Richard G. Hamermesh
MBA Class of 1961 Professor of Management Practice, Retired
MBA Class of 1961 Professor of Management Practice, Retired
Richard Hamermesh was the MBA Class of 1961 Professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School. While at HBS Richard served as co-chair of the HBS Healthcare Initiative and of the HBS/Kraft Precision Medicine Accelerator. As chair of the Healthcare Initiative, Richard was instrumental in expanding the role of healthcare in MBA education and research. Today, over 12% of students enrolled at Harvard Business School are pursuing careers in healthcare.
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Richard Hamermesh was the MBA Class of 1961 Professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School. While at HBS Richard served as co-chair of the HBS Healthcare Initiative and of the HBS/Kraft Precision Medicine Accelerator. As chair of the Healthcare Initiative, Richard was instrumental in expanding the role of healthcare in MBA education and research. Today, over 12% of students enrolled at Harvard Business School are pursuing careers in healthcare.
Richard created and taught the second-year MBA elective, Building Life Science Businesses. Previously, he was the Course Head for the required first year course, The Entrepreneurial Manager. In addition, Richard created HBS's new Executive Education program, Accelerating Innovation in Precision Medicine.
From 1987 to 2001, Richard was a co-founder and a Managing Partner of The Center for Executive Development, an executive education and development consulting firm. Prior to this, from 1976 to 1987, he was a member of the faculty of the Harvard Business School.
Richard is also an active investor and entrepreneur, having participated as a principal, director, and investor in the founding and early stages of over 20 organizations. These have included start-ups, leveraged buy-outs, industry roll-ups, and non-profit foundations. He was the founding president of the Newton (MA) Schools Foundation and served on the editorial board of the Harvard Business Review. Richard has served on numerous Boards of Directors, and has chaired the Audit Committees of two public companies. He is currently on the Boards of four corporations. From 1991 to 1996, he was the founding Chairman of Synthes Spine, Inc.
Among his recent publications are: "How Medical Nonprofits Set Winning Strategy," "How Harvard Business School is Advancing Precision Medicine," "Dementia Discovery Fund,” and "Intermountain Healthcare: Pursuing Precision Medicine". Richard is the author or co-author of five books, including New Business Ventures and the Entrepreneur. His best-known book, Fad-Free Management, was published in 1996. He has published numerous articles and more than 200 case studies. Richard received his AB from the University of California, and his MBA and DBA from HBS. He is married, has two children, and four grandchildren. His hobbies include tennis, skiing, and yoga.
- Featured Work
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- Books
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- Roberts, Michael J., Howard H. Stevenson, William A. Sahlman, Paul Marshall and Richard G. Hamermesh, eds. New Business Ventures and the Entrepreneur. 6th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2006. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. Fad-Free Management: The Six Principles That Drive Successful Companies and Their Leaders. Santa Monica, CA: Knowledge Exchange, 1996. View Details
- Andrews, K., J. Bower, C. R. Christensen, R. Hamermesh, and M. E. Porter. Business Policy: Text and Cases. 6 Homewood, IL: Richard D. Irwin, 1986. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. Making Strategy Work: How Senior Managers Produce Results. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1986. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., ed. Strategic Management. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1983. View Details
- Christensen, C. Roland, Kenneth R. Andrews, Joseph L. Bower, Richard G. Hamermesh, and Michael E. Porter. Business Policy: Text and Cases. 5th ed. Homewood, IL: Richard D. Irwin, 1982. View Details
- Journal Articles
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- Giusti, Kathy, and Richard G. Hamermesh. "Reducing Racial Disparities in Cancer Outcomes." Harvard Business Review (website) (January 17, 2022). View Details
- Giusti, Kathy, Richard G. Hamermesh, and Mark Krasnow. "Addressing Demographic Disparities in Clinical Trials." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (June 11, 2021). View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Kathy Giusti. "How Nonprofit Foundations Can Sustainably Fund Disease Research." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (September 30, 2020). View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Kathy Giusti. "What It Takes to Lead a Disease Research Foundation." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (August 18, 2020). View Details
- Giusti, Kathy, and Richard G. Hamermesh. "How Harvard Business School Is Advancing Precision Medicine." Journal of Precision Medicine (March 2020). View Details
- Giusti, Kathy, and Richard G. Hamermesh. "How Medical Nonprofits Set Winning Strategy." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (March 6, 2020). View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., Kathy Giusti, and Bradley Smith. "Finding the Sweet Spot: Why Industry, Nonprofits Should (or Can) Collaborate on Master Protocols." Clinical Research News Online (June 4, 2019). View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Kathy Giusti. "Impact Investing: A New Way to Fund Cures for Cancer." STAT (February 25, 2019). View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Kathryn E. Giusti. "Impact Investing Could Accelerate the Fight Against Cancer." Harvard Business Review (website) (December 12, 2018). View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Kathy Giusti. "Precision Medicine Has Transformed Cancer Treatment. Here's How to Move It Beyond Oncology." Fortune.com (November 12, 2018). View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Kathryn E. Giusti. "Precision Medicine Needs a Business Mindset in Order to Flourish." STAT (October 4, 2018). View Details
