Healthcare As An Investment - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 2014
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A Summer Internship: Sparking Curiosity

self-discovery. I got a glimpse of how Danaher operated through the lens of Beckman Coulter, an operating company. I scratched the surface of the healthcare and diagnostics industry and put theory to... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Technology

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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

the probabilities of success are low, extremely skewed, and unknowable until an investment is made. At a macro level, experimentation by new firms underlies the Schumpeterian notion of creative destruction.... View Details

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Academics - Health Care

entrepreneurial health care ventures that respond to the massive opportunities created by the escalating cost and uneven quality and access of health care systems globally. Students prepare a business plan, which uses the framework of this course, for View Details

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Leadership Fellows

framework and logistics for the interviewing and hiring process. For Student-Proposed: Supports students as they work with organizations to develop a proposal. Awards $65,000 toward the Fellow’s annualized salary of $130,000 in addition... View Details

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Europe - Global

over as CEO, the underlying family tensions remained unresolved—prompting the involvement of lawyers. The family now faced a critical decision: Should they hire an external CEO, sell the business entirely,... View Details

12 Jan 2016
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January 12, 2016

and minimizes the expected time to detection under a pre-specified alternative hypothesis. We apply our method to a model in which the interdependency among the multiple adverse events is captured by a Cox proportional hazards model with time-dependent covariates and... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

13 Dec 2016
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December 13, 2016

final product. Moreover, a firm's propensity to integrate a given stage of the value chain is shaped by the relative contractibility of the stages located upstream versus downstream from that stage, as well View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Mar 2024
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In Harmony

seemed like the quickest way to have an impact, if I wanted to give back to a society that somehow valued this specific ability I had.” Seoul as seen from Namsan Mountain. In 1970, Korea’s GDP per capita was... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographs by Jun Michael Park; private equity; fiction; financial crisis; leadership; Korea

June 2007 (Revised April 2016)
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Octone Records

By: Anita Elberse and Elie Ofek

In February 2007, Octone Records founders James Diener, Ben Berkman, and David Boxenbaum had been highly successful with the first two bands they had signed, Maroon 5 and Flyleaf. Known for its grassroots marketing campaigns, Octone operated through a unique... View Details

Keywords: Arts; Joint Ventures; Investment Return; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Product Development; Outcome or Result; Creativity; Music Industry

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19 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 19, 2007

al-Maktoum family, Dubai, a member of the United Arab Emirates, invested heavily in its infrastructure to reduce national dependence on oil and gas reserves. As an established... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

2009
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Steering Monetary Policy Through Unprecedented Crises

By: David Moss and Cole Bolton

In early April 2008, economic conditions in Europe appeared to be deteriorating on almost all fronts: sales figures were falling, business and consumer confidence were slumping, forecasts for European growth were being revised downward, and inflation was rising. In... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Inflation and Deflation; Central Banking; Interest Rates; International Finance; Policy; Crisis Management; Europe

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01 Sep 2023
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Money Does Grow on (Family) Trees

far, but how do we get beyond them?” —Mike Feerick (MBA 1993) Genealogy consumers today expect their foray into the past to be aided by speedy and seamless technology, says Norrington, an operating partner at tech View Details

Keywords: April White; Illustrations by Fabio Consoli; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

10 Jan 2023
Research & Ideas

How to Live Happier in 2023: Diversify Your Social Circle

The classic advice to investors is to diversify—put wealth into a combination of assets. Perhaps some cash goes into mutual funds, some in blue chips, and a little in growth stocks, spreading out risk as well View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

March 2024 (Revised July 2024)
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WeightWatchers: Promoting Weight Health

By: Ranjay Gulati, Cynthia A. Montgomery, Ashley Whillans, Allison Ciechanover and Emily Grandjean

In December 2023, the 60-year-old weight management industry stalwart WeightWatchers announced the launch of WeightWatchers Clinic, which incorporated GLP-1s , a new class of prescription weight-loss medications, into the company’s portfolio of products and mobile app... View Details

Keywords: Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Resource Allocation; Diversification; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Technology Industry; Health Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States; New York (city, NY)

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December 1998
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Retail Financial Services in 1998: First Union

By: Stephen P. Bradley and Takia Mahmood

Provides an overview of First Union's current strategy for retail financial services. Retail Financial Services in 1998 should be given to all students as background material. The class should then be split into groups, with each group receiving one of the following... View Details

Keywords: Investment Funds; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Industry Structures; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Financial Services Industry

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24 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 24

bad weather). In this paper, we define superfluous apologies as expressions of regret for an undesirable circumstance for which the apologizer is clearly not responsible. Across four studies, we find that... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 22

public research organizations, such as universities and hospitals, and private firms are an established policy tool around the world for the delivery of social or public services, and their use View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Oct 2006
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Will the “Long Tail” Work for Hollywood?

retailers trying to balance their stock. Future research should provide an even deeper look into how and why online channels drive a shift in sales toward the tail. Elberse sees great potential in studying these phenomena in other... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Entertainment & Recreation

03 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018

Kong and listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange. In 2012, Noble shifted its business strategy towards an asset-light model. Under this model, Noble did not own mines or farms to produce commodities but built commodity sourcing capacity by... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

March 2025 (Revised June 2025)
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Getting to Net Zero: The Role of the Financial Sector

By: Shawn Cole, Jonah Zahnd, Karina Chung and Jack Cenovic

In early 2025, momentum towards the goal of reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050 continued in many parts of the world, even as it appeared to face a set-back following the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States. Financial institutions... View Details

Keywords: Transition; Climate Change; Environmental Regulation; Environmental Law; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Risk and Uncertainty; Competitive Advantage; Financial Services Industry

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