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  • February 2014
  • Teaching Note

The Slingshot: Improving Water Access

By: John A. Quelch
Entrepreneur Dean Kamen has inked a multimillion dollar partnership with Coca-Cola (CC) to mass produce and distribute the Slingshot, a low energy device that can convert raw sewage into potable water for poor people and communities in developing economies. View Details
Keywords: DEKA; Dean Kamen; Coca-Cola; Technological Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Commercialization; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Health Industry; North Africa; South Africa; Asia; South America
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  • October 2013 (Revised January 2015)
  • Case

The Slingshot: Improving Water Access

By: John A. Quelch, Margaret L. Rodriguez and Carin-Isabel Knoop
In 2012, over 750 million people around the globe lacked access to safe drinking water. Dean Kamen, inventor of the Segway, sought to bring fresh water to poor and rural areas with the Slingshot, a water purification device. Kamen's challenge was to identify ways to... View Details
Keywords: Water; Public Health; Health Care; Slingshot; Dean Kamen; DEKA; Coca-Cola; Developing Markets; Freestyle; Safety; Natural Environment; Pollutants; Health; Distribution Channels; Developing Countries and Economies; Innovation and Invention; Africa; Latin America; South America; Asia
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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

renewable energy projects around the world. Prior to Google, Needham was at DEKA Research, where he led business development and program-managed projects in clean energy, medical products, and robotics. Curtis D. Ravenel Senior Advisor,... View Details
  • 12 Jul 2021
  • News

Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

Inventor Dean Kamen (OPM 7, 1982) facilitated the shipment of 91,000 pounds of protective equipment to be delivered from Shanghai, China, to New Hampshire. Kamen reached out to his DEKA Research and Development Corp. employees who live in... View Details