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- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Daniel Vasella
the test as he methodically refashioned the two old-line chemical companies with disparate corporate cultures into a single entity focused on health care and powered by an innovative approach to R&D. Today, Novartis is one of the world’s... View Details
- 06 Oct 2022
- News
On the Road to Recovery
indeed, the entire travel-nursing sector—entered a growth phase as newly insured people sought health care and the demand for nurses surged. During this time, many of Nightingale’s competitors sold to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
My First Job
Alcohol-related mistakes are tricky, with consequences that can be serious from both a health and a career perspective, but that experience showed me how important relationships are in a career. My colleagues had come to my help when I... View Details
- 28 Jun 2021
- News
“Where the Dead Lie Thicker”
- 01 Aug 2013
- News
A Cure for Cold Storage
wins, combined with a July 2012 paper that detailed the science behind the technology, attracted attention from the likes of the Economist and National Public Radio. Soon, Schrader no longer had to cold call the pharma companies—they were... View Details
- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
population is increasing faster than any other nation in history, while its birthrate is shrinking. That double whammy is reducing both the workforce to care for the elderly and the tax base to support its universal View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 30 May 2024
- News
Women’s Association Goes Nationwide; Connecticut Club Hosts Beshears
from the fact that many HBS alumnae from other cities would travel specifically to New York to attend the club’s programs. When the pandemic hit, the shift to virtual programming attracted even more HBS women from around the world. “That’s when we started to wonder if... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Breaking News
(PhDOB 2019) has studied the issues facing local papers from multiple angles. Now, as cofounder and CEO of the National Trust for Local News, she has developed a first-of-its-kind model to preserve local news as a public good. The premise... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
we build, more than hazards. Yet vulnerable development remains legal, profitable, and most consumers don’t know the difference. Many policies indirectly encourage it. Look how the National Flood Insurance... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
an entrepreneur. With several other HBS graduates, he undertook a decidedly low-tech startup: plastic phone book covers to carry local advertisements in Massachusetts. The company, the National Merchandising Corporation, was such a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Full Court Press
On May 28, 2022, the Basketball Africa League (BAL) held the championship game of its second season, pitting the club team Petro de Luanda, from Angola, against US Monastir, from Tunisia. Traffic snarls outside the stadium, congestion tightened by temporary road... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 22 Feb 2024
- News
GCC Crossroads Aims for a Bright Future; Seattle Alumni Talk Leadership in Tech; Italy Preps for European Alumni Summit
Clubs News Clubs News Crossroads Forum Explores Future of Gulf Region More than 1,300 public and private leaders convened in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on January 30 and 31 for the Crossroads GCC Future Impact Forum, co-hosted by the HBS Club of the Gulf Cooperation Council... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 29 Aug 2024
- News
A Kick Start for Latin American Startups
transformative mission. Alice, for example, is a Brazilian startup upending the health care industry, offering insurance coverage combined with proprietary primary care, delivered digitally and in person, as... View Details
- 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
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
companies touted cleanliness as good for health and success, but also for beauty. Hair washing, long unfashionable, was also a 20th-century phenomenon. This 1905 German advertisement promotes one of the first shampoos. Image Courtesy... View Details
- 11 Jul 2013
- News
Making Lives Better
Autism Science Foundation, which she founded in 2009, was a result of Tepper Singer's passion to fuel scientific research. To that end, ASF, which is based in New York City, funds pre- and post-doctorate fellowships for young scientists who can use the data to apply... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Crowning Achievement
third-degree burns over 40 percent of her body. After numerous medical procedures, including 15 surgeries, Bazey returned to work. She has since joined the board of the Phoenix Society, a national nonprofit that supports and empowers burn... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Tracking a Turnaround
insurance payments. As if this challenge weren’t enough, the CEO then agrees to meet with outsiders during his first six months on the job to answer questions about his performance in a series of videotaped sessions. Unlikely as it... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Off Script
(Thinkstock) Prescription drug spending increased by more than 13 percent in the United States in 2014, raising health insurance premiums and the ire of consumers and politicians. The reasons behind the rise... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
for low-income individuals and families may be workable and politically acceptable at the national level.” MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Lynne Gassiraro, who recently had thyroid cancer surgery and other ailments requiring the care of specialists,... View Details