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- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
agent-based simulation model of network emergence. Using data on technology partnerships from 1983 to 1999 among firms in the automotive, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, chemicals, microelectronics, new materials, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- October 2020 (Revised April 2022)
- Case
When Institutions Fail: HIV/AIDS in the 1980s
By: Tom Nicholas and Christian Godwin
During the early 1980s, young gay men in urban centers such as San Francisco and New York City began contracting a mysterious illness that would come to be known as HIV/AIDS. A diagnosis meant almost certain death, with a less than 1% survival rate. Conflicting... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Policy; Government and Politics; Health Pandemics; History; Rights; Media; Organizations; Business and Community Relations; Religion; Social Psychology; Identity; Prejudice and Bias; Social Issues; Public Opinion; Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry; United States
Nicholas, Tom, and Christian Godwin. "When Institutions Fail: HIV/AIDS in the 1980s." Harvard Business School Case 821-002, October 2020. (Revised April 2022.)
- Article
What to Know About Locating in a Cluster
By: Willy C. Shih and Sen Chai
As a study of two industry clusters in Denmark shows, factors that can make clusters attractive—easy people movement and knowledge spillovers—can also make it harder for individual companies to retain proprietary knowledge. View Details
Keywords: Clusters; Clustering; Competitiveness; Life Sciences; Telecommunications; Science-based; Research And Development; Industry Clusters; Research; Innovation Strategy; Innovation and Management; Geographic Location; Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Denmark
Shih, Willy C., and Sen Chai. "What to Know About Locating in a Cluster." Art. 57117. MIT Sloan Management Review 57, no. 1 (Fall 2015): 104–107.
- February 2014
- Case
BGI: Data-driven Research
By: Willy Shih and Sen Chai
BGI has the largest installed gene-sequencing capacity in the world, and to Zhang Gengyun, general manager of the Life Sciences Division, this represented an opportunity to apply his training as a plant breeder and his early career work as a biochemist to improving... View Details
Keywords: Genomics; Gene Sequencing; Life Sciences; Plant Breeding; Human Genome Program; Beijing Genomics Institute; BGI; Rice Genome; Technological Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Research; Research and Development; Science; Genetics; Science-Based Business; Strategy; Commercialization; Corporate Strategy; Information Technology; Applications and Software; Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry; China; United States
Shih, Willy, and Sen Chai. "BGI: Data-driven Research." Harvard Business School Case 614-056, February 2014.
- September 2009 (Revised December 2009)
- Supplement
Genzyme Center (C)
By: Michael W. Toffel and Aldo Sesia
Genzyme Corporation is in the midst of planning its new corporate headquarters, which incorporates many innovative green building features. After learning that the building as planned would likely earn a LEED Silver rating, an intermediate score in the LEED green... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Standards; Cost vs Benefits; Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry
Toffel, Michael W., and Aldo Sesia. "Genzyme Center (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 610-010, September 2009. (Revised December 2009.)
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
guilt and insecurity. NeuroPhage is a family business of sorts. Jonathan Solomon’s (MBA 2007) mother, Beka Solomon, chair for biotechnology of neurodegenerative diseases at Tel Aviv University, had spent years working with a virus that... View Details
- July 2013 (Revised November 2021)
- Module Note
Exploration vs. Exploitation
By: Willy Shih
This module note introduces James March's concept of exploration and exploitation, and the management challenge of balancing the allocation of resources to the two activities in the firm. The note also touches on the O'Reilly and Tushman paper on the ambidextrous... View Details
Keywords: Exploration And Exploitation; Exploitation; Research; Scientific Research; Product Commercialization; Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Knowledge Acquisition; Growth and Development Strategy; Resource Allocation; Strategic Planning; Research and Development; Science-Based Business; Corporate Strategy; Knowledge Sharing; Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry; United States
Shih, Willy. "Exploration vs. Exploitation." Harvard Business School Module Note 614-004, July 2013. (Revised November 2021.)
