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September 2020
Case

Merck: COVID-19 Vaccines

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

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17 Jul 2007
First Look

First Look: July 17, 2007

efficient levels and retain unproductive workers, both of which should affect productivity. These theoretical predictions have rarely been tested. We use the adoption of wrongful-discharge protections by U.S. state View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2007
News

In Brief

stadium, win the World Series, and unveil plans for a $650 million “Ballpark Village.” Meet the father-son team behind one of baseball’s most popular (and successful) franchises. The Plight of the Global Poor. Nearly half the planet’s... View Details

Keywords: Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices

16 Nov 2010
First Look

First Look: November 16, 2010

International Criminal Court Rafael Di Tella and Natalie KindredHarvard Business School Case 710-060 This Case describes a controversial 2010 decision by the International Criminal View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Mar 2022
Blog Post

The Impact of Career Coaching | When Mission Meets Passion

CPD interviewed Nancy M. Williams (MBA 1992) to share how she leveraged career coaching to make a career switch, launch a venture and find true fulfillment in her professional and personal endeavors. Tell us... View Details

11 May 2020
Op-Ed

Immigration Policies Threaten American Competitiveness

It is no secret that immigration has reshaped American innovation. Immigrants are the backbone of America’s most innovative industries, provide a quarter of our patent applications, and are numerous among our science and engineering superstars. Taken from World... View Details

Keywords: by William R. Kerr

13 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

5 Weight Loss Tips From Behavioral Economists

Business scholars increasingly hinge their hypotheses on sociological and psychological studies, seeking a true handle on what motivates executives, employees, consumers, and policymakers. For instance, the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Sep 2003
What Do You Think?

To Whom Should Boards be Accountable?

Summing Up "It is pretty clear to me to whom the board is accountable: the shareholders."—J. W. Penland "When the board deviates from long- and short-term shareholder interests as it has recently done in some instances, it... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

The Climate Needs Aggressive CEO Leadership

Corporations are facing great uncertainty. For the world to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, the United States eventually will have to put a price on carbon dioxide emissions, as has been done by Europe, parts of Canada, and California. To plan for the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler; Energy; Utilities

01 Mar 2005
News

A Primer on Patents

they found legally uninteresting. The supposed solution was the creation of a new, centralized appellate court to hear all patent cases — the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC). But it didn’t... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

26 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

Best Practices of Global Innovators

single-site projects, related to dividing tasks, sharing artifacts, and coordinating and integrating work. Rarely does a firm's default process adequately address these activities. Effective approaches are... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

07 Sep 2016
News

HBS Names 2016-2017 Blavatnik Fellows in Life Science Entrepreneurship

Keywords: Blavatnik; Scientific Research and Development Services

29 Oct 2007
HBS Case

Marketing Maria: Managing the Athlete Endorsement

When Serena Williams took Centre Court at Wimbledon on July 3, 2004, few gave her opponent, 17-year-old Russian star Maria Sharapova, much of a chance. But Sharapova took the Ladies' Singles championship in straight sets, catapulting her... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Sports

18 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 18, 2009

free-reign of bargaining power with no check upon it. In reality, courts cannot implement agreements costlessly, and parties often prefer to use "non-cooperative" implementation. We present a... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

What Does December's Drug-Approval Dash Mean for COVID-19 Vaccines?

aspects of the drug trial and approval process, including allowing time for potential issues to materialize. When you see an FDA emergency approval for a COVID-19 vaccine, don't interpret this as a normal... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Pharmaceutical; Health

13 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

Reinforcing Values: A Public Dressing Down

working; in such cases, employees' performance should be evaluated as much on their adherence to the new standards and processes as on their substantive choices. In this spirit, Levy chose to think of himself primarily as a kind of... View Details

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

11 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 11

well-established negative correlation between staggered boards (SBs) and firm value could be due to SBs leading to lower value or a reflection of low-value firms' greater propensity to maintain SBs. We analyze the causal question using a... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Sep 2008
News

On Track

trials forced her to put those aspirations aside. The drive that led her to excel in athletics had to be rechanneled into the private sector, a life change that brought her to HBS and eventually to the top... View Details

Keywords: Finance

21 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

How to Sink a Startup

Tim Westergren of Pandora and Evan Williams of Twitter. YouTube cofounder and former CEO Chad Hurley has called the book "an invaluable alternative to real-world trial View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

25 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 25

must work and interact with other components. This standardization process is under tremendous stress. Many disputes roiling courts and administrative bodies around the... View Details