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01 Sep 2016
News

Case Study: Alumni Advice for a Health Care Startup

workers), who work as virtual health care assistants, handling everything from long-term care arrangements to transportation. Wellthy’s digital platform is designed as a consumer- friendly project management tool, and allows for... View Details

September 1995
Case

Ares-Serono

By: Michael Y. Yoshino, Jean-Pierre Jeannet and Carin-Isabel Knoop

Ares Serono, a medium-size Swiss pharmaceutical company, is the global leader in the field of fertility drugs. The company has successfully transformed into one of the very few biotech firms in Europe. The case treats a set of major strategic and organizational... View Details

Keywords: Geographic Location; Globalized Firms and Management; Asset Management; Balance and Stability; Expansion; Digital Platforms; Leadership Development; Health Care and Treatment; Transformation; Family Business; Problems and Challenges; Pharmaceutical Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Switzerland; Europe

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01 Jun 2020
News

How Sports Should Use Its Timeout

wayfinding app, and your digital and mobile alerts. Fans need to know there's contact tracing and there's a way for them to know if someone was infected with COVID and they need to figure out who they interacted with, there's a lot of View Details

01 Jun 2012
News

Think Locally, Act Globally

appeared more similar to India’s and a more logical move than expansion into so many disparate African countries. Mittal begs to differ: “Africa’s improving political climate, encouraging social and economic development indicators, and a large, youthful population give... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Telecommunications; Information

01 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate

billion in venture capital money, an all-time record and 35% more than the previous year. The opportunities to bring new technological breakthroughs to the sector are massive, whether it be in robotics, remote sensing, biological products... View Details

Keywords: Energy / Cleantech

19 Apr 2017
News

Chicago Becomes a Hub of Startup Action

space,” Emanuel said. An effort to make Chicago the capital of cybersecurity that involved a city-funded training program, for example, ultimately led to KPMG making Chicago its cybersecurity headquarters—a move that has created 500 new jobs, with 500 more to come by... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Emmanuel

29 Apr 2021
News

Equal Partner

world and a smart investment. “Women and diverse-led companies are highly profitable, yet undercapitalized,” she says. “A perfect arbitrage investment scenario.” Among the seven companies in the WOCstar portfolio are Zero, a plastic-free, direct-to-consumer online... View Details

Keywords: Diversity; Inclusion

01 Jun 2016
News

How Do We Win the Cyberwar?

of McAfee and EMC. “Security people recognize they are in the business of pattern recognition. It has happened before, but in a much more human way.” BrightPoint’s business model is built on sharing. The company makes software platforms... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai

04 May 2010
First Look

First Look: May 4

entrepreneurs who are building new ventures. In 2005, the group is considering increasing its investment focus to include a broader range of technologies, including emerging technologies (for example, Mobile and RFID technologies) and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

October 2020 (Revised March 2021)
Supplement

Migros Turkey: Scaling Online Operations During COVID-19 (C)

By: Antonio Moreno and Gamze Yucaoglu

The case opens in August 2020 as Ozgur Tort and Mustafa Bartin, CEO and chief large-format and online retail officer of Migros Ticaret A.S. (Migros), Turkey’s oldest and one of its largest supermarket chains, are navigating Migros through COVID-19 and the unprecedented... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Strategy; Digital Platforms; Information Technology; Technology Adoption; Value Creation; Globalization; Competition; Expansion; Logistics; Profit; Resource Allocation; Diversification; Corporate Strategy; Crisis Management; Health Pandemics; Strategic Planning; Food and Beverage Industry; Turkey

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17 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Why Global Brands Work

club. Think IBM's "solutions for a small planet." 5. Social responsibility. Consumers expect global brands to lead on corporate social responsibility, leveraging their technology to solve the world's problems. Think Nestlé and... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Auto

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Entrepreneurship in Life Sciences - Course Catalog

exploration may include emerging opportunities in pharma & biotech, medical device & diagnostics advances, and related topics such as digital therapeutics, platform technologies, use of real-world evidence, data and computing, AI and... View Details

24 Feb 2014
News

A Capital Idea for Small Business

businesses to get funding. A number of crowd-funding platforms had appeared, but none were really set up to serve small businesses. I wondered if there was an opportunity there, and I called John to discuss the idea. Our conclusion was... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; crowd-funding; online communities; Finance; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

01 Sep 2015
News

The Business of Love

dating platforms were designed by men, they are optimized for surfacing as many choices and pictures as possible,” she says. “My goal is not to get people to just browse hot photos and connect. My goal is really to get them into a... View Details

Keywords: April White

20 Apr 2020
News

To Build Connection in Quarantine, Clubs Go Virtual

featured speakers Clause Jensen, Chief Digital Officer and Head of Technology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and information technology author and thought leader Dan Roberts, CEO and President of Ouellette & Associates... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

05 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 5, 2009

stage can continue to deliver the resources, capabilities, and platforms needed to fuel the emerging opportunities of the future. This business lifecycle view of innovation requires new leadership and organizational models and new... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

11 Oct 2017
Blog Post

Designing Internship Projects for Greater Impact

then gave her a lot of ownership on taking charge of the project.” For a deliverable, Kristina was asked to investigate and select the most appropriate technology platform for the training. Cotterman offers... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

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Mental Health Awareness Month | Baker Library

Market Maps Explore relevant Frost & Sullivan reports: The Future of Mental Health Management Emerging Digital Health Technology Innovations Transforming Mental Health Care Growth Opportunities in Mental and Behavioral Digital Health... View Details

15 Oct 2019
News

Advancing China’s Impact Investing Ecosystem

responsibility to do something in this sector,” says Chen. “Impact investing is still in the very early stages in China and lacks human capital, government support, and high-quality investees. There is a clear need to build a platform for... View Details

29 Jan 2013
First Look

First Look: Jan. 29

reaping the benefits of FDI (which relate to when FDI will generate growth) and (2) the mechanisms by which FDI creates positive externalities (which relate to how FDI generates growth). Technology and Innovation Management... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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