- Smith, Bradley, Kathy Giusti, Richard G. Hamermesh, and Dixie-Lee Esseltine. "Master Protocols in Oncology: A Review of the Landscape." Applied Clinical Trials 27, no. 5 (May 2018). View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Kathryn E. Giusti. "What Precision Medicine Can Learn from the NFL." Forbes.com (April 13, 2017). View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Kathryn E. Giusti. "What Cancer Researchers Can Learn from Direct-to-Consumer Companies." Harvard Business Review (website) (January 12, 2017). View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Kathryn E. Giusti. "A New Approach to Safely Sharing Cancer Patients' Data." Harvard Business Review (website) (June 21, 2017). View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Kathy Giusti. "One Obstacle to Curing Cancer: Patient Data Isn't Shared." Harvard Business Review (website) (November 28, 2016). View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., Robert S. Huckman, Barbara McNeil, Joseph P. Newhouse, and Cara Sterling. "The Harvard Contest That's Trying to Improve Health Care Delivery." Harvard Business Review (website) (October 2, 2015). (As part of Measuring Costs and Outcomes in Health Care, a collaboration of the editors of Harvard Business Review and the New England Journal of Medicine.) View Details
- Aspinall, Mara G., and Richard G. Hamermesh. "Realizing the Promise of Personalized Medicine." Harvard Business Review 85, no. 10 (October 2007). View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "Making Planning Strategic." Harvard Business Review 64, no. 4 (July–August 1986): 115–120. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Roderick E. White. "Manage Beyond Portfolio Analysis." Harvard Business Review 62, no. 1 (January–February 1984): 103–109. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "Toward a Model of Business Unit Performance." Academy of Management Review 6, no. 2 (April 1981). View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "How to Compete in Stagnant Industries." Harvard Business Review 57, no. 5 (September–October 1979). View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., M. Jack Anderson Jr., and J. Elizabeth Harris. "Strategies for Low Market Share Business." Harvard Business Review 56, no. 3 (May–June 1978). View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "Responding to Divisional Profit Crises." Harvard Business Review 55, no. 2 (March–April 1977). View Details
- Cases and Teaching Materials
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- Hamermesh, Richard G., Kathy Giusti, and Sarah Gulick. "Dementia Discovery Fund." Harvard Business School Case 820-045, September 2019. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., Robert S. Huckman, and Julia Kelley. "Intermountain Healthcare: Pursuing Precision Medicine." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 820-019, July 2019. (Revised July 2019.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Matthew G. Preble. "Impact Investing for Cancer." Harvard Business School Case 818-068, April 2018. (Revised September 2018.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Matthew G. Preble. "The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation's Answer Fund." Harvard Business School Case 818-045, May 2018. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and John J. Lafkas. "Hawk Electronics, Inc. (Brief Case)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 918-522, April 2018. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and John J. Lafkas. "Hawk Electronics, Inc." Harvard Business School Brief Case 918-521, April 2018. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and George Riedel. "The National Football League and Brain Injuries (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 818-082, January 2018. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., Kathy E. Giusti, Robert S. Huckman, and Julia Kelley. "Intermountain Healthcare: Pursuing Precision Medicine." Harvard Business School Case 818-018, September 2017. (Revised February 2023.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Neurotrack and the Alzheimer's Puzzle." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 817-140, May 2017. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Matthew G. Preble. "The CRISPR-Cas9 Quarrel." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 817-124, May 2017. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Olivia Hull. "Radial Analytics Probes Post-Acute Care." Harvard Business School Case 817-029, November 2016. (Revised November 2016.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Matthew G. Preble. "The CRISPR-Cas9 Quarrel." Harvard Business School Case 817-020, October 2016. (Revised September 2017.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Olivia Hull. "Innovating Beyond Ochsner." Harvard Business School Case 817-028, October 2016. (Revised November 2016.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard, and Sarah McAra. "Mohamed Azab and Seha Capital." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 817-039, September 2016. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., Liz Kind, and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Neurotrack and the Alzheimer's Puzzle." Harvard Business School Case 816-072, February 2016. (Revised September 2017.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Sarah McAra. "Mohamed Azab and Seha Capital." Harvard Business School Case 816-066, February 2016. (Revised September 2017.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Matthew G. Preble. "Medalogix." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 816-012, July 2015. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Michael Norris. "MINTing Innovation at NewYork-Presbyterian (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 815-113, June 2015. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard, John Quelch, and Michael Norris. "Bloodbuy." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 815-140, June 2015. