Zhejiang Ideal Technology Co. Ltd.: Building Intelligent Hospitals

Siyang Tian, Wenjun Xiong, Renjie Ning, Yigan Xia

Product #:W39468

Supplier:Ivey

Discipline:Entrepreneurship, General Management

Setting:China, 2021

Details:Case (PDF) • 8 pages • 2025-01-09

Your Price:

$9.71

Language:

Format:

Purchase this material with a free Educator Account and enjoy more benefits:

Free Educator Copy
Free Teaching Notes
Build your coursepack
Discounted academic price

Zhejiang Ideal Technology Co. Ltd. (ZITC), a high-tech enterprise affiliated with Zhejiang University and Zhejiang University of Technology, was dedicated to system integration and software technology. Founded in 2005, ZITC provided informatization solutions for government and city agencies and design and engineering services for buildings with intelligence. As China’s health care informatization path became apparent, accompanied with strong policy support and a change of demographic, ZITC’s founder, He Xiongxiong, realized it was time to make a change. Now the key question was, as a new entrant into the health care information technology (IT) market, what was the most focused business strategy for the company?

Learning Objectives

After working through the case and assignment questions, students will be able to do the following:

Explain the current state of the health care IT industry in China, as well as the recent health care policies proposed there
Describe the traditional solutions and the innovative solutions of health care IT
Critically evaluate a high-tech company’s market positioning, advantages and disadvantages, and challenges
Develop ZITC’s strategies for building intelligent hospitals
Analyze potential regulatory risks associated with the company’s involvement in the health care IT sector

Zhejiang Ideal Technology Co. Ltd.: Building Intelligent Hospitals

Subjects:

Industries:

Geography:

Learning Objectives