medical technology - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Apr 2023
Cold Call Podcast

How Martine Rothblatt Started a Company to Save Her Daughter

Keywords: Re: Debora L. Spar; Medical Devices & Supplies; Medical Devices & Supplies; Medical Devices & Supplies

23 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 23, 2008

Authors:Michel Anteby and Mikell Hyman Periodical:Social Science & Medicine (forthcoming) Abstract Human cadavers are crucial to medical science. While the debate on how to secure sufficient cadavers has focused primarily on donors'... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 29, 2007

social entrepreneur," was born in 1963 and grew up in poverty, like virtually all non-white South Africans during apartheid. During the 1970s and 1980s, he served in leadership positions in the ANC, struggling against apartheid. After apartheid ended, Surve served... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Lessons from COVID-19: The Business Skills Doctors Need

practice. All of these abrupt changes called for medical professionals to have a certain level of management prowess, says Robert Huckman, Albert J. Weatherhead III Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. “Outside... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

26 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

The Power of the Noncompete Clause

associate professor of technology and operations management, their paper—available for download—is titled "Noncompetes and Inventor Mobility: Specialists, Stars, and the Michigan Experiment." What they found: While noncompetes... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

11 Feb 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

10 Rules Entrepreneurs Need to Know Before Adopting AI

Although adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) for the enterprise is still in the early days, the technology has matured enough for entrepreneurs to start gathering inspiration and evaluating opportunities for... View Details

Keywords: by Rocio Wu

17 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 17, 2018

analyses suggest that the surge in liability risk had a large and negative impact on downstream innovation in medical implants but no significant effect on upstream polymer patenting. These findings show how tort laws may affect the... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

14 Aug 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018

caused the medical establishment to radically reverse its position. Parents were now warned that delaying the introduction of these types of foods increased a baby's risk of food allergies. Adeo Health Science was ready, with patents... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

25 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018

counterparts. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55026 Economists (and Economics) in Tech Companies By: Athey, Susan, and Michael Luca Abstract—As technology platforms have created new markets and new... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

15 Nov 2018
Book

Can the Global Food Industry Overcome Public Distrust?

JamesBrey Food is the largest segment of the global economy. It is also widely recognized as more critical for human health than any pharmaceutical drug on the planet. But significant changes in the industry are making people lose trust in many institutions involved in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Agriculture & Agribusiness

19 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017

epigenetic, and protein biomarkers—create a better match between individuals with specific disease subtypes and medications that are more effective for those patients. These treatments are expected to be both more effective and more... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

07 May 2020
Research & Ideas

The One Good Thing Caused by COVID-19: Innovation

mitigating the risk of contagion. Other examples of this in the past have been less extreme, but include, for example, medical device advancement developed in response to a rise in consumer awareness of radiation risk. We recently... View Details

Keywords: by Hong Luo and Alberto Galasso

29 Jan 2021
Op-Ed

How Influencers, Celebrities, and FOMO Can Win Over Vaccine Skeptics

vaccination are much greater than those for high technology products. Delays to getting shots in arms can reduce the odds of reaching global herd immunity, reinforce safety and health concerns across countries, and slow down the world’s... View Details

Keywords: by Rohit Deshpandé, Ofer Mintz, and Imran S. Currim

15 May 2017
Sharpening Your Skills

The Promises and Limitations of Big Data

How Will the Age of Big Data Affect Management? How do we avoid losing useful knowledge in a seemingly endless flood of data? Jim Heskett's readers offer some wise suggestions. Consumer-centered Health Care Depends on Accessible Medical... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Utilities; Public Administration; Health

November 2013
Article

Learning from My Successes and from Others' Failures: Evidence from Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery

By: D. KC, B. Staats and F. Gino

Learning from past experience is central to an organization's adaptation and survival. A key dimension of prior experience is whether an outcome was successful or unsuccessful. While empirical studies have investigated the effects of success and failure in... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare; Health Care; Knowledge Work; Attribution Theory; Quality; Success; Medical Specialties; Health Care and Treatment; Failure; Learning; Health Industry

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13 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

Science: The Unlikely Frontier for New Business Ideas

study highlights two vastly disparate companies—Coca-Cola and McKesson—that sought patents within the same technology class. The companies proposed devices that used carousel-like storage systems to dispense beverages and View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

05 Dec 2006
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First Look: December 5, 2006

Medical Device Industry Council Harvard Business School Case 706-498 Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=706498 Patrimonio Hoy: A Financial Perspective Harvard Business School Case 207-059... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Feb 2020
Research & Ideas

The Hidden Vulnerabilities of Open Source Software

Commonly used free and open source software (FOSS) is one of the most significant technological trends of the decade. After all, 80-90 percent of a typical application contains FOSS components. And that trend is only increasing with its... View Details

Keywords: by Frank Nagle and Jenny Hoffman; Computer

30 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

Commuting Hurts Productivity and Your Best Talent Suffers Most

workers’ subjective well-being,” the researchers write. How can companies ease the commuting pain? While Wu is quick to note that some “knowledge work” depends on in-person collaboration, including medical and biotech research, he says... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

13 Jun 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 13

between immigration and innovation. We construct a measure of foreign born expertise and show that technology areas where immigrant inventors were prevalent between 1880 and 1940 experienced more patenting and citations between 1940 and... View Details