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01 Dec 2023
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Wide Horizon

There were three critical events that led John Rodakis (MBA 1997) to form the nonprofit N of One in 2014 and ultimately dedicate his life to surfacing breakthrough autism research. The first occurred on Thanksgiving of 2012. He had driven about four hours with his wife... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson

21 Feb 2018
Research & Ideas

When a Competitor Abandons the Market, Should You Advance or Retreat?

Administration. He looked most closely at decisions made during phase two clinical trials—the period when diseased patients are treated with the test drug and results are compared with patients randomly receiving a placebo. The trials can... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Pharmaceutical; Health

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Food & Agriculture - Business & Environment

experiencing more extreme temperatures, increasing droughts and floods, more violent storms, and new plant diseases and insect pests. The United Nations forecasts that by 2050 the world’s population will grow by more than two billion... View Details

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Profiles - MBA

Supranuclear Palsy, a rare and devastating neurodegenerative disease – I have trained in leading research laboratories since the age of 12 seeking to better understand and treat neurological disorders. My research at the interface of... View Details

14 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces Its 2023-2024 Blavatnik Fellows

and family experiences, Luca is dedicated to advancing brain-related disease research. As a fellow, Luca will be focusing on confirming Ilios Tx’s mechanism of action through in-vitro experiments and animal models. Luca previously served... View Details

27 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 27

PublicationsThe Innovator's DNA: Mastering the Five Skills of Disruptive Innovators Authors:Jeffrey H. Dyer, Hal B. Gregersen, and Clayton M. Christensen Publication:Harvard Business Press, 2011 Abstract Some people are just natural innovators, right? With no... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Benjamin (Ben) Creo

Benjamin Creo co-teaches the Innovating in Health Care course alongside its founder, Prof. Regina E. Herzlinger. While many courses in healthcare innovation focus on where to innovate, this course focuses on how to innovate. Its four modules discuss how to evaluate... View Details

15 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

Five Imperatives for Improving Health Care

actually become their own providers with respect to many issues." Integrating new approaches into established organizations: Still, survey respondents stressed the importance of established firms and hospitals in fostering innovation—especially in the areas of... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

25 Jul 2023
Research & Ideas

Could a Business Model Help Big Pharma Save Lives and Profit?

there is not more equity?” Voluntary licensing unlocks overlooked, less-understood markets Gilead’s tiered model combined branded product sales at prices based on disease burden and per capita income of 140 low- and middle-income... View Details

Keywords: by Esther Schrader; Pharmaceutical; Health

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For Alumni - Health Care

Walensky, Former CDC Director (2021–2023) HBS Health Care Initiative Hawes 101 Open to the Harvard community Join the Student Health Care Club and the Health Care Initiative for an engaging conversation with Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Former Director of the Centers for... View Details

02 Apr 2020
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What Are Lessons for Leaders from This Black Swan Crisis?

doubts were expressed by readers of this column about whether it even qualifies as a Black Swan. Let’s turn to some of the responses. “We are not dealing here with a Black Swan,” Tom Coyne commented. “The potential for, and impact of, a global respiratory View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

Care) Sidhant Jena, HBS Anshuman Sharma Ikaro Silva Social Enterprise Track Winner Provide remote cardiac diagnostic services in the emerging markets, which account for 80% of global cardiovascular disease burden. The Watt Campaign Luke... View Details

29 Jul 2021
Blog Post

Exploring the Intersection of Business & Health Care: Summer Fellow Derek Soled (MD/MBA 2022)

obstacles have on health inequities has solidified my desire to work at the intersection of medicine and public health as a both a practicing physician and policymaker. Healthcare has the potential to function as a great equalizer, but only if physicians can treat... View Details

22 Feb 2023
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Meet the Disability Advocacy and Affinity Group (DAAG)

other content into the HBS curriculum. I am interested in how disability is perceived in the workplace and wish to create better awareness around the unseen burdens that employees with disabilities must navigate. I was diagnosed with Crohn’s View Details

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Publications - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

payment for joint replacement in patients on Medicare. April 2019 Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes Unlocking the potential of value-based health care by defining outcome measures that matter to patients with cardiovascular diseases by... View Details

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Reconceiving Products & Markets - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

William Lever in 1894 to combat cholera in Victorian England, today Lifebuoy is the world’s #1 selling germ protection soap—a win-win for Unilever and global health. The affordable soap’s unique formulation helps fight disease in the... View Details

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By: Richard S. Tedlow

Don't Deny the Facts

Investor's Business Daily, April 27, 2010

The ability to see facts objectively is paramount to business success. An interview with Richard S.... View Details

01 Mar 2024
News

Vital Signs

Image by Edmon De Haro Illustration by Edmon De Haro The signs of strain were there long before the pandemic: Health care workers had been managing under tremendous pressures while working long hours in understaffed hospitals. Then COVID unleashed an unprecedented... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

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Cases & Teaching Notes - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

the CHOP Care Network stretched across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and the New York metropolitan area, providing a wide range of services... Apri2014 (Revised Mar 2018) HBS Case Collection Texas Children's Hospital: Congenital Heart Disease... View Details

19 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

Is Wikipedia More Biased Than Encyclopædia Britannica?

likely to be adequately covered by Wikipedia editors. "When it comes to their capabilities, Britannica may be able to do a much better job of marketing itself as the expert on topics that Wikipedia can't cover well, such as obscure View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Publishing

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