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CFO Letter - Annual Report 2019
Publishing, Harvard Business Review circulation continued to grow (counter to industry trends), and products launched by the Corporate Learning and Higher Education divisions were well-received. Leveraging space in new and newly renovated...
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- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
effectively within the newly merged entities. No PDF is available at this time. Reputation and Competition: Evidence from the Credit Rating Industry Authors:Bo Becker and Todd Milbourn Abstract Fair and accurate credit ratings arguably...
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Martha Lagace
- 23 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
labor between innovative new entrants and industry incumbents, endowed with complementary assets, is common in many industries. Such settings are distinct because new entrants have the additional option to sell their innovation in a...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017
modern industrial corporation encompasses a myriad of different software applications, which must work in concert to deliver functionality to end users. However, the increasingly complex and dynamic nature of competition in today’s...
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Sean Silverthorne
- September 1989 (Revised December 1989)
- Case
Beef Hormone Trade Dispute
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Keywords:
Trade;
Agribusiness;
Food;
Biotechnology Industry;
Biotechnology Industry;
Biotechnology Industry
Goldberg, Ray A. "Beef Hormone Trade Dispute." Harvard Business School Case 590-035, September 1989. (Revised December 1989.)
- 18 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 18
assumptions are present in the structure of technology and labor flows within Silicon Valley and its surrounding areas. Our model further identifies how the lengths over which agglomerative forces operate influence the shapes and sizes of View Details
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Carmen Nobel
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
influential, and industry less influential, than we commonly assume. How Early Adoption Has Increased Wealth—Until Now Authors:Diego Comin and Bart Hobijn Publication:Harvard Business Review 90, no. 3 (March 2012) Abstract Societies that...
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Sean Silverthorne
- February 2024 (Revised March 2024)
- Teaching Note
X: The Foghorn Decision
By: Kyle Myers and Walter Frick
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 618-060.
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Keywords:
Alternative Energy;
Energy Generation;
Energy Sources;
Climate Change;
Green Technology;
Selection and Staffing;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Disruptive Innovation;
Independent Innovation and Invention;
Innovation and Management;
Innovation Leadership;
Innovation Strategy;
Technological Innovation;
Knowledge;
Product Design;
Product Development;
Research and Development;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Science-Based Business;
Auto Industry;
Auto Industry;
Auto Industry;
Auto Industry;
Auto Industry;
Auto Industry;
Auto Industry
- January 2007 (Revised January 2007)
- Background Note
Note on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
By: Robert F. Higgins, Richard G. Hamermesh and Virginia Fuller
Describes the U.S. FDA with particular emphasis on its role in the development of new drugs, biologic products, and medical devices today. Provides context for the drug approval process by describing the FDA's history and organizational structure.
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Health;
Governance Compliance;
Policy;
Product Development;
Government and Politics;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
United States
Higgins, Robert F., Richard G. Hamermesh, and Virginia Fuller. "Note on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration." Harvard Business School Background Note 807-050, January 2007. (Revised January 2007.)
- 03 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 3, 2015
quantify the impact of scientific grant funding at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on patenting by pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms. Our paper makes two contributions. First, we use newly constructed bibliometric data to...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS
have in common, however, is that they are all searching for market opportunities. In fact, Stevenson says, good entrepreneurs gravitate toward business opportunities for which their personalities are well-suited, such as "numbers crunchers" to View Details
- October 2020 (Revised April 2022)
- Case
When Institutions Fail: HIV/AIDS in the 1980s
By: Tom Nicholas and Christian Godwin
During the early 1980s, young gay men in urban centers such as San Francisco and New York City began contracting a mysterious illness that would come to be known as HIV/AIDS. A diagnosis meant almost certain death, with a less than 1% survival rate. Conflicting...
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Keywords:
Ethics;
Policy;
Government and Politics;
Health Pandemics;
History;
Rights;
Media;
Organizations;
Business and Community Relations;
Religion;
Social Psychology;
Identity;
Prejudice and Bias;
Social Issues;
Public Opinion;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Biotechnology Industry;
Health Industry;
Journalism and News Industry;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
Public Administration Industry;
United States
Nicholas, Tom, and Christian Godwin. "When Institutions Fail: HIV/AIDS in the 1980s." Harvard Business School Case 821-002, October 2020. (Revised April 2022.)
