Medical Device - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 2013
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Bill George on Medical Device Tax, U.S. Shutdown

14 Aug 2012
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Medical Device Tax Might Be Way To Get A Budget Passed

29 Jun 2021
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Medical Device Industry Wants Priority at Crowded Ports

22 May 2021
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This Neighborhood Badly Needs A Grocery Store. A Medical Device Maker Will Build One

01 Jun 2010
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HUENNEKENS: In matters of the heart, developing innovative technologies. Nelvin C. Cepeda/San Diego Union-Tribune/Zuma Press In 2002, when Scott Huennekens (MBA ’91) became president and CEO of San Diego–based Volcano Corp., a medical-devices company, he was its... View Details

Keywords: medical devices; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

03 Feb 2014
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Eyes on Medical Breakthroughs

harder than her male classmates to succeed. From her father, a Hungarian immigrant with no business training who bought New York City's Chelsea Hotel and turned it into one of the Big Apple's most famous addresses, she learned to take risks and work hard to see them... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli; Management; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

22 Feb 2022
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Elevator Pitch: Good Vibrations

fractures and subsequent complications kill 20 percent of their victims, and debilitating spine fractures represent a health care cost of $19 billion annually. “There are a number of medications to treat osteoporosis, but they’re... View Details

Keywords: medical device; healthcare; entrepreneurship; Alumni New Venture Competition

04 May 2022
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Disney vs. Desantis: Chapek’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Fumble a Warning to Ceos, Says Harvard Professor

18 Feb 2015
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The Secret Weapon of CEOs and Basketball Pros to Get in the Zone

01 Jul 2017
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New chief aims to remake Sanofi Genzyme

04 Feb 2014
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How Microsoft’s Global Search Ended at Home

25 Jun 2012
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Downgraded in the Sky, Too

05 Nov 2019
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The problem isn’t that women lack confidence — it’s that men have too much of it

01 Jun 2017
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The New Venture Competition Crowns a New Crop

platform, delivering qualified workers in 24 hours. Alumna: Vera Makarov, MBA 2010 Region: Latin America FreeFlow Medical Devices LLC: Maker of medical View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Mar 2025
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Origin Story: Ricky Cordova (MS/MBA 2025)

device for ovarian cancer. But any device needs to be commercialized to exist on the market. And I knew nothing about that part.” But first: “I came to Boston for Harvard View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

11 Dec 2014
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Improving the business of medicine

As founder and managing partner of KBL Ventures, Dr. Marlene Krauss (MBA 1967, MD 1979) combines her business and medical training to bring health care device and bio-tech ventures to market. (Published... View Details

01 Jun 2002
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Up to the Challenge: Tony Sanchez - Team Builder

focus on the medical area while at HBS, including field studies at several local hospitals, has led to a job offer with Indiana-based Guidant Corporation, a medical devices... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

24 Apr 2014
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Meeting an essential health care need in India

When his mother became ill in 2008, Krishna Mahesh (MBA 2005) came face to face with India’s deep deficit of quality hospital beds. It inspired him to launch Sundaram Medical Devices, which develops high-tech, low-cost hospital beds that... View Details

01 Jan 2007
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Hansjörg Wyss, MBA 1965

go for the money. In your first job, you're naive and will make a lot of mistakes. You need someone who will protect you, push you, and support you." CURRENT READING On Chesil Beach, by Ian McEwan For thirty years, Hansjörg Wyss has led Synthes, a global View Details

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