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10 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

the crisis to emerge stronger than others in our industry?” “How can the organization learn through this experience to win in a new world?” Saenz and O’Keeffe explain: “To guide the decisions and actions that will answer those... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden

15 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

A Better Business Model for Fighting Cancer

initiative was founded with the goal of optimizing the business plan in precision medicine to accelerate new therapies to oncology patients,” says co-chair Kathy Giusti, adding that much View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health; Health

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Career Support - Business & Environment

careers with nonprofits focused on corporate engagement, or in the public sector. HBS MBAs have many options for making a difference at the critical intersection of environmental and business issues. BEI actively assists students in View Details

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McCollum Center | About

Health Foundation, whose floating hospital ship HOPE gave free medical treatment around the world. He also spearheaded Project Orbis, a flying eye-care facility that brings medical treatment and education to underserved populations across... View Details

18 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 18, 2007

systems coupled with a steadily increasing number of patients. Kizer started to make plans to change the VHA into a modern, responsive, efficient, and effective health care... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Feb 2005
Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

economics, is unable to account for much of the social environment of business—including the social and cultural factors that make themselves felt within organizations, as well... View Details

Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice

04 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Maersk’s Journey to Decarbonize Shipping

that have higher rates of carbon emissions. Finally, a fascinating thing about Maersk was seeing the culture of the company itself. While we were expecting a shipping company... View Details

29 May 2020
Op-Ed

How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents

vulnerable families and individuals are suffering from job losses, mental health issues, and food shortages due to significant disruptions in the food system.” SecondBite is a national food relief organization committed to “ending waste,... View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Agriculture & Agribusiness

07 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Negotiation and All That Jazz

actions any more than you'd let them dictate yours." As a result, Wheeler is skeptical about one-size-fits-all negotiation strategies. An approach that succeeds in one context could be disastrous in another. That makes him equally... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Helping and harnessing business to address society’s greatest challenges. | Institute for Business in Global Society

while building platforms to educate leaders and catalyze action on this complex and expanding set of issues. Play Video duration: 3:02 Harvard Business School’s Institute for the Study View Details

April 1993 (Revised November 1994)
Case

Chiron Corp.

By: Steven C. Wheelwright

Pablo Valenzuela, vice president of R&D at Chiron Corp., faces several choices for how to allocate scarce resources across several promising projects. These choices will determine Chiron's position in several emerging biotechnology and diagnostic markets, including... View Details

Keywords: Health Testing and Trials; Research and Development; Failure; Business Strategy; Joint Ventures; Strategic Planning; Opportunities; Product Development; Biotechnology Industry; California

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21 Aug 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

Companies Love Big Data But Lack the Strategy To Use It Effectively

relied more heavily on data and analytics; this included discovering important barriers to change that require a broader understanding of the organizational culture and incentives.” Ferreira also shared... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

11 Apr 2024
News

Mission Control

relativity. Those interests led to degrees from the Technical University of Vienna and even some opportunities to work on projects at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research. But his life plans... View Details

Profile

Sergio Velasquez-Terjesen

Australia, but he seized an opportunity to change the culture of ConocoPhillips itself, becoming the co-founder of the company's first LGBT employee group. Over the course... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy; Consulting

02 Dec 2010
What Do You Think?

Making Right Choices: Art or Science?

so that alternative actions could be arrayed according to their attractiveness, expressed in quantitative terms. Recently, brain-scan technology has enabled researchers to associate choice and decision-making with various parts View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

May 2025
Teaching Note

The VideaHealth AI Factory: CEO Florian Hillen on Speed, Scale, and Innovation

By: Tsedal Neeley

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 425-720. Florian Hillen, co-founder and CEO of VideaHealth, a startup using artificial intelligence (AI) to detect dental conditions on x-rays, spent the early years of his company laying the groundwork for an AI factory. This AI factory,... View Details

Keywords: Diagnostics; Organization Design; Change Management; Disruption; Transformation; Health Care and Treatment; AI and Machine Learning; Technological Innovation; Technology Adoption; Management Style; Organizational Culture; Success; Health Industry; Health Industry; United States

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13 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX)

Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. After all, 2007 was the year that Twitter was founded; Airbnb formed the following year. For startups jockeying for position in nascent markets, pressure is intense to come up with a viable business... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Aerospace; Food & Beverage; Retail

15 Mar 2011
First Look

First Look: March 15

That They Are Now Losing Authors:Michael I. Norton and Samuel R. Sommers Publication:Perspectives on Psychological Science (forthcoming) Abstract Although some have heralded recent political and cultural developments as signaling the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Feb 2017
Blog Post

Why I Love My Job: Sierra Smith Talks Her Fashion Startup Internship

Why I Love My Job is a series of interviews with HBS students and alumni on what drives their satisfaction at work. Internship Position: Summer Fellow, Plan de Ville, Summer 2016 Location: New York, New York... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

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