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19 Sep 2023
Blog Post

2023 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

joining HBS. Audrey Atencio (MBA 2024, Section G), Summer Internship: Summer Associate, Piva Capital Piva is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm ($500mm AUM) investing in visionary entrepreneurs who are solving the world's critical problems in the View Details

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Interviewing - Alumni

Careers Interviewing Careers Interviewing Preparation is key to a successful interview. The tips and questions below are designed to let you know what to expect from the process and to help you plan your approach. Remember, the path of your discussion will depend on... View Details

02 Feb 2016
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February 2, 2016

Interorganizational Network Forms By: Tatarynowicz, Adam, Maxim Sytch, and Ranjay Gulati Abstract—This study investigates the origins of variation in the structures of interorganizational networks across industries. We combine empirical analyses of existing... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2023
News

Drop Everything, Read This

anything out there. —Alex Kruglov (MBA 2006) In Brain Energy: A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Mental Health—and Improving Treatment for Anxiety, Depression, OCD, PTSD, and More, Chris Palmer transforms mental health... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet)

28 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

The FDA’s Speedy Drug Approvals Are Safe: A Win-Win for Patients and Pharma Innovation

Wiener Professor of Public Policy and Director of Health Policy Research at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Jennifer Kao of the University of California, Los Angeles and the FDA’s Kathleen Miller are also coauthors. Speeding... View Details

Keywords: by Kasandra Brabaw; Pharmaceutical

01 Jun 2023
News

Curb Appeal

residents depend on sanitation every single day—to empty the litter bins, sweep and plow the streets, pick up the trash and recycling, and more. “If we don’t do our job for one day, pretty much everyone notices,” she says. “If we don’t do it for two or three days, it’s... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photography by Vance Jacobs; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

March 2021
Case

P.F. Chang's

By: Ashish Nanda, Nitin Nohria and Margaret Cross

Excited yet apprehensive after being named CEO of P.F. Chang’s beginning July 1st, 2020, Damola Adamolekun was well aware of the extraordinary challenges facing the firm. The closure of businesses deemed “nonessential” owing to the COVID-19 pandemic had devastated the... View Details

Keywords: Restaurants; COVID-19 Pandemic; Scenario Planning; Scenarios; Health Pandemics; Risk and Uncertainty; Strategy

September 2009 (Revised May 2011)
Case

Acumen Fund: Measurement in Impact Investing (A)

By: Alnoor Ebrahim and V. Kasturi Rangan

Acumen Fund is a global venture capital firm with a dual purpose: it looks for a return on its investments, and it also seeks entrepreneurial solutions to global poverty. This case examines Acumen's new projects in Kenya. The organization's investment committee and its... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Venture Capital; Investment Return; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Risk Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Government Relations; Social Enterprise; Financial Services Industry; Kenya

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New Venture Competition | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Solara Sacerdote Grand Prize Winner, Social Enterprise Track, 2024 New Venture Competition 1_rwoq7e70 Trans Health HQ Sacerdote Runner-Up Prize Winner, Social Enterprise Track, 2024 New Venture Competition 1_fzd3exaa The Social Enterprise... View Details

January 2021 (Revised March 2021)
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Serum Institute of India (SII): Racing to Save Lives During a Pandemic

By: Rohit Deshpandé, Anjali Raina and Rachna Chawla

The CEO of Serum Institute of India (SII), a $12.8 billion Indian Family business is faced with a risky choice between principles and profit. SII is the largest manufacturer of vaccines in the world and Adar Poonawalla, the CEO and son of the founder has to decide how... View Details

Keywords: Business Ethics; Healthcare; COVID-19; Vaccines; Family Business; Ethics; Health Care and Treatment; Health Pandemics; Leadership; Corporate Accountability; Fairness; Growth and Development Strategy; Health Industry; India; South Asia

01 Jan 2012
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E. Roe Stamps IV, MBA 1974

the Stamps Foundation office. The Stampses have funded a variety of programs at their alma maters: Visitors to Georgia Tech (where Roe earned degrees in industrial engineering), for example, will find a Stamps student center, playing... View Details

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General Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research

Entrepreneurial Management) Kash Rangan , Benjamin N. Roth , Natalia Rigol Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Capitalism and the State (CATS) (also listed under Business, Government & the International Economy) Debora L. Spar Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Challenges and Opportunities in the... View Details

July 2004 (Revised January 2005)
Case

Shouldice Hospital Limited (Abridged)

By: James L. Heskett and Roger H. Hallowell

A hospital specializing in hernia operations is considering whether and how to expand the reach of its services. View Details

Keywords: Expansion; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Health Care and Treatment; Business Strategy; Health Industry

12 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

In a Landscape of 'Me Too' Drug Development, What Spurs Radical Innovation?

ubingruo New research finds that large pharmaceutical companies, typically conservative in their pursuit of novel drug development, are more willing to undertake radical innovation after receiving an unexpected cash windfall. The pharmaceutical View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health; Health

August 2020
Case

Zoom Video Communications: Eric Yuan's Leadership During COVID-19

By: Scott Duke Kominers, Christopher Stanton, Andy Wu and George Gonzalez

In the first half of 2020, worldwide lockdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic brought explosive growth to the Zoom Video Communications platform, as people replaced in-person work and social events with videoconferencing. Months into the pandemic, CEO Eric Yuan... View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Communication Technology; Customer Value and Value Chain; Values and Beliefs; Technological Innovation; Leadership; Crisis Management; Organizational Culture; Working Conditions; Strategy; Information Technology; Applications and Software; Technology Adoption; Health Pandemics; Technology Industry; United States; California

2010
Article

Hospital Performance, the Local Economy, and the Local Workforce: Findings from a U.S. National Longitudinal Study

Background: Pay-for-performance is an increasingly popular approach to improving health care quality, and the US government will soon implement pay-for-performance in hospitals nationwide. Yet hospital capacity to perform (and improve performance) likely depends on... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Performance; Health Industry; United States

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November 2020
Teaching Note

Valuing Celgene's CVR

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel Fisher

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 221-031. When Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) acquired Celgene Corporation in November 2019, Celgene shareholders received cash, BMS stock, and a contingent value right (CVRs) that would pay $9 if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Valuation; Value; Judgments; Decision Making; Cash Flow; Financial Instruments; Cognition and Thinking; Pharmaceutical Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States