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June 2004 (Revised May 2005)
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Judah Folkman and the War on Cancer

Judah Folkman, professor in the Division of Vascular Biology at Children's Hospital in Boston, is considering how best to advance the research in his lab in an era where biomedical research has gotten more interdisciplinary and collaborative. Specifically, Folkman has... View Details

Keywords: Conflict of Interests; Leadership; Research; Personal Development and Career; Health Care and Treatment; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Health Industry; Health Industry; Boston

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07 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

livestreamed on YouTube, while Chipotle hosted Zoom hangouts where 3,000 fans could virtually mingle with celebrities. SnapChat curated mental health resources into a “Here for You” campaign, demonstrating its View Details

Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman

01 Mar 2018
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March 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

depends on the ability to deliver great service. The Low Cholesterol Cookbook and Action Plan by Karen Swanson (MBA 1990) (Rockridge Press) Getting serious about heart health can be overwhelming. That’s why... View Details

06 Jun 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017

perspectives of marketing strategies, store operations, and relationships between customers and store clerks. However, the significance of the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

August 1998
Case

Record Masters

By: William A. Sahlman, Michael J. Roberts and Laurence E. Katz

Kent Dauten, a former general partner at the Chicago private equity firm of Madison Dearborn Partners, has engaged in a search to personally sponsor a buyout in which he can play an active management role. He has received a selling memorandum for Record Masters, a... View Details

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Leveraged Buyouts; Valuation; Negotiation Deal; Investment

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01 Oct 2000
News

Lydia M. Marshall: Gumption and Grace

Lydia Marshall is more comfortable talking about the impact that CARE -- the international relief and development organization -- has had on her than what she has done for it. If pressed, however, Marshall,... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

14 Jul 2015
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First Look: July 14, 2015

after the passage of health reform in the United States. The case explores in detail how the hospital CEO and staff designed and implemented new models of View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2018
News

June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

the revolution has come to health care? While consumers have begun to insist on health care that is as convenient and View Details

01 Mar 2023
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March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Invisible Trillions: How Financial Secrecy Is Imperiling Capitalism and Democracy—and the Way to Renew Our Broken System By Raymond W. Baker (MBA 1960) Berrett-Koehler Publishers Over the last half century, capitalism has created... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

12 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019

approach to estimate direct costs involved in monitoring and management of anticoagulation therapy for outpatients in an academic primary care clinic setting, post-initiation of therapy. Methods: Time-Driven... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

10 Feb 2022
Research & Ideas

Why Are Prices So High Right Now—and Will They Ever Return to Normal?

including food and beverages, health products, household items, electronics, and personal products like shampoo. As the researchers looked... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

06 Mar 2018
News

A Voice for Diversity and Impact at Scale

scaling local knowledge. Back in the United States, that realization led Hunt to explore other aspects of the health care industry’s value chain, from billing to insurance to product development. “I loved... View Details

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Patients - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Insist providers provide their results with patients like you. Choose cost-effective health plan structures involving deductibles together with HSAs to save for future health View Details

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HBS Section I Celebrates Parents, Mentors, and Partners Day - MBA

Business & Environment Career Change Career and Professional Development Case Method Clubs Curriculum Digital Entrepreneurship FIELD Financial Aid Health Care Instagram... View Details

01 Sep 2018
News

September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

success, we forget to take care of ourselves, missing out on things that bring us happiness and well-being. Hiebert walks you through seven fundamental habits to becoming View Details

21 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018

Tracking Performance Indicators By: Beveridge, Christiana, Sofia Warner, Greg Leya, and Thomas W. Feeley Abstract—Given that accountable care organizations (ACOs) have not achieved the degree of cost... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Dec 2020
News

New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books

Bertini (DBA 2006) and Oded Koenigsberg The MIT Press Would you rather pay for health care or for better health? For school or education? For groceries or nutrition? A car or... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

18 Apr 2022
HBS Case

Dick’s Sporting Goods Followed Its Conscience on Guns—and It Paid Off

Days after the mass school shooting in Parkland, Florida, in 2018, a shaken Ed Stack, then the CEO and largest shareholder of Dick’s Sporting Goods, decided it was time for his 850-store chain to pull certain guns off its View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

16 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

policies with exclusions. Thanks, but no thanks to bailouts Our panelists expressed frustration with government aid programs, such as the US CARES Act and its Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) enacted in... View Details

Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage

25 Feb 2020
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2020

the more general reader interested in national parks. The Health Care Consumer’s Manifesto: How to Get the Most for Your Money by Deborah Dove Gordon (MBA 1999) Praeger Health... View Details

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