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Matthew Preble. "The National Football League and Brain Injuries." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 815-134, June 2015. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Michael Norris. "Bloodbuy." Harvard Business School Case 815-114, March 2015. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Matthew G. Preble. "Medalogix." Harvard Business School Case 815-116, March 2015. (Revised June 2015.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., Marianne Van Der Steen, and Susan Harmeling. "Building an Integrated Biopharma Company: Crucell (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 815-086, February 2015. (Revised November 2015.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., Marianne Van Der Steen, and Susan S. Harmeling. "Building an Integrated Biopharma Company: Crucell (A)." Harvard Business School Case 815-085, February 2015. (Revised November 2015.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Matthew G. Preble. "The National Football League and Brain Injuries." Harvard Business School Case 815-071, October 2014. (Revised September 2017.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., Joshua D. Margolis, and Matthew G. Preble. "Kathy Giusti and the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation." Harvard Business School Case 814-026, June 2014. (Revised February 2017.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "Building Life Science Businesses Spring Term 2017: Course Outline and Syllabus." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 815-003, July 2014. (Revised January 2017.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard, Regina Garcia Cueller, and Valeria Moy. "salaUno: Eliminating Needless Blindness in Mexico." Harvard Business School Case 814-041, March 2014. (Revised September 2017.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard, and Lauren Barley. "Fred Khosravi and AccessClosure (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 814-074, January 2014. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard, and Andrew Otazo. "MedImmune Ventures." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 814-039, January 2014. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., Joseph B. Fuller, and Matthew Preble. "GenapSys: Business Models for the Genome." Harvard Business School Case 814-050, January 2014. (Revised December 2014.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., Thomas Eisenmann, and Joseph B. Fuller. "The Entrepreneurial Manager: Course Overview, 2015 Winter Term." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 814-064, December 2013. (Revised March 2015.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and James Weber. "FasterCures: Removing Barriers to Treatments." Harvard Business School Case 814-003, October 2013. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Lauren Barley. "Fred Khosravi and AccessClosure (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 814-038, October 2013. (Revised January 2014.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and David Lane. "MedImmune Ventures." Harvard Business School Case 814-023, August 2013. (Revised October 2013.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "Building Life Science Businesses Fall 2013: Course Outline and Syllabus." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 814-019, August 2013. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Thomas Eisenmann. "The Entrepreneurial Manager: Course Overview, 2013 Winter Term". Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 813-155, January 2013. (Revised January 2013.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Alisa Zalosh. "Westlake Lanes: How Can This Business Be Saved? Spreadsheet for Instructors (Brief Case)." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 124-434, May 2012. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Alisa Zalosh. "Westlake Lanes: How Can This Business Be Saved? Spreadsheet for Students (Brief Case)." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 124-433, May 2012. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Alisa Zalosh. "Westlake Lanes: How Can This Business Be Saved? (Brief Case)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 124-432, May 2012. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Alisa Zalosh. "Sugar Bowl, Spreadsheet for Instructors (Brief Case) (CW)." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 913-540, November 2012. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Alisa Zalosh. "Sugar Bowl, Spreadsheet for Students (Brief Case) (CW)." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 913-539, November 2012. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Alisa Zalosh. "Sugar Bowl (Brief Case) (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 913-538, November 2012. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Alisa Zalosh. "Sugar Bowl." Harvard Business School Brief Case 913-537, November 2012. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Jim Sharpe. "Lyric Dinner Theater (A)." Harvard Business School Case 813-043, July 2012. (Revised May 2024.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Matthew Preble. "Gene Patents (A) (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 813-099, December 2012. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., Norman C. Selby, and Phillip Andrews. "Companion Diagnostics: Uncertainties for Approval and Reimbursement." Harvard Business School Case 813-037, November 2012. (Revised January 2013.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Amylin Pharmaceuticals (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 813-091, November 2012. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Alisa Zalosh. "Westlake Lanes: How Can This Business Be Saved?" Harvard Business School Brief Case 124-431, May 2012. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "Building Life Science Businesses Fall 2012: Course Outline and Syllabus." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 812-167, September 2012. (Revised from original June 2012 version.