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- 2009
- Working Paper
Where Is the Pharmacy to the World? International Regulatory Variation and Pharmaceutical Industry Location
By: Arthur Daemmrich
A consumer-oriented model for drug development and use has attracted attention in recent years as an alternative to the much-maligned approach of mass-marketing blockbuster drugs. In a parallel development, patients and disease-based organizations have assumed greater... View Details
Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Health Disorders; Health Testing and Trials; Power and Influence; Competitive Strategy; Pharmaceutical Industry; European Union; Germany; United States
Daemmrich, Arthur. "Where Is the Pharmacy to the World? International Regulatory Variation and Pharmaceutical Industry Location." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-118, April 2009.
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Nonprofits: Choosing a Path for Growth
conducive to protecting the organization’s brand and reputation and coordinating overall strategy and operations. A high degree of control might be particularly desirable when the program being implemented is complex or relies heavily on... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Prima Datarina
and more experimental pieces, Boston Ballet has to sell tickets, which is easier to do for a Saturday showing of Cinderella, for example, than a Wednesday evening performance of contemporary works. To address that challenge—and engage a broader audience—Hodges turned... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 17 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
Applying the MBA Skillset to Global Health Challenges: Summer Fellow Vasilis Theodorou (MBA 2022)
consultant, I wanted to test whether a strategy role in an implementing organization is a better fit for me. I also knew that I have a passion for social impact, but had questions about the reality of... View Details
- 06 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products?
is enough interest to go further? Which is the better strategy for young innovators? What are the pros and cons of each? Can the risks be measured and mitigated? “The pitch or spec dilemma touches any independent inventor looking to sell... View Details
- 22 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Control Your Inventory in a World of Lean Retailing
Manufacturers generally classify products in terms of broad product lines, developing a single marketing strategy and production plan for each line. That makes sense for marketing, but it's a mistake for production. Different SKUs... View Details
- 24 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
These Coronavirus Heroes Show Us How Crisis Leadership Works
Schinecker, CEO of Roche Diagnostics, leads a company that received the FDA’s first emergency use authorization for a commercially developed COVID-19 test on March 13. Roche now believes it can ship up to 400,000 View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Hands-on Simulations Complement the Case Method
students work in small teams to develop a product (beer) and bring it to market. By analyzing data and collaborating on design, pricing, packaging, manufacturing, and marketing, teams compete as they test their ideas and iterate their... View Details
Keywords: Educational Innovation
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Around the World
ago, Nohria made advancement of the School’s international strategy one of his top five priorities. “Today, HBS would be derelict in its mission if it weren’t preparing the leaders it educates to succeed in a global context,” says Nohria.... View Details
- 22 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 22, 2006
capital investing has reached an all-time high. Although their background skills and experiences fall outside venture capital, they have identified a large investor and a number of smaller investors to back their small fund. They believe their fund's View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Fast Answer
Job interview preparation
interviewer and interviewee, and information on interviewing techniques including group interview testing and panel interviewing. While the site originates from the U.K., information is relevant for business interview situations... View Details
- 16 May 2016
- HBS Case
Food Safety Economics: The Cost of a Sick Customer
when more than 50 people in 11 states were sickened by an initial E. coli outbreak. “Do those smaller local organic growers have the experience, resources, and commitment to test their products for various food safety risks?” The chain... View Details
- 02 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Disruptors Sell What Customers Want and Let Competitors Sell What They Don’t
habits as well, such as a growing preference for sharing items rather than owning them, and encouraging "showrooming" where shoppers visit stores only to test products—then buy them more cheaply online. The user benefits from lower cost,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 11 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 11, 2008
implementation of an innovative, but ultimately unsuccessful strategy. Quarterly strategic reviews, based in part on the firm's balanced scorecard, led executives at Store24 to identify problems with, and eventually abandon, this strategy... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Link Between Language and Corporate Responsibility
company's native language can affect its policies.Photo: iStockPhoto "It seemed to me to be an amazing finding if it were true," Marquis says. "We asked, what are some other tests that could be done in a business context?" The research... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Enhancing Students’ Cultural Intelligence
Students partnered with Colgate-Palmolive in Mexico City Students partnered with Colgate-Palmolive in Mexico City Brian Franklin (MBA 2018) admits the prospect of partnering with Colgate-Palmolive to identify a strategy for marketing... View Details
- September 2020
- Case
Merck: COVID-19 Vaccines
By: Willy C. Shih
COVID-19 infections were still climbing across the U.S. and many other parts of the world in September 2020, and it seemed that every time Ken Frazier, the CEO of Merck & Co. consented to an interview in recent months he always seemed to hear the same question,... View Details
Keywords: Vaccines; COVID-19 Pandemic; Health Pandemics; Health Testing and Trials; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Business Strategy; Product Launch; Pharmaceutical Industry
Shih, Willy C. "Merck: COVID-19 Vaccines." Harvard Business School Case 621-028, September 2020.
- 23 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Minding the Muse: The Impact of Downsizing on Corporate Creativity
pharmaceutical firms that rely on creativity," she says. "Today's fast-changing global markets place increased pressure on companies of every kind to continuously create new products, services, and competitive strategies if they... View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs
- February 2009
- Case
Avid Radiopharmaceuticals: The Venture Debt Question
By: Matthew Rhodes-Kropf and Ann Leamon
The CEO of a promising biotech company must decide how to respond to the macro-economic slump of late 2008. He had planned to pursue an aggressive schedule, moving the firm's Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease imaging compounds through clinical trials and into the... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Entrepreneurship; Borrowing and Debt; Venture Capital; Financial Management; Investment; Health Testing and Trials; Expansion; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry
Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew, and Ann Leamon. "Avid Radiopharmaceuticals: The Venture Debt Question." Harvard Business School Case 809-086, February 2009.
- 29 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
Emerging Into Singapore
Zalora in South East Asia to Dafiti in South America. I have been given the opportunity to interact with different departments, ask questions, and be involved in thought processes. I am currently working on an investigation to test the... View Details