Science - Publications - Faculty & Research

October 2012 (Revised March 2022)
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Kleiner-Perkins and Genentech: When Venture Capital Met Science

By: Felda Hardymon and Tom Nicholas

Genentech is a rare success story in the biotechnology industry. Hundreds of billions of dollars of venture capital have been invested without the expected transformational effects. Established in 1976, Genentech was to develop the new science of recombinant DNA into... View Details

Keywords: Innovation ＆ Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Innovation and Invention; Entrepreneurship; Information Technology; Science; Biotechnology Industry; United States

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17 Jul 2017
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Podcast: Should You Consider the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program?

Last month, HBS and SEAS announced the launch of a new MS/MBA joint degree. As a prospective student, you might be wondering what the benefit is of pursuing both degrees. The founding professors of the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program... View Details

07 May 2019
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10 faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences

January 1992
Teaching Note

Science Technology Company (1985) TN

By: Thomas R. Piper

Teaching Note for (9-289-040). View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry; Electronics Industry; United States

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December 2014 (Revised August 2015)
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Improving Melanoma Screening: MELA Sciences

By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Kevin Schulman and Frédéric Dijols

MELA is a start-up medical device company looking to develop a novel technology to help physicians diagnose a deadly skin cancer, melanoma. The case reviews the FDA medical device development process, the development path pursued by MELA, and the regulatory and... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare Industry; Health Care; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Health Testing and Trials; Health Industry; United States

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29 Apr 2014
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Basic Science Finds Corporate Refuge

02 Nov 2023
News

The Science of Failing Well

February 2024
Teaching Note

Data Science at the Warriors

By: Iavor I Bojinov and Jessie Li

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 622-048. View Details

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February 2024
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Data Science at the Warriors

By: Iavor I Bojinov

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2025
Working Paper

Productivity Beliefs and Efficiency in Science

By: Fabio Bertolotti, Kyle R. Myers and Wei Yang Tham

We develop a method to estimate producers’ productivity beliefs in settings where output quantities and input prices are unobservable, and we use it to evaluate allocative efficiency in the market for science. Our model of researchers’ labor supply shows that their... View Details

Keywords: Performance Productivity; Perception; Research

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14 Nov 2019
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Future Leaders Dive into the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program

Lying in bed each morning, Emily Batt (MS/MBA 2020) yearned to sleep a little longer, but had no way of knowing when her roommate would finish her seemingly endless shower. That frustration inspired a team project in the new MS/MBA: Engineering View Details

23 Aug 2016
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Harvard Business School Announces 2016 Kaplan Life Sciences Fellows

22 Jan 2008
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Harvard Business School Announces Life Sciences Fellowship Fund

12 Oct 2022
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James Mickens: Why All Data Science is Political

24 Aug 2018
Blog Post

Meet the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Class of 2020

about the new program and this is what we learned: What excites you most about the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program? Adar Anon BS, Computer Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem "I am most excited about studying and working... View Details

2014
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Bridging Science and Technology Through Academic-Industry Partnerships

By: Sen Chai and Willy C. Shih

Scientific research and its translation into commercialized technology is a driver of wealth creation and economic growth. Partnerships to foster the translational processes from public research organizations, such as universities and hospitals, to private firms are a... View Details