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Sunru Yong. "Meli Marine, Spreadsheet Supplement (Brief Case)." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 124-429, April 2012. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Sunru Yong. "Meli Marine, Instructor Supplement (Brief Case)." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 124-430, April 2012. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Sunru Yong. "Meli Marine (Brief Case)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 124-427, April 2012. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Sunru Yong. "Meli Marine." Harvard Business School Brief Case 124-426, April 2012. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard, and Phillip Andrews. "Gene Patents (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 812-130, March 2012. (Revised October 2013.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard, David Kiron, and Phillip Andrews. "Gene Patents (A)." Harvard Business School Case 811-089, June 2011. (Revised October 2013.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., Mona Sinha, and Elizabeth Vrolyk. "eHealthpoint: Healthcare for Rural India." Harvard Business School Case 812-020, October 2011. (Revised December 2012.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., Mara Aspinall, and Phillip Andrews. "Gene Sequencing: Staking a Position in an Expanding Industry." Harvard Business School Case 812-004, October 2011. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., Josh Lerner, and Phillip Andrews. "U.S. Universities and Technology Transfer." Harvard Business School Background Note 812-016, August 2011. (Revised September 2011.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., V.G. Narayanan, and Rachel Gordon. "Whose Money Is It Anyway? (TN) (A), (B), and (C)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 111-128, June 2011. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "Novasys Medical (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 811-084, June 2011. View Details
- Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Raffaella Sadun, and Richard G. Hamermesh. "Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey - Managing in the Shadow of Health Care Reform." Harvard Business School Case 711-403, March 2011. (Revised March 2011.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "PrimedicProviding Primary Care in Mexico (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 811-074, March 2011. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., Regina Garcia-Cuellar, and Lauren Sarah Margulies. "PrimedicProviding Primary Care in Mexico." Harvard Business School Case 811-040, October 2010. (Revised July 2011.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., F. Warren McFarlan, Mark Keil, Andrew Katz, Michael Morgan, and David LaBorde. "Computerized Provider Order Entry at Emory Healthcare." Harvard Business School Case 311-061, November 2010. (Revised January 2011.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., Mara G. Aspinall, and Rachel Gordon. "Plavix: Drugs in the Age of Personalized Medicine." Harvard Business School Background Note 811-001, October 2010. (Revised November 2010.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and David Kiron. "MINTing Innovation at NewYork-Presbyterian (A) and (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 811-010, October 2010. (Revised June 2015.) View Details
- Narayanan, V.G., Richard G. Hamermesh, and Rachel Gordon. "Whose Money Is It Anyway? (A)." Harvard Business School Case 810-008, March 2010. (Revised June 2010.) View Details
- Narayanan, V.G., Richard G. Hamermesh, and Rachel Gordon. "Whose Money Is It Anyway? (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 810-013, March 2010. View Details
- Narayanan, V.G., Richard G. Hamermesh, and Rachel Gordon. "Whose Money Is It Anyway? (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 810-031, March 2010. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "Shurgard Self-Storage: Expansion to Europe (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 810-102, February 2010. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "State of Emergency at Mercy Hospital and The Jenner Situation (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 810-068, January 2010. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Lauren Barley. "Novasys Medical." Harvard Business School Case 810-027, September 2009. (Revised August 2012.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., Andy Whittemore, and Eliot Sherman. "The Jenner Situation." Harvard Business School Case 809-070, May 2009. (Revised August 2010.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., Raju Kucherlapati, and Rachel Gordon. "Managing Drugs on the Forefront of Personalized Medicine: The Erbitux and Vectibix Story." Harvard Business School Case 810-066, November 2009. (Revised March 2010.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and David Kiron. "MINTing Innovation at NewYork-Presbyterian (A)." Harvard Business School Case 810-004, August 2009. (Revised June 2015.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., Mara G. Aspinall, and Rachel Gordon. "The Explosion of Genetic Testing: Opportunities and Challenges." Harvard Business School Case 810-067, November 2009. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Rachel Gordon. "Amylin Pharmaceuticals: Diabetes and Beyond (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 809-127, April 2009. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "Proteus Biomedical: Making Pigs Fly (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 809-128, March 2009. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "Technology Transfer at U.S. Universities (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 809-106, February 2009. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "Syndexa and Technology Transfer at Harvard University (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 809-107, February 2009. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., Lauren Barley, and Ginger Graham. "Proteus Biomedical: Making Pigs Fly." Harvard Business School Case 809-051, December 2008. (Revised April 2010.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Rachel Gordon. "Amylin Pharmaceuticals: Diabetes and Beyond (A)." Harvard Business School Case 809-011, December 2008. (Revised October 2013.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "Calloway Laboratory: Pee for Profit (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 808-119, February 2008. (Revised January 2010.) View Details
