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  • 26 Jun 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Presentation Round-Up

self-proclaimed "infrastructure guy," panelist Steve Papa (HBS MBA '99) of Optigrab.com speculated that the future of e-business services will be marked by the same pull toward uniformity that took place in industry consolidations a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Kenneth Liss; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications
  • 01 Mar 2007
  • News

Daniel Vasella

sales of $37 billion. The company’s aggressive investment in research has made it an industry leader in new drug approvals. And when opportunity knocks, Vasella doesn’t hesitate to broaden Novartis’s business mix through acquisitions. He... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; multinational pharmaceutical company; prescription drugs; vaccines; Medicare; generics business; Health, Social Assistance
  • May 1992 (Revised August 1996)
  • Supplement

NIKE in Transition (C): A Second COO

By: Christopher A. Bartlett
After two years of stunning financial results, Knight again appoints a new COO, Dick Donahue. Are Knight and Nike ready for a new COO? How does Donahue differ from Woodell? Will his personality, style, and agenda fit with the new Nike Knight has created? Also describes... View Details
Keywords: Policy; Growth and Development; Leadership Style; Management Succession; Managerial Roles; Organizational Structure; Strategy; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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  • September 2009 (Revised August 2012)
  • Case

Novasys Medical

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Lauren Barley
Novasys has developed a new medical device and procedure for the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence that is cheaper and can be performed in doctors' offices. In spite of FDA approval, the American Medical Association has been unwilling to approve the... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Product Development; Business and Government Relations; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; United States
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  • 13 Sep 2016
  • First Look

September 13, 2016

the industries in which they are most prevalent. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=47648 Harvard Business School Case 916-407 Survey Masters LLC (B) No abstract available. Purchase this case:... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2006
  • News

Private Sector and Public Interest Meet at Global Leadership Forum

declared, American policy needs to become more multilateral, and globalization must be shaped by the international community “to resist the negative aspects and leverage the positive.” Richard haass: The former State Department official... View Details
  • 26 Jul 2006
  • Research & Ideas

The Strategic Way to Go to Market

discuss the three disciplines of channel management and why they are important? A: The three disciplines are mapping; building and editing; and aligning and influencing. The first discipline, mapping, is undertaken at an industry level to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Oct 2006
  • First Look

First Look: October 12, 2006

differently than many companies' product development processes, but allows this company to produce very high profit margin products that retain their margins for a very long time in an industry in which products come and go very quickly.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • November 2007
  • Class Lecture

The Baby Business (FSS)

By: Debora L. Spar
In vitro fertilization and genetic screening are possible with the advent of biotechnology. International adoptions, surrogacy, and other approaches to family planning are on the rise. But few rules govern these measures, medical costs can be prohibitive, and... View Details
Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Demand and Consumers; Business and Government Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Genetics; Societal Protocols; Commercialization; Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry
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  • 01 Jun 2006
  • News

The Baby Business

elsewhere that regulation can provide the legitimacy and order that nascent industries need in order to grow. Are there any calls for regulation from within the baby business itself? In the early days of a technology, few participants... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Government; Health, Social Assistance
  • 01 Jun 2003
  • News

Student Conferences, at a Glance

Bhusri, general partner, Greylock “After 9/11, do we want or need an ID card? From a technology stand-point, that’s a no-brainer. We need to get our act together first on policy and cultural issues.” — Mark Cleverley, senior consultant,... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 1995
  • Chapter

Financial Infrastructure and Public Policy: A Functional Perspective

By: Robert C. Merton and Zvi Bodie
Keywords: Financial Markets; Financial Institutions; Policy; Government and Politics; Business and Government Relations; Banking Industry; Banking Industry
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  • 09 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The Benefits of “Not Invented Here”

of its operating income, while P&G has a policy of licensing any patented technology not in use in one of its own businesses within three years. Q: What are the benefits for a business actively following an open innovation paradigm?... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Sep 2021
  • Blog Post

Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business and Environment

durations, and dispatch it as electricity on demand. Cal's role prior to HBS was an Aerospace Industry Application Engineer at Mathworks. Aditya Desai (MBA 2022, Section J), Summer Internship: MBA Summer Intern at Natron Energy Natron... View Details
  • 27 Aug 2013
  • First Look

First Look: August 27

extra-industry professional networks will, through normative conformity, be more likely to adopt turnkey practices; second, that the normative pressure of professional networks will interact with the mimeticism of industry peers such that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Nov 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success

Corporate-sponsored venture funds first appeared in the 1960s, about two decades after the first flowering of the venture capital industry. Ever since, they have mirrored the cyclic nature of the industry as a whole. But there are... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
  • 01 Jun 2016
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016

(MBA 1965) (Springer) This book focuses on how to lead transformative and strategic change in the healthcare industry in times of great uncertainty. It provides new tools, processes, examples, and case studies offering an effective... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2017
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017

aimed at promoting spatially defined agribusiness/agro-industrial investments and strengthening agribusiness and agro-industrial competitiveness. It analyzes five agroterritorial planning and policy instruments—economic corridors,... View Details
  • 17 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 17

decomposed welfare effects of multinational production. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-111.pdf Do Prices Determine Vertical Integration? Evidence from Trade Policy Authors:Laura Alfaro, Paola Conconi, Harald... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Jan 2015
  • First Look

First Look: January 27

and repay CPP funds early. Collectively, the results provide new evidence on the realized consequences of the CPP for bank SEOs. The tests suggest the CPP's indirect costs of restrictions on corporate policies and actions as the most... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne