Medical Device Startup - Publications - Faculty & Research

Larissa Bifano

computer databases, solid state devices and wireless positioning systems; medical technologies, including cancer treatment therapies, health and fitness monitoring and implantable devices; and various other... View Details

01 Mar 2016
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Off Script

of pharmaceuticals and medical devices work in a more coordinated way? —Rebecca Leung (MBA 1996) HASSAN: Smaller, highly advanced countries with long-term industrial strategies, such as Singapore, have a... View Details

Keywords: Insurance Carriers and Related Activities; Finance

June 2024
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Legacy Partners (A)

By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff

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Stephen Holbrook and Austin Pulsipher (both HBS '19) had been leading Nutrishare since acquiring the company six months earlier in mid-2021.... View Details

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November 1997 (Revised July 1999)
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Guidant: Cardiac Rhythm Management Business (A)

By: Steven C. Wheelwright and Mikelle Eastley

Examines the choices Guidant must make in research and development spending and new product development. More specifically, CEO Jay Graf considers the payoffs and tradeoffs of using product development skills that he learned in CPI's core business when applied to a... View Details

Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Product Development; Business or Company Management; Management Skills; Research and Development; Business Strategy; Communication; Product Design; Market Design; Organizational Design; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

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October 1992
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Baxter Healthcare Corporation: ASAP Express TN

By: Lynda M. Applegate

Teaching Note for (9-188-080). View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Competitive Advantage; Information Management; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

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March 2009
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Bausch & Lomb, Inc.: Pressure to Perform (B)

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 (B) case can be used in class to demonstrate the serious consequences of overly aggressive accounting. The (B) case should be used after... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Revenue Recognition; Organizations; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; United States

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February 2008 (Revised March 2008)
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Terumo (A)

By: David Godes, Masako Egawa and Mayuka Yamazaki

Terumo faces two challenges: how to sell its catheter products in the U.S. and its new “Solution Pack” in its domestic market, Japan. The case provides rich detail on the firm's evolution from a manufacturer of thermometers to a seller of commodity products like... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Expansion; Global Strategy; Sales; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Japan; United States

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January 2003 (Revised October 2003)
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Satera Team at Imatron Systems, Inc. (A), The

By: Teresa M. Amabile and Elizabeth Schatzel

Escalating conflict has erupted within the Satera product development team, resulting from the conflicting cognitive styles of the two senior mechanical engineers. The conflict has taken a toll on both project progress and team morale, endangering one of the most... View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Entrepreneurship; Human Resources; Management; Business or Company Management; Groups and Teams; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

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February 1999 (Revised February 2003)
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Innovation at 3M Corporation (A)&(B) TN

By: Stefan H. Thomke and Ashok Nimgade

Teaching Note for (9-699-012) and (9-699-013). View Details

Keywords: Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

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July 1997
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We've Got Rhythm! Medtronic Corporation's Cardiac Pacemaker Business

By: Clayton M. Christensen

Illustrates how a new management team at Medtronic's Cardiac Pacemaker business reversed a steep decline in market share by adopting certain management principles for new product development: clarifying strategy, aggregating project planning, accommodating the number... View Details

Keywords: Management Teams; Innovation Strategy; Innovation and Management; Product Development; Health; Technology; Change Management; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; United States

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March 1975 (Revised September 1990)
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Insight Optical Equipment Co.

By: Steven C. Wheelwright

Keywords: Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

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February 1991 (Revised January 1994)
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Ring Medical, Teaching Note

By: V. Kasturi Rangan

Teaching Note for (9-589-046). View Details

Keywords: Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

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January 1989 (Revised June 1993)
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Health Industry Manufacturers Association

By: George C. Lodge

Keywords: Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

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01 Feb 2000
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Breaking Down Barriers: The Electronic Wallet

As people get more accustomed to using the Internet to conduct business transactions, their demands will become more sophisticated. Cyberspace is jam-packed with startups trying to second-guess what consumers of the future will want.... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

15 Dec 2015
News

The Year in Ideas 2015

there is little accountability in this important undertaking. “Good accounting rules are to good capitalism what good plumbing is to your home,” Ramanna says. No one thinks much about them until disaster strikes. Next Year in Ideas: View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna, Christine Lejeune, Dan Morrell, and April White

01 Mar 2014
News

Everything Old Is a New Opportunity

social sharing platform to help older adults live independently longer and provide tighter connection to family. CareSolver is a startup run by two current HBS students. It activate, educates, and supports the nation's $450... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Health, Social Assistance; Personal Services

Larissa Bifano

computer databases, solid state devices and wireless positioning systems; medical technologies, including cancer treatment therapies, health and fitness monitoring and implantable devices; and various other... View Details

Keywords: Legal

25 Apr 2005
Research & Ideas

New Learning at American Home Products

accounted for 13 percent. In the early 1980s American Home Products decided to enlarge its higher-value-added healthcare business by attaching medical equipment to its portfolio and by divesting itself of the lower-margin non-healthcare... View Details

Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Chemical; Health; Manufacturing; Pharmaceutical