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Putting Patients First: Social Marketing Strategies for Treating HIV in Developing Nations

It is more than mere coincidence that the highest rates of HIV occur in the world's poorest countries. Of the over 40 million people currently living with HIV, 95 percent are in the developing world. The first part of this paper explores the economics of HIV and... View Details

Keywords: Health Disorders; Developing Countries and Economies; Poverty; Health Care and Treatment; Social Marketing; Perspective; Customer Focus and Relationships; Profit; Africa; Asia; South America

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30 May 2024
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Racial Bias Might Be Infecting Patient Portals. Can AI Help?

experiment with generative artificial intelligence (AI)—ramifications of its use on practice are just starting to be examined. The research sheds light on the biases that digital platforms, whether a simple messaging solution or a... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Health

30 Jul 2013
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Publications 2013 pub Rx: Human Nature: How Behavioral Economics Is Promoting Better Health Around the World By: Ashraf, Nava Abstract—Why doesn't a woman who continues to have unwanted pregnancies avail herself of the free contraception... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

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Building a Legacy

solutions to your wealth management challenges Develop an action plan for initiating an intergenerational transfer Implement best practices for separating operating assets and family office assets Make key hires or use outsourcing to... View Details

30 Mar 2010
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outcomes salient (Burns & Corpus, 2004), the bias did not emerge when the presentation did not draw attention to recent outcomes. Fixing Health Care on the Front Lines Author:Richard M.J. Bohmer Publication:Harvard Business Review 88,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Strategy - Faculty & Research

lower-to-middle-income countries? Keywords: Entrepreneurship ; AI and Machine Learning ; Technology Adoption ; Health Care and Treatment ; Technology Industry ; Health Industry ; Asia ; India ; South Asia... View Details

17 Dec 2012
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Teaming in the Twenty-First Century

Even as academic journals and business sections of bookstores fill up with titles devoted to teams, teamwork, and team players, Harvard Business School Professor Amy C. Edmondson wonders if many might be barking up the wrong tree. "I've begun to think that teams are... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

Political Standards

The University of Chicago Press November 2015.

Prudent, verifiable, and timely corporate accounting is a bedrock of our modern capitalist system. In recent years, however, the rules that govern corporate accounting have been subtly changed in... View Details

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Entrepreneurs-in-Residence - Entrepreneurship

questions or would like to learn more about the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship, please email us at rockcenter@hbs.edu . Gil Addo SVP, Specialty Care Solutions RubiconMD acquired by CVS Health Andrzej... View Details

2022
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Improving Efficiency and Reducing Costs of MRI-Guided Prostate Brachytherapy Using Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing

By: Nikhil G. Thaker, Rajat J. Kudchadker, James R. Incalcaterra, Tharakeswara K. Bathala, Robert S. Kaplan, Ankit Agarwal, Deborah A. Kuban, Benjamin D. Frank, Prajnan Das, Thomas W. Feeley and Steven J. Frank

Integrated quality improvement (QI) and cost reduction strategies can help increase value in cancer care. We applied standard QI and TDABC methods to improve workflow efficiency and reduce costs for MRI-guided prostate brachytherapy. We constructed process maps,... View Details

Keywords: Brachytherapy; Quality Improvement; Prostate; Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing; Cost Accounting; Health Care and Treatment; Performance Efficiency; Health Industry

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Research Areas - Doctoral

analysis into practical solutions to real-world problems. 6. Finance researchers strive to understand how managers and firms make value-enhancing decisions; and how financial institutions, markets, and instruments contribute to this... View Details

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Podcast - Business & Environment

She explains how AI and satellite technology are changing the agricultural sector, offering solutions ranging from crop yield prediction to regenerative farming practices. Alyssa also shares insights into Harvest SARA, a nonprofit she... View Details

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Entrepreneurial Management - Faculty & Research

lower-to-middle-income countries? Keywords: Entrepreneurship ; AI and Machine Learning ; Technology Adoption ; Health Care and Treatment ; Technology Industry ; Health Industry ; Asia ; India ; South Asia... View Details

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South Asia - Global

rights and famed for her lyrical poetry, earning the title, ‘The Nightingale of India.’ She overcame ill health and personal tragedies, including the loss of her young son, to join India’s freedom movement. What inspired Naidu to act... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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Joint Venture

says Dushyanth Surakanti (MBA 2007), cofounder and CEO of medtech startup Sparta Biomedical. Approximately one in four adults suffer from the condition, according to recent studies. A fairly common solution available today, knee... View Details

Keywords: Shoshi Parks

06 May 2014
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GlaxoSmithKline employees were accused of bribing Chinese health care workers to prescribe the company's drugs. The accusations brought to light the questionable incentive structures of the Chinese health... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Sep 2009
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cash flow to ensure this. Evidence shows that there are limits to venture capital as a solution to the funding gap, especially in countries where public equity markets for venture capital exit are not highly developed. We conclude by... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Compensation Committees

risks of cookie-cutter executive compensation solutions and external ratings systems Gain investor buy-in on compensation plans Get the most value from compensation consultants Understand and effectively utilize subjective and objective... View Details

03 Aug 2010
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employees are more likely to speak up and offer solutions when organizations launch information campaigns to promote process improvement and when managers engage in process-improvement activities themselves. We test our hypotheses in the... View Details