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Tengion: Bringing Regenerative Medicine to Life
Ofek, Elie; Ribatt, Polly RossCase HBS-510031-EMarketingTengion is a young biotech company that is at the frontier of regenerative medicine; a nascent field that seeks to promote the creation of new cells and tissue to repair or replace tissue or organ function lost due to age, disease, damage, or congenital defects. In late 2008 Tengion management faces a difficult dilemma. In light of the financial crises, the company needs to manage cash burn by prioritizing its R&D efforts. CEO Nichtberger needs t...Starting at €8.20
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Toronto Rehab
Peter C. Bell; Fredrik OdegaardCase IVEY-9B09E016-ECorporate GovernanceDue to continued budget shortfalls the project manager for the Spinal Cord Rehabilitation Program at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute needed to provide proposals for immediate cost-saving measures. One of these measures included how to schedule the nursing staff. The problem involved meeting certain occupancy target levels while ensuring a minimum number and correct mix of available nurses.Starting at €8.20
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GTC Biotherapeutics: Developing Medicines in the Milk of Goats
Goldberg, Ray A.; Morton, SarahCase HBS-910403-EGTC is the first company in the animal world to receive FDA approval of a transgenic pharmaceutical. What are the implications for other firms in plants and animals and their opportunities to produce new medicines in an economical and safe fashion?Starting at €8.20
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Swine Flu Tour
Stephen GraingerCase IVEY-9B09C021-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyAn Australian business professor has just arrived in China with a group of students, when one of the group members comes down with the H1N1 virus. The entire group is hospitalized or quarantined. The professor, who is also the tour director, must determine how to deal with the crisis, and quickly. This case is designed for use in a crisis management course, or in an early class in an international management course to illustrate the sorts of diff...Starting at €8.20
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Phreesia: The Patient Check-In Company
Herzlinger, Regina E.Case HBS-310066-EPhreesia is successful with a tablet for patients to sign in at the doctor's office which can also be used for billing. But what is the next market opportunity for them? And is their ad-based revenue model sustainable?Starting at €8.20
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Note on Telemedicine
Herzlinger, Regina E.; Copeland, JillianCase HBS-310075-EEntrepreneurshipThis note provides background in all the modalities of telemedicine. It accompanies the cases "Medtronic: Patient Management Initiative" (A) and (B), HBS Nos. 302-005 and 309-064.Starting at €8.20
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The Vitality Group: Paying for Self-Care
Herzlinger, Regina E.Case HBS-310071-EEntrepreneurshipVitality is part of a $2 billion start-up South African and U.K. health insurance firm. It has achieved excellent results in rewarding people for promoting their health. It is now contemplating how to enter the U.S. market.Starting at €8.20
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Community Health Workers in Zambia: Incentive Design and Management
Ashraf, Nava; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-910030-EThis case examines the various considerations relevant to selecting and compensating workers in a context where their work involves a pro-social component. This is relevant to not only health care in Zambia, but to NGO and public sector workers who are both motivated by the mission of their positions and the remuneration. Zambia was facing a healthcare human resource crisis with less than half of the healthcare workers needed to meet health needs...Starting at €8.20
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Roll Back Malaria and BCG: the Change Initiative
Ashraf, Nava; Gordon, Rachel; Ross, CatherineCase HBS-910023-ERoll Back Malaria, a global partnership dedicated to fighting malaria has not met its founders' expectations of effectively combatting malaria. In 2005, after several internal evaluations, RBM leadership has decided to engage the Boston Consulting Group to work on a Change Initiative that when completed will enable RBM to address the eradication of malaria both more effectively and through larger scale efforts. However, the Initiative has become ...Starting at €8.20
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Deworming Kenya: Translating Research into Action (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Ashraf, Nava; Shah, Neil Buddy; Gordon, RachelTeaching Note HBS-910002-ETeaching Note for 910001.Starting at €0.00