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nature. HBS Online will continue to focus on delivering business-focused certificate courses. The Harvard Online website will offer programs that combine faculty and disciplines from across the university—from the faculty of Arts and Sciences to Harvard View Details

25 Aug 2022
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Up on the Corner

to name the building Madikizela, in honor of the late South African political activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, a symbol of Black female resilience.) The upper floors will contain well-appointed rentals, whose target market includes single moms working low-wage jobs... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Melissa Golden; Real Estate

27 Feb 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

How Following Best Business Practices Can Improve Health Care

for a period as medical residents turn over in teaching hospitals. Who Drives Digital Innovation? Evidence from the US Medical Device IndustryDoes large-scale technological... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Medical Devices & Supplies; Medical Devices & Supplies

September 2013 (Revised August 2015)
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Leadership and Teaming

By: Ethan Bernstein

Small differences in the leadership of teams can have large consequences for the success of their efforts. Many initiatives fail not because of a fatal error in judgment or insufficient ideas, knowledge, motivation, or capabilities to deliver a solution. They fail... View Details

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14 Jul 2020
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Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World

solutions such as the construction of mobile COVID test units with medical teams, which have so far tested over 60,000 people. The design was donated to 10 hospitals and is now also available for free online. Case 2: Leverage and protect... View Details

Keywords: by Raffaella Sadun, Andrea Bertoni, Alexia Delfino, Giovanni Fassio, and Mariapaola Testa

13 Oct 2009
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7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm

sitting on a rare opportunity, and they must be systematic in how they take advantage of it if they want to make positive changes," says George, a Professor of Management Practice at HBS and the former chairman and CEO of Medtronic, which develops View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

10 May 2020
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Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers

allow you to go off-roading (curb? no problem!). Plus, exercising with my daughter saves time, and she has a blast going fast on runs. Alice Liu | Class of 2021 Little(s): Mia (1) Pre-HBS Industry: Technology Investment Banking at J.P.... View Details

03 Jan 2017
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January 3, 2017

research and technological innovation, this approach is misguided and potentially risky. This article argues that researchers need to pay close attention to issues such as biases in data collection and spurious correlation. Publisher's... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

No additional materials available + More Info – Less Info Generative AI (GenAI) stands at the forefront of a technological revolution, poised to redefine how businesses operate and deliver value. Understanding the complexities of GenAI... View Details

18 Apr 2019
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Open Innovation Contestants Build AI-Based Cancer Tool

difficult and time-consuming even in countries with sufficient medical resources, much less in developing countries where the need is great but fewer personnel have the time and training. Harvard researchers wondered: Could programmers... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Medical Devices & Supplies; Medical Devices & Supplies

26 Jun 2000
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Presentation Round-Up

end-users as the basis for high-speed, digital, interactive, multimedia services." The scenarios, said moderator Scott Bradner, senior technical consultant at Harvard, were not so much predictions as a means to evaluate the next generation of View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Kenneth Liss; Technology; Technology; Technology

27 Apr 2023
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Life Preserver

When Sebastian Giwa (MBA 2009) joined Singularity University's Global Solutions Program in the summer of 2012, he was accepted based on his ideas of how distance learning and remote work—both rarities at that point—could reshape opportunities for youth in developing... View Details

Keywords: April White

03 Mar 2017
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Big Blue’s Big Bet

she had a different type of leukemia. They ran more tests but saw no sign of one. The hospital was affiliated with the University of Tokyo’s Institute of Medical Science, which had partnered with IBM Watson, a cloud-based... View Details

Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page

01 Mar 2013
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Health-Care Forum's Rx for US System

Shape up, people! That was the message for both the health-care industry and the public at a November forum of more than 150 medical practitioners, health-industry executives, academics, and others who gathered at HBS. Titled "Healing... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

13 Aug 2024
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Can AI Save Physicians from Burnout?

In the past decade, physician burnout has evolved from a serious concern to a troubling epidemic, affecting 50 percent of physicians and physicians-in-training. Excessive workloads, process inefficiencies, and administrative burdens related to electronic View Details

Keywords: by Susanna Gallani, Lidia Moura, and Katie Sonnefeldt; Health

September 2012 (Revised March 2014)
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Reinventing Brainlab (A)

By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Vincent Dessain and Karol Misztal

The management of Germany's Brainlab AG, a leading provider of software-driven oncology and surgery solutions, needs to evaluate strategic options for proceeding without an exclusive hardware partner in its most profitable business segment. View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Information Infrastructure; Applications and Software; Medical Specialties; Health Care and Treatment; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; Germany

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01 Mar 2008
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Faculty Research Online

and Indian scientists and engineers have made an unexpectedly large contribution to U.S. technology formation over the last thirty years, according to new research by Assistant Professor William Kerr. But that trend may be ebbing, with... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Management

01 Oct 2000
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Lumry Chair Supports IT and Entrepreneurship

A generous gift from Rufus W. Lumry III (MBA 1974) will establish a new chair at HBS and support teaching and learning in the field of information technology as it relates to the Internet and entrepreneurial studies at Harvard University.... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

December 2013 (Revised February 2014)
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Reinventing Brainlab (B)

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Karol Misztal

The management of Germany's Brainlab AG, a leading provider of software-driven oncology and surgery solutions, needs to evaluate strategic options for proceeding without an exclusive hardware partner in its most profitable business segment. View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Information Infrastructure; Applications and Software; Medical Specialties; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; Germany

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01 Mar 2009
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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 technological and business... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Health, Social Assistance

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

Up on the Corner

How Following Best Business Practices Can Improve Health Care

Leadership and Teaming

Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World

7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm

Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers

January 3, 2017

2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

Open Innovation Contestants Build AI-Based Cancer Tool

Presentation Round-Up

Life Preserver

Big Blue’s Big Bet

Health-Care Forum's Rx for US System

Can AI Save Physicians from Burnout?

Reinventing Brainlab (A)

Faculty Research Online

Lumry Chair Supports IT and Entrepreneurship

Reinventing Brainlab (B)

A New Approach to Health-Care Reform