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- Faculty Publications (301)
- 25 Feb 2025
- Blog Post
Making a broader impact with multiple disciplines: Santosh Iyer (MBA 2020)
experience sparked my lifelong passion for innovation and led me to create Moonshot, a platform that gives high school students hands-on exposure to medical device design. The Rock Summer Fellowship and... View Details
- Profile
Krishna Yeshwant
Hospital. As part of the Surgical Planning Lab, Krishna applied his computer science background to the development of 3D planning software for craniofacial surgery. Spanning medical and engineering worlds While working side-by-side with... View Details
- July 2011
- Teaching Note
Digital microscopy is making me crazy! (TN)
By: Willy C. Shih
Teaching Note for 612-002. View Details
- September 2008
- Background Note
Background on the Technology of Molecular Diagnostics
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Jason Sanders
To be used as background reading for the "EXACT Sciences Corp.: Commercializing a Diagnostic Test" and "Diagnostic Genomics" cases, HBS nos. 308-090 and 309-040. View Details
Keywords: Health Testing and Trials; Technology; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Jason Sanders. "Background on the Technology of Molecular Diagnostics." Harvard Business School Background Note 309-050, September 2008.
- September 1993
- Case
Manufacturing at ALZA: The Right Prescription? (A)
ALZA, a company specializing in drug delivery systems such as transdermal patches, considers manufacturing its own products. Until now, the company has conducted research and development on its patented system but has then licensed the technology to client-partner... View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Technological Innovation; Innovation and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Production; Research and Development; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Leonard, Dorothy A. "Manufacturing at ALZA: The Right Prescription? (A)." Harvard Business School Case 694-019, September 1993.
- 08 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Clayton Christensen on Disrupting Health Care
insurance, drug, retail, and medical device companies; deans of medical schools; and employers, who pay the bulk of health-care costs. All these parties interact in an... View Details
- Profile
Rocio Parra
Why was getting a business education important to you? As a consultant, I had the opportunity to work in a variety of industries from pharmaceuticals and medical devices to government and consumer packaged... View Details
Keywords: Retail
- Profile
Amanda Pratt
graduation, Amanda took on a traditional engineering role – working on medical imaging devices within General Electric's Healthcare business – that took her to some nontraditional worksites: Wisconsin,... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare/Biotech
- December 2017
- Article
Is There a Doctor in the House? Expert Product Users, Organizational Roles, and Innovation
By: Riitta Katila, Sruthi Thatchenkery, Michael Christensen and Stefanos A. Zenios
We explore the impact on innovation that professional end-users of a product have as inventors, executives, and board members in a young firm. In contrast to prior literature, which has emphasized technology roles, we put the spotlight on the executive and governance... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; User Innovation; Healthcare; Innovation and Management; Entrepreneurship; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Katila, Riitta, Sruthi Thatchenkery, Michael Christensen, and Stefanos A. Zenios. "Is There a Doctor in the House? Expert Product Users, Organizational Roles, and Innovation." Academy of Management Journal 60, no. 6 (December 2017): 2415–2437.
- February 2015
- Case
Beckman Coulter, 2011
By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
In early 2011, Danaher was contemplating the acquisition of Beckman Coulter. With $3.7 billion of revenues in 2010 and $431 million in operating profits, California-based Beckman Coulter was a global leader in blood cell count diagnostic systems and also supplied a... View Details
- March 2013
- Teaching Plan
Corruption at Siemens (TP) (A), (B), (C) and (D)
By: Paul Healy
This teaching plan is designed to be used in conjunction with the case Corruption at Siemens (A), HBS No. 108033 [and its related B and C cases] to help faculty deepen students' comprehension of business issues and to energize classroom discussion. View Details
Healy, Paul. "Corruption at Siemens (TP) (A), (B), (C) and (D)." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 113-092, March 2013.
- March 2011
- Teaching Note
PrimedicProviding Primary Care in Mexico (TN)
Teaching Note for 811040. View Details
- April 2010 (Revised September 2011)
- Case
Supply Chain Partners: Virginia Mason and Owens & Minor (A) (Abridged)
By: V.G. Narayanan and Lisa Brem
Owens & Minor (O&M) performed lean inventory services for Virginia Mason (VM) as its Alpha Vendor, but the outdated industry pricing model created perverse incentives and could not capture O&M's costs. Together, O&M and VM created an activity-based pricing model: Total... View Details
Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Partners and Partnerships; Activity Based Costing and Management; Business Model; Non-Governmental Organizations; Nonprofit Organizations; Motivation and Incentives; Asset Pricing; Cost Accounting; Fair Value Accounting; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Narayanan, V.G., and Lisa Brem. "Supply Chain Partners: Virginia Mason and Owens & Minor (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 110-063, April 2010. (Revised September 2011.)
- March 2009
- Case
Bausch & Lomb, Inc.: Pressure to Perform (A)
By: Robert L. Simons
This case breaks the existing (and still available) Bausch & Lomb, Inc.: Pressure to Perform case into an (A) and a (B) case. The (A) case describes the revenue recognition concerns as of early-1994 and the organizational context within which the decisions were made. View Details
- September 2008 (Revised March 2020)
- Supplement
Medtronic: Patient Management Initiative (B)
The (B) case provides the denouement to the (A) case about Medtronic's introduction of the Chronicle and remote monitoring business. View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Measurement and Metrics; Information Technology; Competitive Strategy; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Herzlinger, Regina E. "Medtronic: Patient Management Initiative (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 309-064, September 2008. (Revised March 2020.)
- March 2008 (Revised August 2008)
- Supplement
Medtronic Vision 2010 (CW)
By: Lynda M. Applegate and James Zeitler
- February 2008 (Revised March 2008)
- Supplement
Terumo (B)
By: David Godes, Masako Egawa and Mayuka Yamazaki
This case provides an update on the firm's decision regarding its U.S. sales strategy for its catheter products and the progress of Solution Pack. View Details
Godes, David, Masako Egawa, and Mayuka Yamazaki. "Terumo (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 508-069, February 2008. (Revised March 2008.)
- March 2006
- Teaching Note