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- 19 Apr 2016
- News
LuminOva Makes Great Strides Tackling Infertility
Alexandra Dickson (MBA 2013) Alexandra Dickson (MBA 2013) LuminOva, a biotech startup in Boston that won the 2015 Bertarelli Prize, is making progress on its quest to develop a new technology that could increase in vitro fertilization success rates by monitoring the... View Details
- February 2019 (Revised October 2019)
- Case
Extend Fertility: Conceiving the Market for Egg Preservation (A)
By: Debora L. Spar and Olivia Hull
In April 2003, entrepreneur and MBA student Christy Jones was planning a new venture to help women preserve their fertility. Her company, Extend Fertility, would commercialize a technique known as egg freezing, in which a woman’s eggs were extracted and stored at low... View Details
Keywords: Assisted Reproduction; Entrepreneur; Health And Wellness; Fertility; Infertility; Women's Health; Creating Markets; Egg Freezing; Fertility Clinic; Entrepreneurship; Strategy; Marketing Strategy
Spar, Debora L., and Olivia Hull. "Extend Fertility: Conceiving the Market for Egg Preservation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 719-019, February 2019. (Revised October 2019.)
- 17 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Babies
fertilization (IVF), surrogacy, and adoption demand payments of $10,000 and up. The largest demand in this market consists of infertile couples. Last year, some two million U.S. couples underwent fertility treatments. Additional demand... View Details
- 2024
- Working Paper
Laparoscopy—Minimally Invasive Surgery: Case Histories of Transformational Advances
By: Amar Bhidé, Caitlin N. Bowler and Srikant M. Datar
We describe how operations through laparoscopes – tubular instruments inserted into abdominal cavities – revolutionized gynecological and other surgeries inside the abdomen, such as gall bladder removal. Specifically, we chronicle the 1) foundational contributions of... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Technological Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Technology Adoption; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Invention; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
Bhidé, Amar, Caitlin N. Bowler, and Srikant M. Datar. "Laparoscopy—Minimally Invasive Surgery: Case Histories of Transformational Advances." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-008, July 2019. (Revised May 2024.)
- September 2014
- Case
OvaScience
By: G. Felda Hardymon, Tom Nicholas, Toby Stuart and Noah Fisher
In early April 2012, Michelle Dipp, MD, Ph.D, CEO and co-founder of OvaScience, had just received a buyout offer from PG Ventures, a private equit's first promising fertility treatment, AUGMENT (Autologous Germ-line Mitochondrial Energy Transfer), had the potential to... View Details
Hardymon, G. Felda, Tom Nicholas, Toby Stuart, and Noah Fisher. "OvaScience." Harvard Business School Case 815-058, September 2014.
- 13 May 2019
- Blog Post
The Many Facets of Becoming a Mother at HBS
compassionate, selfless students and faculty. Giving birth at the beginning of my EC (second) year while my husband, a military officer, was stationed 3,000 miles away from me was not part of my plan. But after years of struggling with View Details
- 12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 22 Mar 2018
- Webinars: Career
How to Prepare for and Transition Back from a Career Break
A career break may be the furthest thing from your mind right now. But looking ahead, there are expected and unexpected reasons why you might take a break from your career. What steps make sense to take now, in order to lay the groundwork for a successful career... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
The Business of Babies
The demand for babies by infertile couples and other would-be parents is huge — and little discussed. HBS professor Debora L. Spar addressed the market realities of adoption and scientific conception at the 2003 Alumni Health-Care... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
The Baby Business
involved here, and we need to take care of that. We also need to decide whether reproduction is some sort of human right or whether infertility is a medical condition. If the answer is yes to either of those, then we should pay for it, as... View Details
- 10 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
Founding a Company at the Intersection of Medicine and Technology
people with infertility was, as well as the potential commercial viability of this technology. Last fall, I made the decision to start a company that focused on the embryo selection problem, which I then pursued full time after... View Details
- Profile
Paris Wallace
issue of timing, as 30 percent of women have irregular cycles. One of the big public issues around infertility is that it is almost taboo to talk about it. In general, I think any insights related to this space should be shared. We need... View Details
- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
What’s an Internet Business Model? Ask a Health Care Professional
by health insurance, such as laser eye surgery and infertility counseling. "For the exchange to work, there has to be a value proposition for both sides," Slavitt explained. "Providers today live in a world where people they have... View Details
- 07 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Pursuing a Deadly Opportunity
market for human eggs, sperm, and various infertility treatments, is another example, he adds. Anatomy Of A Study Anteby and Hyman compared 80 voluntary donations and 120 specimen shipping invoices from a pair of Maryland-based... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
The Future of Stem Cells
infertile women to conceive. Excess fertilized eggs are routinely discarded by clinics at the conclusion of the in vitro process. Opponents say such practices are immoral because they destroy human life; advocates assert it is immoral to... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Market for Babies
discrete industries. First, there's in vitro fertilization, probably the most obvious piece. This is a service industry, like medicine in general, which caters to infertile couples. Then there are what I call the component industries,... View Details
- 20 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 20
of AUGMENT and the impact the underlying technology could have on millions of infertility cases around the world. How fast might Dipp and her team grow OvaScience? Would they have the resources? Dipp considered the best way to build out... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
years," says the lively Denver resident. "But the loss of three pregnancies and thirteen years on the infertility treadmill made me doubly committed to motherhood." The determination of Shuster-Haynes and her husband, Mark Haynes,... View Details