Business Model Innovation: Global Health in Frontier Markets

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
Part One: Growth and Scale
1	Introduction to global health Challenges in reaching scale and why we focus on business models	Individual assignment 1: Managerial briefing assigned
2	Cooperative approaches as growth strategies Case discussion: Hello Healthcare In-class call with CEO York Zucchi	In-class rapid mixer
3	Innovations in operational efficiency and potential for scaling up Case discussion: Riders for Health	Individual assignment 1: Managerial briefing due Team selection
4	Business thinking, innovation and scale Case discussion: Avahan India AIDS Initiative
Part Two: Philanthropy and Partnerships
5	Workshop on strategy: Work in your teams to apply a strategy framework to the organization you are studying for your mini-case
6	Public-private collaboration Case discussion: SMS for Life	Team memo on value measures, value chain, and value proposition due
Part Three: Promising Business Models
7	Innovative strategy meets innovative operations: A systems thinking assessment Case discussion: Aravind Eye Clinic and the application of strategy to the enterprise
8	Franchise models Case discussion: Living Goods and the promise of business-format franchise models	Draft executive summary and presentation deck for group mini case study due
9	Organizational sustainability and scale Case discussion: Narayana Hrudayalaya	Meet with TA to review executive summary and presentation deck
Part Four: New Ideas and Challenging Tradeoffs in Scale, Sustainability, and Impact
10	First set of student team presentations Special guest: Rebecca Weintraub Discussion on links to learning and innovation theme
11	Second set of student team presentations Special guests: Tricia Morente and Ratan Tata Discussion on transfer and reverse innovation
12	Third set of student team presentations Special guests: Srishti Gupta and Heather Megosh Wrap-up discussion reflecting on class themes	Final group project executive summary, presentation deck, and bibliography due Team learning memo due