Life Sciences - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon

risky projects or projects related to COVID-19, primarily in the life sciences sector, as the latter might have higher expected returns. As a result, entrepreneurs outside of the View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

31 Aug 2010
First Look

First Look: August 31

Working PapersFrom Bench to Board: Gender Differences in University Scientists' Participation in Commercial Science Authors:Waverly W. Ding, Fiona Murray, and Toby E. Stuart Abstract This paper examines gender differences in the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Jun 2020
Book

Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

19 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future

On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Construction; Real Estate

29 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Global Change in the Built Environment

innovation, especially in the life sciences in areas such as stem cell research, requires buildings that must be flexible and readily converted to new and different uses. What will be published or other... View Details

Keywords: by Arthur Segel; Construction; Real Estate

18 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas, April 18

from activist investors. Danaher, by contrast, had performed strongly in the years leading up to the spinoff. It had spent the previous decade strengthening its portfolio in sectors such as life sciences and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

11 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 11, 2008

cognitive lens to understanding technology trajectories across the life cycle by developing a co-evolutionary model of technological frames and technology. Applying that model to each stage of the technology View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 May 2007
Research & Ideas

Health Care Under a Research Microscope

Project Antares with colleagues at the Harvard School of Public Health. The effort aims to create a system for devising commercial incentives that provide affordable public health initiatives, such as delivering medicines at very low cost. A speedy organ transplant can... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health; Biotechnology

07 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Exit Interview: HBS Dean Kim Clark

family matters, health issues, disappointments. The most difficult issues often involve life outside the School. Q: What accomplishments are you proudest of? A: When we started out ten years ago, there were several things we were... View Details

Keywords: by HBS Alumni Bulletin Staff

04 May 2007
What Do You Think?

How Do Managers Think?

"Interesting to make analogies, but the basics of medical decision making are grounded in scientific fact whereas there is no unified body of knowledge based on science for the manager." As Todd Rhoad put it, " doctors are... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

12 Jan 2016
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January 12, 2016

link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50304 October 2015 Health Affairs Exposure to Harmful Workplace Practices Could Account for Inequality in Life Spans Across Different Demographic Groups By: Goh, Joel, Jeffrey Pfeffer,... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

15 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 15

Authors:Michael I. Norton, Lalin Anik, Lara B. Aknin, and Elizabeth W. Dunn Publication:Social Psychological and Personality Science (forthcoming) Abstract Three studies examine the extent to which laypeople endorse Thomas Hobbes' (1651)... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement

Crisis or Opportunity? Psychological Science Ayse Yemiscigil, A.V. Whillans, and N. Powdthavee “Does retirement lead to an existential crisis or present an opportunity to experience a renewed sense of purpose in life? In a nationally... View Details

15 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

The Founding CEO’s Dilemma: Stay or Go?

Noam Wasserman is an assistant professor and MBA Class of 1961 Fellow in the entrepreneurial management unit at Harvard Business School. His paper "Founder-CEO Succession and the Paradox of Entrepreneurial Success," published in Organization View Details

07 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

The Organizational Model for Open Source

The more fundamental question that firms and policy makers need to be thinking about is just what type of good is software?—Siobhán O'Mahony Similar issues surface in the biotechnology world, where university and market conceptions of the View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

05 Sep 2008
What Do You Think?

Is Case Method Instruction Due for an Overhaul?

conviction," and foster the realization "that life is filled with ambiguity." Tony Prehn pointed out that "The case study method ... is also an organic learning tool that updates itself as business environments and... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Education

08 May 2007
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First Look: May 8, 2007

be useful for managing change after the Kyoto period is a challenge both for Kyoto ratifiers and for countries like the United States that have not ratified the agreement. Summarizes the science and economics of climate change, and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Unspoken Cues: Encouraging Morals Without Mandates

The belief that business life entails personal choices is a "vocal" element in the School's context. Q: Can morals be manufactured, as the title of the book suggests? A: The term "manufacturing" evokes the notion of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education

02 Jun 2008
Research & Ideas

Spending on Happiness

One of the most puzzling paradoxes in social science is that though people spend so much of their time trying to make more money, having more money doesn't seem to make them that much happier. My colleagues Liz Dunn and Lara Aknin—both at... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

05 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?

to donate his or her body to Science Care (a for-profit entrepreneurial venture located in Arizona) or to the University of Arizona's College of Medicine. Why the donor might chose to select one program over another is an empirical... View Details

Keywords: by Michel Anteby; Health

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