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26 Jun 2023
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The Science Of Failing Well, According To Author Amy Edmondson

August 2018 (Revised September 2018)
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Predicting Purchasing Behavior at PriceMart (A)

By: Srikant M. Datar and Caitlin N. Bowler

This case follows VP of Marketing, Jill Wehunt, and analyst Mark Morse as they tackle a predictive analytics project to increase sales in the Mom & Baby unit of a nationally recognized retailer, PriceMart. Wehunt observed that in the midst of the chaos that surrounded... View Details

Keywords: Data Science; Analytics and Data Science; Analysis; Consumer Behavior; Forecasting and Prediction

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26 Aug 2020

Joint Degree Series: MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Virtual Event

Join us for a virtual event with program faculty, Admissions staff and current HBS MBA students to learn more about Harvard's new MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences joint degree. View Details

29 Oct 2013
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Do Employees Work Harder for Higher Pay?

Keywords: social science; Management

01 Dec 2003
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The Next Big Thing

research and commercialization of biotechnology and biomedicine, the life sciences’ core activities? And what steps must be taken to maintain preeminence? In a keynote presentation at a September “Massachusetts Life Sciences Summit,” HBS... View Details

Keywords: life sciences; Scientific Research and Development Services

April 2022
Teaching Note

Shanghai Pudong Science and Technology Investment Co., Ltd.: December 2014

By: Josh Lerner

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 822-111. View Details

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December 1988
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Monsanto Co.: Control of R&D at the Animal Sciences Division

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16 Sep 2008
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Prof. Emeritus Gerald Zaltman Honored for Contributions to Marketing Science

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Since coming to HBS, my teaching interests have centered around the intersection of science and business: entrepreneurship, management, and strategy. More recently, i have become more engaged in considering the emergence of new university models for the translation... View Details

Keywords: Science Business; Biotechnology; Pharmaceuticals; Innovation

13 Jun 2017
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Harvard Business School and Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Launch New Joint Master's Degree Program

15 Apr 2014
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Bertarelli Foundation Gift Names Deans' Health & Life Sciences Challenge Prize

Dean Nitin Nohria has announced that the Bertarelli Foundation of Switzerland, cochaired by Ernesto Bertarelli (MBA 1993), has established the Bertarelli Foundation Health & Life Sciences Entrepreneurship Fund with a generous gift to... View Details

Keywords: i-Lab; Harvard Medical School; Scientific Research and Development Services

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Discussion Paper

The Current Status of the Interface Between Information Science and Economics

By: Jerry R. Green

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30 Mar 2017
News

Science says parents of successful kids have 17 things in common

10 Aug 2021
Cold Call Podcast

The Science of Sales Conversations with Gong’s Amit Bendov

Keywords: Re: Alison Wood Brooks

2025
Working Paper

Bringing Science to Market: Knowledge Foundations, Inventor-Founders, and Performance

By: Justine Boudou and Maria Roche

In this paper, we examine how a startup’s knowledge foundations—embedded in its core technology—influence its performance in the exit market. Using a dataset of 1,006 biomedicine startups founded between 2005 and 2015, we focus on two key factors: (1) the degree of... View Details