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  • February 2021 (Revised June 2021)
  • Case

Brainlab: Imaging a MedTech Future

By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Gregory P. Licholai and Federica Gabrieli
Can Brainlab, a privately held firm, compete with giants like Medtronic and Amazon in delivering the Digital Operating Room of the future? The CEO is pondering solutions for secure exchange of medical information, pricing a new robotic imaging device, and reorganizing... View Details
Keywords: Surgery; Robotics; Health Care; Private Healthcare; Pricing; Technology Platform; Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Health; Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Applications and Software; Information Infrastructure; Information Technology; Digital Platforms; Health Industry; Europe; Germany; Munich
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  • 15 Dec 2015
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December 15, 2015

information to enhance care delivery and realize cost efficiencies. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50183 October 26, 2015 Harvard Business Review Measuring and Communicating Health Care Value with Charts... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 08 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 8

a broad range of issues including innovation and acquisitions in addition to labor practices and resource sustainability. A close examination of Nike's experience has led the author to conclude that a dedicated board-level committee of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 17 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 17

of America Acquires Merrill Lynch (A) Robert C. Pozen, Charles E. BeresfordHarvard Business School Case 310-092 On December 22, 2008, Bank of America (BofA) chairman and CEO Ken Lewis convened a special board of directors meeting to review his company's pending View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Feb 2016
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February 9, 2016

and urban construction in China tend to focus on “ghost towns” on the one hand or urbanization as China’s silver bullet to growth and reform on the other. In this paper, we detail what China calls its “New Urbanization Policy.” While these plans aim to formalize... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Oct 2015
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October 20, 2015

Gujarati-speaking Indians are 108 times more likely to manage motels. We develop a model of social interactions where non-work relationships facilitate the acquisition of sector-specific skills. The resulting scale economies generate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018

shocks—measured as CDS portfolio margin payments—account for 12% of the time-series variation in weekly spread changes, a significant amount given that standard credit factors account for 18% during my sample. In addition, seller shocks possess View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 02 Oct 2007
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First Look: October 2, 2007

consumer collaboration, in which consumers use digital media that lie beyond the control of marketers to communicate among one another, responding to marketing's intrusions by disseminating counterargument, information sharing, rebuttal,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 17, 2006

find support for these hypotheses. Download working paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-022.pdf Resolving Information Asymmetries in Markets: The Role of Certified Management Programs Author: Michael W. Toffel Abstract Firms and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

comparing social relations, for instance prebrokering versus postbrokering, reveals a broker’s impact; (d) brokering can influence others’ relationships positively or negatively; and (e) information and incentives are two principal means... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 09 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 9, 2008

  Working PapersHow Firms Respond to Being Rated Authors:Aaron K. Chatterji, Michael W. Toffel Abstract While many independent rating systems are designed primarily to help buyers overcome information asymmetries when making purchasing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • September 2019 (Revised September 2019)
  • Case

Facebook Fake News in the Post-Truth World

By: John R. Wells, Carole A. Winkler and Benjamin Weinstock
In August 2019, Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, was surrounded by controversy. The first major storm of protest followed the surprise election of Donald Trump as President of the United States on November 8, 2016; many put the blame at the door of fake... View Details
Keywords: Facebook; Fake News; Mark Zuckerberg; Donald Trump; Algorithms; Social Networks; Partisanship; Social Media; App Development; Instagram; WhatsApp; Smartphone; Silicon Valley; Office Space; Digital Strategy; Democracy; Entry Barriers; Online Platforms; Controversy; Tencent; Agility; Social Networking; Gaming; Gaming Industry; Computer Games; Mobile Gaming; Messaging; Monetization Strategy; Advertising; Digital Marketing; Business Ventures; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Headquarters; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Trends; Communication; Communication Technology; Forms of Communication; Interactive Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Talent and Talent Management; Crime and Corruption; Voting; Demographics; Entertainment; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Initial Public Offering; Profit; Revenue; Geography; Geographic Location; Global Range; Local Range; Country; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Globalized Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government and Politics; International Relations; National Security; Political Elections; Business History; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Information Management; Information Publishing; News; Newspapers; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Knowledge Dissemination; Human Capital; Law; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Crisis Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Management Practices and Processes; Management Style; Management Systems; Management Teams; Managerial Roles; Marketing Channels; Social Marketing; Network Effects; Market Entry and Exit; Digital Platforms; Marketplace Matching; Industry Growth; Industry Structures; Monopoly; Media; Product Development; Service Delivery; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Groups and Teams; Networks; Rank and Position; Opportunities; Behavior; Emotions; Identity; Power and Influence; Prejudice and Bias; Reputation; Social and Collaborative Networks; Status and Position; Trust; Society; Civil Society or Community; Culture; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Societal Protocols; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Customization and Personalization; Diversification; Expansion; Horizontal Integration; Segmentation; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Applications and Software; Information Infrastructure; Valuation; Information Industry; Information Industry; Information Industry; Information Industry; Information Industry; Information Industry; Information Industry; Information Industry; Information Industry; Information Industry; Information Industry; United States; California; Sunnyvale; Russia
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  • 19 Jul 2016
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July 19, 2016

training has a greater impact on improvement when coupled with a cooperative approach than with external compliance pressures. These findings suggest key considerations that should inform the design and implementation of monitoring... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Aug 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Black Swans and Big Trends Can Ruin Anyone's Internet Prediction

and organizations, when confronted with a severe threat, tend to constrict their information processing, focusing “tunnel-vision” attention on dominant rather than peripheral environmental cues. Threatened parties then tend to rely, in a... View Details
Keywords: by Thomas R. Eisenmann; Technology
  • 25 May 2016
  • Research & Ideas

How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health

acquisition activity in the healthcare sector invariably occurs with scant regard for the impact on public health or the end consumer. Pfizer’s attempted takeover of the British company, AstraZeneca, in 2014 was criticized widely for... View Details
Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Health
  • March 2024 (Revised June 2024)
  • Case

Kashat: Navigating the Uncertainties of the Egyptian Fintech Market

By: Paul A. Gompers and Ahmed Dahawy
Karim Nour, the founder of Kashat, an Egyptian nano-lending fintech company, is contemplating how to manage the growth of his startup. Over the summer of 2022, Kashat's loan disbursements had grown by nearly 40%, fueled by macroeconomic instability in Egypt. However,... View Details
Keywords: Fintech; Business Model; Developing Countries and Economies; Acquisition; Business Exit or Shutdown; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Financing and Loans; Capital; Financial Services Industry; Banking Industry; Egypt
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  • 18 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

of products and sell each product infrequently. At the same time, consumer browsing information is typically tracked by online retailers and is much more abundant than purchase data. We propose a demand model that caters to this type of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008

way for higher rates of customer acquisition and higher rates of repeat purchasing among existing customers in the direct channels in the long term. Our results are based on intervention analysis with a treatment/control group design. We... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 22

participation have gained strong support among scholars and practitioners of development. Yet the questionable assumptions about culture and development that inform these initiatives render it unclear as to whether and how community... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 11

images after a traumatic event, a hallmark feature of post-traumatic stress disorder, are suggested to develop because the trauma memory is disorganized and not integrated into autobiographical memory. Unconscious Thought Theory predicts that View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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