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  • January 2018 (Revised January 2019)
  • Case

ZappRx

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Olivia Hull
In October 2015, ZappRx founder Zoe Barry is deciding between two business models for her health technology start-up. Her product, a software application that aims to expedite the prescription fulfillment process for patients with rare diseases, has attracted interest... View Details
Keywords: Speciality Drugs; Hub Services; Pivot; Speciality Prescriptions; Health Care and Treatment; Customization and Personalization; Internet and the Web; Business Model; Decision Choices and Conditions; Pharmaceutical Industry; Massachusetts
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  • 15 Feb 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Growing Pains: Prescriptions for U.S. Health Care

examples have already begun to appear in the form of specialized treatment centers that concentrate, for instance, on cardiac or renal disorders or high-tech medical imaging. This narrow focus minimizes overhead costs and increases... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Health
  • 2006
  • Book

Science Business: The Promise, the Reality, and the Future of Biotech

By: Gary P. Pisano
Why has the biotechnology industry failed to perform up to expectations—despite all its promise? In Science Business, Gary P. Pisano answers this question by providing an incisive critique of the industry. Pisano not only reveals the underlying causes of... View Details
Keywords: Science; Business Ventures; Biotechnology Industry
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  • 24 Apr 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018

Tella, and Lucas Llach Abstract—This article is an introduction to the special collection on Argentine Exceptionalism. First, we discuss why the case of Argentina is generally regarded as exceptional: the country was among the richest in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Jan 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018

on average, more valuable—they are more clinically effective; have higher patent citations; lead to more revenue and to higher stock market value. Using variation in the expansion of Medicare prescription drug coverage, we show that firms... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Feb 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55632 forthcoming Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Active Choice, Implicit Defaults, and the Incentive to Choose By: Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian Abstract—... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Jan 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019

managers formulate problems, evaluate their difficulty, define “good enough solutions,” and optimize the ways in which they will solve them in advance of attempting to solve them. The paper introduces both a framework for the analysis of strategic problems in... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 25 Mar 2019
  • Research & Ideas

The Secret Life of Supply Chains

For many politicians and policymakers, the best prescription is to rebuild the country’s ability to make things, particularly end products. The new supply chain research suggests an expanded view that innovation and well-paying jobs can... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing; Service
  • 02 Oct 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Negotiating in Three Dimensions

is an essential skill, and where the science of negotiation is headed. Negotiation is a core competence for life, "not merely an important skill to be wheeled out for special occasions," they argue. James K. Sebenius is the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 05 May 2011
  • What Do You Think?

How Ethical Can We Be?

they make diagnoses and prescriptions biased by their special training while maintaining their belief that they are putting their patients first. It helps explain why people systematically regard themselves... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 18 Aug 2003
  • Research & Ideas

How New Managers Become Great Managers

chapters and a more prescriptive style to reflect today's world of expanding globalization, accelerated change, and increased complexity. This excerpt discusses the importance for young managers to continue to develop as professionals via... View Details
Keywords: by Linda Hill
  • 17 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 17

by how well it raises the welfare of the representative household. While the model has Keynesian features, its policy prescriptions differ significantly from textbook Keynesian analysis. Moreover, the model suggests that the commonly used... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History

argument and methodological innovation have moved academic subjects forward, not bland rejections of previous frameworks. The editorial team has identified six broad areas that hold promise. The list is neither exclusive nor prescriptive... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman
  • 12 Oct 2006
  • First Look

First Look: October 12, 2006

prescriptions for companies, investors, and policymakers seeking ways to improve the industry's performance. According to Pisano, the biotech industry's problems stem from its special character as a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Jan 2007
  • First Look

First Look: January 30, 2007

found to be associated with the ability to attract specialized solvers with range of diverse scientific interests. Furthermore, successful solvers solved problems at the boundary or outside of their fields of expertise, indicating a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Nov 2013
  • First Look

First Look: November 26

Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian, and Gwendolyn Reynolds Abstract—Objectives: To assess whether the addition of a peer testimonial to an informational mailing increases conversion rates from brand name View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Jul 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Solving COVID'S Mental Health Crisis

community-based organizations. COVID-19 has disrupted GPP’s school-based activities, which include teacher training and the Teen Advisory Council, a program that supports students as they educate their peers about the dangers of View Details
Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Health
  • 30 Oct 2006
  • First Look

First Look: October 31, 2006

Contributors draw from a range of disciplines, including political science, public administration, civil society studies, anthropology, organizational sociology, business, and social and critical theory. In so doing, they demonstrate the inadequacy of modern... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Jan 2015
  • First Look

First Look: January 13

"multi-front negotiation campaign" (Sebenius 2010, Lax and Sebenius 2012) offers an analytic approach that may enjoy descriptive and prescriptive advantages over more traditional approaches that focus on a specific negotiation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Apr 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Clayton Christensen on Disrupting Health Care

screening participants in drug trials and make it possible to track and troubleshoot unexpected problems that show up after a drug is introduced into the general population, like what happened with Vioxx. The potential of this technology is far-reaching. Q: Your View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Health

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