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- February 2019 (Revised September 2019)
- Case
Theranos: The Unicorn That Wasn't
By: Joseph B. Fuller and John Masko
In 2003, 19-year-old Elizabeth Holmes founded a startup dedicated to making blood testing easier and more affordable. By 2015, her company, Theranos, was worth $9 billion. It boasted a star-studded board and contracts with national pharmacy and supermarket chains... View Details
Keywords: Theranos; Blood; Lab Testing; Fraud; Holmes; Balwani; Shultz; Carreyrou; Securities And Exchange Commission; Food And Drug Administration; FDA; SEC; Health Testing and Trials; Corporate Accountability; Organizational Culture; Misleading and Fraudulent Advertising; Crime and Corruption; Entrepreneurship; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Fuller, Joseph B., and John Masko. "Theranos: The Unicorn That Wasn't." Harvard Business School Case 319-068, February 2019. (Revised September 2019.)
- 28 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Meet Professor Elisabeth Paulson: A Conversation on Life, Research, and Teaching
In this blog, Loujaine AlMoallim (MBA 2024) interviews Technology and Operations Management Professor Elisabeth Paulson about her personal journey, her time at Harvard Business School, and her advice for HBS leaders. Can you briefly tell... View Details
- November 2021 (Revised December 2021)
- Case
Praava Health: A New Model for Bangladesh
By: Michael Chu
Launched in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 2018, Praava Health (‘Praava’) delivered high-quality in-clinic primary and specialist care, backed by its own high quality diagnostic laboratories, imaging and pharmacy. Praava was founder Sylvana Sinha’s response to what she saw as a... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Investment Return; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Health Industry; Bangladesh; Asia
Chu, Michael. "Praava Health: A New Model for Bangladesh." Harvard Business School Case 322-067, November 2021. (Revised December 2021.)
- August 2021
- Case
Yummy: Delivering Value to Venezuela
By: Ayelet Israeli, Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago and Carla Larangeira
By June 2021, Yummy had become Venezuela’s first and largest food delivery app and last-mile logistics company. In Caracas, the nation’s capital, Yummy held a 55% market share, while operations in other cities had already started to take place, including in three of... View Details
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Health Pandemics; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Expansion
Israeli, Ayelet, Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago, and Carla Larangeira. "Yummy: Delivering Value to Venezuela." Harvard Business School Case 522-034, August 2021.
- February 2022
- Case
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi: Leading Through the Fog of the COVID-19 Pandemic
By: Linda A. Hill and Emily Tedards
As COVID-19 began to take lives, destroy healthcare systems, and shut down economies across the globe, Dr. Rakesh Suri, Chief Executive Officer of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, and his executive team adapted their leadership to instill the new levels of agility and... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Behavior; Culture; Organizational Culture; Organizational Adaptation; Organizational Effectiveness; Alignment; Leadership; Innovation; Diversity; Collaboration; Co-creation; Learning Organizations; Empowerment; Teamwork; Ecosystem; Agility; Partnerships; Data-driven Decision-making; Operating Model; Risk Management; Virtual Work; Team Dynamics; Telemedicine; Metrics; Globalization; Pandemic; COVID-19; Hospital; Healthcare; United Arab Emirates; Middle East; Health Care and Treatment; Health Pandemics; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Crisis Management; Leading Change; Leadership Style; Digital Transformation; United Arab Emirates; Middle East
Hill, Linda A., and Emily Tedards. "Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi: Leading Through the Fog of the COVID-19 Pandemic." Harvard Business School Case 422-057, February 2022.
- 18 Nov 2009
- HBS Case
Customer Feedback Not on elBulli’s Menu
six months that elBulli, his restaurant, is open. The world is beating a path to Chef Ferran Adrià's door, but why? "Creativity comes first; then comes the customer," he has said. So what can HBS students learn about marketing from a business owner who says... View Details
- February 2005 (Revised November 2012)
- Supplement
UAL 2004: Pulling Out of Bankruptcy (CW)
By: Daniel Baird Bergstresser, Kenneth A. Froot and Darren Robert Smart
UAL is a large air transportation company with roots that go back to the 1920s. As a legacy carrier, going back to before the 1978 deregulation of air transportation markets, United Airlines is burdened with cost structures that make it difficult to compete with newer... View Details
- 28 Jun 2014
- News
Utah hospitals try the unthinkable: Get a grip on costs
- 25 Jun 2020
- News
Connecting the dots from detection to cure
- June 2017
- Case
MIA: Profit at the Base of the Pyramid
By: Lynda M. Applegate, José Antonio Dávila Castilla, Sarah Mehta and Aldo Sesia
In January 2016, Guillermo Jaime had just returned home to Mexico City after attending a Harvard Business School executive education program. Jaime was the founder and CEO of Mejoramiento Integral Asistido (MIA), a company providing affordable housing to low-income... View Details
Keywords: Base Of The Pyramid; Social Capitalism; Housing; Emerging Markets; Social Enterprise; Society; Wealth and Poverty; Social Entrepreneurship; Construction Industry; Mexico
Applegate, Lynda M., José Antonio Dávila Castilla, Sarah Mehta, and Aldo Sesia. "MIA: Profit at the Base of the Pyramid." Harvard Business School Case 817-073, June 2017.
