Medtronic - Publications - Faculty & Research

September 2008 (Revised June 2011)
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Examining the Adoption of Drug-Eluting Stents

Marketers are often tasked with exploring the factors that impact the long-run adoption of a new product or technology. The new product under consideration here is the drug-eluting stent: a device which props open a clogged artery to the heart and then releases... View Details

Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Marketing Strategy; Product Positioning; Consumer Behavior; Adoption; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

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September 2005
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Martha Goldberg Aronson: Leadership Decisions at Mid-Career

By: William W. George and Andrew N. McLean

In 2005, Martha Goldberg Aronson must decide whether to accept an overseas posting in a functional role with Medtronic Corp. The move would be a professional stretch, but would entail leaving a position with a plan half completed and moving her young family overseas.... View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Work-Life Balance; Personal Development and Career; Motivation and Incentives; Opportunities; Leadership

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26 Jun 2013
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How The DOMA Repeal Benefits Businesses

09 Sep 2015
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Go North, Lost Leader

26 Oct 2021
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The Time Facebook Contemplated Life Without Zuckerberg

27 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments

Business School professors—former Medtronic chairman and CEO Bill George, economist and entrepreneurship expert Bill Sahlman, and innovation and strategy authority Rosabeth Moss Kanter—to offer their thoughts on some of the year's most... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

15 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 15, 2008

Goldberg Aronson: Challenges at Mid-Career (B) Harvard Business School Supplement 409-030 Martha Goldberg Aronson of Medtronic is trying to decide whether to accept the offer from Medtronic CEO Bill Hawkins... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

DISCOVER YOUR TRUE NORTH

The Leadership Classic, Discover Your True North, expanded for today's leaders

Discover Your True North is the best-selling leadership classic that enables you to become an authentic leader by discovering your True North.... View Details

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Hiring Organizations

Equity Partners, LLC Maximon Maya Chia MBTA McKinsey & Company MCR Hotels Medley Medtronic Meesho Megafire Action Mentmore Capital Partners Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team Meridiam Infrastructure MERIT Merit America Meritic Meta... View Details

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HBS - The year in Review

Chair, India Sanitation Coalition Robert L. Ryan MBA 1970 Retired Senior VP and CFO, Medtronic Inc. Robert B. Wilson MBA 1961, DBA 1963 Adams Distinguished Professor of Management, Emeritus, Stanford University; 2020 Sveriges Riksbank... View Details

24 Apr 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Courage: The Defining Characteristic of Great Leaders

transforming both enterprises and creating a formidable competitor for Medtronic. I didn’t have the courage to accept short-term risk to create long-term gain. It took Medtronic two decades of expensive research and development programs... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Auto; Food & Beverage

27 Jan 2023
Op-Ed

Have We Lost Sight of Integrity?

Bill George is the former chairman & CEO of Medtronic and currently a senior fellow at Harvard Business School. He's the author of True North, The Emerging Leader Edition. You Might Also Like: Gen Xers and Millennials, It’s Time To... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

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Cases & Teaching Notes - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

outcomes for every patient. January 2018 HBS Case Collection Medtronic: Navigating a Shifting Healthcare Landscape by Robert S. Kaplan, Michael E. Porter, Thomas W. Feeley and Alee Hernandez Medtronic is adapting its strategy to changes... View Details

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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online

Learn how to set and communicate direction, influence through other managers, generate organizational alignment, drive innovation, and engineer change. Highlights The T-Shaped Leader Motivating Others Through a Setback Value Creation at View Details

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Organizational Leadership Course | HBS Online

in your division, unit, or organization to deliver value. Highlights Follow the Orange Value Creation at Medtronic Show Hide Details Concepts Introduction to the Architect Model Creating Value as an Organization Organizational Design... View Details

19 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

Rethinking Company Loyalty

development. "They can see the end result of their work. Many of them are profoundly moved by the patients' stories." By putting a human face on its mission, Medtronic has achieved employee-retention rates above the industry... View Details

Keywords: by Lauren Keller Johnson

13 Oct 2009
Research & Ideas

7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm

IBM, Apple, and Medtronic did. What strategies can you deploy to expose your competitor's weaknesses? How can you shift the market to value your strengths? In recent years, we have learned that using size to be all things to all people... View Details

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Harvard Business School

served as senior vice president and chief financial officer at Medtronic from 1993-2005. Before joining Medtronic, he was vice president and CFO at Union Texas Petroleum Corporation. From 1975-1982, Ryan was a vice president at Citicorp,... View Details

12 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Waking Up a Sleeping Company

is conducted. Practicing solid values does not guarantee results unless a passionate commitment to performance standards is incorporated into the organization's norms. The question is, Do the organization's norms drive performance or do they undermine it? The latter is... View Details