- January 2016 (Revised February 2016)
- Course Overview Note
The Sustainable Core: Operations Management
By: Michael W. Toffel and L. Beril Toktay
This note is designed to help faculty embed environmental sustainability content into their core Operations Management course at the MBA or undergraduate level. It can also be used to identify cases with environmental content that can be used in operations electives...
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Environmental Management;
Operations Management;
Sustainable Operations;
Environmental Regulation;
Operations;
Supply Chain;
Supply Chain Management;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Biotechnology Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Construction Industry;
Forest Products Industry;
Retail Industry
Toffel, Michael W., and L. Beril Toktay. "The Sustainable Core: Operations Management." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 616-022, January 2016. (Revised February 2016.)
- March 2014
- Module Note
Implementing Environmentally Sustainable Operations
Keywords:
Sustainability;
Sustainability Management;
Sustainability Reporting;
Sustainable Supply Chains;
Sustainable Operations;
Environment;
Environmental And Social Sustainability;
Environmental Management;
Environmental Operations;
Environmental Performance;
Environmental Policy;
Environmental Protection;
Environmental Strategy;
Environmental Regulation;
Operations Management;
Operations Strategy;
Supply Chain Management;
Operations;
Supply Chain;
Business Processes;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Performance Evaluation;
Performance Improvement;
Safety;
Social Enterprise;
Quality;
Production;
Working Conditions;
Animal-Based Agribusiness;
Buildings and Facilities;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Biotechnology Industry;
Construction Industry;
Manufacturing Industry
Toffel, Michael W. "Implementing Environmentally Sustainable Operations." Harvard Business School Module Note 613-090, March 2014.
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
most nimble creators will move from a mobile-first to a mobile-only approach. “The strongest brands will continue to do what they do best—superserve their audiences—but the native advertising model will meaningfully challenge the existing, archaic advertising model,...
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- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
expand internationally with a regional focus on East Asia or, alternatively, a focus on the U.S. and other Western markets. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=708479 HNA Group: Moving China's Air...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
entrepreneurial powerhouse. Carolyn’s mix of pep talk and tough love got Tyra to where she is today, and here they pay it forward to empower readers. Whether they’re writing about watching Tyra’s most imperfect moment go viral or how they’ve overcome everything from...
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- May 20, 2016
- Comment
World Health Organization Lacks Leadership to Combat Pandemics
By: John A. Quelch
When it comes to emergency preparedness for pandemics, the World Health Organization is falling short. It has not provided prompt and clear leadership to the world in combating either the Ebola or Zika viruses. Its leadership has been low energy, its representatives...
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Keywords:
Global Health;
World Health Organization;
World Bank;
Pandemics;
Emergency Preparedness;
Experience and Expertise;
Decisions;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Communication Strategy;
Nonverbal Communication;
Framework;
Governance;
Government and Politics;
Health;
Management;
Practice;
Problems and Challenges;
Projects;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Human Needs;
Civil Society or Community;
Social Issues;
Welfare or Wellbeing;
Biotechnology Industry;
Biotechnology Industry;
Biotechnology Industry;
Biotechnology Industry;
Biotechnology Industry;
Biotechnology Industry;
Biotechnology Industry;
Biotechnology Industry;
Africa;
Asia;
Europe;
Latin America;
North and Central America;
South America;
West Indies
Quelch, John A. "World Health Organization Lacks Leadership to Combat Pandemics." Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (May 20, 2016).
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
young media and medical enterprises, de Weese has helped bring to market some twenty computer, medical, and biotechnology products. Of these, perhaps the most well-known is Nicotrol, a patch worn on the skin that releases controlled...
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- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
venture-funded startups in the networking/data communications industry sectors reveals that those startups that participate in an open standards community, such as the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), have a greater likelihood of...
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