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CV Ingenuity (A): How to Evaluate the Commercial Viability of New Health Care Technologies
Herzlinger, Regina E.; Otazo, AndrewCase HBS-315045-EEntrepreneurshipA medical device startup seeks to complete its clinical trials with very little startup funding and a small staff when compared to its competitors.Starting at €8.20
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Escapes Outdoor Living Designs Inc.
Michael Sider; Richard BloomfieldCase IVEY-9B14M044-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe owner of Escapes Outdoor Living Designs (Escapes) must decide what to do with his small landscaping and construction business. Escapes has been doing well, but has not had any sustainable growth over five years. The owner feels the business lacks focus and will need a good strategy in order to grow successfully. Facing problems with employee retention and shifting market opportunities, he has to perform an in-depth analysis of his current bus...Starting at €8.20
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Marineland and the Mayor
Michael Sider; Ahn HoangCase IVEY-9B13M063-EStrategyThe mayor of one of Canada’s largest tourist destination cities has to decide how to handle the media outcry that followed a major newspaper story in which eight former staffers at the local, popular aquatic zoo accused the zoo of treating its animals with severe cruelty. His initial response was perceived by many as being too glib and favouring the marine park, which is an important source of revenue for the city. Although he is no expert on ani...Starting at €8.20
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Greenpeace's Unfriend Coal Campaign and Facebook
Michael Sider; Paul BigusCase IVEY-9B12M011-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyFacebook’s director of policy communications was faced with a situation caused by a YouTube video posted by the non-governmental organization (NGO) Greenpeace. This video publicly critiqued the environmental sustainability of Facebook’s decision to build a new data centre, its main objection being that the new facility would be connected to a local utility provider that supplied electricity mainly from the burning of coal, one of the largest sour...Starting at €8.20
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Mayo Clinic: The 2020 Initiative
Herzlinger, Regina E.; Huckman, Robert S.; Lesser, JennyCase HBS-615027-EDescribes the challenges facing Dr. John Noseworthy, President and CEO, in implementing a long-term strategy for the growth of the Mayo Clinic-a leading academic medical center with a reputation for excellence in tertiary and quaternary health care. The case highlights the concurrent forces of regional and national competition and federal health care reform as factors complicating the plans of Mayo Clinic to grow through several channels. Student...Starting at €8.20
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McKesson
Herzlinger, Regina E.; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-312002-EMcKesson, a large, diversified drug distribution and health care IT company, is considering development of new business offerings to help private practice physicians remain independent. The company, with $122 billion in 2010 revenues, just made its first foray into health care services with the acquisition of U.S. Oncology, an integrated cancer care company, whose expertise it could leverage in offerings catered to other physician specialties. Wi...Starting at €8.20
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Cancer Treatment Centers of America (A)
Herzlinger, Regina E.; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-313012-EService and Operations ManagementCancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA), a U.S. network of four privately owned oncology focused factory hospitals, was weighing options for growth. CTCA was entirely cancer focused and specialized in treating patients with complex and advanced-stage cancers, who were reached through advertising its integrative, team-based approach to care. CEO Stephen Bonner needed to decide whether to focus future expansion on building additional full-scale ...Starting at €8.20
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Shanghai Pharmaceuticals
Herzlinger, Regina E.; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-313016-EStrategyShanghai Pharmaceuticals (SPH), a vertically integrated Chinese pharmaceutical conglomerate, was considering its strategic options in the context of a rapidly evolving industry, policy, and economic environment. The company-essentially a collection of subsidiaries operating under a unified management structure-was formed through the 2009 merger of several state-owned enterprises, part of a broad policy effort in China to streamline state assets, ...Starting at €8.20
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Reinventing Brainlab
Herzlinger, Regina E.; Dessain, Vincent; Misztal, KarolCase HBS-313069-EStrategyThe management of Germany's Brainlab AG, a leading provider of software-driven oncology and surgery solutions, needs to evaluate strategic options for proceeding without an exclusive hardware partner in its most profitable business segment.Starting at €8.20
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