Health Care Demand - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2010
News

Sole Mates

disgusted by corruption. They worry about school fees, the price of rice, the cost of fuel, and the crime rate. For me personally, Liberia is an enjoyable place. Health care is a little scary: The X-ray... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Forestry and Logging; Agriculture; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government

July 2000 (Revised November 2001)
Case

Catalyst Medical Solutions

By: Amy C. Edmondson, Richard M.J. Bohmer and Naomi Atkins

Faced with a drop in the NASDAQ, four eHealth entrepreneurs must decide between two distribution strategies for their new company's technology. The team, comprised of three full-time resident physicians and an MBA, has developed software to enable electronic... View Details

Keywords: Product Development; Health Care and Treatment; Distribution; Strategy; Venture Capital; Applications and Software; Partners and Partnerships; Borrowing and Debt; Information Technology Industry; Service Industry

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Find at Harvard

01 Mar 2008
News

Where Have All the Leaders Gone?

figure out what, precisely, it means to lead. When was the last time you heard a politician make any demand of a voter? Or even go before an audience and say something that someone might actually disagree with? A recent book by Hillary... View Details

Keywords: Government

01 Dec 2018
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018

both in and out of clinical settings, with the goal of trying to understand the patients’ life and relationship with their illness as completely as possible. They go to appointments with them, have coffee, visit their homes, meet their families, and also meet the... View Details

Profile

Minal Mehta

first fitness video, have been presenting at major health and fitness conferences and events nationwide, and launched an interactive, multimedia learning-management portal for our instructor community." How is your company and its... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Services

08 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp

led cities to digitize more of their own information, putting everything from tax records and public health inspection scores online. “They take a dataset that used to be in an obscure database or on paper, and now it’s available for the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consumer Products

22 Jul 2021
News

Mentoring Fashion Startups in Singapore; Rising Star Accolades for Mid-Career Women

reimagining women’s health to include a range of conditions and investing in new products to address the inequities that women face in the health care system. The FemHealth... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

15 Oct 2019
News

Engaging More Deeply with Business in Africa

through business models, Assistant Professor Reshmaan Hussam spoke about financial inclusion, Henry and Allison McCance Professor of Business Administration Amitabh Chandra shared his knowledge of health View Details

22 Oct 2013
First Look

First Look: October 22

light of India's growing population and demand for dairy. How could he maintain the firm's cooperative structure, address the nutritional needs of all Indians, make use of emerging technology, and navigate the country's dairy policies in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Aug 2024
Blog Post

Navigating the Future of Renewable Energy at Port Esbjerg

transitioned increasingly to serve oil and gas companies. However, in recent years, the port has undergone another transition, to meet the growing demand for offshore wind. Our visit was divided into four parts: an introductory... View Details

01 Jan 2012
News

Cynthia Carroll, MBA 1989

career demands with her family. Her husband, David, put his career on hold in order to help take care of the family, and Carroll’s gratitude runs deep. “I really could not do any of this without him,” she... View Details

29 Apr 2022
News

Clean Slate

Coalition, an organization coordinating business, government, and nonprofit efforts to improve India’s water quality and health outcomes. Naina Lal Kidwai: This was not a sexy business. You don't want to put your name to toilets. You're... View Details

Keywords: Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities

22 Feb 2022
News

Case Study: Welcome Aboard

vertical from health care to fintech, edtech, marketing, security, and automotive, and Lerner sees plenty of room to grow. “It’s really the entire B2B market,” he observes. The Question: Lerner and Holder... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

31 May 2018
News

Finding Freedom from Eating Disorders

sabotaged some of my most important relationships-- romantic ones, friendships, and alienated the people who cared about me the most, which were my family and friends. That, for me, really encompasses the seven year struggle. I'd say... View Details

01 Sep 2010
News

Noted & Quoted

“If I had been leaving Harvard in 2010, this would be the area I would want to be going into.” — Sir Ronald Cohen (MBA ’69), a founder of the European venture capital industry, referring to his latest venture, Social Finance, a social investment bank. (London... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

10 Jan 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017

risk changing its business model or proceed with confidence? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/217035-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 517-070 Access Health CT: Marketing Affordable View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Web

2019 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Management at Harvard Business School, kick off the 2019 Gender and Work Symposium: The Courage of our Convictions. Flash Talks Caring About Caregiving: Living the Courage of My Convictions Nanette Fondas Nanette Fondas, Author, presents... View Details

28 May 2019
News

Leading Questions

products companies and health care businesses to nonprofits. The companies that seek out this type of intensive leadership assessment and development are often going through significant change—rapid growth,... View Details

Keywords: April White

Web

Labor Practices | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

workers demanded higher pay and better working conditions and health benefits. U.S. Steel responded with a core public relations objective to “tell the public the true facts about working conditions and... View Details

02 May 2008
What Do You Think?

What is the Future of State Capitalism?

the World Trade Organization. C. J. Cullinane comments, "We need ... global guidelines and regulations as well as transparency." Jacoline Loewen, concurs, saying that "there may not be global rules for State Capitalism yet, but these will come because... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

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