- Higgins, Robert F., Richard G. Hamermesh, and Erin Seefeld. "Cynthia Fisher and the Rearing of ViaCell (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 808-115, January 2008. (Revised January 2009.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Cara Sterling. "Healthcare and Harvard Business School Alumni in 2008." Harvard Business School Case 808-044, March 2008. (Revised June 2008.) View Details
- Applegate, Lynda M., Richard G. Hamermesh, and Michael J. Roberts. "ProfitLogic (CW)." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 808-704, April 2008. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "DermaCare: Zapping Zits Directly (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 808-122, February 2008. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Lauren Barley. "DermaCare: Zapping Zits Directly." Harvard Business School Case 808-064, September 2007. (Revised October 2010.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and David Kiron. "Syndexa and Technology Transfer at Harvard University." Harvard Business School Case 808-073, September 2007. (Revised May 2009.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., Josh Lerner, and David Kiron. "Technology Transfer at U.S. Universities." Harvard Business School Background Note 807-124, January 2007. (Revised June 2007.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., Brian DeLacey, and Erin Seefeld. "Endo Pharmaceuticals Series (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 807-166, June 2007. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Erin Seefeld. "DentalCorp (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 807-163, May 2007. View Details
- Higgins, Robert F., Richard G. Hamermesh, and Virginia Fuller. "Note on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration." Harvard Business School Background Note 807-050, January 2007. (Revised January 2007.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Robert F. Higgins. "Note on Biotech Business Development." Harvard Business School Background Note 807-032, January 2007. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Erin Seefeld. "Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 806-140, March 2006. (Revised February 2009.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and David Kiron. "Calloway Laboratory: Pee for Profit." Harvard Business School Case 807-040, October 2006. (Revised August 2007.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., Ron Laufer, and David Lane. "Corporate Venture Capital at Eli Lilly." Harvard Business School Case 806-092, February 2006. (Revised July 2007.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Brian DeLacey. "Endo Pharmaceuticals (A): From LBO to...?" Harvard Business School Case 806-064, January 2006. (Revised May 2007.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Brian DeLacey. "Endo Pharmaceuticals (B): Merger Decision." Harvard Business School Supplement 806-065, January 2006. (Revised May 2007.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Brian DeLacey. Endo Pharmaceuticals (C): An "At Risk" Launch? Harvard Business School Supplement 806-066, January 2006. (Revised May 2007.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Brian DeLacey. "Endo Pharmaceuticals (D): Hatch-Waxman Change." Harvard Business School Supplement 806-067, January 2006. (Revised May 2007.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Brian DeLacey. "Endo Pharmaceuticals (E): Judge Stein Rules." Harvard Business School Supplement 806-081, January 2006. (Revised May 2007.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Brian DeLacey. "Endo Pharmaceuticals (F): Appeals Court Ruling." Harvard Business School Supplement 806-082, January 2006. (Revised May 2007.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "Corporate Venture Capital at Eli Lilly." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 807-705, November 2006. (Revised May 2007.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "Dental Corp--video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 807-703, December 2006. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Erin Seefeld. "Corporate Venture Capital at Eli Lilly (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 807-059, September 2006. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "Wu Xi Pharmatech." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 807-701, September 2006. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "Cutlass Capital, L.P.: Discussion with David Hetz and Jon Osgood." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 806-719, June 2006. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Erin Seefeld. "WuXi PharmaTech (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 806-180, May 2006. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Erin Seefeld. "Cutlass Capital, L.P. (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 806-155, March 2006. View Details
- Higgins, Robert F., Richard G. Hamermesh, and Erin Seefeld. "Stan Lapidus: Profile of a Medical Entrepreneur (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 806-149, March 2006. View Details
- Higgins, Robert F., Richard G. Hamermesh, and Erin Seefeld. "Conor Medsystems (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 806-150, March 2006. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Erin Seefeld. "Fred Khosravi and AccessClosure (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 806-141, March 2006. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "John Moran and the Orthopedics Industry (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 806-125, February 2006. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Robert F. Higgins. "Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital in Healthcare Fall Term 2011: Course Outline and Syllabus." Harvard Business School Background Note 806-048, November 2005. (Revised November 2011.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard, and Liz Kind. "Fred Khosravi and AccessClosure (A)." Harvard Business School Case 806-044, December 2005. (Revised October 2013.) View Details
