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2009
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Innovamedica: Innovation in an Emerging Market

By: Roberto Charvel, Fernando Fabre and T. Putimahtama

Innovamedica was a medical start up with several state of the art devices such as a silicon substitute heart and other inventions. However, the founding scientist was struggling in attracting talent and fundraising and that had an impact on growth. View Details

Keywords: Biotech; Entrepreneurial Finance; Entrepreneurship; Start-up; Emergent Countries; Business Startups; Talent and Talent Management; Design; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Private Equity; Health Testing and Trials; Innovation and Invention; Managerial Roles; Biotechnology Industry; Latin America; North and Central America

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2009
Working Paper

Where Is the Pharmacy to the World? International Regulatory Variation and Pharmaceutical Industry Location

By: Arthur Daemmrich

A consumer-oriented model for drug development and use has attracted attention in recent years as an alternative to the much-maligned approach of mass-marketing blockbuster drugs. In a parallel development, patients and disease-based organizations have assumed greater... View Details

Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Health Disorders; Health Testing and Trials; Power and Influence; Competitive Strategy; Pharmaceutical Industry; European Union; Germany; United States

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04 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Is Your Org Chart Stuck in a Rut? Try a Scientific Experiment

line.” Bernstein believes the key to breaking that cycle may lie in research partnerships that help organizations conduct more field experiments. Just as many companies test out new products with “a/b” testing, they might also take an... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

03 Apr 2016
News

The Tampon of the Future

2009), an entrepreneur with an engineering background. “I was trying to develop a way for women to monitor their own fertility at home,” she told the New York Times recently. “Those kinds of diagnostic tests require a lot of blood. So I... View Details

Keywords: Blavatnick; Scientific Research and Development Services

08 May 2015
News

An alternative view of the role of the corporation in society

“In addition, corporations are not a homogenous group, as the theories of profit maximization assume; not all corporations have the same role in society, and many of the largest corporations have more of their activities put to the test... View Details

01 Sep 2018
News

The True Value of a Tweet

will actually say something, and the rest is the silent majority. So if you’re an executive, how do you pin a value to this tool? LJ: There has to be a more careful study of that. But all of these digital tools are amazing for marketers and have enhanced our capability... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

24 Sep 2018
Blog Post

Working to Keep Pirates At-Bay: My Summer in Cyber Security

and to frame the problems in the right way to come up with solutions quickly. Additionally, I was used to strict processes but at At-Bay, I had to learn how to tackle issues that no one in the company has dealt with before me, and how to View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

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Database Best Practices - Research Computing Services

determine whether you need to turn off logging and make sure to analyze any warnings. It is highly recommended that you first do test loads of tables. These import tests are very useful for assessing the... View Details

15 Dec 2024
News

Skydeck: Reddit’s Rise

dinner party. Is it work colleagues? Is it college friends? [So] you know what to wear, what to say, what not to say.” “I love the zeitgeist. ...I’m the first one to download the new music on Tuesdays. I’m the first one to download some new crazy app and View Details

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Joseph Blair

It’s difficult to imagine Joe Blair standing still. A triathlete, currently training for a “half-Ironman” in the summer of 2013, Joe runs self-timed marathons. In his former life as an engineer, he took a great deal of pleasure tooling around the View Details

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Prompt-a-thon Invites HBS IT Staff to Sharpen GenAI Skills | Information Technology

test their prompting skills. Teams had 50 minutes to work on GenAI prompts and prepare a quick-fire presentation to share their outcomes with the rest of the group. Whether designing a system using data analytics to predict alumni... View Details

01 Dec 1998
News

New Senior Executive Programme Strengthens African Managerial Leadership

allow participants to test on the job what they have learned. The program's first cohort of 63 participants met in August and early this month; a second cohort will begin in January. HBS faculty members teaching in the program include... View Details

01 Oct 2000
News

Hawes Hall Groundbreaking

will share architectural similarities with campus buildings designed by the firm of McKim, Mead & White in the 1920s. Hawes Hall will house eight classrooms equipped with state-of-the-art technology that will, in Clark's words, "stand the View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Feb 2002
News

Replicating Toyota's Success

itself is also unique. Rather than adopting the first good idea, workers create iterative, structured experiments to test hypotheses and foster continuous learning. The result is a workforce that can explore problems independently, an... View Details

Keywords: Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade

22 Feb 2022
News

Research Brief: The Fresh Start Effect

programs, Beshears says. “There are a lot of researchers who are champing at the bit for ways to test these ideas in the real world, and we always hope that partnerships like these can lead to benefits that both sides can enjoy.” “Using... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

20 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: September 20

team's knowledge-integration capability. We test our theoretical framework using data on knowledge workers in professional services and discuss implications for research and practice. Download the paper:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Mar 2017
Research & Ideas

Hiding Products From Customers May Ultimately Boost Sales

attractive one first or second?” Note to readers: As they continue their research, Ferreira and Goh would like to team up with retailers to test their models in real-world settings. If you think your company might benefit from empirical... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail; Fashion

28 Nov 2016
Research & Ideas

Challenging the Belief that Liability Laws Kill Medical Device Innovation

Doctors are afraid of getting sued. According to some accounts, 75 percent of them perform more tests and procedures than necessary to avoid potential lawsuits over medical malpractice. The phenomenon of “defensive medicine” has been... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Medical Devices & Supplies

22 Aug 2006
First Look

First Look: August 22, 2006

development? This paper attempts to answer this question by examining the history of bond markets and creditor rights in Brazil as well as evidence of creditor rights protections in a cross-section of common and civil law countries. The View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ‘Collective Genius’

in figure 1-2 of the real CG movie-making process. Since innovation is a problem-solving process, it's really about searching for a solution by creating and testing a portfolio of ideas. It often takes time even to frame a problem in the... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill; Entertainment & Recreation

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