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Rawiah Abdallah
members administered health services, microfinance loans, and vocational training. They taught English and computer skills. "I became very passionate about development," says Rawiah. "But I saw a lot of inefficiencies in... View Details
- 13 Jun 2017
- News
Finding Common Ground
devices were.” CollaborateUp specializes in bringing corporations, government agencies, nonprofits, and other organizations together to take on big, complex issues, such as endangered species trafficking, international food security, and access to View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
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Ed Rogers
contribute to their well-being. Blood pressure readings are an example. But now we have activity trackers that can give us quantified metrics relevant to any number of health goals. By observing these metrics and gaining deeper... View Details
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Global Activities 2020-2021 - Global Activities 2021
at Africa Health Management in Accra, Ghana. Dezzy Ogakwu (MBA 2021) , director/CEO of Lagos-based Aku Fintech, which enables access to digital financial services. Nikki Okrah (MBA 2021) , founder of Ghana-based Chaku Foods, and a grand... View Details
- 02 Dec 2015
- Blog Post
Alumni: Where Are They Now? Featuring: Laura Mackay...
continue to follow my Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise professor’s advice: “skate to where the puck will be!” I will do everything I can to use my HBS education and experience to the fullest and to be in the driver’s seat of the innovation and change our... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Alumni Books
Odds by Peter D. Johnston (MBA ’90) (Negotiation Press) How do you negotiate with Wal-Mart or with an intimidating boss about an ethical issue? How do you negotiate a capital infusion for a struggling start-up or better health care for... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
VC Luminary John Doerr: Education Reform Critical to Success of New Economy
many Americans will be unable to participate in an information-based economy. "Forty percent of eight-year-olds can't read," he observed. "If you can't read, you can't run a Web browser. You just fall further and further behind." Asserting that the American educational... View Details
- 24 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Finance in Africa: Health, Self-Interest, Avoided Future Cost
African people, businesses, cities, and nations are increasingly stressed by climate related perils like drought, river flooding, extreme heat, and sea level rise. This is already leading not just to destruction of assets but also challenges to lives and livelihoods –... View Details
- 13 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?
On September 12, 1980, the military launched a coup on the government in Turkey. For many executives, such instability is the worst nightmare of doing business in a developing country. But for Turkish entrepreneur Hamdi Akin, usually on... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Noted & Quoted
consulting company, writing about Google’s new Chrome operating system (Huffington Post, July 13, 2009). “Echo boomers are larger than the baby boomer population. Couple that with immigration and you have the seeds, the possibility of a... View Details
- 24 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support
in the applicant tracking system and adjust them to include more candidates.” Gazette: What should employers do to remedy this situation? Fuller: The first is to realize there’s a big pool of talent out there that’s been marginalized... View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 04 May 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Do Managers Think?
in which it is carried out. Joe Schmid observed that "both medical doctors and organizational managers work in cultures that are historically problem definition poor and solution rich. Their individual rewards systems are both driven... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
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Jason Flood
up-close experience of the United States’ health care system. “There were mind-boggling inefficiencies both in terms of delivery and coordination,” Jason says. “We had multiple doctors who failed to communicate to each other and ordered... View Details
- 03 Apr 2019
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Finding Common Ground
from opioids), Shumway also cites domestic abuse and criminal records that prevent reintegration into society as primary factors that contribute to homelessness. “A disproportionate number of the homeless are also veterans with mental View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Seeing the Light
business. But Brownell, happy in the health-care field, was hesitant to do so. On a visit home in 1986, however, things suddenly changed -- her father's health was in question. After discussing the matter with her husband, HBS classmate... View Details
- 17 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 17, 2009
compensation structure, and corporate governance approach, leading up to August 2008. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709449 The Cleveland Clinic: Growth Strategy 2008 Harvard Business School Case... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Jan 2014
- What Do You Think?
Do Productivity Increases Contribute to Social Inequality?
and) directly create millions of new US mfg jobs " Mark Clark expressed concerns about the link between inequality and democracy, advancing a proposal that might also address some concerns about productivity and inequality. As he put it, "A foundational step... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 13 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 13
case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/817088-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 316-112 Health Systems in the Developing World This note offers an approach to the evaluation of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Making History, Starting Over
says. “And in a system that requires low levels of taxation, free markets, and privatization of state assets, you have a paradox. The paradox is that the state is in less of a position to act. The state is no longer a redistributor of... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
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Clean Slate
says. To get there, Massport is reducing the carbons tied to the operation of its airports, container ship and cruise terminals, and all related equipment and vehicles. Logan’s central heating system represents the biggest opportunity:... View Details