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- 09 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
Startup Balancing Act
said to my coworker, and with that I stepped off the hover board. “Hopefully, you can learn it by the end of the summer” he replied while laughing. I gave him a firm handshake and returned to my desk. My summer internship is at a medical... View Details
Keywords: Health Care
- 12 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Regulators Ease Up on Companies Generating Political Benefits
offset the cost for treating the uninsured and providing medical education, and federal health-care regulators such as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are looking the other way as a way of... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Executives Convene to Discuss Consumer-Driven Health Care
conference included a dinner talk by William W. George (MBA '66), CEO of Medtronic, on "The Future of 21st-Century Health: The Right Care" and a lively session moderated by HBS professor emeritus James L. Heskett on the role health-care View Details
- 30 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
Turning Employees Into Problem Solvers
Ten years ago, the Institute of Medicine published To Err is Human, a groundbreaking report that pushed the issue of medical errors into the public spotlight. That we all make mistakes was certainly nothing new: Operational failures occur... View Details
- 06 Mar 2018
- News
A Voice for Diversity and Impact at Scale
its Pharmaceutical and Medical Products Practice in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. And as a member of the global board of directors, she has spearheaded flagship research linking diversity to performance, championing the notion that... View Details
- 01 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Slow, Steady Battle to Fix Cancer Care
After a cancer patient's first 30 days in the American medical system, the bills start stacking up—right next to the pile of paperwork explaining benefits. "It's very hard for patients to match these things up," says Dr. Thomas... View Details
- 23 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 23
MIT Sloan Management Review Experiments in Open Innovation at Harvard Medical School By: Guinan, Eva C., Kevin J. Boudreau, and Karim R. Lakhani Abstract—Harvard Medical School seems an unlikely organization... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- August 2022 (Revised January 2025)
- Case
NOW PT (A): Should We Invest?
By: George A Riedel, Amy Klopfenstein and Mel Martin
In fall 2021, a team of students from the HBS Impact Investing Fund considered Neurologic Optimal Wellness Physical Therapy (NOW PT) for a potential investment. Dr. Banks, the founder of NOW PT, drove to visit patients. She sought an investment from the fund to open a... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; Finance; Investment; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Medical Specialties; Buildings and Facilities; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; North and Central America; United States; Massachusetts
Riedel, George A., Amy Klopfenstein, and Mel Martin. "NOW PT (A): Should We Invest?" Harvard Business School Case 323-009, August 2022. (Revised January 2025.)
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1.4.3 Required Curriculum (RC) | MBA
classes each term by the Registrar's Office, which reserves the right to change a student's assigned seat at any point in the term. If a student has a documented medical or health concern that requires seating in a particular classroom... View Details
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4.4 Harvard University Identification Cards Policy | MBA
the consequences of its misuse. Lost or stolen cards should be reported immediately to the Campus Service Center at www.huid.harvard.edu or by calling 617-496-7827. At various moments during your time at Harvard, you may be asked to show... View Details
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Inessa Lurye
curiosity drew her into urban studies, which in turn drew her into professional work on urban issues. At McKinsey, Inessa consulted with the Harlem Children’s Zone, helping them expand their services from 6,000 to 10,000 children. In... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
The Birds and Bees in China
information seemed to be pornography or very clinical information on reproductive health from the government." Shunning risqué material, Kenny's Hong Kong-based Dotlove.com Web site features a wholesome mix of online polls, quizzes, and professional View Details
- 03 Apr 2016
- News
The Tampon of the Future
together, it becomes obvious. We have an opportunity every single month to collect blood from women, without needles.” Working with a business partner, Tariyal, who was a 2014 Blavatnik Fellow in Life Science Entrepreneurship, has developed a method for capturing... View Details
- 26 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 26
it into a standalone business, continue publishing in academic journals, license their content to an established medical vendor, or some combination of these? This case allows students to develop and evaluate approaches to disseminating... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017
“particularly on high cost of failure situations where good information on potential service providers is correspondingly of high value.” Angie's List had a paid subscription model as it charged “members” for access to the information... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Advancing Diagnostics that Can Save Lives
and commercialize medical diagnostic tools that will, ultimately, improve health outcomes. Lee’s DZD was one of the inaugural startups in 2016 at the Life Lab, a state-of-the-art wet lab and coworking space in Allston for Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 23 Feb 2023
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Hometown Reboot
of night, you would see the glow from the mills that lined the river,” he recalls. Now Motley sees an entirely new city. Along the river are the offices of medical and technology companies. “Pittsburgh has successfully transitioned from... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Ink
ecosystems—not just products. Create a network that brings together powerful partners engaged in complementary product and service innovation. Exploit leverage and power. If you have it, use your large size to advantage, but also be... View Details
- 22 Feb 2010
- Research & Ideas
Manager Visibility No Guarantee of Fixing Problems
encountering. Drawn from the health-care industry, the research is based on a sample of 69 randomly selected hospitals, 20 of which participated in a three-part cycle of process improvement activities. Focusing on one area of the hospital at a time, the hospital's top... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
The Network Effect
participate in clinical trials. On March 29, Kapoor and his wife devised a solution: WorldWithoutCOVID.org, a nonprofit public health initiative that connects medical researchers with willing volunteers. A longtime student of network... View Details