Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

The industry breakdowns were determined using eight major sectors (similar to those in the Global Industry Classification Standard system): Consumer Discretionary (e.g., pharmaceuticals, biotechnology & life sciences, health care equipment and services); Industrials (e.g.,

Telecommunications 28

Telecommunications Biotechnology Real Estate Survey 28

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

First, digital transformation is rapidly engulfing almost all industries. sensors, search, social media, and artificial intelligence) cut across all of these industries. What other factors account for Silicon Valley’s growing divergence from the Cambridge-Boston area during the last 20 years?

Biotechnology 28

Biotechnology Software Transportation Hotels 28

Harvard Business

MAY 10, 2016

Our experience with many global companies across industries and sectors has revealed a framework for pursuing growth through acquisition that lowers risks and helps beat the odds. Often the weakest assumptions involve estimates of how much additional revenue the companies can generate when combined. This, in turn, leads bidders to overpay.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 16, 2016

By the mid-1980’s, the American semiconductor industry seemed like it was doomed. So in 1986, the American government created SEMATECH , a consortium of government agencies, research institutions and private industry. Much like cars and electronics, microchips seemed destined to become another symbol of American decline.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

APRIL 17, 2023

However, industry experts forecast that your talent challenges will become increasingly severe by 2030. Today this stems from rapid advances in the fields of robotics, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, advanced materials, and genomics. Workforce challenges are nothing new. These changes are driving additional change.

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Talent Biotechnology Data Development 52

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

For the industry, the biggest challenge by far has been talent: upgrading skill sets from those sufficient to analyze relatively small amounts of clinical trial data to those required to gain insights from the vast amount of real-world data, including unstructured data such as physicians’ notes, scans and images, and pathology reports.

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Data Pharmaceuticals Biotechnology Methodologies 28

Harvard Business

APRIL 19, 2016

In virtually every advanced field, whether it’s information technology, biotechnology, agriculture, or renewable energy, America holds a leading position. In the pharmaceutical industry, the monitoring process can be incredibly elaborate. Throughout history, integrating science and industry has proved to be an unwieldy process.

Research 28

Research Company Conference Biotechnology 28

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

For example, one industry that has a direct impact on Americans — and gives a lot of money to elected officials — is big pharma. Not only did his wife invest between $610,000 and $1.5 We think the answer is a clear yes.

Biotechnology 28

Biotechnology Research Data Pharmaceuticals 28

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

The idea is for workers in these industries to raise their skill levels and eventually demand higher salaries for more-sophisticated work. Practically, the workers who make these industries possible are trapped in poverty, with little hope of escaping. That’s how they climb the global value chain. It means more thinking.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 23, 2016

We also found that industry matters. Boards of companies operating in the consumer discretionary industry have a disproportionately high representation of Democrats, while boards operating in the industrials and energy and utilities industries skew more Republican.

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Telecommunications Biotechnology Survey Healthcare 28