Publications

10 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

COVID's Surprising Toll on Careers of Women Scientists

Foundation. About the Author Rachel Layne is a writer based in the Boston area. [Image: valentinrussanov] Related Reading Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive Who Guarantees Your Workplace Is Safe for Return?... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health; Health; Health

21 Jan 2014
First Look

First Look: January 21

several mechanisms: by conferring employer recognition, by enhancing social visibility, and by facilitating social comparison. In a nationwide health worker training program in Zambia, we design a field experiment to unbundle these... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2016
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016

private profit not come at the expense of consumer welfare. This book assembles 17 case studies at the intersection of business and public health to illustrate how each side can inform and benefit the other. Through contemporary examples... View Details

September 2008 (Revised March 2020)
Supplement

Medtronic: Patient Management Initiative (B)

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

The (B) case provides the denouement to the (A) case about Medtronic's introduction of the Chronicle and remote monitoring business. View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Measurement and Metrics; Information Technology; Competitive Strategy; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

01 Sep 2014
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2014

on the next big thing, Dahod marries technological understanding with management expertise to solve high-tech problems and build cutting-edge companies. With five advanced degrees and five successful startups under his belt, Dahod channels his energy into transforming... View Details

Profile

Craig Baker

built-to-order, high-capacity machines,” Craig says. “The management team I was part of took the company from financial trouble to financial health and growth.” The experience reawakened a possibility he mulled over while in college. “An... View Details

August 2007 (Revised November 2008)
Case

Biocon: Launching a New Cancer Drug in India

By: Sunil Gupta and Das Narayandas

Kiran Majumdar-Shaw, the CEO of Biocon has to make product launch timing, pricing, channel, and communications mix decisions relating to the launch of BioMAb, a new cancer drug in India. View Details

Keywords: Price; Health Care and Treatment; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Planning; Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry; India

Educators

June 2005
Article

A Rising Drug Industry: Pharmaceuticals since 1870

By: Arthur A. Daemmrich

Keywords: Health; Business History; Pharmaceutical Industry

17 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: January 17

reference points or anchors to simplify the complex tasks of valuation and negotiation. Read the paper: http://people.hbs.edu/mbaker/cv/papers/refpt.pdf The Four Habits of High-Value Health Care Organizations Author:Richard M.J. Bohmer... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

April 1998
Case

Cephalon, Inc.

By: Peter Tufano

In early 1997, Cephalon, awaited an FDA panel's decision on whether its drug, Myotrophin, would be approved. If the drug was approved, the firm might need substantial additional funds to commercialize as well as to buy back rights to it (which had been sold earlier to... View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Financing and Loans; Health Care and Treatment; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States

Educators

15 Jun 2021
News

Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy

communities of color who include the voices of community members in their decision-making.” Unknown to Big Funders The NCF focuses on four pillars of underfunded structural challenges: policing and criminal justice reform; economic empowerment; View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

March 2012
Article

A 2-phase Labeling and Choice Architecture Intervention to Improve Healthy Food and Beverage Choices

By: Anne Thorndike, Lilian Sonnenberg, Jason Riis, Susan Barraclough and Douglas E. Levy

Objectives: We assessed whether a 2-phase labeling and choice architecture intervention increased sales of healthy food and beverages in a large hospital cafeteria. Methods: Phase 1 was a 3-month color-coded labeling intervention (red="unhealthy" yellow="less healthy"... View Details

Keywords: Health; Sales; Change; Food and Beverage Industry

22 Jul 2021
News

Mentoring Fashion Startups in Singapore; Rising Star Accolades for Mid-Career Women

the textile industry brings wealth to the local economies. I appreciate the opportunity to introduce technologies and new businesses to these markets so they will be able to adopt sustainable practices.” In addition to Mansukhani and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

Web

Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Internship in Global Health Kaleigh Killoran 30 Jul 2019 Before HBS, I moved to Kenya so that I could work on critical infrastructure projects and help bu... Life After Rikers: HBS Alumni Volunteers Complete Project Aimed at Reducing... View Details

Web

Career Journey | MBA

88% Class of 2024 who actively sought and accepted full-time roles after graduation. Industry Consulting 18% Consumer Products 3% Entertainment / Media 3% Financial Services 39% Health Care 6% Manufacturing... View Details

April 1991 (Revised November 1997)
Case

Levi Strauss & Co. and the AIDS Crisis

By: Richard S. Tedlow

Keywords: Health Disorders; Employee Relationship Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Apparel and Accessories Industry

18 Jul 2018
Research & Ideas

No More General Tso's? A Threat to 'Knowledge Recombination'

blocked from more traditional work, opened restaurants. But they had to cater to the American palate by adding sweetness to their dishes and combining Chinese and American ingredients into innovations like chop suey and the aforementioned General Tso’s. The American... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Health; Health

August 2024
Article

How Do Copayment Coupons Affect Branded Drug Prices and Quantities Purchased?

By: Leemore S. Dafny, Kate Ho and Edward Kong

Drug copayment coupons to reduce patient cost-sharing have become nearly ubiquitous for high-priced brand-name prescription drugs. Medicare bans such coupons on the grounds that they are kickbacks that induce utilization, but they are commonly used by... View Details

Keywords: Prescription Drugs; Coupons; Impact; Health Care and Treatment; Markets; Price; Spending; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States

Register to Read

April 2017
Supplement

Imprimis (B)

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Karen Elterman and Marc Appel

This case is a supplement to Imprimis (A). It describes the company’s decision to enter into the pharmaceutical compounding business in 2013–2014. Imprimis purchased a compounded ophthalmological medication called Dropless Therapy, which was injected into patients’... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare; Drug Compounding; Drug Development; Pharmaceuticals; Small Business; Decision-making, Business Model; Mark Baum; Imprimis; Decision Making; Strategy; Health Care and Treatment; Policy; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States