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January 2014 (Revised June 2014)
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23andMe: Genetic Testing for Consumers (A)

By: John A. Quelch and Margaret L. Rodriguez

On November 22, 2013, the direct-to-consumer genetic testing provider, 23andMe, received a letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ordering the company to halt the sale and promotion of its genetic testing kit. The FDA stated that the product was... View Details

Keywords: Public Health; Genome Testing; Health Care; Ancestry; 23andMe; Marketing; Product Launch; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Health Testing and Trials; Genetics; Strategy; Health Industry; United States

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Profiles - MBA

victims did not prevail in court until 1973. The fast-growing chemical company's faith in its cutting-edge technology diverted it from its human consequences, and people in powerful positions were happy to... View Details

17 Jan 2023
Book

Good Companies Commit Crimes, But Great Leaders Can Prevent Them

In a fraught ethics and legal climate, leaders need to know how to steer clear of trouble more than ever. Corporate Criminal Investigations and Prosecutions, released in September, offers a comprehensive... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

01 Jan 2007
News

Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, MBA 1987

began in 1981. "My father offered me the opportunity to test the work environment in the Philippines at Ayala for a three-year trial period," he recalls. Although considering other options, Zobel took to his work at Ayala "like a fish to... View Details

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General Merchants to Commodities Brokers | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Henry worked for his father, Abraham, a cattle dealer. When he came to America, he started as an itinerant peddler of household and farm goods around Mobile, Alabama. [1] He then settled in Montgomery, Alabama’s capital, where he opened a... View Details

09 Nov 2023
News

From the Brink

Antonio Weiss (MBA 1994), Adam Chepenik (MBA 2010), Sebastián Negrón-Reichard (JD/MBA 2024) As the senior top official in the US Treasury Department on domestic finance issues, Antonio Weiss (MBA 1994) could see Puerto Rico’s financial meltdown coming, like watching a... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

09 Oct 2020
Blog Post

4 Things To Know About the MS/MBA Biotech

Since emigrating from Syria at the age of five, I have personally experienced the uphill battle of obtaining health care coverage as a non-US citizen. My family, along with many other immigrant and low-income families, are often forced to... View Details

27 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

IPO or M&A? How Venture Capital Shapes a Startup's Future

Entrepreneurs rarely consider who will ultimately own their startups—and what that means for founders—when they court venture capitalists. New research suggests they should. A startup funded by VCs who tend to work with the same group of... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

04 Jan 2022
What Do You Think?

Firing McDonald’s Easterbrook: What Could the Board Have Done Differently?

cause or not. Each situation is different. It may depend on the nature of the CEO’s shortcomings and the terms of their contract. Was the problem merely poor company performance (rarely regarded as “cause”), poor judgment (a borderline... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

04 Feb 2022
Book

Beyond the Cold War: Reinventing Socialism in 5 Countries

Although many view socialism through the rigid lens of Soviet orthodoxy, it has always been a work in progress and an evolving and adaptable ideology on a global scale, says Harvard Business School Marvin Bower Associate Professor Jeremy Friedman. In his new book, Ripe... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

07 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

Supervisor of Sandwiches? More Companies Inflate Titles to Avoid Extra Pay

If it seems like everyone is a manager these days, you may be onto something. Not only is there a profusion of assistant managers, there are also now carpet shampoo and food cart managers, directors of first impressions, assistant bingo... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

03 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Dealing with the ‘Irrational’ Negotiator

was the firm. The executive was uninterested in going to court to recoup the $25,000 that the firm was owed and wanted to drop the matter entirely. The executive called the employee View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra & Max H. Bazerman

04 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

How a Juicy Brand Came Back to Life

conclusion that many marketing professionals are likely to resist: There is a vital interplay between the challenge a brand faces and the culture of the corporation that owns it. When brand and culture fall... View Details

Keywords: by John Deighton; Food & Beverage

12 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

Why Investors Often Lose When They Sue Their Financial Adviser

proliferation of arbitration Companies from internet service providers to nursing home operators use arbitration to shield themselves from expensive, protracted lawsuits. Proponents say the approach resolves disputes faster than the court... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services

15 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

Why Americans Voted for an Income Tax

them." It turns out that Romney, like Obama and FDR, views taxes as our way of paying for what we want government to do for us. As US Supreme Court justice Oliver Wendell Holmes famously said: "I... View Details

Keywords: by Matthew C. Weinzierl

29 Jan 2018
Book

How 'Teaming' Saved 33 Lives in the Chilean Mining Disaster

Workers test the NASA-engineered capsule used to lift trapped miners to the surface. Hugo Infante/Government of Chile via Wikimedia Commons (Editor's Note: Amy Edmondson advises managers to think of teams as a verb, "teaming," which means to proactively build View Details

Keywords: by Amy C. Edmondson; Mining

27 Jan 2023
Op-Ed

Have We Lost Sight of Integrity?

federal indictment. Tesla’s Elon Musk is facing trial for deceptively driving up the price of Tesla stock by falsely claiming to have the “funding secured” to take his company private. Theranos under Elizabeth Holmes View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

14 Jul 2016
Blog Post

Dating at HBS

off campus, so he would pick me up on the way to discussion group, and we would walk every day to and from school. I guess that was our courting period! I remember the moment... View Details

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Partners - Case Method Project

American Propaganda, U.S. Supreme Court Simulation MA 58 of 159 Jonathan Greiner Newton South High School Newton Centre, MA Subjects: AP U.S. Government and Politics MA 59 of 159 Dan Hackett Boston Latin... View Details

01 Jun 2023
News

Curb Appeal

ash, food waste, and “rubbish”; materials like metal and paper were reused, and the grease from food waste was used to make soap. New Yorkers were so thrilled that they threw... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photography by Vance Jacobs; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities

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