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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Prize for Distinguished Paper in Corporate Finance for “A Comparative-Advantage Approach to Government Debt Maturity” with Samuel G. Hanson and Jeremy C. Stein ( Journal of Finance , August 2015). Elisabeth Kempf : Awarded Best EFA-DT... View Details
  • February 2016 (Revised September 2017)
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Mohamed Azab and Seha Capital

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Sarah McAra
In January 2011, Mohamed Azab, founder and CEO of health care investment firm Seha Capital, made his first health care investment in Hassab Labs, a diagnostic lab in Alexandria, Egypt. Weeks later, a revolution erupted across the country as the Arab Spring swept... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Health; Pan-Africa; Health Care Investment; Financing; Developing World; Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Investment; Financing and Loans; Developing Countries and Economies; Egypt; Africa
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  • 12 Mar 2021
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My Favorite Case

Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Taylor Callery Scroll the main story to read all alumni submissions or jump to a specific case here: “Suzuki Samurai” Paige Arnof-Fenn (MBA 1991) “Johnson &... View Details
Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Goldfaden Land, who studied physics, and Harry Land, who ran a scrap metal and real estate business in Connecticut. In high school at the Norwich Free Academy, Land excelled in physics and became enthralled with the classic Physical Optics View Details
  • October 2016 (Revised September 2017)
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The CRISPR-Cas9 Quarrel

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Matthew G. Preble
In mid-2016, the Broad Institute and the University of California, Berkeley were in the middle of a contentious patent dispute over which entity controlled a breakthrough gene editing technology called CRISPR-Cas9. With CRISPR-Cas9, scientists might soon be able to... View Details
Keywords: CRISPR; Broad Institute; University Of California Berkeley; Intellectual Property; Patents; Law; Lawsuits and Litigation; Science; Genetics; Entrepreneurship; Biotechnology Industry; United States
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  • 12 Dec 2018
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Impact Investing Could Accelerate the Fight Against Cancer

  • 02 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 2

MaterialsMINTing Innovation at NewYork-Presbyterian Richard G. Hamermesh and David KironHarvard Business School Case 810-004 Several top surgeons at NewYork-Presbyterian... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Strategy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

created in 1935 by the President and Fellows of Harvard University, seeks to recognize exemplary faculty members who have pushed the boundaries of their discipline. President Drew G. Faust called Henderson... View Details
  • November 2009
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The Explosion of Genetic Testing: Opportunities and Challenges

By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Mara G. Aspinall and Rachel Gordon
This case study invites the reader to consider genetic testing in several different lights. First, can the business of genetic testing be considered a disruptive innovation to the current drug therapy model as defined by Harvard Business School Professor Clay... View Details
Keywords: Genetics; Health Care and Treatment; Health Testing and Trials; Disruptive Innovation; Business Model; Biotechnology Industry; Health Industry
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  • 08 Nov 2011
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First Look: Nov. 8

supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/311135-PDF-ENG Penn Warranty Corporation Richard S. Ruback and Royce YudkoffHarvard Business School Case 212-007 Penn Warranty Corporation sold warranty contracts to the used-car market.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2005
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Health-Care Initiative to Leverage Ongoing Efforts

Dean Kim B. Clark has announced the formation of a faculty initiative in health care, with HBS professor of management practice Richard G. Hamermesh serving as chair.... View Details
Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance
  • 16 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 16, 2018

input more valuable. Distributed supermodular complementarity (DSMC) exists when two or more independent actors can create complementary value by pursuing their own interests and will not find it advantageous to combine in order to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 27 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 27

and Karim R. Lakhani Publication: Organization Science (forthcoming). Abstract We examine who the winners are in science problem-solving contests characterized by open broadcast of problem information, self-selection of external solvers... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Organizational Behavior Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Outstanding Teaching. Tsedal Neeley : Selected by Business Insider as one of the 100 people transforming business in 2021. Tsedal Neeley : Winner of the 2021 Emerald Literati Outstanding Author Award. Tsedal Neeley : Received the... View Details
  • 12 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 12

Ray A. Goldberg and Jose Miguel PorrazHarvard Business School Supplement 907-415 Supplements the (A) case. Purchase this supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/907415-PDF-ENG U.S. Universities and Technology Transfer Richard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Dec 2010
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First Look: December 21

article reviews recent research conducted by the authors that finds that intellectual property rights reform increases technology transfers, foreign direct investment inflows, and industrial development. It also places the findings of... View Details
  • 2011
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Accelerating Energy Innovation: Insights from Multiple Sectors

By: Rebecca Henderson and Richard G. Newell
Accelerating energy innovation could be an important part of an effective response to the threat of climate change. Written by a stellar group of experts in the field, this book complements existing research on the subject with an exploration of the role that public... View Details
Keywords: Energy Sources; Innovation and Invention; Climate Change; Policy; Competition; Demand and Consumers; Finance; Energy Industry
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  • 11 Dec 2012
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First Look: Dec. 11

and Models, edited by G. Caprio, 47-58. U.K.: Academic Press, 2012 Abstract Despite its developmental justification, aid is deeply political. This paper examines the political economy of aid allocation first... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Aug 2006
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First Look: August 15, 2006

Authors:Michael J. Roberts, Howard H. Stevenson, William A. Sahlman, Paul W. Marshall, and Richard G. Hamermesh, eds. Publication:New York: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2006 Abstract New Business Ventures and the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 6

Lenders, and the Politics of Household Debt Catherine S.M. Duggan and Alexander RoehrkasseHarvard Business School Case 710-048 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/710048-PDF-ENG eHealthpoint: Healthcare for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne