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  • February 2022
  • Case

Leading The UK Vaccine Task Force

By: Amy C. Edmondson and Claudia Pienica
This case describes the first six months of the UK Vaccine Taskforce, under the leadership of Kate Bingham. With a career spent in the private sector as a biotech investor, Bingham’s appointment within the government was considered unusual. The overarching brief given... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19; Vaccine; Government; Health Pandemics; Health Care and Treatment; Science; Innovation and Invention; Groups and Teams; Leadership; Decision Making; Government and Politics; Health; Innovation and Management; Governance; Change; Government Administration; Health Industry; Financial Services Industry; Public Administration Industry; Europe; United Kingdom
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  • July 2020
  • Technical Note

Digital Natives Growing Without a Sales Force

By: Das Narayandas, Michael Norris and Amram Migdal
This brief case describes the rise of so-called digital natives (also called born-in-digital) in the 2000s and 2010s that successfully grew without a sales force. The case highlights the emergence of business-to-business Internet and cloud-based companies and their... View Details
Keywords: Government Administration; Crisis Management; Health; Health Pandemics; Innovation and Invention; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Social Issues; Information Technology; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Applications and Software; Technology Adoption; Information Technology Industry; Australia; North and Central America; United States; Illinois; Chicago; California; San Francisco
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  • June 2020 (Revised January 2024)
  • Case

TraceTogether

By: Mitchell B. Weiss and Sarah Mehta
By April 7, 2020, over 1.4 million people worldwide had contracted the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Governments raced to curb the spread of COVID-19 by scaling up testing, quarantining those infected, and tracing their possible contacts. It had taken Singapore’s... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19; Contact Tracing; Government Administration; Crisis Management; Health; Health Pandemics; Innovation and Invention; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Social Issues; Information Technology; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Applications and Software; Technology Adoption; Health Industry; Public Administration Industry; Singapore
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  • 15 Nov 2024
  • News

Driving Change

Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the critical importance of continued progress. “Today, we face a fresh... View Details
  • 08 May 2020
  • In Practice

Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On

Social Enterprise Initiative at Harvard Business School shared advice for nonprofits facing dire financial challenges. How can donors support social impact organizations through a recession? Michael Chu: Support proven organizations with broad impact   First, the... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 01 Jun 2020
  • News

Homeschooled

emotional aspects of schooling. The one thing that this pandemic will help us reevaluate for ourselves is the definition of schooling and learning. This period has demonstrated that it is possible to learn lots of things in a remote... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie; online learning; Educational Services
  • 01 Sep 2020
  • News

In My Humble Opinion: Screen Tested

Production on the second season of Hello Sunshine’s The Morning Show was paused due to COVID restrictions. Even so, the company continues to grow; Harden mentions onboarding eight employees remotely during the pandemic (adding to a staff... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; women in business; COVID-19; film; media; television; Arts, Entertainment
  • 22 Apr 2020
  • Research Event

How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities

Until a few years ago, climate change’s potential impact seemed abstract for many investors. Now, as sea levels rise, hurricanes intensify, and droughts threaten food supplies, many investors are confronting its financial realities. But it’s not a simple calculation.... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services
  • 19 Jun 2022
  • Blog Post

Celebrating our Student Fathers

out for each other. I’m incredibly thankful for the HBS families who helped us navigate getting to Boston. In the spring of 2020, the pandemic had just started, so trying to arrange housing, childcare, and all the family-specific aspects... View Details
  • 27 Jul 2023
  • Blog Post

Buy Big, Sell Small

in July 2020. This time, Shruti’s entrepreneurial timing was spot-on. Kiranas have an open-air layout, with counter-based transactions. When the pandemic closed indoor stores, kiranas became the lifeline for everyday needs. Facing... View Details
  • March 2014
  • Teaching Note

Uptake of Rapid Diagnostic Tests: A Development Challenge

By: Nava Ashraf, Andrew Boozary and Kristin Johnson
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Health Pandemics; Technology; Health Care and Treatment; Policy; Behavior; Prejudice and Bias; Zambia
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  • 22 Jul 2022
  • Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #7: Turning Waste Heat to Power

second anniversary with the Tallgrass deal. Launching during the COVID-19 pandemic meant that Janice and her team were unable to work side-by-side in their Calgary offices for their first 18 months together. Now, most of her 13 staffers... View Details
  • Web

Women on Boards: How Lara Druyan and Ann Lucena Are Shaping the Future of Corporate Leadership - Blog: RGE Report

helping fellow board members and company leaders better understand the needs and priorities of hospital teams. This was especially critical during the COVID-19 pandemic when hospitals across the U.S. were grappling with severe blood... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2023
  • News

The Exchange: The Tech Leader’s Tightrope

in Europe. Where to draw the line on sharing data with regard to tracking COVID-19 is part of the challenge for students, as it presumably was for Tim Cook as well. The pandemic is covered in the update to the case published in 2023. How... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government
  • 15 Jun 2021
  • News

Case Study: Inside Story

backing from Bling Capital, DCM, and Precursor Ventures. Saga grew its initial customer base during the pandemic as families searched for ways to stay connected across the distance, Lin says. Through the app, a user can share weekly... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information
  • March 1993
  • Supplement

Burroughs Wellcome and AZT (B)

By: Willis M. Emmons III
Describes Burroughs Wellcome's response to protests over the pricing of its AIDS drug AZT in September 1989. Also presents short-term reactions by government officials, AIDS activists, and investors to Burroughs Wellcome's strategy. View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Health Pandemics; Multinational Firms and Management; Price; Crime and Corruption; Risk and Uncertainty; Business Strategy; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Business and Shareholder Relations; Pharmaceutical Industry
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  • 15 Jun 2021
  • News

June 2021 Books and Podcasts

remain vital to Boeing's ongoing operations today. COVID-19: Mankind’s Bitter Battle, A Blueprint to Conquer an Epidemic By Rajendra K. Aneja (AMP 175, 2008) Independently published When the COVID-19 pandemic first emerged, author... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 01 Nov 2024
  • In Practice

Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times

Management Practice in the General Management Unit at HBS. Frances X. Frei and Anne Morriss: Managers, it’s story time The tech sector continues to shed workers after hiring prodigiously during the demand peaks of pandemic living, a shift... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Information Technology
  • 13 Dec 2022
  • News

The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith

impact of the presidential election, gubernatorial election, and COVID-19 pandemic on the state." How do you use what you learned at HBS in this work? Reggie: "One of the most important lessons that HBS taught us is how to lead and... View Details
  • Web

Past Issues - Alumni

the mechanical. Now the movement is finally starting to crest. Complete Table of Contents September 2021 Growing Home Yoshito Hori is revitalizing his hometown—and hoping to inspire other entrepreneurs to do the same My Pandemic Pivot... View Details