medical technology - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2006
News

Academic Cross-Pollination

at Hewlett-Packard for seven years and holds two patents in integrated-circuit testing, admits it was anything but inevitable that he would end up at HBS. “I was interested in science and technology policy at the Kennedy School, and I... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

16 Dec 2021
News

A Global Alumni Response to the Pandemic

fill the gaps in the production of personal protective equipment (PPE). Many stepped in to fight hunger, provide support for health professionals and frontline workers, deploy technology in new ways that helped communities thrive, and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jun 2010
News

Get Well Soon

Medical Center” (CCHMC) details how one institution has implemented its own version of health-care reform, taking overall perfor-mance levels from well below average to the top 10 percent in the industry. Coauthored by HBS assistant... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

25 Feb 2020
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2020

Press In Leading in the Digital World, Amit Mukherjee argues that since digital technologies are changing everything else, how could they not change leadership ideologies and styles? Offering a radical rethinking of leadership, Mukherjee... View Details

12 Apr 2011
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Twelve Global Finalists Compete at HBS

Arab Emirates Rohit Dev Thakwani, OPM 37 2008 SpendWisor.com consumer electronics marketplace Midwest/Central U.S. HBS Club of Chicago Marc Hoecker, MBA '08 vinsnap mobile automotive marketing New England HBS Association of Boston Marco Bitran, MBA '03 AI Exchange... View Details

Keywords: Multiple alumni

26 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

New Winners and Losers in the Internet Economy

a lot of attention, but we're not seeing mobile as a big employer yet," Deighton says. "We think mobile will be a very big part of the [employment] growth in the years ahead with the transmission of medical data, location data,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Publishing

Profile

Arjun Goyal

the possibilities, Arjun sought “a better understanding of how to go from lab work to medical product” by taking an internship (after fulfilling his medical residency in Sydney, Australia) with Celtic... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Health Care

01 Mar 2013
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Making Change

time to translate ideas into action. Thus began Jana Care! We are a year old and a team of six—two engineers, one MBA, one designer, one diabetes educator, and one physician. The past year was spent on R&D for our core sensor technology... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; housing; gay rights; diabesity; disability; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Real Estate

01 Sep 2018
News

Your Keyboard Is Listening

And unlike many other medical tests used to diagnose neurological diseases, it is also noninvasive and therefore can be used to monitor healthy people for signs of disease. “A lot of people may say, ‘Do I really want to know if I have one... View Details

Keywords: April White

10 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Learning Curve: Making the Most of Outsourcing

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “When this type of work is outsourced it should not be viewed as a mere commodity.” Teleradiology is the reading and interpretation of CT, MRI, X-ray, and other diagnostic images. Increasingly, View Details

Keywords: by Paul Guttry; Health

01 Feb 1997
News

Herzlinger on Health Care: Revolution in Evolution

use expensive technology, which many people cite as the reason for high U.S. health-care costs? Actually,the opposite is true: advances in medical technology have made health care cheaper and better - and... View Details

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Bringing the Next Pandemic Vaccine to Your Doorstep with MIMIX - Blog: Health Supplement

Topics Biotech/pharma Care Delivery Clinical Trials Digital Health Global Health Health Care Entrepreneurship Health Care Innovation Health Care Investment Health Care at HBS Insurance/payor Medical devices/diagnostics Precision Medicine... View Details

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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15 Dec 2015
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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

May 1999 (Revised September 2003)
Case

Advanced Inhalation Research, Inc.

This case presents a look at the early start-up phase and development of Advanced Inhalation Research (AIR), a company engaged in the development of a new drug-delivery technology. Focuses on the risks, the steps taken to manage it, and the manner in which the company... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Risk Management; Valuation; Financing and Loans; Health Care and Treatment; Acquisition; Business Startups; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

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07 Mar 2000
Research & Ideas

Putting Health Care Consumers in the Driver’s Seat

health-care service and medical technology providers can play in consumer-driven health-care reform. Wrapping up the conference, representatives from each of several breakout meetings summarized their take... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Health

21 Jul 2015
First Look

First Look: July 21, 2015

counterweights, encouraging the preservation of some valued elements of the old institutional order alongside new elements that allow for change and survival. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49377 Innovation under Regulatory... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Apr 2014
News

The Puzzle of Life

(acquired by Covidien), which uses a wire-mesh balloon technique to treat brain aneurysms; and Spinal Modulation, a company with a new, dramatically effective technique for blocking chronic pain at the source. (In June 2013, St. Jude View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; crowdfunding; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

01 Jun 2004
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Life Lessons

delegating authority to them.” Currently a marketing manager at General Mills, Sundy has a long-term goal: He’d like to become a member of the U.S. Senate, “to influence public policy and make a real contribution to society.” — GE Martín Curiel Curiel with Elizabeth... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner; Garry Emmons; Julia Hanna; Susan Young; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

30 Aug 2010
Research & Ideas

Turning Employees Into Problem Solvers

Ten years ago, the Institute of Medicine published To Err is Human, a groundbreaking report that pushed the issue of medical errors into the public spotlight. That we all make mistakes was certainly nothing new: Operational failures occur... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health

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