Continuing Care - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2011
News

Fearless Force for Change

Linn Photo Courtesy Cycle For Survival Jennifer Goodman Linn (MBA ’99) left a legacy of hope to those who knew her and to the thousands who have been and will continue to be touched by Cycle for Survival (cycleforsurvival.org), the... View Details

Keywords: cancer; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

11 Jan 2024
Blog Post

My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service

table were Yosemite, Point Reyes, Grand Canyon, Puerto Rico, Denver, and many other incredible locations. I was in the middle of a few other interview cycles for various health care roles, and I was completely torn. Do I accept the role... View Details

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Max Seel

self-challenging environment," Max says. "You're taught by professors who are world-renowned in their fields. Your fellow students are some of the brightest people in the world – you can't help but be impressed by their sheer range of knowledge." The... View Details

06 May 2014
First Look

First Look: May 6

firms in comparison to the agglomeration of domestic firms? Using a unique worldwide plant-level dataset that reports detailed location, ownership, and operation information for plants in over 100 countries, we construct a spatially View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Dec 2020
News

Lifting The Stigma

few years to apply. He did, receiving his undergraduate degree in 2010 and founding the College-Bound Mentoring Program with his roommate while both were still students. Delle continued to rack up achievements before and after HBS, until... View Details

Keywords: mental health; life experience; entrepreneurship

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5 Facts About HBS Conferences - MBA

Business & Environment Career Change Career and Professional Development Case Method Clubs Curriculum Digital Entrepreneurship FIELD Financial Aid Health Care Instagram Takeover JD/MBA Leadership Letters to Classmates MBA/MPP & MBA/MPA-ID... View Details

07 Jan 2022
News

Learning to Fight

Courtesy Rick Sontag In 1994, Rick Sontag’s (MBA 1968) wife, Susan, was diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer. Thanks to an experimental treatment, Susan survived, though she continues to experience significant loss of cognitive function... View Details

Portrait Project

Jamie Holden

until the seniors graduate and so on. Needless to say, my life evolved into a series of countdowns. I failed to live for the moment – instead, I lived for the day when I would not be a Plebe anymore or the day when I would graduate from West Point. This mentality View Details

04 Aug 2020
Blog Post

HBS Career & Professional Development Responds to COVID-19

more effective in their chosen fields, but all students care about the doors HBS opens for them and the opportunities that await upon graduation. Our team has been working tirelessly to ensure the students in the classes of 2020 and 2021... View Details

01 Jun 2011
News

The Best-Laid Plans

with Urban Water Partners RelayRides explanatory video FashionStake-Reuters story An online shipping platform that uses social networks and smartphones. Low-cost medical care and monitoring that helps seniors to live at home. The “Skype”... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; contests; Health, Social Assistance; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

23 Dec 2014
First Look

First Look: December 23

care for congenital heart disease conditions beginning in 1995 and had initiated universal outcome measurement. In 2014, the challenge was to continue to improve care in a... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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CFO Letter - Annual Report 2016

Against this revenue and capital investment backdrop, we continued to tighten the reins on expenses in fiscal 2016. Careful budget discipline is part of our culture at HBS as we work to generate the greatest... View Details

25 Jun 2001
Lessons from the Classroom

Machiavelli, Morals, and You

Stevens — we never learn his first name—set out early in life to become a great butler, one of the very best. He didn't want to get rich at it. He didn't care for fancy clothes. What Stevens wanted more than anything, according to HBS... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

14 May 2013
Blog Post

“What does it take for us to support our beliefs?” – Johnny Bowman

it takes to get supporters to act on their beliefs. Just as important, I learned of the many significant barriers that prevent us from actively supporting the issues we care most about. As deep as our beliefs may run on saving our... View Details

Keywords: Technology

19 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

Handicapping the Best Countries for Business

should government strategy matter to business people? It seems many executives, particularly Americans, believe government is incompetent. Richard Vietor: Business people care in several ways—macroeconomic, microeconomic, and foreign... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Video Clips & Discussion Questions - Creating Emerging Markets

innovation shown in the clips? What are the continuing obstacles of innovation in South Asia? Has it become easier orharder to innovate over the last three decades? The clip from Seema Aziz talks of Pakistan’s poor reputation for quality... View Details

01 Mar 2008
News

Class of 2007 Fellowship Awarded

KIM: Working to alleviate poverty in India has strengthened his interest in social enterprise. Continuing a four-year tradition among graduating classes, members of the MBA Class of 2007 established a fellowship to support their... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2003
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

careful consideration, we decided to postpone the 2003 Global Leadership Forum originally planned to take place in Shanghai, China, in June and reschedule the conference to June 15–17, 2004, in the same venue. The worrisome reports and... View Details

Keywords: Susan Luick Good; HBS Alumni Association; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

19 Nov 2014
HBS Case

Marketing Marijuana

experiment in selling smoke is already under way. Marijuana for recreational use officially went on sale in Denver and across Colorado in January 2014. As states continue to decriminalize its use, marijuana is increasingly available to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

11 Nov 2014
First Look

First Look: November 11

2014 and again in 2015. Publisher's link: http://hbr.org/2014/11/digital-ubiquity-how-connections-sensors-and-data-are-revolutionizing-business/ar/1 November 2014 Harvard Business Review How Not to Cut Health Care Costs By: Kaplan, Robert... View Details