Vaccines - Publications - Faculty & Research

Winter 2022
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Distributing a Billion Vaccines: COVAX Successes, Challenges, and Opportunities

By: Eric Budish, Hannah Kettler, Scott Duke Kominers, Erik Osland, Canice Prendergast and Andrew A. Torkelson

By January 2022, the COVAX international vaccine collaboration had allocated over a billion vaccines to over 140 countries. We describe and review the allocation process chosen, which reflected both an objective of equitably distributing vaccines across the world and... View Details

Keywords: Vaccines; Pandemics; Health Care and Treatment; Health Pandemics; Distribution; Supply Chain; Equality and Inequality

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20 Jul 2020
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At least two pharmaceutical companies promise affordable COVID-19 vaccines during the pandemic

09 Sep 2021
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Should Your Company Implement a Vaccination Mandate?

16 Mar 2020
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Moderna Announces Start of Coronavirus Vaccine Testing

04 Jun 2012
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New vaccine delivery process wins Harvard University President's Challenge for social entrepreneurship

September 2020 (Revised July 2021)
Case

Moderna (A)

By: Marco Iansiti, Karim R. Lakhani, Hannah Mayer and Kerry Herman

In summer 2020, Stephane Bancel, CEO of biotech firm Moderna, faces several challenges as his company races to develop a vaccine for COVID-19. The case explores how a company builds a digital organization, and leverages artificial intelligence and other digital... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19; Vaccine; Digital Organizations; Organizational Structure; Operations; Management; Health Pandemics; Research and Development; Goals and Objectives

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February 2022 (Revised August 2022)
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Defense Logistics Agency: Dynamic Vaccine Distribution at Scale

By: Hise Gibson, Gary P. Pisano, Pettis Kent and Michael Norris

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America's Pharmacies Can Do a Lot More Vaccinations

By: Scott Duke Kominers and Alex Tabarrok

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29 Jan 2021
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How Influencers, Celebrities, and FOMO Can Win Over Vaccine Skeptics

August 2021
Teaching Note

Fair Park Covid-19 Mass Vaccination Site (A) and (B)

By: Willy Shih

Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 622-003 and 622-004. View Details

Keywords: Operations Improvement; Operations And Processes; Toyota Production System; Operations; Service Operations; Health Pandemics; Service Delivery; Problems and Challenges; Goals and Objectives; Measurement and Metrics; Health Industry; United States

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Ein Booster für die Pharmabranche [A Booster for the Pharmaceutical Industry]

By: Ariel Dora Stern, Timo Minssen, W. Nicholson Price, II and Christoph Grimpe

mRNA technology has just helped to develop vaccines against COVID-19. Now, like Apple's iOS, it could provide the basis for new innovation platforms. View Details

Keywords: mRNA; COVID-19; Vaccines; Health Care and Treatment; Health Pandemics; Innovation and Invention; Health Industry

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02 Dec 2021
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La vaccination obligatoire : un bon point pour l'économie

15 Jun 2020
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Science, Business & Vaccine Development to Combat the Pandemic

10 Feb 2023
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COVID-19 Lessons: Social Media Can Nudge More People to Get Vaccinated

05 Jan 2021
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Retail pharmacy chains will face challenges for vaccine rollout

January 2021 (Revised March 2021)
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Serum Institute of India (SII): Racing to Save Lives During a Pandemic

By: Rohit Deshpandé, Anjali Raina and Rachna Chawla

The CEO of Serum Institute of India (SII), a $12.8 billion Indian Family business is faced with a risky choice between principles and profit. SII is the largest manufacturer of vaccines in the world and Adar Poonawalla, the CEO and son of the founder has to decide how... View Details