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• Article | Harvard Business Review Digital Articles | May 6, 2020

  We Shouldn't Wait for a Breakthrough in the Covid-19 Pandemic

  Gary P. Pisano

  The ultimate solutions to the Covid-19 crisis may be big breakthroughs in building massive test and trace capacity and developing vaccines and drug remedies. But in the meantime, we should not ignore the potential cumulative impact of the many small things we already know how to do or might try that together could make a big dent in the current crisis. Big problems typically get tackled through a series of small solutions, each of which on its own may not seem particularly important but that together can have a huge impact. Creating and implementing a “small steps” strategy, however, will require strong leadership.

  Keywords: COVID-19; Health Pandemics; Strategy; Leadership;

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  Pisano, Gary P. "We Shouldn't Wait for a Breakthrough in the Covid-19 Pandemic." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (May 6, 2020).  View Details

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• Technical Note | HBS Case Collection | November 2019 (Revised April 2020)

  The Life Sciences Revolution: A Technical Primer

  Gary P. Pisano, William J. Anderson, Amitabh Chandra, Clarissa Ceruti and Stephanie Oestreich

  For more than two decades, scientific advances have been driving profound changes in drug discovery and the drug industry itself. This case provides an overview and description of these technical and scientific advances. Written for the nonscientific reader, it may be used as companion reading for other case materials that require basic knowledge of the tools, techniques, and approaches used in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.

  Keywords: Science; Technological Innovation; Technology; Pharmaceutical Industry; Biotechnology Industry;

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  Pisano, Gary P., William J. Anderson, Amitabh Chandra, Clarissa Ceruti, and Stephanie Oestreich. "The Life Sciences Revolution: A Technical Primer." Harvard Business School Technical Note 620-054, November 2019. (Revised April 2020.)  View Details

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• Article | Harvard Business Review (website) | April 3, 2020

  How Hospitals Can Manage Supply Chain Shortages as Demand Surges

  Richard M.J. Bohmer, Gary P. Pisano, Raffaella Sadun and Thomas C. Tsai

  The best practices in supply chain and operations management can help health care providers cope with the surge in patients and the supply shortages. They will help them create a comprehensive strategy aimed at both the demand- and supply-side roots of the problem. The purpose of this article is to assist health care leaders and their organizations in anticipating and preempting problems rather than continuing to react to them.

  Keywords: Hospitals; Health Pandemics; Health Care and Treatment; Supply Chain Management; Operations; Management; Strategy;

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  Bohmer, Richard M.J., Gary P. Pisano, Raffaella Sadun, and Thomas C. Tsai. "How Hospitals Can Manage Supply Chain Shortages as Demand Surges." Harvard Business Review (website) (April 3, 2020).  View Details

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