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- 19 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?
one’s pre-tenure years when the opportunity cost of time seems especially high,” he writes. Colleague David A. Moss concurs. “The first priority should always be to identify truly important problems to work on,” says Moss, the Paul Whiton... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Forecasting ’15
once it is in there, it is my belief that it will give back to the health care system. Patients, doctors, hospitals, government, insurance companies, and researchers will all make better decisions in View Details
- 22 Jan 2018
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
Osmosis team (Editor's note: Shiv is cofounder and CEO of Osmosis) and the work we are collectively doing to improve how we educate current and future health care professionals. This recognition would not... View Details
- 20 Jan 2023
- News
Free Spirits
craze of the 1980s that gave way to the low-carb era. Will NA go the way of the passing health fad? “It’s hard to say, but these younger generations seem to care about a healthy lifestyle with an urgency... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
housing in the next few years, and Dlodlo is currently looking to assume control of a large portfolio of vacant properties presented to her by community leaders, in which she intends to house frontline health View Details
- 10 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink
near 20 percent online market share. Apparel, greeting cards, party supplies, and office products have reached double-digit penetration as well while sporting goods and cosmetics will likely reach double-digit share in 2011. Pet products and View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
A New Approach to Health-Care Reform
CHRISTENSEN: “By some estimates, 50 percent of all health care is driven by physician and hospital supply, not by patients’ needs.” An acclaimed author and expert on the development and commercialization of... View Details
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Raymond Hwang (MBA 2010)
were exposed to at HBS can be applied to problems in health care and medicine. As an industry, we face the same fundamental challenges, just with the addition of some special regulatory and market... View Details
- Profile
Laura Mackay
summer internship allowed me to try a new space that I had not considered prior to HBS and to discover a new passion: the use of technology and services to empower consumers to play a role in their own health care. I was then able to take... View Details
- 24 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurial Hospital Pioneers New Model
heart care for children. It's also a story made of equal parts Robin Hood humanitarianism, entrepreneurship, and the Indian government's newfound ability to allow entrepreneurs a free hand in trying to solve some of society's most... View Details
- 17 Aug 2020
- News
Democratizing Medicine
suffered the consequences of that lack of access. “And in particular, we looked at the health care space in the US and realized that 40% of the referrals to specialists were unnecessary. And at the same... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
health-care system is in critical condition: The cost of U.S. health care not only hampers its citizens’ well-being and the country’s ability to compete globally, but it also... View Details
- 01 Aug 2013
- News
A Cure for Cold Storage
percent of the children are vaccinated against the virus. And the price of the vaccine is negligible, says Schrader—around 5 or 10 cents. "It's not cost that limits it," he says, but rather infrastructure: Vaccines rely on a complex and... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Elevator Pitch: Good Vibrations
fractures and subsequent complications kill 20 percent of their victims, and debilitating spine fractures represent a health care cost of $19 billion annually. “There are a... View Details
- 03 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Healthcare Conference Looks At Ailing Industry
Conference, led by the HBS Health Industry Alumni Association, presented two days of provocative lectures, panel discussions, and case studies surrounding questions like: What's next for healthcare? And how should smart businesses... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Clubs Hopping
small, in California, Florida, and Texas, where most HBS Latino alumni live. Dallas was the proving ground for this strategy. “We want to collect and build our networks more regionally,” says Calderon, who sits on the club’s board. “There’s a demand and an appetite for... View Details
- 08 Oct 2015
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: DaVita Healthcare Partners, Inc.
commitment to clinical excellence and improving patients' health and quality of life. DaVita focuses on setting worldwide standards for clinical, social, and operational practices in kidney care, with over 2,200 dialysis clinics worldwide... View Details
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- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Daniel Vasella
inflation, so from that perspective, complaints are understandable. On the other side, there are benefits. Mortality for many diseases has dropped dramatically over the last forty years. Analysis shows that 40 percent of that decline was due to drug therapy. The big... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Clubs Hopping: A Healthy Dialogue
make decisions in challenging situations. Health care reform was making national headlines—and not in a good way—about the time the conference was held. Did you find that it quelled optimism or that people... View Details