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- March 2017
- Case
Cantel Medical
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
Cantel Medical Corporation provided infection prevention and control products and services for patients, caregivers, and other healthcare providers. In 2016, Cantel generated sales of $665 million and net profits of $60 million, double the levels of five years earlier.... View Details
Keywords: Cantel; Charles Diker; Furniture Industry; Matrix Organization; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Business Units; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Chemicals; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Multinational Firms and Management; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Business History; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Structure; Problems and Challenges; Research and Development; Opportunities; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Information Technology; Biotechnology Industry; Chemical Industry; Health Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States; New Jersey
Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "Cantel Medical." Harvard Business School Case 717-482, March 2017.
- 26 Aug 2009
- Op-Ed
Where Cash for Clunkers Ran Off the Road
new cars. The program proved so popular that inventories of the qualifying cars soon dwindled, further boosting the dealers' negotiating leverage and unit profit margin. “Why did taxpayers, having already bailed out GM and Chrysler once,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Julie Bishop (AMP 151, 1996)
Richard Vietor’s course Business, Government, and the International Economy put many things in context.” Number of state visits since taking office: 57 trips to 49 countries, including Iraq, Iran, Indonesia, Ukraine, Afghanistan, and 12... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photography by X99/Zuma
- 23 Feb 2011
- News
A Capitalist in China
MarketWatch commentary (February 1, 2011). “So by looking back at what worked for investors in the United States between the world wars, I believe I can peer into a time capsule to see what will work for... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Charged Up
company opened a lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant in Livonia, Michigan, thanks in large part to $249 million in financing from President Obama’s stimulus package, with a second plant coming online in Romulus, Michigan. “The interplay of View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Bringing It Back Home
Chicago, the British Library, Catholic Charities USA, Fundación Paraguaya, Goodwill Industries International, the Humane Society of the United States, and Musica Viva Australia. In any given year, about half of SPNM participants represent... View Details
- 20 Jul 2020
- Op-Ed
It's Time for a Bipartisan Health Plan for Employers and Employees
every Congressional district is the health industry. Private insurers should have a freer range of competitive options through legislation that enables them to sell across state lines in the individual and small-group markets. Further,... View Details
- Profile
Kim Chen
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I sought to expand the way I think about my career and business and the context in which both operate. I knew HBS would help me do so by exposing me to a diverse set of classmates, topics, and sides of many important... View Details
- Portrait Project
Zameer Kassam
When they say "with this ring, I thee wed," I will be there. When they want to show their daughter how proud they are, I will be there. When they want to thank their mother for her tireless devotion, I will be there. I will be part of each celebration, the... View Details
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Zach Clayton
From an early age, Zach Clayton says, "I've had a strong interest in politics." That may be a considerable understatement. In high school, Zach not only participated in numerous campaigns, but organized a group called "Freedom's Answer" to motivate... View Details
- Portrait Project
Yushu Zhou
The fiftieth time my parents sent me off at the Shanghai Pudong Airport was also the first time I noticed from the view of their backs how much they had aged. My mind went blank, my body stopped moving, and my tears streamed down my face. For ten years, I had thought... View Details
- Portrait Project
Yong-yi Zhu
Is there a way to more easily bring families together? When I was a young child, staring out from our old, dilapidated apartment in Shanghai, the world seemed endless. My mother was studying in Paris. My father was working in Chicago. I split time being raised by both... View Details
- Portrait Project
Yael Melamed
When people find out that I had cancer, their first words are usually, "I'm sorry." I always respond with the same, "Please don't be, it's the best thing that has ever happened to me." When I didn't know how bad it was, I did A LOT of thinking. How... View Details
- Portrait Project
Yanni Liu
I am what I eat. I am what I feed. I will nourish the world against people's hunger, planet's thirst, and profit's desire. I will write my own definition of success and fold it into a home-baked fortune cookie. I will leave behind carbon footprints warranted by my size... View Details
- Portrait Project
Valentina Zarya
When I was twelve years old, I dyed my hair blue. I hated my natural hair color—a light, unobtrusive brown—because it seemed way too boring. The deep, mysterious cyan that I chose instead was more aligned with the woman I wanted to be. I wish I could say that my desire... View Details
- Portrait Project
Vaibhav Singh
Four wheels move the body. Two wheels move the soul. I have found some of the most genuine people through motorcycling. They were not part of some rowdy gang or the kind who would keep cult motorbikes in well-polished rooms. They always offered food, fuel, and... View Details
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Vivian Scalfi
As a girl growing up in the countryside of Brazil, Vivian Scalfi had parents who were "overly concerned" and a conflicting ambition of her own to "dream big and leave the countryside." At age seventeen, she followed her passion to Sao Paolo where... View Details
Keywords: CPG
- Portrait Project
Tathagata (TAT) Sarkar
1. His name is Richard Feynman. Other than winning the Nobel Prize in physics, he was a bongo drummer, master lock picker, and gifted painter. He was a man of infinite curiosity. 2. He was not Harry Houdini. The magician in a by-lane in the ancient Indian city of... View Details
- Portrait Project
Terrance Rogers
No one ever told my mother to dream. She grew up in 1950s Georgia, where nothing of importance was expected of little black girls. Yet without a high school degree, she scraped her way up from rural poverty to build a wonderful life for me and my siblings. Often having... View Details
- Portrait Project
Tanya Khakbaz
Say yes. When I was an undergraduate, I took an improvisation class on a whim. It completely changed my life. Improv has only one rule: say yes. Say yes to the scene that your actors are building with you, embrace their offers and build on them. Creating a story from... View Details