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American Pharmaceutical
Author: Richards, E.
Product Type: Cases
Source: CIBER Case Collection, Indiana University
Publication Year: 2002
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The HIV/AIDS crisis has spurred growing demands for cheaper substitutes for these antiretrovirals, suggesting that more and more countries may permit the sale of cheaper substitutes even before the patents expire. While American Pharmaceutical may legally challenge such activities, it is not clear if the challenges would be legally successful or if they would be politically or commercially prudent.
LifeSpring Hospitals: Delivering Affordable, High-quality Maternal Health Care in India
Authors: Anant, Priya; Velamuri, S. Ramakrishna; Zhang, Wei; Mukherjee, Monidipa
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2013
This case highlights the journey of an organization that was set up in Hyderabad, in southern India, to provide affordable maternal care services to women from low-income urban families...
Facing Challenges and Opportunities for Franchised Rural Health Services: A PSI/Myanmar Case Study
Authors: De La Cruz, Anna York; Montagu, Dominic
Product Type: Cases
Source: Global Health Group
Publication Year: 2013
Dr. Min Zaw, Director of the Health Services Department of Population Services International, Myanmar, sat still, deep in thought at the head of the conference room table in PSI’s Yangon office. Deputy Country Director David Valentine had recently informed him of a new funding opportunity: a large American donor was offering support for the expansion of program activities for market-based healthcare delivery in rural areas. However, Dr. Min Zaw knew that pursuing this new funding would mean making a commitment to transition the existing rural network into a completely new for-profit model. Though much of his team was in favor of seizing this opportunity and making the transition, others were concerned about the unknowns...
Building a Women’s Hospital in Coimbatore, India
Author: Bhardwaj, Gaurab
Product Type: Cases
Source: Babson College
Publication Year: 2012
The case relates an entrepreneurial effort by Dr. M. Govindarajan and her son Jay Govindarajan to build a high-quality hospital focused on women’s health in Coimbatore, a mid-sized city in India...
Infinite Vision: How Aravind Became the World's Greatest Business Case for Compassion
Authors: Mehta, Pavithra K.; Shenoy, Suchitra
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Publication Year: 2011
Drawing inspiration from spirituality, and of all things, fast food franchises, Dr. V and his team (which now includes 21 ophthalmologists across three generations of his family) have created a global phenomenon. Infinite Vision is the first book to probe Aravind's history for the distinctive practices and values that unleashed its improbable success...
Novartis in India: Innovation versus Affordability
Authors: Nandkumar, Anand; Dhanaraj, Charles; Anand, Mridula
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2013
The case takes students through the company’s journey in marketing a promising anti-cancer drug that had global sales of US$3.9 billion in 2009. Novartis’ global success with this drug is being challenged by the changing institutional environment surrounding innovation and pharmaceutical patents. The company’s decision to patent the drug in India and challenge the institutional system of patent law is meeting significant resistance from those who argue that the drug is neither novel nor affordable for most patients...
Books for Change: Reorienting Business and Marketing Strategies
Authors: Singh, Davinder; Kalia, Vinod
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2013
Books for Change (BfC), a small publisher, produces books that focus on the social sector. ActionAid has provided financial support to BfC by covering its operating losses; however, it now needs to allocate greater funds to its own development activities and, therefore, has asked BfC to become financially independent. BfC needs to prepare the strategy and plan for making BfC profitable...
PerkinElmer: Old Instrument Reuse and Recycling
Authors: Veleva, Vesela; Montanari, Anna; Clabby, Peter; Lese, Jonathan
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2013
This case examines the business options for implementing a company-wide product take-back program. It focuses on PerkinElmer, a $1.9 billion global technology company developing diagnostics and biomedical products for the environmental and human health sectors. The company, which operates in more than 150 countries, is committed to community engagement, sustainable and ethical business practices and eco-innovative products, including a commitment to continuously reducing the environmental and health impacts of its products throughout their useful lives…
Designing a Culture of Collaboration at Lake Nona Medical City
Authors: Edmondson, Amy C.; Ribot, Sydney; Zuzul, Tiona
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
Describes Lake Nona, a 7,000-acre residential and research cluster in central Florida, and its process and innovation culture, and Lake Nona Institute, the organization behind the planning and governance of this new eco-friendly community. When the Institute's president is asked to decide who the next tenant in Medical City should be, he considers what kind of process would allow them to best grow going forward...
Wheeling Cardiology Associates
Authors: Young, David W.; Gillette, Thomas P.
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Crimson Group
Publication Year: 2012
This is a case about three cardiology groups that are proposing to merge. One issue is antitrust, and the benefits and motives for the proposed merger can be debated. A second issue is one of ethics...
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