Skip to Main Content
HBS Home
  • About
  • Academic Programs
  • Alumni
  • Faculty & Research
  • Baker Library
  • Giving
  • Harvard Business Review
  • Initiatives
  • News
  • Recruit
  • Map / Directions
Faculty & Research
  • Faculty
  • Research
  • Featured Topics
  • Academic Units
  • …→
  • Harvard Business School→
  • Faculty & Research→
Publications
Publications
  • Article
  • Bloomberg Opinion

Believe in Vaccine Bets Like Bill Gates's

By: Scott Duke Kominers
  • Format:Electronic
ShareBar

Abstract

Commitment of public or private funds upfront speeds development, production, and distribution.

Keywords

Coronavirus; Vaccine; Financing; Health Pandemics; Health Care and Treatment; Product Development; Production; Distribution

Citation

Kominers, Scott Duke. "Believe in Vaccine Bets Like Bill Gates's." Bloomberg Opinion (April 28, 2020).
  • Register to Read

About The Author

Scott Duke Kominers

Entrepreneurial Management
→More Publications

More from the Author

    • March 14, 2025
    • Harvard Crimson

    Harvard Students Should Ignore Calls to Boycott Israel Trek

    By: Jesse M. Fried, Paul A. Gompers, Scott Kominers and Mark C. Poznansky
    • March 2025
    • Faculty Research

    O2X: Optimizing to the X

    By: Scott Duke Kominers, Thomas Jennings and Maisie Wiltshire-Gordon
    • 2025
    • Faculty Research

    Incentive-Compatible Recovery from Manipulated Signals, with Applications to Decentralized Physical Infrastructure

    By: Jason Milionis, Jens Ernstberger, Joseph Bonneau, Scott Duke Kominers and Tim Roughgarden
More from the Author
  • Harvard Students Should Ignore Calls to Boycott Israel Trek By: Jesse M. Fried, Paul A. Gompers, Scott Kominers and Mark C. Poznansky
  • O2X: Optimizing to the X By: Scott Duke Kominers, Thomas Jennings and Maisie Wiltshire-Gordon
  • Incentive-Compatible Recovery from Manipulated Signals, with Applications to Decentralized Physical Infrastructure By: Jason Milionis, Jens Ernstberger, Joseph Bonneau, Scott Duke Kominers and Tim Roughgarden
ǁ
Campus Map
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field
Boston, MA 02163
→Map & Directions
→More Contact Information
  • Make a Gift
  • Site Map
  • Jobs
  • Harvard University
  • Trademarks
  • Policies
  • Accessibility
  • Digital Accessibility
Copyright © President & Fellows of Harvard College.