COVID - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Apr 2021
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The High Cost of the Slow COVID Vaccine Rollout

23 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

COVID Was Supposed to Increase Bankruptcies. Instead, They've Gone Down.

Bankruptcy filings in the United States were expected to soar during this year’s economic recession, induced by COVID-19. Instead, they dropped 27 percent year-over-year through August, driven by an unexpected drop in consumer and small business filings. The findings... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

29 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

The COVID Gender Gap: Why Fewer Women Are Dying

that public health officials should target their pandemic messaging to men differently than to women, to encourage safer behaviors and reduce the spread of the disease globally. Research shows that men are dying from COVID in much higher... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health

14 May 2020
Research & Ideas

What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog

What is keeping you awake at night during this global pandemic? Over the past few weeks, we asked 600 CEOs that very question. Their responses were touching and instructive, but also daunting about the challenges leaders face at this moment of crisis. What keeps CEOs... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

17 May 2024
News

Meme-Stock Mania Crashes Into Reality of Depleted Covid Savings

16 Nov 2021
News

Just Tell Everybody to Go Get a Covid Booster

15 Aug 2021
News

The Covid Fear Isn’t Going Anywhere for a While

16 Aug 2022
News

Harvard Study Suggests Anti-asian Discrimination Spiked on Airbnb during COVID

28 Sep 2021
News

World Can Have Covid Boosters and Its First Doses, Too

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World Can Have COVID Boosters and Its First Doses, Too

By: Scott Duke Kominers

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07 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

As the COVID-19 virus pandemic began to sweep across the world, Doug McMillon and his team at Walmart watched in horror. Suddenly, they realized, tomorrow would be nothing like “business as usual” and everything in the company’s marketing plan, from retail execution to... View Details

Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman

08 Jun 2021
News

Plexiglass Is Everywhere, With No Proof It Keeps Covid at Bay

23 Aug 2020
News

In the UK, She Leads the Search for a COVID Vaccine

Kate Bingham (MBA 1991) Kate Bingham (MBA 1991) When she was asked to chair the UK’s Vaccine Taskforce back in May, Kate Bingham (MBA 1991) paused. Despite nearly three decades of experience as a life sciences investor with SV Health Investors, the enormity of leading... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19; vaccines; leadership; biomedicine; venture capital; operations; public health; government innovation; Finance; Scientific Research and Development Services

24 Jan 2022
News

Rising COVID Cases in Us Nursing Homes Prompt Hospital Warnings

18 May 2021
News

Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.

Winter 2022
Article

Determinants of Small Business Reopening Decisions After COVID Restrictions Were Lifted

By: Dylan Balla-Elliott, Zoë B. Cullen, Edward L. Glaeser, Michael Luca and Christopher Stanton

The COVID-19 pandemic led to dramatic economic disruptions, including government-imposed restrictions that temporarily shuttered millions of American businesses. We use a nation-wide survey of thousands of small business owners to establish three main facts about... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19; Demand Forecasting; Reopening; Health Pandemics; Government Administration; Small Business

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