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- June 2021
- Case
HelloSelf: Launch
By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In April 2021, Charles Wells, founder and CEO of HelloSelf was reflecting on the company’s progress since it launched two years earlier. HelloSelf’s goal was to help the mentally ill recover and those who were mentally fit to stay well and feel even better. To do this,...
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Mental Health;
Health Care and Treatment;
Internet and the Web;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Great Britain
Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "HelloSelf: Launch." Harvard Business School Case 721-432, June 2021.
Boulevard of Broken Dreams: Why Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed--and What to Do About It
Silicon Valley, Singapore, Tel Aviv—the global hubs of entrepreneurial activity—all bear the marks of government investment. Yet, for every public intervention that spurs entrepreneurial activity, there are many failed efforts that waste untold billions in taxpayer... View Details
- 2008
- Book
On Competition
By: M. E. Porter
Competition is one of society's most powerful forces for making things better in many fields of human endeavor. The study of competition and the creation of value, in their full richness, have preoccupied me for several decades. Competition is pervasive, whether it...
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Porter, M. E. On Competition. Updated and Expanded Ed. Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing, 2008.
- September 2012 (Revised March 2014)
- Case
Reinventing Brainlab (A)
By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Vincent Dessain and Karol Misztal
The management of Germany's Brainlab AG, a leading provider of software-driven oncology and surgery solutions, needs to evaluate strategic options for proceeding without an exclusive hardware partner in its most profitable business segment.
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Strategy;
Information Infrastructure;
Applications and Software;
Medical Specialties;
Health Care and Treatment;
Information Technology Industry;
Health Industry;
Germany
Herzlinger, Regina E., Vincent Dessain, and Karol Misztal. "Reinventing Brainlab (A)." Harvard Business School Case 313-069, September 2012. (Revised March 2014.)
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Latin America - Global
investment vehicle that enables investor groups to back entrepreneurs (searchers) looking to identify and acquire privately held companies. Searchers' primary goal is to find promising businesses—typically in the lower middle market—and...
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Help - Alumni
Unfortunately, we are unable to provide any information regarding HBS alumni to those who are not also alumni. When is it appropriate to use the Harvard Business School name or shield logos? Generally, alumni are not permitted to use...
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- 17 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Teaming in the Twenty-First Century
smart cities, related to health care simply cannot be solved without cross-disciplinary collaboration," says Edmondson. To illustrate, she tells the story of the execution of a CT scan, a process that took four days to unfold in one...
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by Maggie Starvish
- July 2021
- Supplement
Adaptive Platform Trials: The Clinical Trial of the Future? (C)
By: Ariel D. Stern and Sarah Mehta
This (C) case provides an update on the work of the Global Coalition for Adaptive Research (GCAR) and also illustrates how adaptive platform trials can nimbly respond to a global pandemic.
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Clinical Trials;
Drug Trials;
Drug Testing;
Cancer Trials;
Glioblastoma;
Platform Trials;
Adaptive Trials;
Adaptive Platform Trials;
Health Testing and Trials;
Health Care and Treatment;
Business Strategy;
Health Industry;
United States
Stern, Ariel D., and Sarah Mehta. "Adaptive Platform Trials: The Clinical Trial of the Future? (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 622-012, July 2021.
- 23 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2008
correlated with less individualism. We provide three short models that help interpret this correlation. One implication of this finding is that societies that depend heavily on oil, and perhaps natural resources more generally, will...
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Martha Lagace
- March 2016
- Case
Residency Select or J3Personica?
By: William Kerr and Kathryn S. Roloff
Residency Select, LLC provides psychometric assessments for matching medical students to residency programs. After a series of successful pilots, founder Alan Friedman is considering whether to continue developing his offerings in this area, or whether to expand into...
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Marketplace Matching;
Expansion;
Higher Education;
Entrepreneurship;
Health Care and Treatment;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Service Industry
Kerr, William, and Kathryn S. Roloff. "Residency Select or J3Personica?" Harvard Business School Case 816-088, March 2016.
- 27 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
HBS Summer Fellows Respond to COVID-19
which has pivoted to deliver PPEs globally to places that need the most. Prerna Arya (MBA 2021), Swasth: Swasth is a nonprofit initiative that aims to democratize access to quality, affordable, primary care...
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Systems Integration - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Concentrating volume by medical condition and moving non-acute care out of heavily resourced hospital facilities improves outcomes and reduces costs. When providers integrate View Details
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Creating the Modern Financial System
By: David A. Moss
Creating the Modern Financial System offers a vital perspective on finance and the financial system by exploring the historical development of key financial instruments and institutions worldwide. The premise of the course is that students will gain a richer and... View Details
- 01 Jan 2017
- News
Managing Healthcare Costs and Value
- 20 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively
this is a very formidable task. Beyond meeting the objective of providing better information for decision-making, this could also open a completely new perspective and prestige for the IR function. It would allow the IR people to become...
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1.5 Attendance - MBA
isolation by a federal, state or local health authority or by University or HBS policy. Symptomatic illness. Physical or mental health emergencies. Appointments with health care providers that could not be...
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Middle East & North Africa - Global
(PPL 2013) The Creating Emerging Markets project provides a unique research and teaching resource on business leadership in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East over recent decades. At its core are over 180 interviews by...
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Professor Coffman studies the sources of gender gaps in economically-important contexts. Her work focuses on the role of beliefs: how do stereotypes bias the beliefs that individuals hold about themselves (and others), and how do these biased beliefs shape...
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- 30 Apr 2024
- Book
When Managers Set Unrealistic Expectations, Employees Cut Ethical Corners
precisely what factors went into the decisions made by managers in most of these companies, but for a few the public record provides a glimpse. For instance, a Siemens manager involved in arranging illicit payments for contracts before...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Nov 2008
- What Do You Think?
How Much Can You Ask of Your Customers?
Summing Up Is customer volunteerism combined with "ownership" a double-edged sword? It's seems okay to involve customers in providing ideas for new products and processes. Encourage them to refer new business. But beware the...
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by Jim Heskett