Publications

January 2014 (Revised December 2014)
Case

GenapSys: Business Models for the Genome

By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Joseph B. Fuller and Matthew Preble

GenapSys, a California-based startup, was soon to release a new DNA sequencer that the company's founder, Hesaam Esfandyarpour, believed was truly revolutionary. The sequencer would be substantially less expensive—potentially costing just a few thousand dollars—and... View Details

Keywords: DNA Sequencing; Life Sciences; Business Model; Innovation ＆ Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Genetics; Business Strategy; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Technology Industry; Health Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; United States

24 Sep 2013
News

Harvard Business School Names First Blavatnik Fellows in Life Science Entrepreneurship

16 Sep 2013
News

Harvard Business School Announces 2013 Kaplan Life Sciences Fellows

17 Jun 2020
News

Harvard Business School Introduces 2020-2021 Blavatnik Fellows in Life Science Entrepreneurship

06 Nov 2019
Video

Accelerating Your Career With Business and Science

July 2014 (Revised January 2017)
Course Overview Note

Building Life Science Businesses Spring Term 2017: Course Outline and Syllabus

By: Richard G. Hamermesh

This Course Outline and Syllabus gives an overview of the Spring 2016 class Building Life Science Businesses.7 View Details

Keywords: Healthcare Ventures; Entrepreneurial Management; Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurs; Health Care and Treatment; Health Testing and Trials; Medical Specialties; Health Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Asia; North America; Europe

November 2019 (Revised January 2020)
Case

Bayer Crop Science

By: David E. Bell, Damien McLoughlin, Natalie Kindred and James Barnett

In mid-2019, a year after German conglomerate Bayer Group closed its acquisition of U.S.-based seeds giant Monsanto, the leadership of Bayer’s Crop Science division (which absorbed Monsanto) is reflecting on the opportunities ahead. Some observers have questioned... View Details

Keywords: Agribusiness; Research and Development; Innovation and Invention; Innovation Strategy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Consolidation; Customer Value and Value Chain; Change Management; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Technology Industry; United States; Germany

20 Feb 2017
News

MBAs in space: rocket science absorbs business school thinking

23 Sep 2024
Video

Bridging Science and Business: The MS/MBA Biotechnology Life Sciences Program

04 Jan 2023
Video

Harvard MS/MBA Engineering Sciences Program

August 2013
Course Overview Note

Building Life Science Businesses Fall 2013: Course Outline and Syllabus

By: Richard G. Hamermesh

This Course Outline and Syllabus gives an overview of the Fall 2013 class Building Life Science Businesses. View Details

Keywords: Healthcare Ventures; Entrepreneurial Management; Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurs; Health Care and Treatment; Health Testing and Trials; Medical Specialties; Health Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Asia; North America; Europe

08 Jan 2007
What Do You Think?

Neuro Economics: Science or Science Fiction?

a slow but surer approach to understanding human behavior." Others welcomed the possibility that this work may bring together economists, management theorists, and medical researchers. As Shann Turnbull put it, "The time has come for View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

15 Nov 2023
Video

The Science of Failing Well

September 1997
Case

Radiology Management Sciences

Radiology Management Sciences (RMS) analyzes diagnostic imaging claims to help HMOs and insurers control utilization. As industry changes threaten RMS's profitability, the company's founders contemplate two alternative business models. View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Industry Growth; Service Industry; Health Industry

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01 Aug 2014
News

Kaplan Life Sciences Fellows Announced

March 2014
Case

Jurlique: Globalizing Beauty from Nature and Science

By: Geoffrey Jones and Andrew Spadafora

Considers the marketing and strategic challenges faced by natural beauty brands using the case of Australian-based Jurlique, which was acquired by Pola of Japan in 2011. The case opens two years later in July 2013 when Sam McKay, the chief executive officer, on a visit... View Details

Keywords: Australia; China; Environmental Strategies; Green Business; Marketing; Entrepreneurship; Globalization; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; China; Australia; United States

July 2024
Case

ZEISS: Commercializing Science

By: Maria P. Roche, Carlota Moniz and Daniela Beyersdorfer

Karl Lamprecht, President and CEO of the ZEISS AG Group, mused on how far ZEISS had come in 175 years of being a pioneer in optics, and how the course he had charted since taking the helm of the company could keep it on track. In his role, he oversaw the four core... View Details

May 2011
Article

The Hollow Science

By: Robert S. Kaplan

The financial meltdown made clear that the executives of many major financial institutions were operating with inadequate or distorted information about the values and risks of their firms' assets. It's fair to say that business scholars bear some... View Details

Keywords: Accounting; Financial Crisis; Financial Management; Information; Knowledge Acquisition; Risk Management; Practice

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March 11, 2020
Editorial

A Bolder Vision for Business Schools

By: P. Tufano

Business schools teach to a model that dates back to the 1950s. Given the growing demands on business to take a lead in confronting societal challenges, business schools need to update how they train business leaders and how they compete, argues Oxford’s Saïd School... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools; Business And Society; Business Education; Leadership Development; Business and Stakeholder Relations