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• Case | HBS Case Collection | September 2019

  Dementia Discovery Fund

  Richard G. Hamermesh, Kathy Giusti and Sarah Gulick

  The case is set in March 2019, and tells the story of the founding of the Dementia Discovery Fund (DDF). The idea for the fund began in 2015, when then-Prime Minister David Cameron spoke about the importance of making breakthroughs in dementia research, and pledged money from the UK government for research. This in turn led to the search for a venture capital (VC) firm that could lead manage a fund, and the selection of SV Health to do that, including having Kate Bingham as a managing partner. The case describes the social and scientific needs for more dementia research, as well as the fundraising and initial team building of the fund. After the fund grows beyond the expected size, the case describes the hiring of a CEO, and asks what the next investment for the fund should be: a start-up that might soon be able to launch clinical trials, or an early-stage company with promising new research?

  Keywords: Venture Capital; Investment Funds; Mission and Purpose; Recruitment; Health Care and Treatment; Pharmaceutical Industry; Financial Services Industry; Boston; Massachusetts; London; England;

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  Hamermesh, Richard G., Kathy Giusti, and Sarah Gulick. "Dementia Discovery Fund." Harvard Business School Case 820-045, September 2019.  View Details

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• Teaching Note | HBS Case Collection | July 2019

  Intermountain Healthcare: Pursuing Precision Medicine

  Richard G. Hamermesh, Robert S. Huckman and Julia Kelley

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  Hamermesh, Richard G., Robert S. Huckman, and Julia Kelley. "Intermountain Healthcare: Pursuing Precision Medicine." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 820-019, July 2019.  View Details

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• Case | HBS Case Collection | October 2003 (Revised January 2019)

  Globalizing Consumer Durables: Singer Sewing Machine before 1914

  Geoffrey Jones and David Kiron

  Examines the global strategy of Singer, one of the world's first multinationals, before 1914. Singer, a U.S. pioneer of the modern sewing machine, established its first foreign factory in Scotland in 1867. Investments followed in manufacturing and marketing in other countries, especially Russia. By 1914, Singer held a remarkable 90% share of all sewing machine sales outside the United States and was the seventh largest firm in the world. Examines why sewing machines became one of the world's first global products and the entrepreneurial and organizational factors behind Singer's international success. Taught as the first case in the MBA elective Evolution of Global Business.

  Keywords: History; Multinational Firms and Management; Global Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Investment;

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  Jones, Geoffrey, and David Kiron. "Globalizing Consumer Durables: Singer Sewing Machine before 1914." Harvard Business School Case 804-001, October 2003. (Revised January 2019.)  View Details

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