Pharmaceutical - Publications - Faculty & Research

March 1999 (Revised January 2001)
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Hans Fritz at Novartis Thailand (B): The First Six Months

By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Carin-Isabel Knoop

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Pharmaceutical Industry; Thailand

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November 1978 (Revised January 1983)
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Vick International Division: Tom McGuire

Explores the ways in which International Division management uses formal management systems in carrying out its roles in the management processes of one division of a diversified drug company. View Details

Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Business Divisions; Management Systems; Pharmaceutical Industry

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August 1989 (Revised October 2005)
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James Burke: A Career in American Business (B)

By: Richard S. Tedlow and Wendy Smith

Covers the history of Tylenol from the autumn of 1982 through the second tampering incident in February 1986. Also deals with other developments in the history of Johnson & Johnson, especially the acquisition and divestiture of Technicare. View Details

Keywords: History; Pharmaceutical Industry

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01 Jun 2000
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The Business of Biotech

business and commercial development at Millennium Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge, Massachusetts. "It will revolutionize how medicine is practiced," he states simply. "Right now the doctor listens to your heart with a stethoscope and maybe... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Mar 2012
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How to Close the Health Gap

real progress has been made over the last decade, thanks in part to funding from organizations such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and efforts by pharmaceutical companies and governments to make drugs available at little or no... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Oct 1998
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Playing to Win

in turning losing teams into winners, Louis-Dreyfus has an enviable record of reshaping underperforming companies into formidable competitors. A scion of one of France's most prominent business families, he rejuvenated IMS International, a struggling U.S. View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

15 Apr 2014
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Bertarelli Foundation Gift Names Deans' Health & Life Sciences Challenge Prize

entrepreneur who has had a successful career in business, finance, yachting, and philanthropy. He is the former CEO of Serono SA (formerly known Ares-Serono), a family-controlled global pharmaceuticals and biotechnology leader whose roots... View Details

Keywords: i-Lab; Harvard Medical School; Scientific Research and Development Services

26 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

A Clear Eye for Innovation

is Ciba Vision. Established in the early 1980s as a unit of the Swiss pharmaceutical giant Ciba-Geigy (now Novartis), the Atlanta-based Ciba Vision sells contact lenses and related eye-care products to optometrists and consumers. Although... View Details

Keywords: by Charles A. O'Reilly III & Michael L. Tushman

07 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

The Business of Biotech

coming of age of biotechnology. The disappearance of "blockbuster" drugs could create new management challenges for pharmaceutical companies. — Gary Pisano The prospect is exhilarating, but the road to this brave new biotech... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Biotechnology; Health; Technology

01 Jan 2008
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Jeffrey R. Immelt, MBA 1982

protein biomarkers that have been identified as the precursor to Alzheimer’s disease. “There’s still no cure,” he observes, “but if you know that someone has the early signs of the disease and combine that with some of the new drugs the View Details

01 Sep 2011
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MBA 101: HBS Commencements Pass the Century Mark

pharmaceutical executive at the time of her diagnosis with multiple myeloma, an incurable, rare, and little-researched blood cancer, Giusti went on to found the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation and the Multiple Myeloma Research... View Details

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

22 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 22

expenditures on teammates lead to better performance in both sports teams in Canada and pharmaceutical sales teams in Belgium. These results suggest that a minor adjustment to employee bonuses-shifting the focus from the self to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Souvenirs & Novelties - The Art of American Advertising

distribute them and local retailers to print their names on them at no cost. James C. Ayer, involved in the pharmaceutical industry, reaped enormous publicity benefits from the distribution of yearly almanacs. Ayer eventually established... View Details

14 May 2014
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(Re)moving the Needle

that of his father, who was trained as an engineer and ended up in the pharmaceutical industry. He holds MSc and PhD degrees in mechanical engineering from ETH Zurich and MIT, respectively, and he spent a year pursuing advanced studies in... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; medical technology; Scientific Research and Development Services

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Paul Wang

work with the MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL). “They’re a group of economists who use randomized evaluation methodologies, similar to those used in pharmaceutical trials, to assess the impact of development projects,”... View Details

01 May 2007
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First Look: May 1, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207113 Strategy in the 21st Century Pharmaceutical Industry: Merck & Co. and Pfizer Inc. Harvard Business School Case 707-509 The global View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Entering the Age of Alliances

competencies of each partner and create two-way value is evidenced by, among others, the collaboration between The College Fund (UNCF) and Merck. UNCF, the largest and oldest minority educational assistance organization in the United States, and Merck, a leading global... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin

15 Jan 2013
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First Look: January 15

and Use of a New Accounting System Authors:Narayanan, V.G., Ranjani Krishnan, and Jamshed J. Mistry Publication:Journal of Management Accounting Research Abstract This study examines the attitudes, use, and acceptance of a new accounting system in a View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Jul 2016
Working Paper Summaries

The Impact of the Entry of Biosimilars: Evidence from Europe

Keywords: by Fiona Scott Morton, Ariel Dora Stern, and Scott Stern; Pharmaceutical; Pharmaceutical; Pharmaceutical

May 2015
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Transforming Alkermes into a Global Biopharmaceutical Company

By: C. Fritz Foley and Nicholas Haas

In the summer of 2011, Jim Frates, CFO of Alkermes faced choices about how to finance the acquisition of Dublin, Ireland-based Elan Drug Technologies (EDT)—a deal that was expected to close in the fall. The case describes the history of Alkermes, provides information... View Details