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- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Daniel L. Vasella, M.D.
partnership with the World Health Organization, and contributes tuberculosis treatments to developing countries. "That said," observes Vasella, "our entire industry has a problem, since we continue to be seen as a cost factor rather than... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Well Matched
take care of them. We like to think of ourselves as investing for the future, and home is part of that. But we’re generalists, investing across multiple sectors, including health care, environmental... View Details
- 24 Sep 2020
- News
The Race for a Vaccine
was hampered by a lack of test subjects; on the investor side, there was no longer a ready customer base for a SARS vaccine. None ever came to market. In the early days of January 2020, before anyone fully understood how widespread the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Not a Regular Joe
positions. Her job really comes out of his policy statements. She is trying to re-create the Joe Wilson spirit within Xerox: Let’s create profits for ourselves because we solve problems for other people. What can businesspeople learn from Wilson? Develop a whole life... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
profit-making; unlike financial performance, there is no common currency of measurement and aggregation," Ebrahim explains. "The value created by social-sector organizations accrues to society rather than to a set of owners or... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Life in Lockdown
a kitten dangling from a tree limb. One visit to Google kills that idea; there are already dozens of companies catering to premenstrual women. What about a service that can make a visit to an urgent care clinic more efficient and draw... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Charting the Luminary Leadership in Professional Service Firms
dependent on their star talent and its motivation and productivity. As our economy shifts more toward “knowledge workers,” we believe that professional service firms will be a model for many other types of businesses — from technology to View Details
- 19 Jun 2019
- News
Connecting Patients and Providers
facilitates digital consultations, reducing the cost and travel demands on ill patients. And it allows doctors and other medical experts to collaborate on complex cases in a virtual clinical environment. Jarzabek had seen the value of... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Yoga Inc.
draws a market segment that might not be so interested in wearing Lululemon’s Wunder Under Pants. As part of a pre-yoga, 20-year corporate career, Vaccaro created—and in 1990 was forced to sell—a multimillion-dollar health View Details
Keywords: Deborah Halber
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
consumer-driven health care. “By showing the positive impact of making health care more consumer-oriented, Shouldice has helped recraft thinking about the field,” Herzlinger... View Details
- 07 Oct 2014
- News
Network Effect
Alzheimer’s research. At McCance’s urging, they based the organization on venture capital principles: locate visionaries and invest in them; run a lean, frugal institution; and take the risk on bold ideas with enormous promise. Having... View Details
Keywords: Linda Kush
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
thing you hoped to promote. What the health care sector needs most, HBS’s Health Care Initiative said with the debut of Harvard’s View Details
- 09 Dec 2021
- News
Higher Returns
social side, that talks about your relationships with employees, suppliers, and clients, and the communities in which you operate. So labor standards, employee relations, local community impact will be another one. Equal employment opportunities, View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Books
services — they want control of their lives and are willing to pay for it. Addressing these needs, the authors say, could spark the next leap forward in wealth creation. This new business model envisioned by Zuboff and Maxmin is based on... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
Angeles–based dialysis provider TRC. Thiry (MBA 1983) had just completed a difficult, ultimately unsuccessful term as CEO of another health care organization. After that experience, he pledged to join his... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014
Father of Modern Management by Bob Buford (OPM 2, 1977) (Worthy Publishing) Where Does It Hurt?: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Fixing Health Care by Jonathan Bush (MBA 1997) and Stephen Baker (Portfolio) Bush,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Clark Bids Farewell to HBS
information technology for pedagogy; in teaching entrepreneurial management; in global research and scholarship; and in its commitment to values and leadership as core elements of its curriculum and mission. Clark also oversaw a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
WATER Ltd.
special public protections and oversight. Because it’s scarce, it has an economic value, but that value must be affordable to the communities we serve.” Based in New Jersey, American Water is part of the... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Transferring Skills From The Military to the Private Sector
hadn’t been exposed to before.” After a summer internship at DaVita, a health care company in Denver, Greenbaum intends to pursue a career as a general manager, possibly in the View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Richard Edelman (MBA 1978)
what’s going on in the world through our purchasing decisions. Our research shows that two-thirds of people, across all age groups and incomes, now buy or boycott a brand based on where it stands on the political or social issues they... View Details