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- January 2020
- Case
Celata Bioinnovations
By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In December 2019, Jon Hu (HBS ‘19) and Dr. Samantha Dale Strasser, co-founders of Celata Bioinnovations, were raising $1 million to launch their company. They had founded Celata less than six months earlier with the aim of redefining the drug discovery process.... View Details
Keywords: Drug Development; Drug Discovery; Drug Trials; Pharmaceutical Companies; Pharmaceutical Company; Pharmaceuticals; Therapeutics; Biologics; Biotech; Biotechnology; Biopharmacy Company; Biochemistry; Technology Commercialization; Technology Companies; Drug Testing; Startup; Start-up; Startups; Start-ups; Startup Financing; Strategic Decision Making; Strategic Decisions; Strategic Evolution; FDA; Food And Drug Administration; Clinical Trials; Disease Management; Market Attractiveness; Market Entry; Market Opportunities; Health Disorders; Technological Innovation; Information Technology; Commercialization; Business Startups; Finance; Decision Making; Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Opportunities; Pharmaceutical Industry; Biotechnology Industry
Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "Celata Bioinnovations." Harvard Business School Case 720-427, January 2020.
- 2010
- Working Paper
Lawful but Corrupt: Gaming and the Problem of Institutional Corruption in the Private Sector
This paper describes how the gaming of society's rules by corporations contributes to the problem of institutional corruption in the world of business. "Gaming" in its various forms involves the use of technically legal means to subvert the intent of society's rules in... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Civil Society or Community; Competitive Advantage; Earnings Management; Trust; Law; Performance; Investment Funds; Private Sector; Behavior; Relationships; Goals and Objectives
Salter, Malcolm S. "Lawful but Corrupt: Gaming and the Problem of Institutional Corruption in the Private Sector." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-060, December 2010.
- Web
CSV in Practice - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
thinking. Profits involving a social purpose represent a higher form of capitalism—one that will enable society to advance more rapidly while allowing companies to grow even more. The result is a positive cycle of company and community... View Details
- 04 Feb 2022
- Book
Beyond the Cold War: Reinventing Socialism in 5 Countries
Although many view socialism through the rigid lens of Soviet orthodoxy, it has always been a work in progress and an evolving and adaptable ideology on a global scale, says Harvard Business School Marvin Bower Associate Professor Jeremy Friedman. In his new book, Ripe... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna; I’m an associate editor at the HBS Alumni Bulletin. Last November I flew to Seoul, South Korea to interview Michael Kim (MBA 1990) of MBK Partners. Often referred to as one of... View Details
- Web
Commodities, Currencies, and Balancing of the Trade Deficit - A Chronicle of the China Trade
the agent for opium and tea trade for Jardine, Matheson & Co. during the First Opium War. (In comparison to large British houses, the Heard firm’s earnings from the opium trade were relatively small.) 18 When Augustine Heard questioned the extent to which the company... View Details
- 09 May 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Clusters of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- 20 Nov 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Pay Harmony: Peer Comparison and Executive Compensation
Keywords: by Claudine Gartenberg & Julie Wulf
- 07 Jun 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
How Short-Termism Invites Corruption--And What to Do About It
Keywords: by Malcolm S. Salter
- 25 Jan 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Who Lives in the C-Suite? Organizational Structure and the Division of Labor in Top Management
- March 2015 (Revised December 2016)
- Case
American Well: The DTC Decision
By: Elie Ofek and Natalie Kindred
In late 2013, telehealth company American Well, which developed a digital platform that allowed patients to conduct online medical consultations with physicians, is considering pursuing a direct-to-consumer (DTC) strategy. Founded in 2006, American Well had, to date,... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Telehealth; Telemedicine; American Well; Schoenberg; Boston; Israel; Technology; Online Care; Direct-to-consumer; DTC; Health Insurance; Affordable Care Act; Health Care Reform; Accountable Care Organizations; Technology Change; Innovation ＆ Entrepreneurship; Digital Marketing; Strategy; Competition; Information Technology; Marketing; Technological Innovation; Technology Adoption; Entrepreneurship; Marketing Strategy; Health Industry; Technology Industry; Boston; Massachusetts; United States; Israel
Ofek, Elie, and Natalie Kindred. "American Well: The DTC Decision." Harvard Business School Case 515-032, March 2015. (Revised December 2016.)
- 2008
- Working Paper
From Social Control to Financial Economics: The Linked Ecologies of Economics and Business in Twentieth Century America
By: Marion Fourcade and Rakesh Khurana
As the main producers of managerial elites, business schools represent strategic research sites for understanding the formation of economic practices and representations. This article draws on historical material to analyze the changing place of economics in American... View Details
- 26 Jun 2013
- News
How a Trivial Pursuit Became a Significant Case
negotiating licensing and royalty agreements. One key move involved persuading TV Guide, in exchange for increased royalties from additional sales, to carry free ads for stores that would sell the game. Drawing on his trusted contacts in... View Details
- 22 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
Can Amazon Remake Health Care?
kinds of ideas involving more consumerism in health care have not worked—and it’s not like other companies have not tried. More generally, Amazon has been interested in health care for over 20 years, but their performance is somewhere... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Ipsita Dasgupta - Global Perspective, Local Results
summer, and in the fall she will be working in Boston as a strategy consultant for IBM Strategy and Change. “I think I will always be involved in economic development in some way,” she remarks, crediting her mother as a major source of... View Details
- 03 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion
workweeks, unpaid leave, pay freezes, elimination of bonuses, a freeze on 401(k) matching, and reduced vacation allowance. Some CEOs believe salary cuts are a way to spread the pain of reducing salary costs across a broad number of people. They provide immediate cost... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
- 09 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Marketing a Country: Promotion as a Tool for Attracting Foreign Investment.
overseas offices of quasi-government agencies also tended to be staffed by full-time promoters who were directly controlled by, and accountable to, the agencies. These advantages were particularly important when an agency was heavily View Details
Keywords: by Louis T. Wells & Alvin G. Wint
- 13 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Unlikely Upside of Mergers: More Diverse Management Teams
promoted women and people of color. The diversifying effect was not as pronounced in mergers that involved companies from different industries. "The disruption allows these patterns to be changed for the better." As part of his study,... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 09 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Where to Find Remote Work Now: 250 Million Job Postings Paint a Complex Picture
they named WHAM, short for “Work from Home Algorithmic Measure.” Three people labeled 10,000 chunks of text to help WHAM analyze whether job posting text included language indicating the role would involve remote work. They then “trained”... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 18 Jan 2023
- Blog Post
Career Planning and Development: Interview with Career Coach Wendi Zhang (MBA/MPP 2013)
and changes. Create meaningful connections after HBS: I continue to stay involved with HBS after graduation, and find myself frequently meeting new alumni, staff, faculty, and students who bring unique and interesting perspectives that... View Details