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- 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
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Blue-Green Revolution
biofuels project should eventually permit researchers to turn algae into microscopic factories for the manufacture of virtually any organic compound, leading to what Enriquez describes as a full-blown algal revolution. “You can make View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Enabling Students to Pursue Their Passions
height of the COVID-19 pandemic, he and some of his fellow medical students and doctors founded GOTVax, a mobile clinic that vaccinated about 8,000 people in Black and brown communities in the greater Boston area. “What I hope to do is to... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 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
- 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
- Blog
Emerging from the Pandemic: Insights from South Asia and ASEAN
more optimistic now. They want their leaders to go through these transformations and come back ready to cascade that impact throughout the organization. The practicalities are also becoming easier. When the pandemic started, we had many discussions about 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
- 16 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 16, 2015
particularly in the vaccine space, had begun to attract the attention of much larger pharmaceutical companies. While there was much appeal to working with these companies, these relationships could also challenge Crucell's independence.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2021
- News
Back to School
the person who ran our COVID-19 operations, Josh Geballe, had previously been an 11-year executive at IBM who also started a successful tech company. He really drove the entire vaccine response, and it was that MBA mindset that enabled... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 20 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 20
School Case 514-084 Vision 2020: Takeda and the Vaccine Business In 2014, Yasuchika Hasegawa was orchestrating the transformation of Takeda from a Japanese pharmaceutical company with a global footprint into a global company with a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Embracing Activism for Social Change
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 vaccine rollout. More... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- Web
Podcast - HBS Online
that means through the lens of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine development. They also discuss the paradoxes of management and the three roles leaders must play to innovate and meet customers' needs in the digital age. Forest Reinhardt on... View Details
- 19 Jan 2021
- In Practice
Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm
Joseph R. Biden Jr. becomes the 46th president of the United States at a time when the nation is grappling with several sober realities at once: a deadly pandemic that is claiming the lives of thousands of Americans daily, a bumpy vaccine... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Gender Gap: Why Fewer Women Are Dying
team also conducted surveys in the summer and fall that haven't yet been analyzed. "We're all adjusting to the pandemic in a rapid way, and there's a lot of uncertainty about what will come next—whether we'll see a strong second wave and where treatments and View Details
- 04 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids
understanding when to use which medium of communication (email, telephone, Zoom).” Searching for the silver linings The new year began with promising vaccine developments, giving CEOs some rational hope, but there is still a long, dark,... View Details
- 23 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017
Although Novartis would improve its position in oncology by acquiring GSK’s promising drug portfolio, it had to sell its vaccines and animal health businesses, while giving up control of the over-the-counter (OTC) business. Jimenez and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Business of Biotech
could replace the painful prick of a vaccination needle. And as "delivery vehicles" for medicines proliferate, new distribution channels, such as supermarkets and health clubs, could offer products alongside the more established sources... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
How Sports Should Use Its Timeout
the stadium, seated safely together, and then out of the stadium in a very thorough way? This is all again, pre-vaccine. Because I think once we get a vaccine people will feel safe again, in my opinion. But I'm not a doctor. Dan: But,... View Details
- 06 Jan 2021
- News
A Message from Dean Srikant Datar
the vaccines coming up now and as more of the production happens, we'll slowly start getting back to a post-COVID world. And I don't think that world is going to be the world we saw pre-COVID, just because in a matter of months, we've... View Details
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Biotech
crops that have been engineered to have higher medicinal value. An "apple a day," in other words, would do more than keep the doctor away—it could replace the painful prick of a vaccination needle. And as "delivery... View Details