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December 2014
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DaVita HealthCare Partners and the Denver Public Schools: Creating Connections

By: John J-H Kim and Christine S. An

In 2011, DaVita HealthCare Partners (DaVita)—a Fortune 500 healthcare services company specializing in kidney dialysis services—and the Denver Public Schools (DPS)—the largest school district in Colorado—forged a plan to incorporate greater intentional focus on culture... View Details

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February 2015 (Revised June 2017)
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Intrapreneurship at DaVita HealthCare Partners

By: Joseph B. Fuller, David J. Collis and Matthew G. Preble

Josh Golomb, president and general manager of DaVita Rx (Rx), was about to meet with Kent Thiry, CEO of Rx's corporate parent, DaVita Healthcare Partners Inc. (DaVita), in August 2013. The two would discuss whether Golomb should lead a new DaVita venture, Paladina... View Details

Keywords: Intrapreneurship; Entrepreneurial Organizations; Startup Management; Startup; Strategic Positioning; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Corporate Strategy; Business Startups; Strategic Planning; Competitive Strategy; Health Industry; United States

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20 Oct 2017
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Taking Care to Prepare Leaders: Lessons in Leadership Development from DaVita Kidney Care

In September 2010, Lauren Coyle, HBS MBA 2010, entered the leadership development program at DaVita Kidney Care. Formally titled, “The Redwoods Program,” it would guide Coyle through a three-phase curriculum that concluded in April 2011,... View Details

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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

2011 with the long-standing belief that jewelry is about celebrating the most important moments in life, in a way that will last forever. It is Mr. Kassam's hope that this fellowship will encourage students interested in creative... View Details

07 Apr 2015
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Publications April 2015 Harvard Business Review How to Really Motivate Salespeople By: Chung, Doug J. Abstract—Much of what we believe about the best ways to compensate and motivate the sales force is based on theory and lab... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2018
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Innovation Outside the Boundaries

multiple dimensions.” O’Leary and her husband, DaVita Kidney Care chairman and CEO Kent Thiry (MBA 1983), are alumni leaders whose longtime support of the School includes a recent gift to establish an MBA Program innovation fund. They... View Details

01 Dec 2011
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Making the Case for Leadership

often visits the HBS classroom when the DaVita case is discussed in the second-year course Authentic Leadership Development. “There’s a real intellectual curiosity about leadership,” he observes. “Is it just a set of techniques for... View Details

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02 Aug 2016
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August 2, 2016

Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50792 Harvard Business School Case 315-046 Intrapreneurship at DaVita HealthCare Partners Josh Golomb, president and general manager of View Details