- Higgins, Robert F., Richard G. Hamermesh, and Ingrid Vargas. "Cynthia Fisher and the Rearing of ViaCell." Harvard Business School Case 806-002, December 2005. (Revised May 2007.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho. "DentalCorp." Harvard Business School Case 806-023, October 2005. (Revised September 2006.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Simin Zhou. "WuXi PharmaTech." Harvard Business School Case 806-003, September 2005. (Revised June 2006.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Edwin W. Parkinson III. "Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 805-067, January 2005. (Revised March 2006.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "Shurgard Self-Storage (video)." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 806-711, October 2005. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Michael J. Roberts. "ProfitLogic: Scott Friend, CEO (DVD)." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 806-702, October 2005. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "Vialog Corporation (DVD)." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 806-701, October 2005. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "MAC Development Corporation (DVD)." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 806-703, October 2005. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Michael J. Roberts. "ProfitLogic (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 806-057, September 2005. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., James L. Heskett, and Michael J. Roberts. "A Note on Managing the Growing Venture." Harvard Business School Background Note 805-092, January 2005. (Revised August 2005.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Indra Reinbergs. "Shurgard Self-Storage: Expansion to Europe and Shurgard Self-Storage: Expansion to Europe (Abridged) (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 805-080, November 2004. (Revised May 2010.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Brian DeLacey. "Cutlass Capital, L.P." Harvard Business School Case 805-075, December 2004. (Revised March 2007.) View Details
- Heskett, James L., and Richard G. Hamermesh. "Achieving Profitable Growth and Market Value." Harvard Business School Background Note 804-157, April 2004. (Revised May 2006.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Indra Reinbergs. "Shurgard Self-Storage: Expansion to Europe." Harvard Business School Case 804-112, March 2004. (Revised May 2005.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "John Moran and the Orthopedics Industry." Harvard Business School Case 805-026, October 2004. (Revised February 2005.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "Managing Segway's Early Development (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 805-016, September 2004. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Michael J. Roberts. "Pre-Money / Post-Money Tutorial (Instructor Guide)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 804-195, June 2004. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "Resourcery, Ltd. (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 804-008, January 2004. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Todd H Thedinga. "Threshold Sports." Harvard Business School Case 803-134, March 2003. (Revised January 2006.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and David Kiron. "Managing Segway's Early Development." Harvard Business School Case 804-065, December 2003. (Revised September 2004.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Feyi A. Boroffice. "Resourcery, Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 803-148, March 2003. (Revised November 2003.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Todd H Thedinga. "Threshold Sports (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 803-135, March 2003. (Revised June 2003.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Paul W. Marshall. "Jim Sharpe: Extrusion Technology, Inc." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 803-803, May 2003. View Details
- "Pre-Money / Post-Money Tutorial." Harvard Business School Tutorial 803-703, February 2003. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Colleen McCaffrey. "MAC Development Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 802-140, March 2002. (Revised June 2003.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., Michael J. Roberts, and Taslim Pirmohamed. "ProfitLogic." Harvard Business School Case 802-110, January 2002. (Revised May 2003.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "MAC Development Corporation (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 803-024, July 2002. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Michele Lutz. "Vialog Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 802-008, January 2002. (Revised July 2002.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Michele Lutz. "Vialog Corporation (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 802-053, January 2002. (Revised July 2002.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., Paul W. Marshall, and Taslim Pirmohamed. "Note on Business Model Analysis for the Entrepreneur." Harvard Business School Background Note 802-048, January 2002. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "The Entrepreneurial Manager 2011 Winter Term: Course Overview." Harvard Business School Background Note 801-325, January 2001. (Revised January 2011.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "Kingsley Management." Harvard Business School Case 801-474, June 2001. (Revised November 2004.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Michelle Lutz. "Kingsley Management TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 801-484, June 2001. (Revised April 2003.