Lecture Notes

SES # TOPICS LECTURE NOTES
Part One: Growth and Scale
1

Introduction to global health

Challenges in reaching scale and why we focus on business models

Class 1: Scale and business models (PDF - 3.5MB)
2

Cooperative approaches as growth strategies

Case discussion: Hello Healthcare

In-class call with CEO York Zucchi

Class 2: Cooperative approaches (PDF)
3

Innovations in operational efficiency and potential for scaling up

Case discussion: Riders for Health

Class 3: Operational efficiency and scaling up (PDF - 1.7MB)
4

Business thinking, innovation and scale

Case discussion: Avahan India AIDS Initiative

Class 4: Business thinking (PDF - 1.3MB)
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

Class 5: Strategy (PDF)

Blank care delivery value chain (PPT), (PDF)

6

Public-private collaboration

Case discussion: SMS for Life

Class 6: Public-private collaboration (PDF)
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

Class 7: Systems thinking (PDF - 1.5MB)
8

Franchise models

Case discussion: Living Goods and the promise of business-format franchise models

Class 8: Franchise models (PDF - 1.4MB)
9

Organizational sustainability and scale

Case discussion: Narayana Hrudayalaya

Class 9: Sustainability and scale (PDF)
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

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11

Second set of student team presentations

Special guests: Tricia Morente and Ratan Tata

Discussion on transfer and reverse innovation

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12

Third set of student team presentations

Special guests: Srishti Gupta and Heather Megosh

Wrap-up discussion reflecting on class themes

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