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David Velasquez

Why did you choose this path at this point in time? I want to be better prepared to lead and improve the delivery of health care in our country. Patients cannot wait for our systems to be more accessible, effective, and equitable – now is... View Details

17 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Being the Boss

the person up the chain be most responsible for whether you have a healthy relationship, but you're equally responsible. If you don't manage that relationship right, your team is not going to be able to do what it needs to do.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

09 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation

refinements or radical breakthroughs, improve the performance of established products and services along the dimensions that mainstream customers in major markets historically have valued. Examples: a microprocessor that enables personal... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor & Scott D. Anthony

18 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

What Is an "Essential" Purchase for a Low-Income Family?

machines, mobile phones, and laundry services. Here, 19 of the 20 items were seen as significantly less permissible for the lower-income person, with only personal care products, like shampoo or toothpaste,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

25 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

The Dark Side of Fintech Borrowing

from one of the three major credit reporting agencies over several years. This offered an in-depth look at borrowers that either used a fintech company or a bank to obtain a personal loan. (A personal loan... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services; Banking

11 Oct 2023
News

Soldier On

call. Can you tell me what happened next? Phillip Jones: I had gone for a run in the middle of the day. I came back and both of my phones—my personal phone and my city phone—had about 12 missed calls each, all from the city manager.... View Details

June 2016
Article

Vaccination Rates Are Associated with Functional Proximity but Not Base Proximity of Vaccination Clinics

By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian and Gwendolyn I. Reynolds

Background: Routine annual influenza vaccinations are recommended for persons 6 months of age and older, but less than half of U.S. adults get vaccinated. Many employers offer employees free influenza vaccinations at workplace clinics, but even then take-up is... View Details

Keywords: Geographic Location; Employees; Health Care and Treatment

Citation

Read Now

28 Jan 2008
Research & Ideas

Billions of Entrepreneurs in China and India

rural settings. Caste in India is both less important and more important than it used to be. In some sense business is a great leveler. In the cities a low-caste person may earn a lot more than a high-caste person. Business View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

05 Apr 2011
First Look

First Look: April 5

China's skin care market. A Chinese domestic brand, after some success in partnership with Sephora in Europe, aspires to challenge the French and U.S. brands' hold on the China market. It must decide how to segment the market, how to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Jun 2020
Book

It’s Not About You: Why Leaders Need to Look Outward

And how do I do it with people who are increasingly different from me? And the reason I want to do it with people who are increasingly different from me is that if I get to have a team that is increasingly different than I am, and you have a team that is increasingly... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

18 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Hazard Warning: The Unacceptable Cost of Toxic Workers

unlocking the data used in the analysis. Among other services, the consulting company advises clients on how to make better hires by tracking personality traits and skills revealed during the hiring process. Cornerstone usually focuses on... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

June 2021
Case

HelloSelf: Launch

By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock

In April 2021, Charles Wells, founder and CEO of HelloSelf was reflecting on the company’s progress since it launched two years earlier. HelloSelf’s goal was to help the mentally ill recover and those who were mentally fit to stay well and feel even better. To do this,... View Details

Keywords: Mental Health; Health Care and Treatment; Internet and the Web; Growth and Development Strategy; Great Britain

Citation

Educators

Purchase

04 Apr 2024
News

The Making of a Medical Milestone

trial in ALS as well. We recently spoke with Dr. Gros, Eledon’s founder and CEO, about tegoprubart’s potential to revolutionize transplant medicine, why he left medicine to become a serial health care entrepreneur, and what drives his... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

04 Apr 2011
HBS Case

Reinventing the National Geographic Society

loyalty is still to their silos," Garvin observes. The case encourages students to put themselves in his place. Is Fahey moving too slowly? Does he have the right people in the right positions? Is the new mission—"to inspire people to View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Publishing

Web

Regional Winners - Alumni

Alumni Regional Winners Haf Haf Inc. A fun, reliable, effective, eco-friendly personal care brand focusing on children and teenagers who have their own age-specific needs and preference. Tingting Zhong, MBA... View Details

Blog

Eight Steps to Board Success for Female Executives

will be valued by the company. Be realistic about whether you are a good match for at least some of what the company is seeking. Step 2: Prepare Your Personal Elevator Pitch You will need materials that describe who you are as a potential... View Details

17 Feb 2022
Book

When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed

employees to discover their purpose in life but to then find a connection between our personal life purpose with the purpose of the organization where we work. The great resignation under way over the past year has shown us that employees... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

18 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

How New Managers Become Great Managers

particular job.10 Those early in their careers can glean important self-insight through careful and systematic introspection. People should seek out diverse experiences to facilitate and balance their development in multiple areas. This... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill

28 Feb 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, February 28

case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/116058-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 817-048 Augmedix In April 2015, Ian Shakil and Pelu Tran, cofounders of Augmedix, are discussing how to grow their emerging health care startup. The... View Details