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- 26 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
New Winners and Losers in the Internet Economy
period when overall GDP grew by only 5 percent. "Through the years of the 'Great Recession' and the very slow climb back, the businesses that live on the Internet have been a conspicuous exception to the general pattern of...
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- 11 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018
And it is changing fast. Its size and importance to human, environmental, and economic health means that no system is viewed with as much suspicion by so many people around the globe. Changing societal expectations and scientific and View Details
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Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
Peek Weekend: The Family Business Cohort
Peek has changed a lot since its founding in 2015! Please visit the Peek website for the most up to date information on dates, registration, and program events. When I was in elementary school my Dad founded Bryan Medical, a small medical...
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- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Martin Gonzalez - Quiet Courage
students. He downplays his ability to continue functioning throughout his medical ordeal. “It is much harder to watch a loved one go through something like this,” he says, quietly mentioning that his mother was found to have the same...
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- 25 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
Hikma Health + HBS MBAs Crowdsource Largest County-Level COVID-19 Dataset
the hackathon, the need for this more granular type of policy data intensified as two things became clear: First, COVID-19 behaves very differently from county to county. Second, since vaccines and medications have lengthy lead times,...
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- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
your fixed costs," Bhide says. "But if, for example, you want to create a business that solves other companies' design or engineering problems, then you have an interesting opportunity. Just by working harder and faster than your competitor you'll be likely to View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
Rhenisch Rick Bern/Courtesy Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority A community organizer during the 1960s, Madelyn Rhenisch was a pioneering advocate for better medical care for the people of rural upstate New York. More...
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- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
as on how it should evolve. Since 1980 General Electric, for instance, has continued to reinvent itself in every field from wind energy to medical diagnostics; and it enjoyed a $22.5 billion profit in 2007....
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Martha Lagace
- 12 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Strength in Numbers
population, have material and evident interest in finding a cure. They also clearly face strategic reasons for letting someone else take on the task. What is important about these medical examples is that the collective interest is...
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- 01 Jun 2006
- News
The Baby Business
involved here, and we need to take care of that. We also need to decide whether reproduction is some sort of human right or whether infertility is a medical condition. If the answer is yes to either of those, then we should pay for it, as...
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- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Seven Honored with Alumni Achievement Award
institutions. What was your biggest flop? I’ve had numerous flops. In the venture capital business, that’s a given. How do you relax? Walking, reading, travel. I used to surf and golf; now I work out at a gym. In your philanthropy, is there an area that you’re...
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- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Building a Better MBA
most complete contemporary picture of MBA education. “The level of cross-school cooperation was unprecedented,” Datar said afterward. For Datar and Garvin, the two-day session was a “thank-you” to the participants for their generous...
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- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Reaching Out
MBA students a range of possibilities for interacting with the social sector, both inside and outside the classroom. Participating in the program provides students with the opportunity to build their general management skills and explore...
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- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Inside the Revolution
revolution — with its enormous implications for all of business — is well under way. Only days before Enriquez’s grade-school visit, for example, scientists announced plans to create synthetic bacteria that would generate hydrogen (a...
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- 02 Jun 2003
- What Do You Think?
What Can Aspiring Leaders Be Taught?
(and law schools, medical schools, etc.) should attempt to teach students ways to reconcile their actions when ethics seemingly compete with profit or another targeted outcome." As Ken Coleman pointed out, "business students...
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by James Heskett
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Dean Clark Reflects on the School’s Key Initiatives
David Garvin, for example, developed a multimedia case — in real-time — that followed the newly appointed CEO of a local medical center as he attempted to turn around the organization.Technology and Learning Professor Michael Porter...
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- 01 Feb 1997
- News
OPM Celebrates 21st Anniversary at Gala Florida Reunion
a towing company in Alabama, a medical services business in Saudi Arabia, a publishing company in Greece, a drilling firm in Canada, and a New York-based broadcasting company, to name a few. Hayes's talk on the second day of the Reunion,...
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- 23 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 23
decide which customers to serve and which to turn away, configuring pricing strategies to align with the value delivery stream customers experience, and determining whether inbound marketing programs can generate enough scale or whether...
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Martha Lagace
- 03 Sep 2020
- Op-Ed
Why American Health Care Needs Its Own SEC
Employers, insurers, taxpayers, and individual consumers pay widely varying prices for treatments, medical technology, and for digital information of fluctuating quality. One patient may receive a small charge for a treatment, while...
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- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
Ganesh Natarajan (AMP 169, 2005), Chairman of 5F World, Lighthouse Communities Foundation, and Honeywell Automation India. Navaldi’s highlighted contributions include “delivering medicines, oxygen concentrators, and medical supplies to...
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