Business." Harvard Business School Case 698-004, July 1997.
- March 1975 (Revised September 1990)
- Case
Insight Optical Equipment Co.
Keywords:
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Wheelwright, Steven C. "Insight Optical Equipment Co." Harvard Business School Case 675-168, March 1975. (Revised September 1990.)
- February 1991 (Revised January 1994)
- Teaching Note
Ring Medical, Teaching Note
Teaching Note for (9-589-046).
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Keywords:
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
- January 1989 (Revised June 1993)
- Case
Health Industry Manufacturers Association
By: George C. Lodge
Keywords:
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Lodge, George C. "Health Industry Manufacturers Association." Harvard Business School Case 389-085, January 1989. (Revised June 1993.)
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Wyss Celebrated for Career, Conservation
Hansjörg Wyss (MBA 1965) has been unusually public of late, celebrated for his visionary accomplishments in health care and conservation. Wyss, 75, founded Synthes USA, a Swiss-American firm, in 1974 and led it to global prominence as a pioneer in the development and...
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- Profile
Krishna Yeshwant
Hospital. As part of the Surgical Planning Lab, Krishna applied his computer science background to the development of 3D planning software for craniofacial surgery. Spanning medical and engineering worlds While working side-by-side with...
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- 01 Mar 2009
- News
A New Approach to Health-Care Reform
executives of provider organizations, as well as hospital, insurance, drug, retail, and medical device companies; deans of medical schools; and employers, who pay the bulk of...
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- Profile
Abena Nyantekyi-Owusu
that contribute to development and are crucial for growth.” Abena began with GE’s medical and health care device divisions, serving as a business analyst responsible for “increasing growth and market share”...
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- 01 Apr 1999
- News
A Random Sampling of HBS Graduates in the News
serve recovering cardiac patients and other individuals who may have potential heart problems. Reis, a medical doctor and former emergency-room physician from Israel, explained that a similar service has operated in Israel for some ten...
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- December 2017
- Article
Is There a Doctor in the House? Expert Product Users, Organizational Roles, and Innovation
By: Riitta Katila, Sruthi Thatchenkery, Michael Christensen and Stefanos A. Zenios
We explore the impact on innovation that professional end-users of a product have as inventors, executives, and board members in a young firm. In contrast to prior literature, which has emphasized technology roles, we put the spotlight on the executive and governance...
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Keywords:
Innovation;
User Innovation;
Healthcare;
Innovation and Management;
Entrepreneurship;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Katila, Riitta, Sruthi Thatchenkery, Michael Christensen, and Stefanos A. Zenios. "Is There a Doctor in the House? Expert Product Users, Organizational Roles, and Innovation." Academy of Management Journal 60, no. 6 (December 2017): 2415–2437.
- February 2015
- Case
Beckman Coulter, 2011
By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
In early 2011, Danaher was contemplating the acquisition of Beckman Coulter. With $3.7 billion of revenues in 2010 and $431 million in operating profits, California-based Beckman Coulter was a global leader in blood cell count diagnostic systems and also supplied a...
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- March 2013
- Teaching Plan
Corruption at Siemens (TP) (A), (B), (C) and (D)
By: Paul Healy
This teaching plan is designed to be used in conjunction with the case Corruption at Siemens (A), HBS No. 108033 [and its related B and C cases] to help faculty deepen students' comprehension of business issues and to energize classroom discussion.
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Healy, Paul. "Corruption at Siemens (TP) (A), (B), (C) and (D)." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 113-092, March 2013.
- March 2011
- Teaching Note
PrimedicProviding Primary Care in Mexico (TN)
Teaching Note for 811040.
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- April 2010 (Revised September 2011)
- Case
Supply Chain Partners: Virginia Mason and Owens & Minor (A) (Abridged)
By: V.G. Narayanan and Lisa Brem
Owens & Minor (O&M) performed lean inventory services for Virginia Mason (VM) as its Alpha Vendor, but the outdated industry pricing model created perverse incentives and could not capture O&M's costs. Together, O&M and VM created an activity-based pricing model: Total...
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Keywords:
Supply Chain Management;
Partners and Partnerships;
Activity Based Costing and Management;
Business Model;
Non-Governmental Organizations;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Motivation and Incentives;
Asset Pricing;
Cost Accounting;
Fair Value Accounting;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "Supply Chain Partners: Virginia Mason and Owens & Minor (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 110-063, April 2010. (Revised September 2011.)
- March 2009
- Case
Bausch & Lomb, Inc.: Pressure to Perform (A)
By: Robert L. Simons
This case breaks the existing (and still available) Bausch & Lomb, Inc.: Pressure to Perform case into an (A) and a (B) case. The (A) case describes the revenue recognition concerns as of early-1994 and the organizational context within which the decisions were made.
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- September 2008 (Revised March 2020)
- Supplement
Medtronic: Patient Management Initiative (B)
The (B) case provides the denouement to the (A) case about Medtronic's introduction of the Chronicle and remote monitoring business.
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Keywords:
Health Care and Treatment;
Measurement and Metrics;
Information Technology;
Competitive Strategy;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Herzlinger, Regina E. "Medtronic: Patient Management Initiative (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 309-064, September 2008. (Revised March 2020.)
- March 2008 (Revised August 2008)
- Supplement
Medtronic Vision 2010 (CW)
By: Lynda M. Applegate and James Zeitler
- February 2008 (Revised March 2008)
- Supplement
Terumo (B)
By: David Godes, Masako Egawa and Mayuka Yamazaki
This case provides an update on the firm's decision regarding its U.S. sales strategy for its catheter products and the progress of Solution Pack.
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Godes, David, Masako Egawa, and Mayuka Yamazaki. "Terumo (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 508-069, February 2008. (Revised March 2008.)
- March 2006
- Teaching Note