Publications

November 1978 (Revised October 1989)
Case

Amicon Corp. (B)

Details the negotiation between Amicon and three potential licensees, Jackson, Maynard-Smith and Behrstein. View Details

Keywords: Technology; Patents; Negotiation Process; Negotiation Participants; Health Care and Treatment; Biotechnology Industry

November 2010 (Revised July 2012)
Teaching Note

Arcadia Biosciences: Seeds of Change (TN)

By: Arthur A. Daemmrich and Forest L. Reinhardt

Teaching Note for 709019. View Details

Keywords: Biotechnology Industry

Fast Answer

Transforming Health Care Delivery

health care and life sciences. Technavio- global market reports on health care sectors such as pharmaceutical, therapeutics, biotechnology and medical imaging Articles and News Articles on topics related to healthcare... View Details

01 Dec 1996
News

New Releases

a competitive factor. In a three-year study of pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms, Pisano shows that the development of distinctive and superior process technologies can lower costs, improve quality, and increase flexibility. He... View Details

Web

Collection Highlights | Baker Library

in the financing of the transcontinental railroad and development of the electrical industry. Henri A. Termeer Papers Document the career of an entrepreneur and biotechnology executive known for leading Genzyme Corporation from 1983 to... View Details

01 Jun 2000
News

Managing the Map

We are at the dawn of a new epoch in the world of science, one that will cast strong light on a unique corner of the biotechnology field known as genomics. The designation refers to the study of genes, those chemical building blocks of... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs

26 Jul 2016
Working Paper Summaries

The Impact of the Entry of Biosimilars: Evidence from Europe

Keywords: by Fiona Scott Morton, Ariel Dora Stern, and Scott Stern; Biotechnology; Biotechnology; Biotechnology

21 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Bio-Piracy: When Western Firms Usurp Eastern Medicine

In May 1995, two scientists at the University of Mississippi were granted an American patent for the use of turmeric to treat flesh wounds. Soon thereafter, an Indian research organization won a lawsuit challenging the novelty of the patent. As it turned out, Indians... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Biotechnology; Biotechnology

02 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Health Care Research and Prospects

is a lot other work at the school going on around these issues by many other faculty. For instance, Dave Scharfstein is doing great work on how capital market forces influence the development strategies of biotechnology companies. David... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild Swearingen; Health

01 Jun 2000
News

The Right Connections

resources -- what we call social capital." Organizational behaviorists have known for years that third-party endorsements are critical to a young firm's success. Higgins and Gulati wanted to understand the origins and nature of these important relationships. They... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

10 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

COVID's Surprising Toll on Careers of Women Scientists

COVID-19 is claiming an unexpected career toll among scientific researchers, and particularly on women, new research shows. If you are female, have young children, or work in a lab, you are more likely to feel the career-crunching effects dealt by the pandemic,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Biotechnology; Biotechnology; Biotechnology

28 Feb 2019
Cold Call Podcast

Pursuing Precision Medicine at Intermountain Healthcare

Keywords: Re: Richard G. Hamermesh; Biotechnology; Biotechnology; Biotechnology

01 Dec 2003
News

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

15 May 2007
First Look

First Look: May 15, 2007

Vertical Alliance Networks: The Case of University-Biotechnology-Pharmaceutical Alliance Chains Authors:Toby E. Stuart, Salih Zeki Ozdemir, and Waverly W. Ding Periodical:Research Policy 36, no. 4 (May 2007): 477-498 Abstract Many young View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 17, 2009

markets for upstream inputs such as scientific knowledge, proximity also may matter for licensing, which they conceptualize as downstream end markets for small biotechnology firms. They examine whether co-location affects the likelihood... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

July 1993
Case

Genzyme Corporation: A Financing History

By: Timothy A. Luehrman and Andrew D. Regan

Genzyme Corp.'s financing history is unusual compared to most biotech companies. This case presents the sequence of financings employed by Genzyme, along with the product--market and corporate-development strategies adopted by Henri Termeer, Genzyme's CEO. As such, the... View Details

Keywords: History; Marketing Strategy; Financing and Loans; Business Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Biotechnology Industry

July 2023
Case

Moderna: Everything, Everywhere, All at Once

By: Satish Tadikonda, Shikhar Ghosh and William Marks

Coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, Moderna was riding the successes of developing a vaccine in record time and helping stem the tide of the crisis. However, the company had grown at an incredible rate, more than doubled its number of employees, and had to put on hold... View Details

Keywords: Health Pandemics; Selection and Staffing; Growth Management; Management Succession; Retirement; Technological Innovation; Corporate Strategy; Biotechnology Industry

November 2016
Case

QuintilesIMS: Biosimilar Marketing in England

By: John A. Quelch and Emily C. Boudreau

QuintilesIMS was a leading healthcare consulting firm best known for its data and information offerings as well as its market research and management consulting services for life science companies. By 2015, the company was expanding beyond the biopharmaceutical... View Details

Keywords: Health; Pharmaceutical Industry; Biotech; Marketing; Health Care and Treatment; Biotechnology Industry; England

2009
Case

Innovamedica: Innovation in an Emerging Market

By: Roberto Charvel, Fernando Fabre and T. Putimahtama

Innovamedica was a medical start up with several state of the art devices such as a silicon substitute heart and other inventions. However, the founding scientist was struggling in attracting talent and fundraising and that had an impact on growth. View Details

Keywords: Biotech; Entrepreneurial Finance; Entrepreneurship; Start-up; Emergent Countries; Business Startups; Talent and Talent Management; Design; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Private Equity; Health Testing and Trials; Innovation and Invention; Managerial Roles; Biotechnology Industry; Latin America; North and Central America