- October 2019 (Revised February 2020)
- Case
Brightview Senior Living
By: Lynda M. Applegate and James Weber
Marilynn Duker, CEO, was exploring how to grow the company while maintaining the culture that made it a leader in the field of senior housing. Brightview constructed and operated senior living apartment communities that offered independent living, assisted living, and... View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Culture; Employee Relationship Management; Real Estate Industry; United States
Applegate, Lynda M., and James Weber. "Brightview Senior Living." Harvard Business School Case 820-009, October 2019. (Revised February 2020.)
- February 2019 (Revised November 2024)
- Case
Theranos: Who Has Blood on Their Hands? (A)
By: Nien-hê Hsieh, Christina R. Wing, Emilie Fournier and Anna Resman
This case covers the rise and fall of Theranos, the company founded by Elizabeth Holmes in 2004 to revolutionize the blood testing industry by creating a device that could provide from a small finger prick the same results and accuracy as intravenous blood draws. As... View Details
Keywords: Health Testing and Trials; Corporate Accountability; Organizational Culture; Misleading and Fraudulent Advertising; Crime and Corruption; Ethics; Entrepreneurship; Lawsuits and Litigation
Hsieh, Nien-hê, Christina R. Wing, Emilie Fournier, and Anna Resman. "Theranos: Who Has Blood on Their Hands? (A)." Harvard Business School Case 619-039, February 2019. (Revised November 2024.)
Stefan H. Thomke
Stefan Thomke (sthomke@hbs.edu), an authority on the management of innovation, is the William Barclay Harding Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He has worked with firms on product, process, and... View Details
- 21 Jan 2021
- Blog Post
How I Used the HBS Community to Hone My Professional Goals
development rotational program. My time at Cardinal Health exposed me to the health care world and gave me the chance to work functionally in Corporate Finance and Corporate... View Details
- February 2005 (Revised June 2006)
- Case
UAL, 2004: Pulling Out of Bankruptcy
By: Daniel Baird Bergstresser, Kenneth A. Froot and Darren Robert Smart
UAL is a large air transportation company with roots that go back to the 1920s. As a legacy carrier, going back to before the 1978 deregulation of air transportation markets, United Airlines is burdened with cost structures that make it difficult to compete with newer... View Details
Keywords: Bankruptcy; Compensation; Costs; Loans; Reorganization; Cost; Restructuring; Financing and Loans; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Compensation and Benefits; Air Transportation Industry; United States
Bergstresser, Daniel Baird, Kenneth A. Froot, and Darren Robert Smart. "UAL, 2004: Pulling Out of Bankruptcy." Harvard Business School Case 205-090, February 2005. (Revised June 2006.)
- November 2001 (Revised September 2004)
- Case
Evolution of Treatment, The: The Case of Diabetes
By: Richard M.J. Bohmer, Jeffrey D. Street and Laura Feldman
Scientific knowledge surrounding diabetes mellitus has grown over the last century to include its cause, treatment, and prevention strategies. However, the type and level of care that patients receive is suboptional. This case examines the forces in industry,... View Details
Keywords: Policy; Health Care and Treatment; Innovation and Management; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Management; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Health Industry
Bohmer, Richard M.J., Jeffrey D. Street, and Laura Feldman. "Evolution of Treatment, The: The Case of Diabetes." Harvard Business School Case 302-023, November 2001. (Revised September 2004.)
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
An afternoon with Michael Porter
- Article
Paradise Lost (and Restored?): A Study of Psychological Safety over Time
By: Derrick P. Bransby, Michaela Kerrissey and Amy C. Edmondson
Although prior research indicates that psychological safety can fluctuate, questions about when and why remain. To gain insights into the emergence and temporal dynamics of psychological safety, we explored longitudinal data representing more than 10,000 health care... View Details
Keywords: Analytics and Data Science; Research; Attitudes; Working Conditions; Well-being; Health Industry
Bransby, Derrick P., Michaela Kerrissey, and Amy C. Edmondson. "Paradise Lost (and Restored?): A Study of Psychological Safety over Time." Academy of Management Discoveries (in press). (Pre-published online March 14, 2024.)
Kym Lew Nelson
Kym Lew Nelson joined the NOM unit of the Harvard Business School as a Visiting Lecturer in January of 2020. In July of 2020, she became a Senior Lecturer in the Negotiations unit. Prior to joining the faculty, Kym was a guest lecturer in the Negotiations class at... View Details
- Article
Regulatory, Legal, and Market Aspects of Smart Wearables for Cardiac Monitoring
By: Jan Benedikt Brönneke, Jennifer Müller, Konstantinos Mouratis, Julia Hagen and Ariel Dora Stern
In the area of cardiac monitoring, the use of digitally driven technologies is on the rise. While the development of medical products is advancing rapidly, allowing for new use-cases in cardiac monitoring and other areas, regulatory and legal requirements that govern... View Details
Keywords: Wearables; Regulatory Changes; Medical Technology; Medical Devices; Market Access; Market Entry and Exit; Information Technology; Health Care and Treatment; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; United States; Germany; Belgium
Brönneke, Jan Benedikt, Jennifer Müller, Konstantinos Mouratis, Julia Hagen, and Ariel Dora Stern. "Regulatory, Legal, and Market Aspects of Smart Wearables for Cardiac Monitoring." Art. 4937. Sensors 21, no. 14 (July 2021).