Immunization - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

The High Cost of the Slow COVID Vaccine Rollout

vaccination—especially in developing countries—could reduce the incidence of new virus variants that threaten immunity everywhere. “There’s a real need to spread vaccination around the world,” Kominers says. “If we or other countries have... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

11 Aug 2014
News

The First Five Years: Melissa Fensterstock (MBA 2012)

where we don't speak about business matters—going on a jog together, date night, or work-free vacation. A break is healthy for everyone to recharge, regroup, and reflect." How do you use what you learned at HBS at IMMUNE Pharmaceuticals... View Details

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Finalists | New Venture Competition

DoriVac (DNA Origami Vaccine) is a biotech startup for improving cancer treatment using a novel DNA nanoparticle platform. We develop treatments that teach patients' immune systems to recognize and fight cancer. Earthbond Chidalu Onyenso... View Details

01 Dec 2004
News

The Future of Stem Cells

and cord-blood stem cells for the treatment of some cancers, genetic disorders, and certain immune deficiencies. (Cord blood contains stem cells; individuals can bank their own until they, or close blood relatives, tap it for their own... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

27 Jul 2019
Op-Ed

Does Facebook's Business Model Threaten Our Elections?

have “plausible deniability” since they won’t even be able to see the content themselves. One way around that problem would be for regulators to repeal the 1996 Communications Decency Act, Section 230, which granted immunity to internet... View Details

Keywords: by George Riedel

28 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World

company-no matter how large-was immune to failure, and that the lessons he was learning from startups could be applied far more broadly. "I realized it wasn't just small companies who were fragile, and whose leaders were facing high... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

15 Feb 2022
Blog Post

Health Is Wealth | The Path To Creating A Venture

especially at an early-stage startup.” What’s Next for Rootine As the first precision nutrition brand for the connected health consumer, Rootine is building an end-to-end platform to empower members to solve common health concerns like energy, stress, View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Health Care

08 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

How to Fix a Broken Marketplace

give a kidney to person B, but their blood types don't match. Meanwhile, person C wants to give a kidney to person D, but their immune systems are incompatible. However, person A happens to be compatible with person D, and person C is... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

03 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

Everyone Knows Innovation is Essential to Business Success—Except Board Directors

use of things like drones [for monitoring energy production], how could you possibly not think your industry is going to be disrupted?” he asks. In fact, with the rapid rate of societal and technological change today, no industry is View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

17 Feb 2021
Research & Ideas

Pandemic Self-Care for CEOs: Rituals, Running, and Cognitive Restructuring

potentially vaccine-resistant. McKinsey & Co. argues that hoping for herd immunity in the United States and United Kingdom by October 2021 is optimistic, pointing out the likely possibility of “unexpected safety issues emerging with... View Details

Keywords: by Gamze D. Yucaoglu, Robin Abrahams, and Boris Groysberg

02 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Retail Reaches a Tipping Point—Which Stores Will Survive?

categories were immune to the Internet. We thought touch and feel was important in many categories. What we see today is that that assumption is no longer true. Think of how much jewelry is sold online—diamonds—it's incredible. Q: Does... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

12 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 12, 2006

and if they were provided with immunity from prosecution for self-disclosed violations. Download working paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-020.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsBang & Olufsen: Design Driven Innovation Harvard... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Mar 2008
First Look

First Look: March 18, 2008

and regulations in exchange for reduced sanctions. We find that facilities are more likely to self-disclose if they were recently subjected to one of several different enforcement measures and if they were provided with immunity from... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Mar 2007
First Look

First Look: March 6, 2007

to self-disclose violations of environmental laws and regulations in exchange for reduced sanctions. We find that facilities are more likely to self-disclose if they were recently subjected to one of several different enforcement measures and if they were provided with... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

19 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers

Street Journal's "Abreast of the Market" column, Parsons found that even savvy investors are susceptible to influence, in a way that can have real effects on the stock market. "Even the most sophisticated players in the world are not completely View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports; Information; Publishing

13 Feb 2019
News

We’re All Going to Get Hacked

detection, right? Ba-doop, doop! The alarm goes off, the white blood cells get it, but the red blood cells do the repair. So, the human immune system is a perfect example. It doesn’t know where the threat’s going to come from; it doesn’t... View Details

29 Mar 2010
Research & Ideas

Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial

firms, which by definition have enjoyed some measure of success, are more likely to deny new realities because the old ones worked well for them. Young enterprises are not similarly weighed down by the dead hand of history. But that does not mean that they are View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Auto; Retail; Technology

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2016 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

executives, senior teams and individuals in business, governmental, and educational organizations in the United States, South America, Europe, and Asia. Her seminal books, How The Way We Talk Can Change The Way We Work (2001), and View Details

01 Jun 2023
News

Alumni and Faculty Books

explains how and why a financial panic unfolds, with lessons that can be applied to our understanding of present-day financial and monetary systems. The book details the reasons why, despite today’s stronger monetary regime and risk-mitigation tools, our modern... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

02 Sep 2014
First Look

First Look: September 2

vaccine met the high safety expectations and a good balanced immune answer, it had a proof of efficacy of only 30%, far below the 70% mark the company had targeted. Guillaume Leroy, vice president of the Dengue Company at Sanofi Pasteur,... View Details