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01 Mar 2012
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How to Close the Health Gap

companies largely ignored the world’s poor: few new drugs were created to combat tropical diseases and TB. The needs of the developing world also were neglected by the Human Genome Project, one of the great health-care breakthroughs in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Jun 1998
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Chai Ling

persistently - the push for human rights and the rule of law in China. Without those concepts in place, the country's economy will never develop properly." She adds that "the most-respected American companies in China are the ones that... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; photograph by Webb Chappell

23 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

Financial Reporting Goes Global

aspects of developing globally competitive businesses. Much of their growth is driven by a wealth of smart, hard working, well-educated individuals. In other words, great human capital. However, they do not have fully formed financial... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell; Accounting; Financial Services

17 May 2004
Research & Ideas

Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility

analyzing research publications, we have found three basic trends. First, research has increasingly focused on economic performance. Second, research focusing on how organizations affect other dimensions of human welfare, beyond economic... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

02 Feb 2017
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A Vision for the Earth

science: human medicine, materials science, combustion science. There are a lot of different fields that will eventually help folks here on Earth. “But another thing that I found during my mission that was the most impactful was help to... View Details

06 Jan 2012
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Where Are They Now?

says Mahesh. “I think our bed, in a very Adam Smithian way, showed how capitalism, when it focuses on basic human needs, means doing well results in doing good,” he adds. The start-up has completed two rounds of in-hospital tests and is... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Mar 2018
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Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?

joined this train of thought as he commented, “A new economy has not arrived, if we define it as one that will sustain humanity on the planet for eternity ” The reasons it has not arrived are many, he continued. “(Unsustainable) global... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

03 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Healthcare Conference Looks At Ailing Industry

proteins at work in the business of life. "The book of life" that made dramatic headlines last year—and was really a first draft of the human genome sequence—is destined to change and challenge medicine, ethics, and business far... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

30 May 2024
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Women’s Association Goes Nationwide; Connecticut Club Hosts Beshears

their day-to-day lives,” says Horgan, the cofounder and CEO of VAL Health, a consulting firm that deploys behavioral economics to create “nudges” in health care to improve health outcomes. “So it was both intellectually interesting and practical.” Horgan explains that... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

October 1997 (Revised March 1998)
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Appalachian Mountain Club: Transforming Governance

By: Walter J. Salmon and Jaan Elias

Starting in 1988, the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) began a controversial transformation in management and governance. For its first 112 years, the AMC's structure had resembled that of a country club--volunteer leaders directed the club's operations and its small,... View Details

Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Transformation; Corporate Governance; Employee Relationship Management; Recruitment; Leading Change; Organizational Culture; Labor and Management Relations; Nonprofit Organizations; Education Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

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01 Mar 2013
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Faculty Books

enterprise level. It includes key applications of analytics, human and organizational issues in building analytical capabilities, and case studies of the application of analytics in several industries. Sidetracked: Why Our Decisions Get... View Details

20 Jul 2022
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Wired to be Inspired

organizations, a deep sense of purpose was their key to growth. Humans are wired to find meaning in what we do, and tapping into that can have a transformative effect on an organization—and the people who work there. Here, in a... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

Uncovering the roots of innovation

with key actors in the local ecosystem. I am deeply grateful to the scientists, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, legal experts and policymakers who generously shared their extraordinary experiences in building the local life sciences industry. These conversations... View Details

01 Dec 2020
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Invest in the New Abnormal

globally by 62 percent. Be human when it comes to money. The same principle applies to customers facing financial hardship, says Deshpandé, who encourages firms to initiate crediting and financing, deferral of payments, new payment terms,... View Details

17 Mar 2017
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Clare B. Hawthorne (MBA 2012)

thread in my experiences was satisfaction in fixing things that were broken and creating efficiencies and processes.” While at HBS, she talked with alumni, professors, and classmates, and ultimately concluded that human resources aligned... View Details

01 Apr 1998
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Gardella Joins Alumni Career Services

ads and marshals the full range of human and technological resources available at HBS and beyond. Gardella joined the HBS staff in October 1997, succeeding Robert M. Armstrong (MBA '66), who moved on to the Burlington, Massachusetts... View Details

Keywords: Caroline Chauncey

10 Mar 2011
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Philanthropy’s Dilemma

underperformance,” write Tom Tierney (MBA ’80) and Joel Fleishman, two of the nation’s leading authorities on high-performance giving, in their new book, Give $mart, Philanthropy That Gets Results. “The generosity that causes people to use their wealth on others’... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

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Marc Wilson

United States. "It meant they had to start over from scratch, but they did it to give their two sons better opportunities." Inspiring the next generation While Marc loved his work, he realized that his larger dream of interstellar View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit/Government/Education

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Access & Use Baker Library | Baker Library

to plan your visit. Staff hired by HBS Research Staff Services. HBS Online participants: contact infoservices@hbs.edu to plan your visit. Researchers using National Endowment for the Humanities materials housed at Baker Library: contact... View Details

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2+2 Program | MBA

school gives you the opportunity to pursue whatever that big dream is, you just have to have the courage to dream big. Jevta Lukic MBA 2018 Play Why an MBA: 2+2 video Play Video duration: 3:55 Undergraduate Majors Arts / Humanities 3%... View Details

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