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11 Jun 2024
In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2024

As the vacation season looms, Harvard Business School faculty members share recommendations for a little light reading. Spoiler alert: Lessons in Chemistry tops two of their beach-read lists. For those whose brains can’t—or won’t—turn off, HBS faculty also suggest some... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

Research Summary

Current Research

By: Leslie K. John

Professor John is a behavioral scientist who uses both laboratory and field experiments to investigate questions that are at the intersection of marketing, organizational behavior, and public policy.

Professor John’s work has been published in leading... View Details

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Strategy - Faculty & Research

productivity differences with the U.S. April 2025 Case #FutureFresenius: Implementing a New Strategy to Transform the Company and Advance Patient Care By: David J. Collis , Benjamin C. Esty and Haisley Wert In February 2024, Fresenius CEO... View Details

22 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Forgiving Student Loan Debt Leads to Better Jobs, Stronger Consumers

income, and Sen. Bernie Sanders has pushed for eliminating undergraduate tuition and fees at public colleges and universities. Di Maggio is careful to note that his team did not study the costs of any debt-relief proposal. But it’s clear... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Podcast - Business & Environment

Rubicon Carbon, joins our host Mike to talk about the critical role of voluntary carbon markets in achieving net-zero goals. Dr. Jenkins shares insights on how Rubicon Carbon is advancing the integrity and scalability of carbon credit... View Details

11 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 11, 2007

and deliverables. Many critical business challenges are detailed in this case. Nevertheless, given their fully integrated business model and significant manufacturing base, the odds are in Biocon's favor to overcome these challenges and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

31 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

Where Can Digital Transformation Take You? Insights from 1,700 Leaders

comes with “co-creation” seriously, with younger generations of employees ready to be judged on their creativity as much as their expertise. New societal expectations. Roundtable participants said that Millennials and members of Generation Z seek purpose and... View Details

Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards

06 Jun 2024
Research & Ideas

How Younger Immigrants Gain an Edge in American Business

specific age when they arrived—was a critical factor determining their success in school, work, and beyond. Younger immigrants—with the right support and clear paths to education and employment—outperform their older peers decades down... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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Key Concepts - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

delivery are widely touted as critical to improving the health outcomes of patients worldwide and controlling runaway health care costs. Value-based health care’s central tenant is that value for patients... View Details

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Finance - Faculty & Research

725-415, April 2025. #FutureFresenius: Implementing a New Strategy to Transform the Company and Advance Patient Care By: David J. Collis , Benjamin C. Esty and Haisley Wert April 2025 | Case | Faculty Research In February 2024, Fresenius... View Details

14 Feb 2022
Research & Ideas

Curiosity, Not Coding: 6 Skills Leaders Need in the Digital Age

imagine growth platforms. Build partnerships. No organization can go it alone. The COVID-19 pandemic reminds leaders of how organizational success depends on the resiliency of their ecosystems—a public sector able to provide basic infrastructure and a private sector... View Details

Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards; Technology

01 Dec 2023
News

Wide Horizon

There were three critical events that led John Rodakis (MBA 1997) to form the nonprofit N of One in 2014 and ultimately dedicate his life to surfacing breakthrough autism research. The first occurred on Thanksgiving of 2012. He had driven about four hours with his wife... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson

03 Oct 2023
Research Event

Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips

“The formula for enduring satisfaction recognizes that mother nature wants you to run but she doesn't care if you're happy.” Brooks: OK. This is the satisfaction part. This is the part that Oprah was talking about a minute ago. And we... View Details

Keywords: by HBS Staff

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Treatment Of Opioid Use Disorder Among Commercially Insured U.S. Adults, 2008–17

By: Karen Shen, Eric Barrette and Leemore S. Dafny

There is abundant literature on efforts to reduce opioid prescriptions and misuse, but comparatively little on the treatment provided to people with opioid use disorder (OUD). Using claims data representing 12–15 million nonelderly adults covered through commercial... View Details

Keywords: Opioid Treatment; Medication-assisted Treatment; Substance Use Disorder; Private Insurance; Health Disorders; Health Care and Treatment; Insurance; United States

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26 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

High-Stakes Decision Making: The Lessons of Mount Everest

the Everest case clearly demonstrates. To combat overconfidence, leaders must seek out information that disconfirms their existing views, and they should discourage subordinates from hiding bad news. Leaders also must take great care to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael A. Roberto

September 2024
Case

Myeloma Investment Fund

By: Kyle Myers and Scott Sawaya

This case explores a critical decision facing the Myeloma Investment Fund (MIF) as it evaluates two investment opportunities aimed at accelerating a cure for multiple myeloma.

The MIF, a venture philanthropy fund, must choose between two distinct paths. One... View Details

Keywords: Venture Philanthropy; Biomedical Research; Investing For Impact; Innovation ＆ Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Science-Based Business; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Decision Making; Health Care and Treatment; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry

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13 Dec 2006
Research & Ideas

Improving Public Health for the Poor

inscribed, get a per-capita payment from the Chilean state. Theoretically, access to basic medical attention is taken care of, but the waiting lines are interminable and medicines are free if the medicines are in stock, which is not... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

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Latin America - Global

strategies, as well as emphasizing the critical role of middle managers as "champions of change" with the right incentives. Effective communication was highlighted as essential to this ongoing process, and companies were urged to begin... View Details

09 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Unilever—A Case Study

1950s, Unilever manufactured convenience foods, such as frozen foods and soup, ice cream, meat products, and tea and other drinks. It manufactured personal care products, including toothpaste, shampoo, hairsprays, and deodorants. The oils... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage; Manufacturing; Retail

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U.S. Cluster Mapping Project - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Delivery Project The Institute for Cancer Care Innovation MOC Network ICIC U.S. Cluster Mapping Project U.S. Competitiveness Project FSG Shared Value Initiative Social Progress Imperative AllWorld Network U.S. Cluster Mapping Project U.S.... View Details

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