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Michele Lutz. "Return Logic, Inc. (A) and (B) TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 801-366, January 2001. (Revised May 2001.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Michele Lutz. "Balance, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 801-169, February 2001. (Revised May 2001.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Michele Lutz. "Balance, Inc. (A) and (B) TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 801-372, February 2001. (Revised May 2001.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Michele Lutz. "Return Logic, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 801-167, January 2001. (Revised May 2001.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Michele Lutz. "Return Logic, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 801-168, January 2001. (Revised May 2001.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Michele Lutz. "Lawyers & Leases." Harvard Business School Case 801-166, January 2001. (Revised April 2001.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Michele Lutz. "Balance, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 801-170, February 2001. (Revised April 2001.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Michele Lutz. "Lawyers & Leases TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 801-353, January 2001. (Revised April 2001.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Jeremy Dann. "STT Aerospace: Interview with Charles Damon, Chairman and CEO, February 8, 1999." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 300-502, November 1999. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Jeremy Dann. "STT Aerospace, Supplement." Harvard Business School Supplement 399-078, January 1999. (Revised October 1999.) View Details
- Christensen, Clayton M., Richard G. Hamermesh, and Jeremy Dann. "Bloomberg L.P." Harvard Business School Case 399-081, February 1999. (Revised June 1999.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "STT Aerospace and Supplement TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 399-169, June 1999. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "Explo Leisure Products TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 399-168, May 1999. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "Explo Leisure Products." Harvard Business School Case 399-053, November 1998. (Revised July 2012.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Jeremy Dann. "STT Aerospace." Harvard Business School Case 399-056, December 1998. (Revised June 1999.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Lucinda Doran. "Specialty Medical Chemicals." Harvard Business School Case 399-094, December 1998. (Revised May 1999.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "Mitek Corporation TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 398-181, June 1998. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "PC&D, Inc. TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 398-183, June 1998. View Details
- Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr., and Richard G. Hamermesh. "Orthoteks USA Series TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 398-126, June 1998. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Joseph L. Bower. "Cleveland Twist Drill (A) and (B) TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 395-236, June 1995. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Richard S. Rosenbloom. "Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc. (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 388-096, February 1988. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Evelyn T. Christiansen. "International Harvester (A), (B1), (B2), (B3), (B4), (C), and (D), Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 386-125, June 1986. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "Lyric Dinner Theatre: Deborah Denenberg, General Manager, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 886-523, April 1986. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Francis Aguilar. "General Electric--1984: John F. Welch, Jr., Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 886-529, January 1986. View Details
- Aguilar, Francis, and Richard G. Hamermesh. "General Electric Co.--1984." Harvard Business School Case 385-315, May 1985. (Revised March 1993.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Daniel F. Muzyka. "Cleveland Twist Drill: Jim Bartlett, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 885-513, April 1985. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "Cleveland Twist Drill (B)." Harvard Business School Case 384-163, May 1984. (Revised May 1989.) View Details
- Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr., and Richard G. Hamermesh. "Orthoteks USA (B3)." Harvard Business School Supplement 384-060, September 1983. (Revised May 1999.) View Details
- Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr., and Richard G. Hamermesh. "Orthoteks USA (A)." Harvard Business School Case 384-057, September 1983. (Revised July 1991.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "Cleveland Twist Drill (A)." Harvard Business School Case 384-083, September 1983. (Revised December 1988.) View Details
- Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr., and Richard G. Hamermesh. "Orthoteks USA (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 384-061, September 1983. (Revised July 1986.) View Details
- Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr., and Richard G. Hamermesh. "Orthoteks USA (B1)." Harvard Business School Supplement 384-058, September 1983. (Revised September 1985.) View Details
- Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr., and Richard G. Hamermesh. "Orthoteks USA (B2)." Harvard Business School Supplement 384-059, September 1983. (Revised September 1985.) View Details
- Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr., and Richard G. Hamermesh. "Orthoteks USA (D)." Harvard Business School Supplement 384-062, September 1983. View Details
- Aguilar, Francis, and Richard G. Hamermesh. "General Electric: John F. Welch, Jr., Chairman of the Board, Video Transcript." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 383-002, June 1983. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "International Harvester: Comments on Tenure as CEO, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 883-517, April 1983. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "Note on Implementing Strategy." Harvard Business School Background Note 383-015, September 1982. (Revised October 1988.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "International Harvester (D)." Harvard Business School Case 383-035, November 1982. (Revised January 1985.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Francis Aguilar. "General Electric: Strategic Planning, Corporate Goals, and the Job of the Chief Executive, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 883-504, July 1982. View Details
- Aguilar, Francis, and Richard G. Hamermesh. "General Electric: John F. Welch, Jr., Chairman of the Board, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 882-524, April 1982. View Details
- Aguilar, Francis, and Richard G. Hamermesh. "General Electric: Strategic Position--1981." Harvard Business School Case 381-174, April 1981. (Revised March 1993.) View Details
- Aguilar, Francis, and Richard G. Hamermesh. "General Electric: Business Development." Harvard Business School Case 382-092, November 1981. (Revised May 1985.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "International Harvester: The First Two Years, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 881-504, June 1981. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "International Harvester: Future Prospects and the Strike, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 881-505, June 1981. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Evelyn T. Christiansen. "International Harvester (B1)." Harvard Business School Case 381-053, October 1980. (Revised June 1986.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Evelyn T. Christiansen. "International Harvester (A)." Harvard Business School Case 381-052, October 1980. (Revised January 1985.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Evelyn T. Christiansen. "International Harvester (B2)." Harvard Business School Case 381-054, November 1980. (Revised April 1981.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Evelyn T. Christiansen. "International Harvester (B4)." Harvard Business School Case 381-056, November 1980. (Revised March 1981.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Evelyn T. Christiansen. "International Harvester (C)." Harvard Business School Case 381-057, November 1980. (Revised March 1981.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Evelyn T. Christiansen. "International Harvester (B3)." Harvard Business School Case 381-055, November 1980. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "Management Succession and Board Membership." Harvard Business School Case 380-132, March 1980. (Revised May 1980.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "Management Succession and Board Membership, Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 380-187, April 1980. View Details
- Christiansen, Evelyn T., and Richard G. Hamermesh. "PC&D, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 380-072, October 1979. (Revised March 1986.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "Dexter Corp., Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 379-172, April 1979. (Revised December 1985.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "Dexter Corp." Harvard Business School Case 379-112, February 1979. (Revised September 1983.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Evelyn T. Christiansen. "Mitek Corp." Harvard Business School Case 379-110, February 1979. (Revised October 1980.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., and Evelyn T. Christiansen. "Mitek Corp., Supplement." Harvard Business School Supplement 379-111, February 1979. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "Bishopric, Inc., Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 378-279, June 1978. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., Karen Gordon Mills, and John P. Reed. "Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc." Harvard Business School Case 378-024, August 1977. (Revised April 1987.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc., Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 378-108, October 1977. (Revised October 1985.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "BiC Pen Corp. (A), Supplement." Harvard Business School Supplement 378-086, September 1977. (Revised May 1983.) View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G. "Bishopric, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 378-025, October 1977. View Details
- Salter, Malcolm S., and Richard G. Hamermesh. "Fuqua Industries (A), (B), and (C), Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 375-280, February 1975. (Revised October 1985.) View Details
- Bower, Joseph L., and Richard G. Hamermesh. "Federated Department Stores, Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 375-304, March 1975. (Revised October 1985.) View Details
- Bower, Joseph L., and Richard G. Hamermesh. "Federated Department Stores." Harvard Business School Case 375-147, November 1974. (Revised June 1985.) View Details
- Salter, Malcolm S., and Richard G. Hamermesh. "Fuqua Industries (A)." Harvard Business School Case 375-189, December 1974. (Revised May 1983.) View Details
- Salter, Malcolm S., and Richard G. Hamermesh. "Fuqua Industries (C)." Harvard Business School Case 375-191, December 1974. (Revised April 1975.) View Details
- Salter, Malcolm S., and Richard G. Hamermesh. "Fuqua Industries (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 375-190, December 1974. View Details
- Hamermesh, Richard G., Kathy Giusti, and Susie L. Ma. "Breakthroughs at Blueprint Medicines." Harvard Business School Case 820-001, June 2020. View Details
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- "Pursuing Precision Medicine at Intermountain Healthcare." Cold Call (podcast), Harvard Business Review Group, February 28, 2019. View Details
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