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
Participants enjoyed sessions on topics that ranged from biotechnology to media and entertainment to social enterprise. A panel of six entrepreneurs, moderated by HBS professor Lynda M. Applegate, discussed their experiences in light of... View Details
- 07 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Organizational Model for Open Source
The more fundamental question that firms and policy makers need to be thinking about is just what type of good is software?—Siobhán O'Mahony Similar issues surface in the biotechnology world, where university and market conceptions of the... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy
therefore, become unique local centers of innovation for the likes of mutual funds, venture capital, and biotechnology in Greater Boston or aircraft equipment and design, boat and shipbuilding, and metal fabrication in Seattle. The list... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter
- Research Summary
Evolution of firm structure in vertical specialized technology supply chains
By: Willy C. Shih
The global market in many everyday products has been transformed by the internationalization of production. In many industries, semiconductors and electronic products in particular, a sequential mode of production has evolved in which goods are produced... View Details
- Research Summary
Industrial competitiveness in high tech and science-based businesses
By: Willy C. Shih
How do emerging economies develop industrial and technical capabilities that overtake those of advanced economies? Are there some industrial sectors that are especially susceptible to such targeting? What will it take to restore America’s... View Details
- September 2019
- Case
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Shaping the Vaccine Manufacturing Ecosystem
By: Willy C. Shih
Vaccines for children has been a long-standing focus for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and its critical role in public health made its production an important economic and political issue. This case describes the Foundation's investment in a breakthrough vaccine... View Details
Keywords: Vaccine; Production; Supply Chain; Product; Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Belgium
Shih, Willy C. "Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Shaping the Vaccine Manufacturing Ecosystem." Harvard Business School Case 620-021, September 2019.
- June 2010
- Teaching Note
Monsanto: Helping Farmers Feed the World (TN)
By: David E. Bell and Mary Louise Shelman
Teaching Note for [510025]. View Details
- March 2010 (Revised May 2012)
- Case
Myelin Repair Foundation: Accelerating Drug Discovery Through Collaboration
By: Karim R. Lakhani and Paul R. Carlile
This case presents the Myelin Repair Foundation's accelerated research collaboration model for drug discovery. It highlights the challenges of building a multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional research collaboration that is attempting to create a treatment for... View Details
Keywords: Research and Development; Intellectual Property; Risk and Uncertainty; Strategic Planning; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Health Disorders; Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry
Lakhani, Karim R., and Paul R. Carlile. "Myelin Repair Foundation: Accelerating Drug Discovery Through Collaboration." Harvard Business School Case 610-074, March 2010. (Revised May 2012.)
- April 2008
- Teaching Note
Viagen: Revolutioning the Livestock Industry (TN)
By: David E. Bell, Mary L. Shelman and Eliot Sherman
Teaching Note for [507021]. View Details
- March 2007
- Teaching Note
Monsanto: Realizing Biotech Value in Brazil (TN)
By: David E. Bell and Mary L. Shelman
- December 2006 (Revised January 2008)
- Case
ViaGen: Revolutionizing the Livestock Industry
By: David E. Bell, Reed Martin and Mary L. Shelman
ViaGen has invested heavily to develop cloning technology for the livestock industry. Cloning has the potential to significantly improve the genetics of livestock, leading to higher quality meat, healthier animals, and more efficient production. Since 2003, the firm... View Details
Keywords: Animal-Based Agribusiness; Business Plan; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Marketing Communications; Industry Structures; Business and Government Relations; Genetics; Commercialization; Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry
Bell, David E., Reed Martin, and Mary L. Shelman. "ViaGen: Revolutionizing the Livestock Industry." Harvard Business School Case 507-021, December 2006. (Revised January 2008.)
- September 1990 (Revised November 1990)
- Case
DNAP: Looking to the Nineties
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Goldberg, Ray A. "DNAP: Looking to the Nineties." Harvard Business School Case 591-032, September 1990. (Revised November 1990.)
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation
dormant at the time. But with the growth of the microprocessor and of biotechnology in the late 1970s, as well as the deregulation of the airline and financial services industries, new opportunities for eager entrepreneurs were created.... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young