KWIKAXESS In the United States, more than 84,000 men, women, and children are waiting for organ transplants. Their struggle to live depends on a complex and technologically-advanced organ allocation system that links patients with organs donated by strangers.2 Monica Modi, an ambitious executive in the health care sector, had just taken the helm at KwikAxess, which was promoting a new business model for organ transplantation. She had graduated eight years earlier from a leading MBA program on the east coast. She was also a graduate of a bioscience undergraduate program from a leading west coast university. Modi commented: We recognized there was an unmet need in this market. There wont be 84,000 people on a waiting list once our system is adopted. Our goal is to streamline and rationalize the organ supply chain to meet this need. We believe we can eliminate waiting lists altogether. This is a $10 billion opportunity, and we are targeting upwards of a 70 per cent share within five years, once we have rolled out the unique sourcing systems we are putting into place. KwikAxess was defining a new business model in this space, and Modi was clearly eager to talk about it. As noted by The Gift of a Lifetime website, Organ transplantation is built upon altruism and public trust. If anything shakes that trust, then everyone loses.3 Modi continued: We believe the current organ transplant system has failed because it is based on fuzzy notions of altruism and public trust. As a result, thousands of people die needlessly every year. Theres a real gap in the market for a much more robust framework in which donors and recipients can be relied upon to fulfill contractual obligations. In other words, what has been missing in the organ transplant arena is a well-functioning marketplace. And that is where we come in. Over the past 10 years, we have built deep expertise in inpatient needs and harnessed sources of supply that will ensure timely delivery of organs and body parts to needy patients. We have already reduced wait times for most organs by 30 percent. With our new farming systems, we hope to eliminate waitlists altogether. As noted by The Gift of a Lifetime website, Contrary to the image of organs always crisscrossing the country, 80 percent of all organs are donated and used in the same geographic area.4 Modi commented on KwikAxesss response to the shortage of organ donations: Local sourcing severely constrains supply. Think about it, the toys, strawberries, and patio furniture you buy are globally sourced; why not organs? We can solve most of the deep-rooted bottlenecks by building a streamlined global supply network. 9B14M071 Ten years ago, we began small, by sourcing organs through classified ads on websites in Bangladesh and Sierra Leone. In line with our corporate social responsibility mandate, we offered several times the going rate for kidneys and livers. Within six months, at the prices we offered, we risked creating a glut of donors in those two countries. But we quickly realized that the quality of the organs harvested was highly variable. Donors were generally poor, and had poor diets, so our quality controls would reject several organs even after they had been harvested. This inflated our sourcing costs. That is when we hit upon the idea of farming. So, five years ago, we began setting up a 100-acre farm north of Dhaka, where we ensure donors get a well-balanced and well-regulated diet and plenty of exercise. Today, thanks to our clean and efficient processes, each donors organs are guaranteed free of disease, and are of the highest quality. We retain our donors anonymity according to their wishes, but in general terms, I can tell you that they are former street kids or kids whose parents drop them off at our gates, no questions asked. We raise these donors to make sure their organs are healthy. Supply-wise, we are well placed. Visit the streets of Dhaka and you will see theres an inexhaustible supply. Typically, we are interested in children under the age of 10. These donors sign a contract on entering our farm to stay for up to 30 years. The contract is renewed when they turn 18, so we have their informed consent as adults. We harvest hair and teeth as and when they become available. At age 20, we take out a kidney. Once the donor reaches age 30, all their organs are harvested. This gives our donors a healthy and productive life expectancy of about 30 years. Our calculations show we are offering them at least five extra years of life, and a much higher quality of life than they could expect on the street. The win-win-win here is clear: organ recipients in the United States and Canada prolong their lives and dont have to live with the stress of waiting lists; the organ donors on our farms have a much higher quality of life and a definite horizon of up to 30 healthy years; and our shareholders make a small profit by facilitating this trade. As you know, we are now gearing up for an IPO [initial public offering]. Wall Street has been very supportive. Our advisors helped us design a roadshow that enthused investors. Thats not surprising, as we are not just selling organs, we are pioneering a new business model, opening up a new market and supply route for organs, and demonstrating to the world that we can address some of the worlds thorniest problems using market mechanisms. Our products are indispensable to our customers, they have low price elasticity, we have no competitors on the horizon, and the gap between our costs and the prices we can charge are very comfortable. Judging by the positive buzz, we expect to have a very successful IPO. Whats not to like?

Assume the role of a potential investor of Kiwikaxess. Your job is to evaluate the company and decide if you would invest in this company. You will be evaluating the company by using 2 frameworks: 1. Porter's 5 Force analysis 2. NABC framework from design thinking. Based on your analysis, justify your decision to either invest or not invest in this company.