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  • 13 Nov 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Science Business: What Happened to Biotech?

uncertainty, the complex and heterogeneous nature of the scientific knowledge base, and the rapid pace of scientific progress. "The health of the sector depends on how well it can cope with all three of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Biotechnology
  • December 2006 (Revised August 2008)
  • Case

Pervasis Therapeutics, Inc.

By: Robert F. Higgins and Virginia Fuller
In May 2005, Steve Bollinger was about to become president and chief operating officer of Pervasis Therapeutics, a small cell therapy start-up in Cambridge, Mass. If proven successful, Pervasis' product, Vascugel, could change the way vascular disease is treated and... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Venture Capital; Financial Strategy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Health Care and Treatment; Health Testing and Trials; Health Industry; Cambridge
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  • 09 Feb 2007
  • Working Paper Summaries

Do Corporate Social Responsibility Ratings Predict Corporate Social Performance?

Keywords: by Aaron K. Chatterji, David I. Levine & Michael W. Toffel
  • 15 Feb 2022
  • Book

When Working Harder Doesn’t Work, Time to Reinvent Your Career

career well in advance. Brooks recalls not knowing exactly when his French horn skills started going downhill, but musicians, similar to athletes, rely on precise fine motor muscles that often deteriorate with age, use, and injury. People... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • Web

HBS - The year in Review

how to eradicate inequality, as well as the Blavatnik Fellowship in Life Science Entrepreneurship , which is a one-year program for alumni in health care startups. Recipients for 2021-22 were Dan Ahlstedt... View Details
  • 30 Jun 2022
  • HBS Case

Peloton Changed the Exercise Game. Can the Company Push Through the Pain?

world went into lockdown, droves of people who couldn’t go to a health club turned their homes into one with Peloton’s pricey bikes and treadmills. Exercise enthusiasts used them with a devotion that earned them the nickname... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Health; Health; Health
  • April 2020
  • Background Note

U.S. Food Retail During the Pandemic: March 2020

By: José B. Alvarez and Natalie Kindred
This note, written in late March 2020 and mainly U.S. focused, looks at the unfolding impact of the coronavirus pandemic on food retailers and their suppliers. It allows student to consider the challenges facing food retail executives as they navigate urgent supply... View Details
Keywords: Coronavirus Pandemic; Risk and Uncertainty; Risk Management; Food; Supply Chain; Consumer Behavior; Demand and Consumers; Trade; Crisis Management; Health Pandemics; Food and Beverage Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Retail Industry; United States
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  • 2023
  • Working Paper

Market Exclusivity and Innovation: Evidence From Antibiotics

By: Edward Kong and Olivia Zhao
The US incentivizes drug innovation via patents as well as market exclusivity periods awarded by the US Food and Drug Administration. We estimate the causal effects of extending market exclusivity for an important drug class: antibiotics. Using a... View Details
Keywords: Health Testing and Trials; Innovation and Invention; Motivation and Incentives; Government Administration; Government Legislation; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States
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  • Web

Connect with Clubs - Recruiting

grcc@studentclubs.hbs.edu Health & Wellness Club Co-Presidents Brooke Robinson brobinson@mba2026.hbs.edu Maggie Richardson mrichardson@mba2026.hbs.edu Health Care Club... View Details
  • 2024
  • Article

Psychological Safety as an Enduring Resource amid Constraints

By: Hassina Bahadurzada, Amy C. Edmondson and Michaela J. Kerrissey
While psychological safety is recognized as valuable in healthcare, its relationship to resource constraints is not well understood. We investigate whether psychological safety mitigates the negative impact of resource constraints on employees. Leveraging longitudinal... View Details
Keywords: Burnout; Psychological Safety; Healthcare Administration; Health Care and Treatment; Employees; Retention; Well-being; Health Industry
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  • Web

Organize Care Around Medical Conditions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Health Care Health Care Value-Based Health Care Health Care Courses Fast Facts Value-Based Health Care... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

Wide Horizon

There were three critical events that led John Rodakis (MBA 1997) to form the nonprofit N of One in 2014 and ultimately dedicate his life to surfacing breakthrough autism research. The first occurred on Thanksgiving of 2012. He had driven about four hours with his wife... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson
  • Winter 2022
  • Article

Vaccines and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons from Failure and Success

By: Scott Duke Kominers and Alex Tabarrok
The losses from the global COVID-19 pandemic have been staggering—trillions in economic costs, on top of significant losses of life, health, and well-being. The world made significant and successful investments in vaccines to mitigate the pandemic, yet there were... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19; Vaccination; Market Design; Health Pandemics; Loss; Outcome or Result; Opportunities; Crisis Management
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  • 14 Feb 2023
  • HBS Case

Is Sweden Still 'Sweden'? A Liberal Utopia Grapples with an Identity Crisis

Sweden has long seemed like a social-welfare capitalist dream come true, where companies and labor unions collaborate in harmony with government support. Swedish citizens are among the wealthiest in the world, and they enjoy publicly provided View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
  • Web

Latin America - Global

strategies, as well as emphasizing the critical role of middle managers as "champions of change" with the right incentives. Effective communication was highlighted as essential to this ongoing process, and companies were urged to begin... View Details
  • March 2017
  • Article

Variation in the Cost of Care for Primary Total Knee Arthroplasties

By: Derek A. Haas and Robert S. Kaplan
The study examined the cost variation across 29 high-volume U.S. hospitals for delivering a primary total knee arthroplasty without major complicating conditions. Hospital and physician personnel costs were calculated using time-driven activity-based costing.... View Details
Keywords: Cost Management; Performance Productivity; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry
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  • Web

Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

significant expansion in public sector balance sheets. This occurred as advanced economies faced near record levels of private and external debt as well as severely underfunded pension and health programs –... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2023
  • News

Solving for Z

With nearly 20 years of experience as a senior human resources executive, Matthew Breitfelder (MBA 2002) has seen a lot of change in the corporate talent space. But what’s happening now looks like a tectonic generational shift. From his perch as global head of human... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Illustrations by Doug Chayka; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Government
  • Web

2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

defensive around the world—and arguably receding—in the 21st century. This represents a profound threat to freedom and stability, as well as to the health and vigor of the global economy. Professor Moss will... View Details
  • 10 Jan 2023
  • Research & Ideas

How to Live Happier in 2023: Diversify Your Social Circle

The classic advice to investors is to diversify—put wealth into a combination of assets. Perhaps some cash goes into mutual funds, some in blue chips, and a little in growth stocks, spreading out risk as well as opportunity. What if... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding