Publications

February 2006 (Revised February 2009)
Case

AIDS in Brazil

By: Rohit Deshpande and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho

Abbott Labs has reached an impasse with the Brazilian government in negotiations over the pricing of a new anti-AIDS drug, Kaletra. The Brazilian government threatens compulsory licensing unless Abbott drastically reduces the price of Kaletra. View Details

Keywords: Price; Government and Politics; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Rights; Negotiation; Business and Government Relations; Pharmaceutical Industry; Brazil

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Harvard Business School

country during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The Harvard Crimson , March 11, 1968. Courtesy of Harvard University Archives. © 2014 The Harvard Crimson, Inc. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission. Read Full Article The Harvard... View Details

01 Dec 2006
News

Badaracco Addresses Japan Club

The HBS Club of Japan hosted Professor Joseph Badaracco at the Tokyo American Club in July for a talk on “The Demanding Challenges of Responsible Leadership.” Badaracco’s research focuses on business ethics, particularly on leadership and individual decision-making.... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2008
News

Alumni Books

advice on how to own and run a business, find the right deal, negotiate, determine when to get in and get out, and much more. Dubai & Co.: Global Strategies for Doing Business in the Gulf States by Aamir A. Rehman (MBA ’04) (McGraw-Hill)... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

Career Coach

Chuck Isgar

Chuck is a former startup founder, Chief of Staff, and VC associate. He absolutely loves helping students find their ideal role in the startup/VC ecosystem, including: 1.) finding startups of interest and crafting the right messages to... View Details

June 25, 2022
Guest Column

CEOs Didn't Make the Roe Decision. It's Still Their Problem to Solve

By: Sandra Sucher

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Trust; Rights; Government Legislation; Social Issues; Employee Relationship Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; United States

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October 2020 (Revised April 2022)
Case

When Institutions Fail: HIV/AIDS in the 1980s

By: Tom Nicholas and Christian Godwin

During the early 1980s, young gay men in urban centers such as San Francisco and New York City began contracting a mysterious illness that would come to be known as HIV/AIDS. A diagnosis meant almost certain death, with a less than 1% survival rate. Conflicting... View Details

May 2010 (Revised May 2010)
Case

Data.gov

By: Karim R. Lakhani, Robert D. Austin and Yumi Yi

This case presents the logic and execution underlying the launch of Data.gov, an instantiation of President Obama's initiative for transparency and open government. The process used by Vivek Kundra, the federal CIO, and his team to rapidly develop the website and to... View Details

Keywords: Safety; Rights; Analytics and Data Science; Internet and the Web; Ethics; Cost vs Benefits; Innovation and Management; Information Management; Public Administration Industry; Information Industry; United States

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Finding Historical Financial Statements with Compustat

title="WRDS">WRDS. Choose Database Select Compustat - Capital IQ Under Tools in the lower right hand area select Complete Financial Statements (XLS) Step One: Date Range Select desired start and end years Step Two:... View Details

Career Coach

Austin Boral

Austin is interested in helping students navigate their careers across social enterprises, management consulting firms, federal, state, and local government agencies, and foundations or non-profits. As a student founder, Austin can ask the View Details

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Artist Support | Baker Library

Artist Support Photo: Ansel Adams and Gerry Sharpe, test photograph by Ansel Adams, 1958, © The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust. Polaroid Corporation Corporate Archives Records, b. IX.42, f. 4. Meroë Morse served as Polaroid’s liaison... View Details

Profile

Luana Bichuetti

of the business lessons. "HBS always challenges you to make the right choices when economics and ethics come into play. We're always looking at values, at the role of a leader to set good examples." Before she arrived at HBS,... View Details

01 Jun 2018
News

Ink: Alumni Books and Recommendations

manager’s office and then sold to shoppers who had signed up for them. About smaller companies, Ellen had these observations: “Successful founders and entrepreneurs have made every decision, both big and small, and believe that every decision they’ve made is the View Details

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Timeline - Race, Gender & Equity

Seneca Falls women's rights convention The Seneca Falls Convention 1861 Abraham Lincoln takes office as president and Civil War begins 1863 President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation 1865 13th Amendment to the Constitution... View Details

January 2019
Case

Data.gov (Abridged)

By: Karim R. Lakhani, Robert D. Austin and Yumi Yi

This case presents the logic and execution underlying the launch of Data.gov, an instantiation of President Obama's initiative for transparency and open government. The process used by Vivek Kundra, the federal CIO, and his team to rapidly develop the website and to... View Details

Keywords: Safety; Rights; Analytics and Data Science; Internet and the Web; Ethics; Cost vs Benefits; Innovation and Management; Information Management; Public Administration Industry; Information Industry; United States

August 2007
Module Note

Managing Networked Businesses: Platform Evolution Module

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann

Offers an overview of conceptual content and pedagogical guidance for instructors using a six-session module, "Platform Evolution," from "Managing Networked Businesses" (MNB), a case-based MBA elective course on platform-mediated networks. The module explores the... View Details

Keywords: Business Ventures; Networks; Business or Company Management; Rights; Business Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Multi-Sided Platforms; Market Transactions; Innovation and Invention; Marketing; Competition; Market Entry and Exit