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November 2020
Teaching Note

DayTwo: Going to Market with Gut Microbiome

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 519-010. DayTwo is a young Israeli startup that applies research on the gut microbiome and machine learning algorithms to deliver personalized nutritional recommendations to its users in order to minimize blood sugar spikes after meals.... View Details

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November 1998 (Revised June 1999)
Case

MedSim

An Israeli high-tech start-up has developed an innovative simulator which makes possible non-patient training in medical ultrasound. The marketing function moves to the United States, the largest market, while other functions remain in Israel. The case describes a... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Training; Health Care and Treatment; Problems and Challenges; Business Startups; Globalized Markets and Industries; Technology Industry; Health Industry; Israel; United States

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Shlomo Zach Cahlon | MBA

Gaming, Privacy, and VC. Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business: During my time serving as an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Army Officer, I was first introduced to the critical role that technology plays in... View Details

03 Feb 2014
News

Eyes on Medical Breakthroughs

Boston—Beth Israel and the Deaconess—as well as Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York. She completed her training as a vitreoretinal surgeon at New York Hospital, where she has also served as a clinical instructor of ophthalmology. After two... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli; Management; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

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International Students | MBA

Brazilian-Portuguese Cultural Club Canadian Club Central & Eastern European Club European Club French-Speaking Club German-Speaking Society Greater China Club Israel Business Club LatAm Club Middle East and North Africa Club South Asian... View Details

Student-Profile

Talia Gillis

decision-making played a key role in how law is created and understanding law in action. My time as a clerk at the International Criminal Tribunal of Rwanda and at the Israel Supreme Court exposed me to judicial decision-making processes.... View Details

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Hands-on Learning About Global Markets | MBA

Arden Kreeger, and Nitzan Israel (all MBA 2024). Photos by Mercedes Sojo For the cohort she led, Senior Lecturer Nori Gerardo Lietz taught the case she coauthored, “Doing Business in Buenos Aires, Argentina,” during the classroom portion... View Details

10 Jul 2009
Research Event

Business Summit: The Coming World Oil Crisis

Editor's Note: This is a summary of an HBS Business Summit presentation. View a full summary and video of the event on the HBS Centennial Web site linked below. Date of Event: October 13, 2008 Moderator: Richard H.K. Vietor, HBS faculty Speakers: John Hess, Chairman... View Details

Keywords: Re: Richard H.K. Vietor; Energy; Utilities

27 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

Report From Egypt: Studying Global Influences

Travel Date: May 2006 Location Visited: Cairo Purpose: Research on three global companies with Egyptian operations. Report: Sean Silverthorne: What was the nature of your visit? Rosabeth Moss Kanter: I traveled to Cairo in May 2006 with my research associate to conduct... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

23 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

The Gulf: It’s a Family Affair

A conversation with John Davis, author of "Challenges Facing Family Companies in the Gulf Region" Family Business Review, vol XIII, no. 3, September 2000. Q: Where does family business take you? Davis: I've been in this field since early 1978, first as a... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild & Andrea Schulman

January 2022 (Revised August 2022)
Case

Hello Heart: The Next Generation of Chronic Disease Management Apps

By: Ariel D. Stern and Danielle Golan

Hello Heart, a hypertension management app debated whether to go deep and cover other heart conditions, or to expand its solution to other chronic conditions. View Details

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October 2018
Case

BreezoMeter: Making Air Pollution Data Actionable

By: Frank V. Cespedes, Allison M. Ciechanover and Margot Eiran

The case focuses on an Israeli startup that provides actionable air pollution data and forecasts. The company has over 50 enterprise customers and its tool reached a million people daily in 67 countries. The co-founders wrestle with which markets and customers to focus... View Details

Keywords: Startups; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Pollutants; Analytics and Data Science; Sales; Marketing; Decision Choices and Conditions; Technology Industry; Israel; United States

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16 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

Report from China: The New Entrepreneurs

in Israel that goes, "The things you see from there, you cannot see from here." I think we developed a greater appreciation for the fact that there are many paths to successful venture creation, and viewing the phenomenon from a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

Portrait Project

Gad Caspy

me had built a great place where people regardless of their religion, can come and feel safe from persecution. Israel was the country in which I was raised, and I want to be able to raise my children in a similar environment. I am unsure... View Details

28 May 2019
News

Leading Questions

lieutenant in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) where she trained intelligence officers, saw space for a midsized solution in the expanding and unregulated sector. There were the inexpensive multiple-choice tests, which slotted employees... View Details

Keywords: April White

18 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 18, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=408004 HCL Technologies (B) (Abridged) Harvard Business School Supplement 408-006 Supplements the (A) case. Purchase this supplement: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=408006... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

September 2023
Case

Healthy.io: The Negotiation for the Medical Selfie

By: Amit Goldenberg and Kumba Sennaar

Healthy.io, an Israeli digital health company, prepares to enter the U.S. market with its chronic kidney disease test. A product safety approval is delayed, putting the company’s cash runway at risk. How should the CEO negotiate his offer to insurance companies ahead... View Details

Keywords: Negotiation; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Operations; Business Startups; Market Entry and Exit; Health Industry; Israel; United Kingdom; United States

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01 Apr 1998
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World Class Learning

communicate often via video- and teleconferencing." Kubicova finds that her MBA skills come in handy every working day. "The case method is the best training for my job," she says. "I have to be able to quickly grasp a new set of issues with each client, and my HBS... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

13 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?

On September 12, 1980, the military launched a coup on the government in Turkey. For many executives, such instability is the worst nightmare of doing business in a developing country. But for Turkish entrepreneur Hamdi Akin, usually on the outside looking in, suddenly... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

July 2012
Case

Revenue Solutions, LLC

By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff

Ari Wasserman and Nick Esayian were both dissatisfied with their future prospects in their current careers. Wasserman, who managed an infomercial business for a direct response consumer marketing company, wanted more flexibility and ownership. Esayian was the CEO of... View Details

Keywords: Work-Life Balance; Partners and Partnerships; Small Business; Israel; United States

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