Science-based - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2008
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Social Enterprise Pioneer

School’s newest alumni? We passed the mike to six members of a learning team from the Class of 2008 to get their thoughts on collaborative learning and what life is really like at HBS. A Binary Formula Science-based businesses demand new... View Details

01 Jun 2008
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HBS Creates Life Sciences Fellowship Fund

undergraduate science backgrounds. Preference will be given to students planning careers in science-based businesses and organizations. The new fellowships reflect the growing emphasis at HBS on preparing leaders for the life-sciences and... View Details

Keywords: Admissions; fellowship; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

31 May 2016
HBS Case

Who Owns Space?

As a vast place full of limitless possibility, space is a huge draw for brilliant minds and big ambitions. A new generation of billionaire entrepreneurs is vying to lay claim to it. Be it Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Richard Branson, or Paul Allen, some of the world’s... View Details

Keywords: Re: Matthew C. Weinzierl; Aerospace

November 1983 (Revised May 1984)
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SSS (Scientific Systems Services)

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts

Keywords: Science-Based Business

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21 Feb 2012
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Sustainability Is Good Business

on the payroll, the Nature Conservancy isn’t shy about offering its science-based expertise to help corporations soften their environmental footprints. Dow Chemical and British Petroleum are among its corporate partners. Tercek’s bottom... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Utilities

13 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Science Business: What Happened to Biotech?

"anatomy," has created poor conditions for a science-based business to flower. "The sector has indiscriminately borrowed business models, organizational strategies, and approaches from other high-technology industries under... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Biotechnology

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Polaroid Corporation Collection | Baker Library

fostered invention and creativity within the culture of a small, science-based research and manufacturing company. The records of the Polaroid Corporation records span nearly 3500 linear feet of material related to the company’s... View Details

01 Dec 2006
News

Faculty Books

from its character as a science-based business. This poses three challenges: how to finance risky investments with long time horizons for R&D; keep pace with advances in drug knowledge; and integrate capabil-ities across the spectrum of... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

September 1998
Case

Monsanto's March into Biotechnology (C)

By: Dorothy A. Leonard and Robert Irwin

Supplements the (A) and (B) cases. View Details

Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Science-Based Business; Biotechnology Industry

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20 Apr 2010
First Look

First Look: April 20

Notably, the result persists after controlling for a host of factors that may influence bidding, but disappears when the appeal for charity is replaced by an appeal to bid for other reasons. Implications for the link between religion and pro-social behavior are... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

1999
Chapter

The Pharmaceutical Industry and the Revolution in Molecular Biology: Interactions Among Scientific, Institutional, and Organizational Change

By: Rebecca Henderson, Gary P. Pisano and Luigi Orsenigo

Keywords: Science-Based Business; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Transformation; Pharmaceutical Industry

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March 1999
Teaching Note

Conceptual Overview: "Business and the Environment," An Elective for MBA Students TN

By: Forest L. Reinhardt

Intended to assist faculty who teach courses on environmental management at business schools. Other people interested in the relationships between business and the environment may also find it useful. View Details

Keywords: Science-Based Business; Environmental Sustainability; Business Education; Theory

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01 Dec 2018
News

Collaborative Cures

diagnostics, consumer, and devices, collectively raising more than $150 million in funding. To further catalyze these new science-based businesses, the program provides fellows professional development in areas such as startup strategy,... View Details

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Confronting Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities

emissions, and greentech. More resources from HBS: HBS Working Knowledge - keep updated about Harvard Business School faculty on issues including science-based businesses, environmental sustainability, and climate change. HBS... View Details

February 2008 (Revised August 2008)
Case

EXACT Sciences Corp.: Commercializing a Diagnostic Test

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

This case addresses the challenges of commercializing molecular diagnostics. Along the way, it explains the technology, payment system, and the measures used to assess the value of a diagnostic test. View Details

Keywords: Health Testing and Trials; Genetics; Science-Based Business; Commercialization; Biotechnology Industry

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01 Mar 2005
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Campaign Passes Goal, Continues

organizations and communities they join. “What we do here has a deep and broad impact on society as a whole. The School really is a pioneer. Just look at our current research in entrepreneurship and social enterprise, and our new initiatives in health care, education... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

2001
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Transforming Life, Transforming Business: The Life Science Revolution

By: Juan Enriquez and Ray A. Goldberg

Keywords: Science-Based Business; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Human Needs; Welfare; Transformation

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2001
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A Business Manager's Approach to Climate Change

By: Forest Reinhardt and Kimberly O'Neill Packard

Keywords: Climate Change; Science-Based Business; Business Strategy

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October 2016 (Revised November 2018)
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Indigo Agriculture

By: Marco Iansiti, Michael W. Toffel and Christine Snively

Indigo Agriculture had successfully developed and launched its first commercial product, microbe-enhanced cotton seeds, on an accelerated product development timeline. In late 2016, as the company was about to launch its second product, winter wheat, the management... View Details

Keywords: Product Development; Agribusiness; Science-Based Business; Operations; Management; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Technology Industry

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