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Health Care - Faculty & Research

into her tenure leading the medical equipment supply company since taking over for her father, the company’s founder. She considers approaches to grow the company while maintaining the company purpose—to... View Details

    Christopher A. Bartlett

    Professor Christopher A. Bartlett received an economics degree from the University of Queensland, Australia (1964), and both the masters and doctorate degrees in business administration from Harvard University (1971 and 1979). 

    As a practicing manager prior... View Details

    Keywords: medical supplies; medical supplies; medical supplies; medical supplies; medical supplies; medical supplies
    • 31 Jul 2018
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018

    forthcoming Journal of Medical Internet Research Reimagining Health Data Exchange: An Application Programming Interface-Enabled Roadmap for India By: Balsari, Satchit, Alexander Fortenko MD, MPH, Joaquin A. Blaya PhD, Adrian Gropper MD,... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • Web

    Curriculum - Business & Environment

    Sustainability, Innovation, Strategy, Supply Chain Management The case describes BMW's electrification and decarbonization strategy, and how the company measured carbon emissions throughout the life cycle of its vehicles and used tools... View Details
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    Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

    before it went public. He then led Open Market's expansion into business-to-business applications. In 1999, he founded and ran PurchasingCenter.com, a "My Yahoo" portal for industrial purchasing agents who purchase $2-$10 million of factory View Details
    • 03 Apr 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: April 3

    512-004 Domino's Pizza is the world's second largest pizza company with 9,436 stores globally, 95% of which are franchised. Domino's franchisees in the U.S. market were able to purchase fresh dough, cheese, pizza toppings, and other menu ingredients and store View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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    Business History - Faculty & Research

    how far ZEISS had come in 175 years of being a pioneer in optics, and how the course he had charted since taking the helm of the company could keep it on track. In his role, he oversaw the four core business units of the group, all operating worldwide: Industrial... View Details

      John T. Gourville

      John Gourville is the Albert J. Weatherhead, Jr. Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School.  He joined the HBS Marketing Unit in 1995 after receiving his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago in marketing and behavioral research.  His most... View Details

      Keywords: medical supplies; medical supplies; medical supplies; medical supplies; medical supplies; medical supplies; medical supplies; medical supplies
      • March 2021
      • Case

      VideaHealth: Building the AI Factory

      By: Karim R. Lakhani and Amy Klopfenstein
      Florian Hillen, co-founder and CEO of VideaHealth, a startup that used artificial intelligence (AI) to detect dental conditions on x-rays, spent the early years of his company laying the groundwork for an AI factory. A process for quickly building and iterating on new... View Details
      Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Innovation and Invention; Disruptive Innovation; Technological Innovation; Information Technology; Applications and Software; Technology Adoption; Digital Platforms; Entrepreneurship; AI and Machine Learning; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; North and Central America; United States; Massachusetts; Cambridge
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      • June 2009 (Revised June 2009)
      • Case

      VidaGas: VillageReach - The Mozambican Foundation for Community Development Joint Venture

      This case describes the evolution of a liquid petroleum gas (LPG) distributor start-up, incubated by two not-for-profit NGOs to help improve the vaccine cold chain in Northern Mozambique. These NGOs must face the decision whether and how to sell their participation in... View Details
      Keywords: Joint Ventures; Supply Chain; Health Care and Treatment; Investment; Non-Governmental Organizations; Energy Sources; Energy Industry; Health Industry; Mozambique
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      • 31 Oct 2023
      • News

      Securing a Resilient Future for Senegal

      Sijh Diagne (photo by Michael Bucher) In March 2020, Sijh Diagne (MBA 2017) was asked to serve as an advisor to Senegal’s minister of economy, planning, and cooperation. He was charged with leading the country’s private-sector development; but just as became the case... View Details
      • 25 Apr 2023
      • Cold Call Podcast

      Using Design Thinking to Invent a Low-Cost Prosthesis for Land Mine Victims

      Keywords: Re: Srikant M. Datar; Medical Devices & Supplies; Medical Devices & Supplies
      • 17 Sep 2021
      • Research & Ideas

      The Trial of Elizabeth Holmes: Visionary, Criminal, or Both?

      Former Theranos employees began testifying this week against Elizabeth Holmes, the once-celebrated biotech’s founder and CEO, in a criminal trial that has Silicon Valley worried. In opening statements last week, federal prosecutors charged that Holmes and the company’s... View Details
      Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Medical Devices & Supplies; Medical Devices & Supplies; Medical Devices & Supplies
      • 14 Jan 2019
      • Op-Ed

      These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership

      leadership roles at Procter & Gamble and Nestlé before becoming CEO of Unilever in 2009. Observing the dangers of global warming, Polman focused on sustainability, introducing Unilever’s Sustainable Living Plan and applying it to Unilever’s products and View Details
      Keywords: by Bill George; Health; Banking; Food & Beverage; Consumer Products
      • May 2022
      • Case

      Byte

      By: Boris Groysberg, Katherine Connolly Baden and Julia Kelley
      In January 2021, Byte co-founders Scott Cohen and Blake Johnson reflected on how far their Los Angeles-based direct-to-consumer (DTC) orthodontics company had come since launching its clear aligners just a little over two years earlier. Cohen and Johnson were both... View Details
      Keywords: Growth; Customer Experience; Customer Focused Organization; Innovation; DTC; Growth Management; Expansion; Entrepreneurship; Customer Focus and Relationships; Innovation and Invention; Growth and Development Strategy; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; United States
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      • July 2013 (Revised May 2024)
      • Case

      BMVSS: Changing Lives, One Jaipur Limb at a Time

      By: Srikant Datar and Saloni Chaturvedi
      Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS) is an Indian not-for-profit organization engaged in assisting differently-abled persons by providing them with the legendary low-cost prosthesis, the Jaipur Foot, and other mobility-assisting devices, free of cost. Known... View Details
      Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Financial Condition; Health Care and Treatment; Diversity; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Growth and Development Strategy; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; India; Asia
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        William E. Fruhan

        Professor WILLIAM E. FRUHAN, JR. is George E. Bates Professor, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School. He received his BS degree from Yale University, and his MBA and DBA degrees from Harvard University.  He has served as Senior Associate Dean and Director of... View Details

        Keywords: medical supplies; medical supplies; medical supplies; medical supplies; medical supplies; medical supplies; medical supplies; medical supplies; medical supplies; medical supplies
        • 02 Oct 2012
        • First Look

        First Look: October 2

        Evidence from a Field Experiment Authors: Kevin Boudreau, Tom Brady, Ina Ganguli, Patrick Gaule, Eva Guinan, Karim Lakhani, and Tony Hollenberg Abstract We present the results of a field experiment conducted within the Harvard Medical... View Details
        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
        • 14 Jul 2020
        • Research & Ideas

        Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World

        other countries outside China such as Germany and Sweden before local contagion even started, allowing precious time to acquire personal protective equipment before it became scarce. Second, since the company was able to foresee large disruptions in its View Details
        Keywords: by Raffaella Sadun, Andrea Bertoni, Alexia Delfino, Giovanni Fassio, and Mariapaola Testa
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        Strategy for Health Care Delivery - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

        rather than medical specialties Optimize costs through accurate measurement and reporting Apply the concept of Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing (TDABC) to measure health care costs and outcomes Design and implement a bundled payment... View Details