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- March 2013 (Revised May 2013)
- Case
Omar Ishrak: Building Medtronic Globally
By: Bill George and Natalie Kindred
Omar Ishrak, Medtronic's first non-American CEO, aims to reinvigorate the medical device maker's growth by focusing on emerging markets, therapy innovation, and creative business models. In 2012, budget constraints in mature economies, the lack of new medical therapies... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare; Medical Devices; Medtronic; Globalization; Innovation; Reverse Innovation; Leadership; Multinational Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Management Teams; Business Model; Emerging Markets; Global Strategy; Health Care and Treatment; Acquisition; Innovation and Invention; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; China
George, Bill, and Natalie Kindred. "Omar Ishrak: Building Medtronic Globally." Harvard Business School Case 413-065, March 2013. (Revised May 2013.)
- September 2003 (Revised September 2004)
- Case
Hearthside Homes
By: Jason R. Barro, Brian J. Hall and Aaron Zimmerman
Investigates the "controllability problem" inherent in bonus systems. Ideally, an incentive system accurately measures performance in areas that the individual can control. But most measures are either too broad, including factors outside the influence of the employee,... View Details
- 01 May 2000
- What Do You Think?
Can You Hard-Wire Performance?
success hard-wired to results achieved by the machines. The trade-off between service levels, revenues, and profitability became less obvious, particularly given the intense price competition from foreign manufacturers experienced by the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Web
IFC India 2025: From Gray to Green: A Glimpse of the Future of Green Hydrogen in India - Blog - Business & Environment
Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author HBS Faculty Author HBS Staff Author Staff Author Students Topics Topics Accelerating Climate Solutions Conference 2023 Alumni Alumni Programs Alumni in Climate Networking Series Business... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
"Unheard Voices" Brings to Light Three Centuries of American Women at Work
business, women as professionals, and women’s personal lives. Included are materials as diverse as the diaries of whaling captains’ wives, wills that show how 18th-century property laws affected women, advertisements for “female complaint” medicine View Details
- 16 Jul 2024
- Blog Post
Driving Positive Impact on Community and Climate with Ben Schutzman (MBA 2016)
I had done some shipping and logistics work during my career, and had also liked the tangible aspects of working in a manufacturing facility. In the back of my mind, I was always curious about the physical infrastructure of cities. I had... View Details
- Profile
Maliha Khan
had built up its manufacturing business in anticipation of the new law, doubling our capacity in just one- and a-half years." Through growth and acquisitions, the business jumped in scale to revenues of $90 million a year with 3,500... View Details
- Profile
Ashley McCray
volunteered on their Partners in Food Solutions Team which is non-profit that connects local food manufacturers in Africa with technical experts in CPG! What is your favorite childhood memory? Starting a sno-cone stand with my 2 sisters... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Robots to the Rescue
On the distant horizon is a plan to bring Kiva’s approach to the manufacturing sector. Notes Mountz, “We’ve got a lot of smart people who are constantly thinking about fun and friendly ways to solve problems.” —DB View Details
- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
http://www.nber.org/papers/w11503 Synthesis by Microbes or Chemists? Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturing in the Antibiotic Era Author:Arthur A. Daemmrich Publication:History and Technology 23, no. 3 (2009): 237-256 Abstract This... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/218039-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School 213-013 MC Tool Two partners acquired MC Tool in October 2007 for $5 million. The company was a machine shop that manufactured parts for a wide variety of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018
BlackRock (D): Organizing for the Future Supplements the (A) case. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/717407-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 616-019 Ozark Feed and Ag Corporation: The ERP Decision This case describes a medium-sized... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 2
downstream party's optimal sales effort and, as a consequence, lead to different order quantities. We provide a formal characterization of both effects, insight into how these effects interact, and information on which conditions the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 29, 2008
Business School Case 706-052 In 2006, the Philippines faces a difficult choice. Japan has offered the country a trade agreement that includes access to the Japanese labor market for Philippine nurses and other professionals. The same trade agreement, however, means... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Reimagining the MBA
entrepreneurial. And they are less hierarchical, with flatter management structures. Service and knowledge industries have overtaken traditional manufacturing businesses as the engines of growth in the West, while China and other... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
SHE builds confidence, promotes education, and creates jobs
countries, including Rwanda, where they miss up to 50 days of school or work per year because women lack access to these basic necessities. Through her work at SHE, Scharpf has created the enterprise’s first initiative, SHE 28, a franchise model to View Details
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Site Credits - Photography Collections - Historical Collections
shells , ca. 1937. Automobile Industry Photograph Collection. Drilling . Photographer Dick Whittington, Los Angeles, California. General File Photograph Collection. Product Dept. – Fourth Floor . National Acme Manufacturing Company... View Details
- 06 Sep 2018
- Cold Call Podcast
Should US Companies Still Care About the Paris Climate Change Agreement?
- 14 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Polluters, Encouraging Protectors
Citizens, industrial polluters, and scholars do not usually see eye to eye—but that may change with a new Web site that monitors corporate environmental performance in the United States. According to the university professors who created it, MapEcos (mapecos.org) is a... View Details