Health Testing and Trials - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Apr 2024
News

The Making of a Medical Milestone

On March 16, doctors at the Massachusetts General Hospital made history when they successfully transplanted a kidney from a genetically modified pig to a living human. The groundbreaking procedure marked a significant milestone in animal-to-human transplant, or... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

14 Jan 2019
Op-Ed

These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership

earned him the United Nations Foundation’s Champion for Global Change Award in 2014. Polman faced his toughest test when Kraft Heinz launched a hostile takeover bid in 2017. Within 48 hours, Polman rejected the bid View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Health; Health; Health; Health

16 Sep 2016
News

Gaining Ground on ALS

1998. “But this grant is significant because it facilitates the sharing of plasma samples, collected from test subjects over time, with academic researchers.” The collaboration is a first for an international, late-stage View Details

15 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

What You Don’t Know About Making Decisions

But take care not to double count. Go-no-go choices involve only one option and don't qualify as two alternatives. Assumption Testing. "Facts" come in two varieties: those that have been carefully View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto

31 May 2004
Research & Ideas

How Team Leaders Show Support–or Not

projects included new product development (e.g., a high-strength fabric; a home health aid, an electronic recording device), solving complex client problems (e.g., developing a database management system for a global hotel chain); View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

30 Nov 2007
What Do You Think?

What Is Management’s Role in Innovation?

leadership to "involve people at all levels ." Pablo Lira suggested the importance of "facilitating calculated testing environments to evaluate and secure viability of new ideas." Other... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

financial performance of corporations, the design of incentive and control systems to guide strategy execution, corporate reporting, and the role of investors in this new paradigm. Initiatives & Projects The... View Details

20 Dec 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

How to Design a Better Customer Experience

being ordinary, mediocre, and forgettable. That’s because many organizations tackle customer experience by relying on haphazard efforts, Thomke says, like brainstorming, trial View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health; Health

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company

hospital business and a health insurance business, management decided to split the businesses apart through a corporate spin-off because it realized the businesses were strategically incompatible—the... View Details

Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson

10 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

High Commitment, High Performance Management

With many companies battered by the economy, commitment from leaders and employees might seem like increasingly precious resources. Yet commitment and performance are essential elements of any successful... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online

inform business decisions Implement analytical techniques in Excel Develop effective pricing strategies Identify sources of competitive advantage through differentiation Evaluate the financial health of a business using financial... View Details

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Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab | About

biotech and other life-sciences ventures that require wet lab facilities to test chemicals, drugs or other materials. It provides an experiential, educational environment where students View Details

01 Dec 2023
News

Drop Everything, Read This

The Bookshelf Rick Rubin is one of the greatest music producers of all time. His book, The Creative Act: A Way of Being, is about the creative process and is based on his experiences with era-defining musicians. He encourages the reader to be open to clues and... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

08 Oct 2013
First Look

First Look: October 8

valuable information. Companies need to invest as much in learning from their start-ups as they do in making and overseeing deals. Publisher's link: http://hbr.org/2013/10/corporate-venturing/ar/1 August 2013 Harvard Business Review The... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition

employee with young kids at home, or someone taking care of elder relatives, or a worker needing to focus on their own physical and mental health as a result of the situation will not be able to do a 40-hour... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

15 Dec 2024
News

After Ozempic

Back before Ozempic, when Kate Mulroney (MBA 1984) spoke at technical conferences about her work at Novo Nordisk, people often assumed she was talking about Novartis. “I’d have to explain that’s a Swiss company; we’re Danish,” says Mulroney, now head of advanced... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Illustrations by Pete Ryan; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

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New Venture Competition | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

for eligible graduate students across Harvard University to explore social entrepreneurship and test ideas for social innovation in a rigorous and supportive environment.... View Details

30 Aug 2016
First Look

August 30, 2016

patient-reported outcomes, at an accelerated pace. These comprehensive sets are integrated with electronic health records and incorporated into clinical practice, and they will... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

21 Feb 2005
Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

providing the public good of health for the general population. That the advocacy system in American jurisprudence or the structure of the healthcare market in the United States (with its convoluted system of both private View Details

Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice

21 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

Are You Sabotaging Your Own Company?

go back and haggle over the minutes of a meeting,” says Thomke, whose recently released book Experimentation Works: The Surprising Power of Business Experiments encourages companies to test new business... View Details