Publications

1999
Chapter

The Pharmaceutical Industry and the Revolution in Molecular Biology: Interactions Among Scientific, Institutional, and Organizational Change

By: Rebecca Henderson, Gary P. Pisano and Luigi Orsenigo

Keywords: Science-Based Business; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Transformation; Pharmaceutical Industry

01 Jun 2008
News

A Binary Formula

that each of these different institutions is innovative and successful, and we want to better understand their best practices.” HBS professor Gary Pisano has long researched and written about the biotech... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; science; research; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management

01 Dec 2000
News

The Rites of Autumn

after his presentation "Globalization and the Chinese Economy." Gary T. DiCamillo and Peter C.B. Bynoe participated in the Class of 1975 panel that brought together "The Quants" and "The Poets" for discussion. James H. Davis and Benson... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

09 Dec 2008
First Look

First Look: December 9, 2008

Collaboration Is Right for You? Authors:Gary P. Pisano and Roberto Verganti Publication:Harvard Business Review 86, no. 12 (December 2008) Abstract Nowadays, virtually no companies innovate alone. Firms team... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

August 2020
Supplement

The Tham Luang Cave Rescue (B): The Rescue

By: Yael Grushka-Cockayne, Francesca Gino and Gary P. Pisano

April 2002
Case

In vivo to in vitro to in silico: Coping with Tidal Waves of Data at Biogen

By: Juan Enriquez-Cabot, Gary P. Pisano and Gaye Bok

Biogen is a successful biotech company facing a critical juncture. CEO John Mullen ponders how technological changes introduced into the research function will shape larger corporate decisions. This world in which biotechnology companies operated had changed... View Details

Keywords: Change; Decisions; Product Development; Research and Development; Expansion; Technology; Biotechnology Industry

December 2020
Teaching Plan

Pal's Sudden Service—Scaling an Organizational Model to Drive Growth

By: Francesca Gino, Gary P. Pisano and Alexander Rohe

August 2020
Case

The Tham Luang Cave Rescue: The Search (A)

By: Yael Grushka-Cockayne, Francesca Gino and Gary P. Pisano

Article

Disrupted Routines: Team Learning and New Technology Adaptation

By: Amy C. Edmondson, Richard Bohmer and Gary P. Pisano

Keywords: Learning; Information Technology; Groups and Teams; Disruption

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01 Mar 2011
News

The Path to Economic Revival

Pisano and Shih: It’s naive to believe that manufacturing can be shipped abroad without harm to U.S. competitiveness. Related Links Why Manufacturing Matters - HBS Working Knowledge Making Their Way James McNerney Jr. After decades of... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Manufacturing

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 capabilities and strong senior management.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

February 2007 (Revised April 2010)
Case

Wyeth Pharmaceuticals: Spurring Scientific Creativity with Metrics

By: Robert S. Huckman, Gary P. Pisano and Mark Rennella

Describes the reorganization of the drug discovery organization at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and focuses on the decisions to: (1) centralize decision-making within drug discovery and (2) institute numerical metrics--jointly affecting all R&D scientists--for the progression... View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Measurement and Metrics; Business Processes; Organizational Structure; Research and Development; Science-Based Business; Creativity; Pharmaceutical Industry

24 Sep 2020
News

The Race for a Vaccine

by the 1980s, that number had fallen to 18, and by 2015, it was just four. “Vaccines went out of fashion,” says HBS professor Gary Pisano, who studies the intersection of... View Details

Keywords: April White; COVID-19; Scientific Research and Development Services

October 2001
Article

Speeding Up Team Learning

By: Amy C. Edmondson, Richard Bohmer and Gary P. Pisano

Keywords: Learning

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November 2020 (Revised March 2021)
Case

Sercomm: Operating in China Amid COVID-19 and Beyond

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Gary P. Pisano and Bonnie Yining Cao

The COVID-19 pandemic had forced a production cut in the factory of Sercomm, one of the world’s major telecom equipment producers, in China. The case explores and highlights the challenges that Chief Executive Officer James Wang faced: How could Sercomm recover and... View Details

Keywords: Emerging Markets; Information Technology; Operations; Management; Health Pandemics; Strategy; Telecommunications Industry; Manufacturing Industry; China

2004
Chapter

Consumer-Driven Health Care: Management Matters

By: Richard M.J. Bohmer, Amy C. Edmondson and Gary P. Pisano

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Demand and Consumers; Management; Health Industry

22 Dec 2009
First Look

First Look: Dec. 22

supplement: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/310047-PDF-ENG VF Brands: Global Supply Chain Strategy Gary P. Pisano and Pamela AdamsHarvard Business School Case 610-022... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Conference Presentation

Different Patterns of Performance improvement for explicit and tacit knowledge: An empirical test

By: Amy C. Edmondson, Ann Winslow, Richard Bohmer and Gary P. Pisano

Keywords: Performance Improvement; Knowledge