Niche strategies in the healthcare industry
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Author(s)
Hagisako, Takahiro
Advisor(s)
Duncan Simester.
Date Issued
2017
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
This paper examines niche strategies in the healthcare industry. I begin by discussing productivity trends in large firms. In order to understand trend shifts in productivity from a focus on output to a focus on input, I examine the competitive strategy frameworks of Duncan Simester of MIT, and Michael Porter of Harvard, and then apply these frameworks to the healthcare industry. That foundation allows me to develop the framework for a niche strategy. There are two input reduction strategies, and I discuss each one based on the niche strategy framework. I also examine the role of healthcare start-ups and compare them with startups in other industries. Finally, I compare the growth strategies of incumbent large firms and start-ups in the healthcare industry.
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Thesis: M.B.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2017.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 32-33).
Subjects
Sloan School of Management.
MIT Department
Sloan School of Management
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