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- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
the Levers of Control to Implement Strategy This module reading pulls together key concepts and techniques from the Strategy Execution series into an integrated model—the levers of control. The four levers are (1) belief systems, (2) boundary systems, (3) View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
diagnostic tests for screening. Screening games can apply to the cases where by-products, partner fidelity feedback, or host sanctions do not apply, therefore explaining the evolution of mutualism in systems where it is impossible for... View Details
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
pharmaceutical division and a diagnostic division. The company's antiviral drug Tamiflu dominates the market for prevention and treatment of seasonal influenza (flu). Tamiflu, however, could also play an important role in responding to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
Passion for another kind of far-reaching change was the driving force behind Diagnostics For All (DFA), a nonprofit offering a low-cost, point-of-care diagnostic tool that won top honors in the 2008 social... View Details
- 19 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
Here Comes Internet2—Time to Shed Dot Vertigo
pressing. Not only is Internet2 coming into being quickly, but also all of its capabilities, such as virtual reality, interactive collaboration, and access to remote resources such as telescopes and diagnostic equipment, rely on speed.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 04 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 4, 2016
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/217007-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 816-066 Mohamed Azab and Seha Capital In January 2011, Mohamed Azab, founder and CEO of health care investment firm Seha Capital, made his first health care investment in Hassab Labs,... View Details
- 28 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
Challenging the Belief that Liability Laws Kill Medical Device Innovation
translates upstream to a company’s willingness to produce new products.” That could take the form of more diagnostic tests or other complementary technologies that would help monitor procedures—for example, a new device to check the... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
A Perfect Fit: Aligning Organization & Strategy
their espoused strategy and management principles. Beer and Eisenstat began implementing the process ten years ago at Becton Dickinson and Company, a medical products and diagnostic systems supplier. "Ray Gilmartin, who was CEO at... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 09 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
How to Revive Health-Care Innovation
iteration to resolve into a problem that can be addressed in a predictable, rules-based way. Diagnostic abilities are the technological enablers of disruption in health care. Precise definition of the problem, in this and in every... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
'I Know Why You Voted for Trump' and Other Motivation Misperceptions
lies; were Clinton voters exaggerating the importance of immigration, or were Trump voters underreporting it?” Barasz says. “But these perceptions really affected how people felt about each other. Clinton voters felt like they had this View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11
stability. The authors have found that real improvement requires systemic change, not discrete fixes. They describe a five-step process for that—along with the diagnostic work you’ll need to do in advance. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 14
Course MaterialsThe DiagnoFirst Opportunity Harvard Business School Case 309-112 John Mason, a principle at Oldwell Partners, was facing a decision of whether or not to invest in DiagnoFirst, a molecular diagnostics firm. DiagnoFirst's... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How an Order Views Your Company
changes are human beings and so the psychology and sociology of change and who wins and who loses has to be designed into the system. Simply put, our concept of OMC is not simply a tool or methodology to measure customer satisfaction shortfalls. It also is a View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
consider: Where are you in the senior executive life cycle? How much cross-organization collaboration is required? How much time do you spend on activities outside your direct span of control? What's the scope of your role? What's the best mix of roles for your team? A... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 17
political motivations for Vietnamese leaders to provide equalizing transfers that limit inequality growth among provinces. Cases & Course MaterialsBackground on the Technology of Molecular Diagnostics Regina E. Herzlinger and Jason... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 20, 2016
School Case 816-072 Neurotrack and the Alzheimer's Puzzle Elli Kaplan founded Neurotrack in 2012 with a breakthrough noninvasive cognitive diagnostics test that will detect Alzheimer's disease in its earliest pre-symptomatic stages. While... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals
of Quest Diagnostics who now serves as dean of Boston University School of Management. Freeman said that when he became dean, his plush CEO-like office was on the top floor, so he decided to move to a small windowless office in close... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 14, 2016
individual and organizational capabilities and presents the theory and research on deep smarts. The six most universally found characteristics of this particular kind of expertise are deep domain knowledge, pattern recognition–based decision making, system perspective,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 12, 2008
Commercializing a Diagnostic Test Harvard Business School Case 308-090 What are the barriers and opportunities to commercializing genetic diagnoses for disease? Purchase the case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jan 2017
- First Look
January 3, 2017
risk—operations risk, asset impairment risk, and competitive risk—and demonstrates how these risks can undermine an entire business. To assist in the identification of these risks, the risk exposure calculator is introduced as a View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel