Welfare or Wellbeing - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Jun 2023
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Time Affluence: The Path to a Meaningful Life

01 Oct 2001
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Courage and Hope in Africa

(July 6, 2001) reported. With hundreds of thousands of displaced people now starting to return to their homes, UNICEF's Sierra Leone representative JoAnna Van Gerpen (MBA '81) explained, "We need to have schools and health facilities. Both were damaged View Details

Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

24 Apr 2014
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Setting the standards higher for safety and success

Cynthia Carroll (MBA 1989), former CEO of Anglo American PLC, talks about the impact of her decision to make mining safety the company's highest goal. (Published April 2014) View Details

13 Apr 2016
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Jason Lewis: Making A Difference

11 Sep 2018
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Bringing Government Up to Code

the foundations of our social safety net—making it easier, for example, for people to apply for food assistance or for probation officers to communicate with their parolees. On today's episode of Skydeck, Ingersoll talks with contributor... View Details

01 Sep 2017
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Turning Point: Getting to Giving

with abundance. I felt I had to pay back this phenomenal, invaluable gift I’d received. Even though I truly believe we were made to give, it is still a conscious choice, and the message you get from all around is that it’s not logical or... View Details

Keywords: Amalya “Ami” Campbell (MBA 1997); Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

10 Aug 2015
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Support for the Healers

As COO of the UK-based Point of Care Foundation, Deborah Sandford (MBA 1990) runs an organization that addresses the needs of health care professionals who spend their careers answering the needs of others. “Hospital staff members exist on a daily diet of trauma,... View Details

01 Mar 2015
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Faculty Q&A: Less Risk, More Reward

insurance for my kids? Are there other ways the social safety net can benefit startups? When we think about entrepreneurship, we tend to think about a founder or maybe a couple of partners. But they need a team, in many cases, if they... View Details

Keywords: April White; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Private Households; Personal Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

01 Mar 2016
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Off Script

red tape to approve drugs? What is the drug industry’s own view on why there is this constant inflation in the cost of prescription drugs? —Etienne Locoh-Donou (MBA 2002) HASSAN: Governments are not good at managing markets or driving... View Details

Keywords: Insurance Carriers and Related Activities; Finance

09 Mar 2021
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Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic

Children learning remotely often have to rely on parents or a sibling for help. The pandemic has caused the largest disruption of education systems in history, affecting more than one billion learners in more than 190 countries, according... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

15 Jun 2023
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A More Humane Model for Eldercare in the US

01 Sep 2018
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Turning Point: Power Outlet

Depelsha McGruder (MBA 1998) (illustration by Gisela Goppel) Depelsha McGruder (MBA 1998) (illustration by Gisela Goppel) In July 2016, after visiting relatives in Georgia, I was watching CNN in the airport and saw graphic reports on the death of Alton Sterling, shot... View Details

01 Mar 2023
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Turning Point: In Good Company

Aparna Piramal Raje (MBA 2002) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Aparna Piramal Raje (MBA 2002) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) There have been many turning points in my journey of living with bipolar disorder over the last 20 years. HBS has been an integral part of the... View Details

Keywords: bipolar disorder; mental health; wellness; HBS community

January 2024
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Helping Children Catch Up: Early Life Shocks and the PROGRESA Experiment

By: Achyuta Adhvaryu, Theresa Molina, Anant Nyshadham and Jorge Tamayo

Can investing in children who faced adverse events in early childhood help them catch up? We answer this question using two orthogonal sources of variation – resource availability at birth (local rainfall) and cash incentives for school enrollment – to identify the... View Details

Keywords: Children; Outcome or Result; Welfare; Early Childhood Education; Weather

01 Dec 2010
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Noted & Quoted

“It is not at all clear that when firms expand abroad they contract at home. If anything, you see the opposite.” — HBS professor MIHIR DESAI noting that foreign profits made by American firms put them in a better position to grow at home. (Washington Post, September... View Details

Keywords: Credit Intermediation and Related Activities; Finance

16 Mar 2017
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Making Rapid Progress in the Fight Against Cancer

diagnosis of cancer. And that’s come from fewer than 1 in 4 about 40 years ago. “The question is, how do we go from where we have made progress to tackling some of the more, what have been, intractable challenges, over the last 30 or 40... View Details

28 Apr 2020
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Lessons from a COVID Survivor

Radha Ruparell (MBA 2008) Radha Ruparell (MBA 2008) When Radha Ruparell (MBA 2008) fell ill with COVID-19, she wasn’t prepared for the physical and emotional rollercoaster that the ensuing weeks would bring. On day 16 of her illness, which she managed from home in New... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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A 'reluctant entrepreneur' draws on the HBS network

Cancer survivor Kathryn Giusti (MBA 1985) gives a talk about being a "reluctant entrepreneur" in founding the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation. (Published April 2014) View Details

August 2010 (Revised December 2016)
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Kaweyan: Female Entrepreneurship and the Past and Future of Afghanistan

By: Geoffrey Jones and Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Explores the challenges of female entrepreneurship in Afghanistan through the case of Kemeli Sediqi, who built a business under the Taliban, and founded a consultancy in 2004. The case positions Sediqi's experiences against the background of Afghanistan's turbulent... View Details

Keywords: Opportunities; Social Entrepreneurship; Problems and Challenges; Welfare; Gender; Afghanistan