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  • 30 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Entering the Age of Alliances

Even when a strategic fit is not immediately obvious, common ground can often be discovered. —James E. Austin Similarly, the National Science Resources Center (NSRC) a nonprofit organization created by View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
  • 13 Sep 2010
  • Research & Ideas

The Consumer Appeal of Underdog Branding

attractive. Why? The reason might be an increasing willingness on the part of consumers to identify with the underdog. In today's economically... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace

    The Price Effects of Cross-Market Mergers: Theory and Evidence from the Hospital Industry

    We consider the effect of mergers between firms whose products are not viewed as direct substitutes for the same good or service but are bundled by a common intermediary. Focusing on hospital mergers across distinct geographic markets, we show that such... View Details
    • 08 Dec 2023
    • Video

    Case Studies: Untold Stories of Entrepreneurs in the Middle East

    • 2008
    • Working Paper

    The Internalization of Advertising Services: An Inter-Industry Analysis

    By: Sharon Horsky, Steven C. Michael and Alvin J. Silk
    The common perception appears to be that vertical integration of advertising services is more the exception than the rule in the U.S. advertising industry. This study investigates the extent of such outsourcing and examines inter-industry variation in the use of... View Details
    Keywords: Advertising; Cost; Analytics and Data Science; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Service Operations; Creativity; Perception; Vertical Integration; Information Technology; Advertising Industry; United States
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    • 2021
    • Working Paper

    Trade and the Single Car Market: The EC-Japan Elements of Consensus, 1985–1999

    By: Grace Ballor
    In 1991, in the midst of the program to create a liberal Single European Market and in the context of a new Joint Declaration for cooperation with Japan, the European Commission brokered a private deal to restrict Japanese imports into the European Community for nearly... View Details
    Keywords: Market; Protectionism; Liberalization; Trade; Markets; International Relations; Auto Industry; Europe; European Union; Japan
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    • October 2010 (Revised November 2010)
    • Background Note

    Plavix: Drugs in the Age of Personalized Medicine

    By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Mara G. Aspinall and Rachel Gordon
    PIavix, one of the world's best selling drugs in 2010, appears to have a limited future. Its patent was due to expire soon, and recently new data had been discovered that indicated that a small subset of the population would be at risk for stroke, heart attack, or even... View Details
    Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Product Positioning; Business and Government Relations; Genetics; Competitive Strategy; Pharmaceutical Industry
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    • 01 Jun 2000
    • News

    The Business of Biotech

    uncertainty over time. HBS professor Gary P. Pisano, a longtime observer of the industry, points to two key elements common to successful biotech firms: development... View Details
    Keywords: Julia Hanna
    • 04 Apr 2024
    • News

    The Making of a Medical Milestone

    On March 16, doctors at the Massachusetts General Hospital made history when they successfully transplanted a kidney from a genetically modified pig to a living human. The groundbreaking procedure marked a significant milestone in animal-to-human transplant, or... View Details
    Keywords: Margie Kelley
    • 12 Jun 2006
    • Research & Ideas

    The Promise of Channel Stewardship

    distribution An effective channel steward considers the channel from the customer's point of view. With that view in mind, the steward then... View Details
    Keywords: by V. Kasturi Rangan & Marie Bell; Consumer Products
    • 13 Aug 2008
    • Research & Ideas

    The Inner Life of Leaders

    mantra was measurement. As secretary of defense, McNamara developed, along with key subordinates, including Robert Anthony of the HBS control faculty, long-range procurement... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace
    • 21 Nov 2005
    • Research & Ideas

    The Geography of Corporate Giving

    systems that include common club memberships and overlapping boards. These connections help inform companies what others in their local area are doing and directly put them in touch with local needs. Prior research on Minneapolis has... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • Article

    Weak Corporate Insolvency Rules: The Missing Driver of Zombie Lending

    By: Bo Becker and Victoria Ivashina
    "Zombie lending"—lending to less-productive firms at subsidized rates—can help banks with misaligned incentives in the short run, but it prolongs economic downturns. We propose that inefficient resolution of insolvency is a significant contributor to this problem. We... View Details
    Keywords: Zombie Credit; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financing and Loans; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation
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    • 24 Sep 2014
    • Research & Ideas

    The Business of Climate Change

    On Sunday, 300,000 activists took to the streets of New York for the People's Climate March, the biggest climate protest in history, and the United Nations on Tuesday held the Climate Summit. In the spirit of Climate Week, we present insights from members of the... View Details
    Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Energy; Utilities
    • 2010
    • Book

    Wealth and Justice: The Morality of Democratic Capitalism

    By: Peter Wehner and Arthur C. Brooks
    Popular opinion would have us believe that America's free market system is driven by greed and materialism, resulting in gross inequalities of wealth, destruction of the environment, and other social ills. Even proponents of capitalism often refer to the free market as... View Details
    Keywords: Capitalism; Economic Systems; Ethics; Moral Sensibility
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    • 08 Feb 2017
    • News

    In Trump’s America, the Price of Speech and Silence

    • 07 Feb 2007
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Value of Openness in Scientific Problem Solving

    Keywords: by Karim R. Lakhani, Lars Bo Jeppesen, Peter A. Lohse & Jill A. Panetta
    • 26 Aug 2002
    • Research & Ideas

    High-Stakes Decision Making: The Lessons of Mount Everest

    control that particular day. Several explanations compete: human error, weather, all the dangers inherent in human beings pitting themselves against the world's most forbidding peak. A single cause View Details
    Keywords: by Michael A. Roberto
    • 11 Jul 2019
    • Blog Post

    Meet the MBA Class of 2020

    BREAKTHROUGHS PEOPLE THOUGHT IMPOSSIBLE A YEAR AGO.” HOME REGION Wayne, PA UNDERGRAD EDUCATION College of William & Mary, Economics, 2014 PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE Verily, Google, Symplivety HBS ACTIVITIES Digital Impact Initiative, View Details
    • 02 Feb 2009
    • Research & Ideas

    The Success of Persistent Entrepreneurs

    we are focusing on venture-backed firms in this study, the industries are those that are most common for venture capitalists to fund: Internet and software, biotechnology, and telecommunications.Q: Was there... View Details
    Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert