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- 2018
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The Orphan Drug Act at 35: Observations and an Outlook for the Twenty-First Century
By: Nicholas Bagley, Benjamin Berger, Amitabh Chandra, Craig Garthwaite and Ariel Dora Stern
On the 35th anniversary of the adoption of the Orphan Drug Act (ODA), we describe the enormous changes in the markets for therapies for rare diseases that have emerged over recent decades. The most prominent example is the fact that the profit-maximizing price of new... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Laws and Statutes; Research and Development; Investment; Markets; Monopoly
Bagley, Nicholas, Benjamin Berger, Amitabh Chandra, Craig Garthwaite, and Ariel Dora Stern. "The Orphan Drug Act at 35: Observations and an Outlook for the Twenty-First Century." Chap. 4 in Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 19, edited by Josh Lerner and Scott Stern, 97–137. University of Chicago Press, 2018.
- Web
Summer Fellowships | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
offered to students in the summer between their RC and EC year, supporting student founders in the development of their social impact startup. The program is for students who are serious about pursuing their... View Details
- 16 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Smitha Das (MBA 2018)
sector organizations and provides ongoing support and programming to Fellows. At Social Finance, I’ve been able to translate key learnings from the classroom to practice and importantly, leverage the school’s strong network View Details
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Loan Assistance | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Program is a financial aid award for loan repayment assistance, and is given to alumni who meet certain eligibility requirements. The loan assistance award is not a formal support or endorsement of an... View Details
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Policies, Rules & Guidelines | About
enhance the safety and security of the community, reduce institutional risk, support customer service and operational efficiencies, and aid in the prevention and investigation View Details
How to Really Motivate Salespeople
Much of what we believe about the best ways to compensate and motivate the sales force is based on theory and lab experiments. But in the past decade, researchers have been moving out of the lab and into the field, analyzing companies' sales and pay data, and... View Details
- 16 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
Understanding the ‘Want’ vs. ’Should’ Decision
how time-to-implementation from the moment of decision affects preferences for should options. We looked at scenarios that involved want-should conflict like support for a policy that would benefit one's... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Future Vision
pursue initially are lifelong learning for alumni, supporting a digital research infrastructure, and expanding the reach and impact of our ideas, courses, and cases. If we do these well, we’ll be able to... View Details
- 08 Jul 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Delegation in Multi-Establishment Firms: Adaptation vs. Coordination in I.T. Purchasing Authority
Keywords: by Kristina McElheran
- 14 Dec 2007
- Op-Ed
When Your Product Becomes a Commodity
profits? If you've heard it, you've probably wondered if it was just a convenient excuse or if the manager had a valid point. The truth is, even when a raw material has no value added and quality standards are set by law or the industry, there is still plenty View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
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Finance - Faculty & Research
mechanism that amplifies interest rate volatility. I find strong support for these predictions in the time series of US government bond returns. 2014 Working Paper Financial Repression in the European... View Details
- 30 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
Your Crisis Response Plan: The Ten Effective Elements
key lessons learned? What changes do we need to make to our organization, procedures, and support resources? Assessing Your Crisis Response Plans Use the following table to assess your organization's plans to respond to a crisis and to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Watkins
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Toward a Life Well Lived
learning with and supporting each other in the pursuit of a life well lived,” says Perlow. “We’ve come to understand that you can’t teach crafting your life in a semester; it’s a lifelong journey.” What... View Details
- 21 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
Harvard Square's Hidden History
environs. I played impromptu tour guide and pointed out four of my favorite historic sites around the Square – many of which HBS students pass by each day: Anderson Memorial Bridge Hundreds View Details
- January 2008 (Revised March 2008)
- Case
Glass Egg Digital Media
Glass Egg is an outsource games development firm in Vietnam. They are able to offer brand-name publishers-Microsoft EA, Atari-significant cost savings in the development of art assets for their video games. However, the firm's management find themselves at a point at... View Details
Keywords: Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Demand and Consumers; Product Development; Organizational Structure; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Godes, David B. "Glass Egg Digital Media." Harvard Business School Case 508-066, January 2008. (Revised March 2008.)
- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
Business School faculty led in developing the method. A particular challenge in the writing of cases is finding the balance between enough complexity, so that the problem posed reflects reality and supports... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jan 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
A Resource Belief-Curse: Oil and Individualism
- February 2013
- Article
Learning from Roger Fisher
Roger Fisher's career and writings not only offer lessons about negotiation but also about how an academic, especially in a professional school such as law or business, can make an important, positive difference in the world. By his relentless engagement in vexing... View Details
Sebenius, James K. "Learning from Roger Fisher." Harvard Law Review 126, no. 4 (February 2013): 893–898.
- 2010
- Working Paper
Regulating for Legitimacy: Consumer Credit Access in France and America
Theories of legitimate regulation have emphasized the role of governments either in fixing market failures to promote greater efficiency or in restricting the efficient functioning of markets in order to pursue public welfare goals. In either case, features of markets... View Details
Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Credit; Financial Markets; Personal Finance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business History; Business and Government Relations; Welfare; France; United States
Trumbull, J. Gunnar. "Regulating for Legitimacy: Consumer Credit Access in France and America." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-047, November 2010.
- May 2025
- Case
IQanat: Empowering Rural Youth in Kazakhstan
By: Boris Groysberg and Maxim Pike Harrell
In June 2025, IQanat CEO Aliya Salikova considered scaling opportunities for the foundation, which provided educational opportunities for children from rural regions of Kazakhstan. Established by Kazakhstani businessman and philanthropist Aidyn Rakhimbayev, IQanat... View Details
Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership; Social Enterprise; Social Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Rural Scope; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Equality and Inequality; Education Industry; Central Asia; Kazakhstan
Groysberg, Boris, and Maxim Pike Harrell. "IQanat: Empowering Rural Youth in Kazakhstan." Harvard Business School Case 425-077, May 2025.