Pharmaceutical Industry - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 May 2010
First Look

First Look: May 4

We propose that firms' corporate governance and firms' strategic business activities within an industry are interlinked. By conducting a simultaneous economic analysis of business strategy and corporate governance, scholars can better... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Jul 2016
Blog Post

Can You Learn Finance through the Case Method?

Greetings from HBS! My name is Siri and I am a second-year student and a candidate for the joint MBA/MPP program between HBS and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Before graduate school, I worked for three years as a management consultant specializing in the... View Details

05 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Radical Change, Entrepreneurial Opportunity

strategies of companies within those industries. In particular, I focus on how an industry gets defined: how consumers and other industry players make sense of, or frame, the industry, and the way that... View Details

Keywords: by Michael J. Roberts; Technology

02 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Ray A. Goldberg

genome, Goldberg has focused his most recent efforts on explaining the impact of this revolutionary discovery on the agribusiness system. "All industries that deal with living things or organic compounds will have a common language... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Agriculture & Agribusiness

15 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

The Right Connections

From genome research to e-commerce, new ventures are popping up everywhere, competing for the cash needed to turn them into successful enterprises. But when vying against others in industries where high uncertainty, long development... View Details

Keywords: by Judith A. Ross

12 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 12, 2009

illustrates how deep dives guide the formation of a set of new core activities in the variation-selection-retention process. No PDF is available at this time. PublicationsWhat Causes Industry Agglomeration? Evidence from Coagglomeration... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jan 2008
News

Jeffrey R. Immelt, MBA 1982

Jeff Immelt’s night table—Railway Age, Aviation Week, Broadcasting & Cable—represents just a few of the industries encompassed by General Electric, the company founded by Thomas Edison where Immelt is entering his ninth year as chairman... View Details

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Lessons from History - Creating Emerging Markets

watched a short video of Yusuf Hamied discussing the necessity of incremental innovation in the pharmaceuticals industry in the 2000s. Lively discussion then ensued, moderated by HBS Professors Tarun Khanna,... View Details

10 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

COVID's Surprising Toll on Careers of Women Scientists

Foundation. About the Author Rachel Layne is a writer based in the Boston area. [Image: valentinrussanov] Related Reading Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive Who Guarantees Your Workplace Is Safe for Return?... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Pharmaceutical; Pharmaceutical; Pharmaceutical

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Souvenirs & Novelties - The Art of American Advertising

distribute them and local retailers to print their names on them at no cost. James C. Ayer, involved in the pharmaceutical industry, reaped enormous publicity benefits from the distribution of yearly almanacs. Ayer eventually established... View Details

01 Aug 2001
News

Cleveland Global Alumni Conference a Sold-Out Success

& Co., kicked off the first plenary session with a quick overview of factors contributing to the U.S. pharmaceutical industry's success in competing in the global market. Among other ad- vantages, Gilmartin cited the U.S. government's... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Frank Batten (MBA '52); Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

23 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 23

catastrophic risks to patients, physicians, pharmaceutical firms, and regulators. Between the early 1960s and the present, national systems were built to collect, standardize, and respond to individual reports of side effects, with the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 Jun 2008
First Look

First Look: June 10, 2008

"Moonshine Shop," a group of plant-savvy creative generalists, is helping a great industrial company become more innovative. Chronicles the history of the Moonshine Shop, its successes and failures, and describes innovations... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Jun 2000
Research & Ideas

What’s an Internet Business Model? Ask a Health Care Professional

will be done," Applegate said. "That ability to play above and below the line is fundamental to success because it provides revenue streams. There is nothing stickier than getting everyone in your industry to do business on your... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

19 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

Here Comes Internet2—Time to Shed Dot Vertigo

The same DVD would take approximately twenty-five hours to download via a standard DSL/cable line (and 170 hours—or more than seven days—via a 56K modem). Genomics and pharmaceuticals are other research arenas that should benefit from the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

18 Aug 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Courageous Leader Triggers a Moral Revolt of CEOs Against Trump

actions was not without risk for the CEOs and their companies” While many CEOs prefer to stay under the radar and avoid public scrutiny, Ken Frazier led the way with his example. As the chair of PhRMA, the pharmaceutical manufacturers... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

2000
Chapter

Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

By: S. Thomke and A. Nimgade

Keywords: Pharmaceutical Industry

Citation

1996
Chapter

Eli Lilly and Company: Drug Development Strategy

By: S. Thomke, A. Nimgade and P. Pospisil

Keywords: Product Development; Corporate Strategy; Pharmaceutical Industry

Citation

January 1994
Case

Evolving Finance Function: Judy C. Lewent at Merck & Co., Inc.

By: Timothy A. Luehrman

This case examines the career path of Merck's CFO, Judy C. Lewent, as a way of tracing changes over time in Merck's finance function. It describes the adoption of innovative quantitative analytical models, changes in job definitions and in the organization of the... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Mathematical Methods; Personal Development and Career; Organizational Design; Innovation and Invention; Pharmaceutical Industry

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Case

Gavi and the 'Next' Pandemic

By: Tarun Khanna and Kerry Herman

In 2025, CEO Dr. Sania Nishtar and her team consider the lessons the Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunizations (GAVI) learned from the pandemic. GAVI successfully brought COVID-19 vaccines to large swaths of the undeveloped and under-developed world by pooling... View Details