medical device - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 May 2013
First Look

First Look: May 28

non-American CEO, aims to reinvigorate the medical device maker's growth by focusing on emerging markets, therapy innovation, and creative business models. In 2012, budget constraints in mature economies,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Jun 2017
News

Finding Common Ground

devices were.” CollaborateUp specializes in bringing corporations, government agencies, nonprofits, and other organizations together to take on big, complex issues, such as endangered species trafficking, international food security, and... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

04 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Is Health Care Making You Better—or Dead?

technological innovation, which is how the biotechs and some of the medical devices can get through these hurdles. But for a health service innovation, the payment hurdles are so massive it's masochistic.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health

01 Nov 2016
First Look

First Look - November 1, 2016

(B): Vitalia Brasil This case should be distributed only after "Vitalia Franchise" (HBS Case No. 311-035) is distributed and discussed. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/317022-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 315-045 CV... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

July 2013 (Revised November 2021)
Module Note

Exploration vs. Exploitation

By: Willy Shih

This module note introduces James March's concept of exploration and exploitation, and the management challenge of balancing the allocation of resources to the two activities in the firm. The note also touches on the O'Reilly and Tushman paper on the ambidextrous... View Details

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03 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 3, 2007

Business School Case 806-044 Fred Khosravi is a serial medical device entrepreneur. In his latest venture, he must decide whether to sell now or continue to develop his current product and whether to market... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 Jun 2008
Research & Ideas

Rethinking Retirement Planning

to be known as the Black-Scholes option pricing model. "Don't misunderstand me—getting some education about your financial affairs is a good idea, just as having some understanding of your medical needs is a good idea," Merton... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Financial Services

01 Dec 2009
News

Seven Honored with Alumni Achievement Award

family, your friends, and your health. What devices do you use? I’m a nerd. I use everything you can think of: BlackBerry, Kindle, computer. What role do social media play in your life? None. View complete profile. Henry M. Paulson Jr.... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; awards; fishing; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; General Merchandise Stores; Retail Trade

23 Dec 2014
First Look

First Look: December 23

(mHealth) used networked devices to distribute or collect medical information from patients and/or medical personnel. Given its low cost and broad reach, many wondered if and... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

11 Nov 2014
First Look

First Look: November 11

Sustainable cost reduction is best achieved by optimizing the quantity and mix of all the resources needed to produce excellent outcomes for a patient's medical condition, not by across-the-board reductions in line-item expenses.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Sep 2015
News

Built for Speed

engineering major with a goal of building cars, he saw a future spent designing door handles in some automaker’s basement and switched to international affairs and foreign policy. After graduation, he spent three years in China helping his father build a View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing

26 Jun 2000
Research & Ideas

Presentation Round-Up

Microsystems, "The establishment of industry standards, protocols and APIs which allow competition in devices and services is what's going to drive services in the long run. That's where we should be aiming." Jason Bluming (HBS MBA '99)... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Kenneth Liss; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

01 Jun 2010
News

MBAs on a Mission

Dallas Children’s Museum. One of her pressing details involves predicting the future of handheld technology at the museum. “Right now we need to figure out which handheld device people will own when the museum opens in three years,” says... View Details

Keywords: Sarah Auerbach;Deborah Blagg;Julia Hanna; Corporate Services; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

14 Jan 2014
First Look

First Look: January 14

View, California-based medical device company had been cash flow positive for seven consecutive quarters with annual revenues over $70 million. Since 2007, it had shipped well over 1.5 million of its... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

May 20, 2016
Comment

World Health Organization Lacks Leadership to Combat Pandemics

By: John A. Quelch

When it comes to emergency preparedness for pandemics, the World Health Organization is falling short. It has not provided prompt and clear leadership to the world in combating either the Ebola or Zika viruses. Its leadership has been low energy, its representatives... View Details

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25 Jul 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017

case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/902412-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 117-012 ATH Technologies: Making the Numbers An exercise that takes students through five stages of growth in an entrepreneurial start-up in the View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

04 May 2010
First Look

First Look: May 4

Biomedical: Making Pigs Fly Richard G. Hamermesh, Lauren Barley, and Ginger L. GrahamHarvard Business School Case 809-051 Proteus is a healthcare start-up that has developed technology to embed electronics for computing and sensing in existing View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Aug 2007
First Look

First Look: August 7, 2007

products, and medical devices today. Provides context for the drug approval process by describing the FDA's history and organizational structure. Purchase this note:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 12, 2009

These contractual devices provide insurance to the shareholders of the target and may protect the buyer as well. The purpose of this note is to define the main categories of price protection and explain their impact on the payoffs and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

June 2016
Case

Suominen Wipes the Slate Clean

By: Boris Groysberg, Kalle Heikkinen and Michael Norris

In 2016, after successfully turning around Finnish nonwovens manufacturer Suominen, CEO Nina Kopola faces a decision on the company’s strategy moving forward. View Details