Case | HBS Case Collection | 1997

We've Got Rhythm! Medtronic Corporation's Cardiac Pacemaker Business

by Clayton M. Christensen
 

Abstract

Illustrates how a new management team at Medtronic's Cardiac Pacemaker business reversed a steep decline in market share by adopting certain management principles for new product development: clarifying strategy, aggregating project planning, accommodating the number of projects to match development capacity, and establishing a platform/derivative product architecture, and others. This case is useful in both MBA courses and executive programs.

Keywords: Management Teams; Innovation Strategy; Innovation and Management; Product Development; Health; Technology; Change Management; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; United States;

Language: English Format: Print 18 pages Purchase

Citation:

Christensen, Clayton M. "We've Got Rhythm! Medtronic Corporation's Cardiac Pacemaker Business." Harvard Business School Case 698-004, July 1997.

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Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration
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