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- 18 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]
differed from the conditions she had encountered at Palm Inc., which she had joined in 1992 (following a decade in the computer and software industries), just after the company was founded to develop handheld computing devices. Like E...
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by John S. Rosenberg
- February 2021 (Revised June 2021)
- Case
Brainlab: Imaging a MedTech Future
By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Gregory P. Licholai and Federica Gabrieli
Can Brainlab, a privately held firm, compete with giants like Medtronic and Amazon in delivering the Digital Operating Room of the future? The CEO is pondering solutions for secure exchange of medical information, pricing a new robotic imaging device, and reorganizing...
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Surgery;
Robotics;
Health Care;
Private Healthcare;
Pricing;
Technology Platform;
Acquisition;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Business Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Health Care and Treatment;
Health;
Innovation and Invention;
Innovation and Management;
Innovation Strategy;
Technological Innovation;
Applications and Software;
Information Infrastructure;
Information Technology;
Digital Platforms;
Health Industry;
Europe;
Germany;
Munich
Herzlinger, Regina E., Gregory P. Licholai, and Federica Gabrieli. "Brainlab: Imaging a MedTech Future." Harvard Business School Case 321-087, February 2021. (Revised June 2021.)
- 11 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
The New International Style of Management
advantage, decision making by those firms and their individual managers seems to rise above national influences and toward a commonality shared by other top firms in the international arena. In their study of the software industry in...
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by Garry Emmons
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Knowledge Coach
breaks down or needs expediting. And how about her uncanny ability to decode behavioral cues—subtle signs of disagreement or even hostility among subordinates in meetings? How does she do that? That storehouse of unwritten process details—the way that certain View Details
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by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
- 27 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018
opportunity enable the rise of new entrants or reinforce the position of incumbents? Research on this classic topic often ignores the high costs of entry seen in some industries. We offer a novel approach to this question in the context of regulated medical technology,...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jun 2015
- HBS Case
Consumer-centered Health Care Depends on Accessible Medical Records
Quelch and Rodriguez wrote a case in May about Philips, which started in 1891 as a light bulb manufacturer in the Netherlands and, more recently, has become a major manufacturer of medical devices and software sold primarily to hospitals....
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- 05 Dec 2017
- Research & Ideas
What We've Learned from 101 Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets
exploring how to automate access to some of the video interviews. It’s trickier than we thought but we’re making progress. So far, it still seems simpler to manually extract relevant quotes since the software for automating this is too...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers
the University of California, San Diego. The researchers used computer software to analyze the tone of each columnist's writing, determining whether they wrote with a generally bearish or generally bullish perspective. "Some authors...
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- 19 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why Innovations Sit on the Shelf
Continued success in diagnostic systems relies heavily on product innovation and software engineering. But Ludwig found that the DIS division had lost its edge—a key competitor had improved its own products so that they outperformed DIS's...
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- 24 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why the Internet Doesn’t Change Everything
Singapore stop its citizens from peeking at Hustler on their laptops? Or the U.S. government prevent American firms from using high-powered security software in their overseas affiliates? Again, they essentially can't. Silently,...
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by Debora L. Spar
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
place? Was it time to give in to the mounting pressure, or to hold firm? Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709040 F-Secure Corporation: Software as a Service (SaaS) in the Security...
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Martha Lagace
- 16 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 16, 2016
we are going to start with payments." Cook then invited Eddy Cue, Apple's senior vice president of Internet software and services, to the stage to explain how Apple Pay would transform the mobile payments industry. He explained how...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Really Drives Your Strategy?
strategy (and some consultants who advise on strategy) is that they assume that once you design strategy it gets executed. They don't look inside the process and realize that it's much more complicated. Bower: It's almost as if they think strategy is like a View Details
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by Martha Lagace
- 19 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 19, 2016
Rumie's software and services from the physical tablets to achieve greater reach and scale. In October 2015, Rumie opened the LearnCloud, its proprietary online content curation portal for NGOs, to the public. Now anyone could discover,...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017
Massachusetts, is assessing its investment in Tableau, a data visualization company. Tableau, which conducted an IPO a few years ago, has been experiencing substantial growth as it aims at disrupting the business intelligence software...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 23
Yammer's scalability, software development, and organizational culture. David Sacks, CEO of Yammer, debated the challenges and opportunities related to competition, product, and culture as he thought about the offer on the table. Purchase...
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Anna Secino
- 04 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 4
Increasing Energy Efficiency through Normative Influence (B) Maarten W. Bos, Amy J.C. Cuddy, and Kyle T. DohertyHarvard Business School Supplement 911-061 The case profiles OPOWER, an energy efficiency software company that applies...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 May 2016
- First Look
May 17, 2016
services to independent retailers. Amazon also offered software and cloud storage services, online video streaming, and its own line of electronic hardware (mobile, e-reader, and smart television products). In addition, Amazon published...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 30
This successful electronic medical record (EMR) company had grown thanks to its reliable software and responsive customer service. The company had achieved this growth without the help of any outside financing. The five co-founders of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
software product. The case examines both the process and outcomes of pricing research for a collaborative software product and in a fast-growing venture with a distinctive approach to customer acquisition....
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Sean Silverthorne