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Biotech, Medical Devices, and Pharmaceuticals: News

What are the news resources for biotech, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals industries? The following databases provides news related to all three industries: You may begin with: Informa - The database consists publications of In Vivo,... View Details

01 Sep 2009
News

Jesse Markham Dies at 93

federal antitrust laws. The author of 12 books and more than 150 articles, Markham arrived at HBS from Princeton University. “I came here because the theories on which public policy was being built in... View Details

Keywords: faculty; obituary; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

January 1994 (Revised April 1994)
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EMC Corporation: Response to Shareholder Litigation (B)

By: Josh Lerner

Reports EMC's decision concerning the second shareholder class-action suit and its implications. Legislative efforts to reform securities litigation are also discussed. View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Lawsuits and Litigation; Going Public; Policy; Management Teams; Business and Shareholder Relations; Technology Industry; United States

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16 Jun 2009
Research Event

Business Summit: The Future of Market Capitalism

agonizing dilemma: Wealth creation comes from market capitalism, yet the market system has been hard for many parts of society, resulting in insecurities and inequalities. Under political pressure to make changes, the business world and the View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter

21 Oct 2013
News

Moving the Needle

Seegull coauthored a policy paper, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation and others, focused on engaging the federal government in impact investing to achieve social and environmental outcomes. "That opened my eyes to the world of... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

02 Sep 2002
Research & Ideas

The Role of Government When All Else Fails

varied so widely. A policy aimed at strengthening the banking system, for example, might seem to have little in common with a policy designed to compensate the victims of involuntary unemployment. But the... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard

01 Sep 2008
News

Squeeze Play

LAMAGNA: A fondness for novelty and gadgets, but a commitment to politics and public policy as well. Dal LaMagna (MBA ’70) says he’s writing a memoir titled Failing to Get Ahead, the Washington Post (May 30,... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

04 Sep 2019
News

Accelerating Scientific Discovery

Amitabh Chandra, Henry and Allison McCance Professor of Business Administration at HBS and Ethel Zimmerman Wiener Professor of Public Policy and Director of Health Policy... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Sep 2014
News

Research Brief: A $1.6 Trillion Rainy-Day Fund?

always sets the accurate worth of a company—that so-called misvaluation is merely an illusion perceived by managers. But to him that point is an academic one. “Ultimately,” he says, “company managers are making these [cash policy] decisions, not finance scholars.”... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs

01 Jun 2010
News

Laura Alfaro to Costa Rican Post

HBS associate professor Laura Alfaro is taking a leave of absence from the School to serve as Minister of National Planning and Economic Policy in her native Costa Rica. At 38, Alfaro, who has no prior service in Costa Rican View Details

Keywords: Administration of Economic Programs; Government

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Aaron Chadbourne

another interest: entrepreneurial approaches to social and public policy issues. For his second summer internship, Aaron received a social enterprise fellowship from HBS and worked with the Housing... View Details

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Maya Babu

important to each other." Exploring public policy Once Maya completes her residency, she is interested in balancing an active medical practice with a management role in View Details

12 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: Strength in Numbers

more critical attention on those cases in which diffuse pragmatic interests go unrepresented in public policy. For too long we have accepted an easy account of these failures based on the diffuseness of the underlying interest. The... View Details

Keywords: Re: Gunnar Trumbull

17 Jul 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: As America Recedes from Global Leadership, Its CEOs are Stepping Up

As America recedes from global leadership under President Donald Trump’s “America First” policies, a new generation of business statesmen is stepping up to take on global issues of monumental importance: global trade, climate change, job creation, and healthy living.... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

01 Mar 2016
News

Research Brief: The Benefits of Bias

NIH grant applications from 1992 to 2005. She plotted links between applicants and evaluators—via professional publication citations—to determine potential bias. Then, to establish the quality of the funded projects, she tracked the... View Details

Keywords: Erin Peterson

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4.5 University-Wide Statement on Rights and Responsibilities - MBA

4. General Policies 4.5 University-Wide Statement on Rights and Responsibilities Welcome to HBS Being a Student at HBS 1. Academic Information & Policies 2. Integrity & Standards of Conduct 3. Financial... View Details

10 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Perspectives on Anti-Racism in the HKS Curriculum

power in the U.S., and it would be impossible to learn policy at Harvard without a comprehensive understanding of that reality. As Professor Muhammad has said, until this point, HKS was wrong “to hand over Master of View Details

07 Feb 2017
News

Shaping Singapore

Trained as an architect, Koon Hean Cheong (AMP 173, 2007) was initially disappointed when she found herself in a planning role in Singapore’s Public Works Department after graduation. “It wasn’t where I wanted to go,” she told The... View Details

January 2007 (Revised January 2007)
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Note on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

By: Robert F. Higgins, Richard G. Hamermesh and Virginia Fuller

Describes the U.S. FDA with particular emphasis on its role in the development of new drugs, biologic products, and medical devices today. Provides context for the drug approval process by describing the FDA's history and organizational structure. View Details

Keywords: Health; Governance Compliance; Policy; Product Development; Government and Politics; Public Administration Industry; Public Administration Industry; Public Administration Industry; Public Administration Industry; United States