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- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
all citizens of our country have access to healthcare and other necessities of life.” MAY 2 Garuda Aerospace, led by CEO Agnishwar Jayaprakash (PLDA 25, 2018), is employing his company’s drones to deliver vaccines and medical supplies.... View Details
- 20 Apr 2021
- News
Get Ready for the Relationship Renaissance
Photo courtesy of Hinge Photo courtesy of Hinge With vaccines more readily available and the world inching toward recovery, Justin McLeod (MBA 2011), founder and CEO of the dating app Hinge, predicts singles will be getting serious about... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
New Biotech Joint Degree Program Kicks Off
addressing the pandemic in real time, including John Markels, president of global vaccines at Merck, and Dan Barouch, MD, an innovator in the field of infectious disease research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Students were... View Details
- 02 Dec 2019
- News
Supporting the School as a Student and Young Alumna
when she was confined to a wheelchair for long periods—first as a little girl, then as a teen—due to hip problems brought on by a contaminated vaccine she received. “I especially loved watching behind-the-scenes shows about how a director... View Details
- 20 May 2016
- Op-Ed
World Health Organization Lacks Leadership to Combat Pandemics
greater role in WHO governance and if there are guarantees of purchase contracts for new drugs and vaccines at sensible prices. Both seem unlikely, as the WHO's culture has always winced at cooperation with the private sector. WHO's track... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Action Plan: Brewing Awareness
rental expenses to preserve jobs. Now, as India begins a massive vaccination program, Murad is glad to have made it through the worst of the pandemic with White Owl’s workforce of 120 employees largely intact. “It’s easy to abandon ship... View Details
- 14 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
Embracing Activism for Social Change
vaccine rollout. More recently, she has been working on rental assistance with the housing department and helping to set up the deployment of Detroit’s $28 million share from the American Rescue Plan. Although the fellowship grant that... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
caregiving, and the hearts of caregivers. The Long Shot: The Inside Story of the Race to Vaccinate Britain By Kate E. Bingham (MBA 1991) and Tim Hames Oneworld Publications As chair of the UK’s task force charged with developing an... View Details
- 12 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
Buy-In from Black Patients Suffers When Drug Trials Don’t Include Them
Moderna, a pharmaceutical company, announced in September 2020 that it would slow enrollment of its COVID-19 vaccine trials to better improve representation. The majority of study participants were white, although COVID-19 was... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Challenges of Investing in Science-Based Innovation
she adds, with the development of a vaccine against cervical cancer (Gardasil) and the launch of successful new drugs to combat diabetes and HIV/AIDS. Sato acknowledges that different situations will require different business... View Details
- 17 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Pandemic Self-Care for CEOs: Rituals, Running, and Cognitive Restructuring
which a successful vaccine was developed; and the inherent sense of rebirth and freedom that comes with spring blend into a potent psychological cocktail. All of these things are, of course, legitimate cause for celebration and... View Details
- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
case:http://hbr.org/search/812158-PDF-ENG GlaxoSmithKline in Brazil: Public-Private Vaccine Partnerships Arthur A. Daemmrich and Ian McKown CornellHarvard Business School Case 712-049 Three years into a major public-private partnership... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?
Every public health crisis—whether it’s the availability of highly addictive opioids or junk food marketing to children—prompts consumers to question how far companies will go for profit. It’s not an unwarranted concern. After all, cigarette makers once used... View Details
- 02 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 2
Harvard Business School Case 514-074 Sanofi Pasteur: The Dengue Vaccine Dilemma In 2012, Sanofi Pasteur was racing to develop a vaccine against dengue, a mosquito-borne disease, and was evaluating this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2020
reader interest in an interview with Merck CEO Ken Frazier, who talked candidly about prospects for COVID-19 vaccines and racism in the workplace. Here are our most popular articles, research papers, and social media posts of 2020. In the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
How to Close the Health Gap
where innovation is winning the day. An increasing number of biotech start-ups are setting up shop in developing countries, and VC firms are chasing them. In Hyderabad, India, for example, Shantha Biotechnics created clever culture-growing techniques that dropped the... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Raymond V. Gilmartin (MBA '68)
people provided important lessons for the battle against HIV/AIDS, says Gilmartin. Not only is Merck pursuing a safe and effective vaccine to prevent and treat HIV infection, he points out, but the company also announced last year that it... View Details
- 15 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Unspoken Messages of COVID-19 Restrictions
restrictions—may need to refine their outreach to a pandemic-weary public, especially when it comes to high-risk activities, such as indoor dining. As vaccine hopes and holiday loneliness make distancing harder, consumers will need more... View Details
- 18 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Embracing Activism for Social Change
addressed this fundamental gap? For this reason, I strongly recommend MBA graduates consider spending time in the public sector.” In Detroit’s all-hands-on-deck response to the pandemic, Mendu’s focus shifted this past spring to helping with View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Q&A: The Post-Pandemic Path
What prevented the crisis that the data in the spring and summer of 2020 predicted? There are three possible explanations. First, the crisis was much shorter and milder than we originally anticipated because the vaccines came out. Second,... View Details
Keywords: April White