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- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
chronic diseases and disabilities are similarly provided with access to a world of possibilities. — GE Arnaud Karsenti Irrepressible entrepreneur, optimist, global dealmaker Karsenti On his 12th birthday, Arnaud Karsenti’s mother asked... View Details
- 20 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 20, 2016
School Case 816-072 Neurotrack and the Alzheimer's Puzzle Elli Kaplan founded Neurotrack in 2012 with a breakthrough noninvasive cognitive diagnostics test that will detect Alzheimer's disease in its earliest pre-symptomatic stages. While... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 15
and public sector workers who are both motivated by the mission of their positions and the remuneration. Zambia was facing a healthcare human resource crisis with less than half of the healthcare workers needed to meet health needs. Yet, it was simultaneously burdened... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Learning Curve: Making the Most of Outsourcing
telemedicine and specialized providers of niche services such as retail clinics, single-specialty hospitals, and disease management companies. The research, he says, reflects the traditional pendulum swing in health care between... View Details
- 02 Jun 2019
- News
A Data-Driven Approach to Gun Policy
Christopher Poliquin (now assistant professor of Strategy at UCLA Anderson School of Management), were at first unsure about how they could have an effect on a dire statistic: Nearly 40,000 gun-related deaths occur annually, almost 15,000 of which are homicides,... View Details
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
Fristrom (MBA 2008), managing partner, TerraNova Capital Advisors “Much like parenting your own children, an aging parent makes you realize how much is out of your control. Often plans must be altered to adapt to the changing environment of View Details
- 28 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 28, 2008
the parts of Africa that have a heavy disease incidence. MTV has developed a DNA of public service announcements that it claims are of central relevance to its high-risk customer base. How core is this to the strategy of a for-profit firm... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
drives; and how to manage the disease and vaccinations in the villages of developing countries. The book also explores how governments across the world can work closely with private-sector companies to fight the illness and accelerate... View Details
- 21 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research
Life was hard enough for the one-third of Americans who had wrestled with anxiety prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, the disease that has killed almost 100,000 in the United States, left millions unemployed, and socially distanced many... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
- 15 Nov 2018
- News
Don’t Be Afraid of AI
disease fighting. There are just a million areas where, you know, they're still looking for help on solving problems with a lot of data and we think we can help there. You know, we've had these infrastructure things, bad things happen,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Riding It Out
a jumper in 1997. A rider since the age of 10 (“I blame my mother for getting me into it”), Minard saw great potential in Westley. But the horse suffered from a degenerative eye disease that could lead to blindness. The vet advised Minard... View Details
- 12 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 12, 2008
neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Case provides an opportunity to discuss the challenges of non-profit management, medical research and to debate appropriate strategy for the Miami Project in 2007. Purchase... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 18, 2008
Thinking Authors:Richard S. Tedlow and David Ruben Periodical:The American (January-February 2008) Abstract Too many U.S. businesses (including tires, super-markets, and information technology) have been infected with the disease of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
excessive risk-taking (or, at a minimum, didn’t respond with increased prudential regulation), stockholder demands for ever higher returns grew still further. It was a vicious cycle.... “The stockholder-centric view of the current Schumer bill simply cannot be the cure... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
pulmonary and cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. He also leads a new merchandising and media company serving the African-American community via the Internet. Of these ever-changing challenges, he quips, "I just enjoy learning new... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
showed its vaccine to be 94.5 percent effective. A vaccine that protects against severe disease would be a “game-changer,” said Bancel, citing “the impact on hospitals, the impact on people’s psyche, and the impact on deaths,” in the... View Details
- 23 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
COVID-19 Shines New Light on Working Conditions in Supply Chains
due to the fact that US OSHA hasn’t developed standards to govern these issues. [US President Joseph] Biden has just tasked OSHA with doing just this, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is also now finally working on... View Details
- 12 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Strength in Numbers
level of coordination can nonetheless be achieved.” A fascinating set of cases that clearly reflects the properties of diffuse pragmatic interest representation involves specific disease populations. Individuals that either are suffering... View Details
Keywords: Re: Gunnar Trumbull
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy
Disease Control and Prevention, declared racism a serious public health threat. Shell is a coalition builder and a longtime observer of “where human capital is invested and where it isn’t.” He grew up in New Bedford, one of a number of... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
cultural psyche. The war served further to diffuse hygienic habits, as the need to keep millions of soldiers free of disease resulted in soap, razors, and other toiletries becoming required elements of soldiers’ equipment. Soap companies... View Details