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