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1、FortheexclusiveuseofG.REGENSBURGERSw910M41GENICON:ASURGICALSTRIKEINTOEMERGINGMARKETSAllenH.Kupetz,AdamTindallandGaryHaberlandwrotethiscasesolelytoprovidematerialforclassdiscussion.Theauthorsdonotintendtoillustrateeithereffectiveorineffectivehandlingofamanagerialsituation.Theauthorsmayhave
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4、anuary2010,GaryHaberland,presidentandfounderofGENICON,aU.S.-basedfirmthatmanufacturedanddistributedmedicaldevicesusedinlaparoscopicsurgery,satathisdeskporingthroughratherencouragingfourthquarterfinancialstatements.ImpressedwithGENICON’srecentperformance,hereflectedonhowhehadarrivedatthisp
5、ointandwhatthefuturemightholdfortheyoungcompany.ItwasnotlongagothatGENICONwasnearbankruptcy,ashadbeenthecasewithmanysmallcompaniesinthisindustry.GENICON,unlikemostofthestartupcompaniesthathadsuccumbedtothepressuresofthemedicaldeviceindustry,wasnotonlyabletoremainopenbutactuallythrived:itd
6、idthisbyfocusingonitsinternationaldistributionstrategysincetheearlystagesofitslaunch.ThisstrategynotonlysavedGENICONfromthevastandoftenficklebarriersoftheU.S.market,butcametodefinethecompany.HaberlandknewthatinorderforGENICONtogrowanddiversify,newmarketswouldhavetobeidentified,evaluatedan
7、ddeveloped.Althoughtheminimallyinvasivesurgery(MIS)devicemarketintheUnitedStateshadlongbeenthelargestintheworld,internationalmarketswereexpectedtogrowatamuchfasterratethanthefivepercentgrowthforecastedfortheU.S.marketfortheforeseeablefuture.Accordingtothe2009GENICON