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- February 1985 (Revised January 2024)
- Case
Health Stop (A): What Type of Innovation Is It? And Six Factors Alignment
By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Joyce Lallman, Nancy Kane, Jefferson C. Grahling and James Wallace
How can we evaluate if innovative health care ventures can do good—benefit society—and do well—become financially viable? This question is the topic of the first module in the Innovating In Health Care course book.
This note and case series enables readers to conduct...
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For-Profit Firms;
Business Model;
Entrepreneurship;
Health Care and Treatment;
Strategy;
Valuation;
Health Industry;
Retail Industry
Herzlinger, Regina E., Joyce Lallman, Nancy Kane, Jefferson C. Grahling, and James Wallace. "Health Stop (A): What Type of Innovation Is It? And Six Factors Alignment." Harvard Business School Case 185-084, February 1985. (Revised January 2024.)
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Mastering Consulting and Advisory Skills - Course Catalog
uncertain: a down market has led firms to curtail hiring and lower the threshold for termination, developments in AI raise questions about the fundamental value of the individual consultant. Bright students...
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Daniel P. Tully
Believing that two of Merrill’s biggest problems were complacency and arrogance, Tully’s first task as CEO of the large investment bank was to achieve a value system that promoted integrity and hard work. Personally congratulating anyone...
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Finance
- 16 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 16, 2008
commitment to transparency increase the likelihood of providing fair values prior to their required provision under International Accounting Standard 40 - Investment Property. We also find that firms not...
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- 13 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Public Companies Underinvest in the Future
Financial data on US companies is easy to come by—if they are listed on the stock market. More than 99 percent of them are not, presenting a challenge for researchers intent on studying how privately held firms operate. “It seemed natural...
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by Maggie Starvish
Joseph A. Martino
Starting with the company as a 16 year old office boy, Martino went on to transform National Lead into one of the country’s leading industrial producers of lead products and paints. During his tenure as CEO, National Lead was among the top 50 U. S. View Details
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Metals
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Boston Manufacturing Company Records | Baker Library
Boston Manufacturing Company Records Boynton, I.M. 75 young women from 15 to 35 years of age, wanted to work in the cotton mills! :in Lowell and Chicopee, Mass. [S.l. : s.n., ca. 1870]. The Boston Manufacturing Company was a textile firm...
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Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems - Course Catalog
companies. A final presentation is made to a component of the private equity firm investment committee. Project work is designed to be of mutual value to students and the PE partner. Students are permitted,...
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- 29 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 29, 2015
production stages. A key decision facing firms worldwide is the extent of control to exert over the different segments of their production processes. Building on Antràs and Chor (2013), we describe a property-rights model of View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- Fast Answer
Companies: Executive and board member prior experience
background, it tends to denote firms that may value that experience perhaps a bit more. You can add an additional layer to enhance your networking by including a search for HBS Alumni or alumni of other...
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Deal Making in Real Estate - Course Catalog
two active real estate practitioners at industry leading firms and utilizing prominent protagonists and guest speakers, this course will provide students with the fundamental skills in real estate investment, operations and View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Underwater Options May Not Sink Incentives
Executive Stock Options Still Align Incentives?" by Meulbroek and HBS assistant professor Li Jin. Their study uses the option delta, which measures how a single option's value is affected by a change in the stock price. Calculating this...
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- Mar 2012
- Article
The Looming Challenge to U.S. Competitiveness
The United States is a competitive location to the extent that firms operating in the U.S. are able to compete successfully in the global economy while supporting high and rising living standards for the average American. Changes in the...
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- 27 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Potential Downside of Win-Win
consideration for all managers. Value Creation—and Collusion Suppose that pharmaceutical firm A manufactures a new, beneficial drug and begins selling 100 million pills per year at $3.05 per pill. Each pill...
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by Max H. Bazerman
- 14 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 14, 2010
perception of the value of such strategies by the analysts. Moreover, we find that firms with higher visibility receive more favorable recommendations for their CSR strategies and that analysts with more...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
Wrap-up: Software, Telecom, and Recovery
Venture capital firms ask themselves tough questions these days. Among them: how can they dig out of the dot-com collapse? How should they invest going forward? How should the leader of a firm strike the...
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- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Online Entrepreneur
In September, the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce announced that its 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year is Diane Hessan (MBA ’77), president and CEO of Communispace Corporation, a firm that helps companies generate customer insights via...
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- 24 Mar 2002
- Lessons from the Classroom
Case Study: A Lesson in Private Venture Financing
security services to companies in South Africa, other African countries, and parts of Europe. In the case, Gray has recently undergone a financial restructuring with the help of private equity firm Brait Capital Partners. Now its owners...
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by Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Venture Capital’s Comeback
WILCOX: “At the height of the boom, all venture-capital funds had LPs begging to get in. Today, the really good funds are back competing for the very best deals.” With roughly half of the nation’s venture-capital firms and scores of...
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- 24 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 24, 2009
http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=263002 The Nature of Partnering Experience and the Gains from Alliances Authors:Ranjay Gulati, D. Lavie, and H. Singh Publication:Strategic Management Journal (forthcoming) Abstract We examine the conditions under which...
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Martha Lagace