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01 Oct 2021
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Fostering Diversity

believe is crucial to society. “You need to invest in the pipeline in order for things to change,” says Victoria, an independent consultant focused on health care and technology. “We believe that we need... View Details

April 2009 (Revised November 2012)
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Sermo, Inc.

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Lars Peter Christian Nielsen

Sermo operates the leading online professional network for physicians in the United States. Doctors use Sermo free of charge to post surveys regarding diagnostic and treatment concerns and to discuss these concerns, as well as challenges with managing their practices.... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Knowledge Sharing; Two-Sided Platforms; Conflict and Resolution; Social and Collaborative Networks; United States

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13 May 2019
Blog Post

The Many Facets of Becoming a Mother at HBS

joy of realizing my miracle pregnancy eclipsed the fear of being a geographically-single mommy at HBS. Nevertheless, being a new mom at HBS was extremely challenging. Yet, this wonderfully difficult period allowed me to fully experience the true meaning of community.... View Details

18 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

Warning: Scary Warning Labels Work!

Marketers can make a bottle of sugar water look like golden elixir. Can health advocates sour the taste for consumers? (SteveDF) San Francisco is in a three-year battle with the American Beverage Industry over whether soda companies can... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Advertising; Public Relations

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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online

Laguna Health Care Strategy & Innovation Leader Determine which startups to invest in by understanding the key metrics that dictate whether a venture has achieved product-market fit and is ready for scaling.... View Details

30 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition

employee with young kids at home, or someone taking care of elder relatives, or a worker needing to focus on their own physical and mental health as a result of the situation will not be able to do a 40-hour... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

07 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

livestreamed on YouTube, while Chipotle hosted Zoom hangouts where 3,000 fans could virtually mingle with celebrities. SnapChat curated mental health resources into a “Here for You” campaign, demonstrating its View Details

Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman

January 2017
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Danaher Corporation, 2007–2017

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth

On July 2, 2016, Danaher Corporation completed the spinoff of Fortive Corporation. The previous day, Danaher’s stock price had reached an all-time high. In 2015, Danaher had decided to split off its test and measurement, fuel and fleet management, and automation... View Details

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11 Oct 2006
What Do You Think?

How Do We Respond to the “Dependency Ratio” Dilemma?

value by the fortunate few." As Cass Apple put it, "It is simply a matter of morality." Bob Fitzpatrick said, "This situation is nothing more than an extension of our 'Teflon' culture." At the national level, Richard Eckel pointed out that,... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

28 Jul 2016
Op-Ed

Where is TripAdvisor for Doctors?

review sites for family doctors, pediatricians, heart surgeons, psychiatrists and others involved in health care delivery? There are seven key barriers. Some can be overcome by a cleverly designed website,... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Health

31 Jan 2014
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Body, Heal Thyself

BANCEL Throughout 2009 and 2010, Stéphane Bancel (MBA 2000) had received upward of 20 calls from biotech companies asking him to come aboard and lead the company. It made sense. He was a highly recruited CEO successfully running bioMérieux, a diagnostics company with... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon; biotech; Health, Social Assistance; Scientific Research and Development Services

30 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

How Technology Adoption Affects Global Economies

adoption, testing the model on 15 technologies in 166 countries from 1820 to 2003. They covered major technologies related to transportation (from steamships to airplanes), telecommunication (from the telegraph to the cell phone), IT (the PC and the Internet), View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

22 Feb 2022
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Breaking News

benefit corporation. There are many ways that we can combine the structure and strategy and capital to get to local ownership. But ultimately, this has to work for the people who care about this in Colorado. We’re facilitating that... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Dana Smith; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

08 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Recalling My First Cold Call: A Conversation with Second-Year Students

2022) Halperin, a student in the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program, is the co-president of the Harvard Business School (HBS) Women’s Student Association, social chair of the MS/MBA program, and the international representative of section H. She is also a member of... View Details

02 Dec 2019
News

Championing the HBS Fund

with their Harvard contacts, both in the Boston area and around the world. Dosiou, who participated in a health care Executive Education program at HBS in January 2019, has found members of the Harvard... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

14 Feb 2019
Blog Post

LOVE At HBS

not confident, and pessimistic, which potentially leads to mental health issues, and that these feelings could be traced back to the absence of a loving environment when they were a child. A person’s life experience is irreversible, but... View Details

30 May 2023
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Finding PRIDE

second year, when I was looking for a job as a commercial and investment banker, I would look at their policies for nondiscrimination. Most banks had nothing, but Bank of America, Chase, and Citibank all did, so that’s where I applied. I... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

09 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Why Entrepreneurs Should Go Work for Government

remembers. "Eventually, the IRS found a way to grant the status." Innovation Laboratories In the past five years, cities around the world have increasingly become laboratories in innovation, producing idea labs that partner with outside businesses and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

23 Nov 2020
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COVID Was Supposed to Increase Bankruptcies. Instead, They've Gone Down.

stimulus package, known as the CARES Act, also likely helped many unemployed workers stave off bankruptcy. And state and local governments, federal agencies, and companies enacted policies that put a... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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John H. McArthur | About

committee memberships, and consulting posts in business, government, education, and health care organizations around the world. For many years, he served as chair of Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital... View Details

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