Critical Care - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 May 2016
Blog Post

5 Lessons from Business School

will be forced out of your comfort zone daily Each day in class, you will take a position on a variety of choices presented in case studies. HBS requires you to defend that position while being open to critically listening to opposing... View Details

17 Feb 2015
News

The First Five Years: Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010)

who play critically important roles, in ensuring we are able to do our work, do not report directly to us, so I have to rely on influence strategies to accomplish a great deal of my job. I work with many great, dedicated people who are... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

20 Dec 2016
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular 'Cold Call' Podcasts

Ramarajan Striking a careful balance between professional image and personal passion is difficult, as a case study on high-profile banker and gospel singer Carla Ann Harris underscores. Professor Lakshmi Ramarajan discusses the case in... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

12 Jan 2017
News

Personalizing Women’s Path to Success

more than $350 million—where she focused on health care technology investments. She was general partner, serving on many private, public, and nonprofit boards, while also raising two boys, now 13 and 15. But after 20 years in the... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

02 Mar 2016
What Do You Think?

Is Apple’s Real Privacy Challenge Technology Innovation Itself?

put it, “Remember, if you lose personal liberty and privacy, you lose everything. Be very careful what you would wish for in the cause of ‘national interest’.” Commenting that it requires some subtlety to get this balance between security... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

17 Aug 2021
Blog Post

New Associate Director: Courtney Fairbrother

make people care about a problem that seems to be far in the future, where they may not see a direct link between their actions and the outcomes of those choices. What motivated you to join Harvard to work on sustainability and,... View Details

11 Feb 2021
Blog Post

Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness

powerful, fundamental leadership strategy is being largely overlooked. It is, in fact, the most innately human one: Be kind. According to a recent Gallup survey, less than half of employees (45 percent) feel strongly that their employer View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Oct 2021
News

HBS-Harvard Collaboration Fosters New Ventures

start at the HIL, are addressing critical issues at the intersection of business and society—from education to health care to climate change. The startups highlighted below are just a sampling of the... View Details

10 Sep 2020
Blog Post

Founding a Company at the Intersection of Medicine and Technology

partners. Beginning with using machine learning to help select the healthiest embryo to transfer during IVF, the company hopes to eventually build a suite of tools to help fertility specialists deliver the best possible care to patients.... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

A Safer—and Speedier—Way to Name Your Startup

image by Edmon de Haro So you have an idea for a new business, product, or service. What are you going to call it? As any cash-strapped entrepreneur, product manager, or “creative” will tell you, that decision can be critical when it... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Mar 2005
News

Facing Ambiguity

video interviews and audio reenactments of meetings that take them from the shuttle’s launch to Day 8. On that day, a critical Mission Management Team (MMT) meeting determined that foam strikes that had occurred during the shuttle’s... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Space Research and Technology; Government

01 Sep 2007
News

In Brief

Q&A with Ali Allawi. After more than forty years in exile, Ali Allawi (MBA ’71) returned to Iraq in 2003 to serve in the new government. Disillusioned, he left for London in 2006 and wrote a critically acclaimed book about his experience.... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

05 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Venture Capital Goes Boom—or Bust?

market timing was critical to the success of the new venture. In addition to providing financing and advice on product development, marketing, and finance, Kleiner introduced Netscape to key Silicon Valley players, as well as the... View Details

Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner

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Mental Health Awareness Month | Baker Library

Market Maps Explore relevant Frost & Sullivan reports: The Future of Mental Health Management Emerging Digital Health Technology Innovations Transforming Mental Health Care Growth Opportunities in Mental and Behavioral Digital Health... View Details

28 Aug 2017
Research & Ideas

Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?

Source: Cecilie_Arcurs George Serafeim has a startling suggestion to fix the world’s biggest environmental, social, and governance (ESG) problems such as water pollution, deforestation, and wealth inequality: encourage companies within industries to do less competing... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Manufacturing; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Mining

04 Sep 2019
News

Advancing Diagnostics that Can Save Lives

facilities detect and control outbreaks of health care–associated infections. Lee notes that services like epiXact are not DZD’s primary objective, but they are critical to “developing customer instincts and building commercial muscle”... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

05 May 2010
What Do You Think?

Is Denial Endemic to Management?

issues to a new level by commenting, "It is tough to even have people agree on what is being denied ." Denial can be beneficial. Joline Godfrey waxed almost poetic in saying that "denial is a critical component of my... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

04 Mar 2014
First Look

First Look: March 4

along that road: Aim High, Team Up, Fail Well, Learn Fast, and Repeat. This path is not smooth. To illustrate each critical step, we look at real-life scenarios that show how teaming to innovate provides the spark that can fertilize... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2015
First Look

First Look -- September 1, 2015

international expansion strategy. Despite significant progress in the literature, we have identified three areas for extension and enhancement in understanding strategy beyond markets. First, we currently have limited understanding of the View Details