Pandemics - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2020
News

Giving Amazon the Boot

When the coronavirus pandemic led many brick-and-mortar retailers to close their doors, consumers turned to online shopping in record numbers—US ecommerce sales rose by 31.8 percent between the first and second quarter of 2020 to $211.5... View Details

Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

01 Mar 2023
News

Turning Point: In Good Company

program and found a study group of alumni—especially Tom Shaffer (MBA 2005)—who were impressed with my poetry and writing. Their support during the pandemic helped me write Chemical Khichdi: How I Hacked My Mental Health—part-memoir,... View Details

Keywords: bipolar disorder; mental health; wellness; HBS community

05 Apr 2020
News

Launching in a World in Limbo

made for watching on a smartphone, in episodes of 10 minutes or less. “Before the spread of the coronavirus, whenever Mr. Katzenberg and Ms. Whitman made their Quibi pitch, they described it as an on-the-go diversion for anyone standing in line at Starbucks or riding... View Details

01 Jun 2020
News

Check In

1997; since that time, it has overseen six funds totaling more than $1.1 billion. With the coronavirus pandemic and travel restrictions continuing to batter the industry, Depatie takes a clear-eyed look at what the future might hold for a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; hotels; COVID-19; real estate; Accommodation; Hospitality

10 Mar 2021
News

Dream Job: Higher Ed’s New Hire

costs are fixed. The pandemic has made it a very challenging time in the life of universities. People are thinking really hard about the value proposition of tuition costs when many students are virtual. I wasn’t deterred by any of this,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; investing; leadership; diversity; career experience; higher education; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jul 2021
Office Hours

Readers Ask: Which Companies Are Transforming Work?

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated workforce shifts that had been gaining momentum before the public health crisis, thrusting employers and workers into a new era within months. Joseph Fuller, a professor at Harvard Business School and... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail; Manufacturing

16 Nov 2020
News

Moderna Announces Promising Vaccine Trial Results

Moderna released promising news on the progress of their coronavirus vaccine this morning, noting that trials showed it to be 94.5% effective. “In this pandemic, what has been awful from a public health standpoint, an economic standpoint, is the worry people have to... View Details

01 Jun 2004
News

Merck’s Gilmartin on Vaccines, Global Health

Viruses are out there, waiting to strike, and vaccinations are our best defense. But that defense is a man-made system, and therefore subject to breakdowns. In a talk titled “The Significance of Vaccines in Global Health,” Merck CEO Raymond V. Gilmartin (MBA ’68) told... View Details

Keywords: Merck; public health; global public health; vaccines; Health, Social Assistance; Scientific Research and Development Services

22 May 2017
News

Three Graduating Students Receive Dean’s Award for Service to School and Society

27 Jul 2020
Blog Post

HBS Summer Fellows Respond to COVID-19

searchable, findable information amidst the noise. This project will evolve as the second order impacts of the pandemic evolve. Scott Cara (MBA 2021), Sarika Mendu (HBS 2020), and Narmeen Haider (HBS 2020), Co-founder, MBAs Fight... View Details

27 Oct 2020
News

HBS Votes

CEO of Vanguard Group; Peter Slavin (MBA 1990) President, Massachusetts General Hospital; and Jonathan Bush (MBA 1997) Executive Chairman at Firefly Health. Supporting Election Operations Seeing that the COVID-19 pandemic could have... View Details

01 Sep 2020
News

Building a Strong and Prosperous Society

that yes, we disagree, but we have bought into the common enterprise of trying to build a free and prosperous society. Has business been supportive of government and the democratic system in the United States? How has the pandemic changed... View Details

July 2021
Case

A Close Shave at Squire

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Zoë B. Cullen, William R. Kerr, Benjamin N. Roth and Michael Norris

In 2020, just after closing a $34 million Series B financing round, Dave Salvant and Songe LaRon consider how to adjust their business, Squire Technologies, to the new realities posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Their barbershop technology, including tools to run a shop... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Applications and Software; Growth and Development Strategy; Health Pandemics; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Technology Industry; New York (city, NY); San Francisco

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15 Dec 2020
Blog Post

MBA Voices Blog: A Year in Review

HBS “While the global pandemic has upended our lives at HBS, it has also reinforced the strength and resiliency of the LASO familia.” This post highlights some of our favorite events of the semester, including what we did to celebrate... View Details

26 Jan 2021
News

Clubs See Wealth in FemTech; Health Care Alumni Look at COVID Response

Clubs News Clubs News Club Webinars Explore Untapped Potential of FemTech The HBS Women’s Association of Greater New York (HBSWANY), and the HBS Association of Northern California (HBSANC) each hosted a virtual panel discussion last month exploring the overlooked... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

04 Dec 2023
Blog Post

My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service

memories took place in national parks. I spent 80% of the pandemic going up and down parks along the Pacific Coast Highway. Using business skills to give back to an organization that had provided so much joy sounded too good to be true. I... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

14 May 2020
Research & Ideas

What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog

unprecedented mental strain of a kind people are not designed, evolutionarily, to deal with. We deal well with acute emergencies experienced in groups. The pandemic is a long-term, slow-rolling crisis of uncertain duration involving... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

01 Dec 2020
News

In Review

serve us well through the rest of this pandemic and even into the future. Do you expect the remote learning the School did in 2020 to affect the faculty’s long-term thinking about the need for face-to-face classes versus online... View Details

June 2020 (Revised February 2021)
Supplement

Accounting for Leases at American Airlines (B)

By: Jonas Heese, Gerardo Pérez Cavazos and Julia Kelley

This is a supplement to the “Accounting for Leases at American Airlines (A)” case. The (B) case describes American Airlines’ financial results for the first quarter of 2020, as well as the continuing effects of coronavirus on the airline industry. View Details

Keywords: Accounting; Financial Reporting; Financial Statements; Finance; Governance; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Governing and Advisory Boards; Leasing; Health Pandemics; Accounting Industry; Air Transportation Industry; North and Central America; United States