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- 04 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why dot.coms Will Rise Again
Unenlightened senior executives, says HBS professor F. Warren McFarlan, have been known to make exultant but uninformed remarks about the dot.com demise. Among such comments: "Thank God that disease is over! It's back to business as... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 22 May 2020
- In Practice
Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?
disease William A. Sahlman: New treatment options for the next pandemic The crisis reveals the remarkable progress over the past 20 years in health science. There are hundreds of companies, big and small, working on better tests, better... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 09 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Simple Way for Restaurant Inspectors to Improve Food Safety
are hospitalized, and 3,000 die due to foodborne illnesses, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The research is detailed in the paper “How Scheduling Can Bias Quality Assessment: Evidence from Food Safety... View Details
- 23 Apr 2014
- HBS Case
Are Electronic Cigarettes a Public Good or Health Hazard?
percent of high school students have tried them, according to the Centers for Disease Control, and a growing percentage of middle school students are joining the list. In 2012, Goldman Sachs declared electronic cigarettes one of the top... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Executives Convene to Discuss Consumer-Driven Health Care
that there are currently 111,000 pages of Medicare regulations on the books. A cardiologist at the session described, with frustration, his ongoing multiyear crusade to convince Medicare officials to fund preventive measures against heart View Details
- 17 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 17
would expand the number of diseases covered from 19 to over 3,500. Is it the right move, and what does PLM need to do to make it a success? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/511093-PDF-ENG Financing New Ventures... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Does Market Capitalism Have a Future?
have come. Progress has been astonishing, and the data show continued economic growth for most of the world. Incomes are rising, the poor are getting richer, diseases are being conquered, and we seem to be avoiding global wars. Overall,... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 18 Jul 2024
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School Announces Its 2024-2025 Blavatnik Fellows
that result in over $300 billion in lost value annually. Inspired by her personal experience navigating a high-risk pregnancy during her time at HBS, Somani is committed to developing TurnipCare into a comprehensive disease intelligence... View Details
- 27 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What South Korea Teaches the World About Fighting COVID
In a world devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Republic of Korea (South Korea) has been able to effectively combat the disease without ever imposing a full lockdown of its economy. How did the country accomplish its success, and what... View Details
- 29 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 29, 2015
Challenges and Trends The World Health Organization defines health as "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity." For many Americans, the World Health... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Pursuing a Deadly Opportunity
deaths (and only those individuals who lived in the state of Maryland), while the other focused primarily on diseased individuals and their families (who were also able to authorize donations upon death) living both in and out of state.... View Details
- 10 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017
therapies for a given disease and promised a number of efficiency improvements. They also used statistical techniques to allow more patients access to promising therapies. As such, they had the potential to fundamentally change the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
chronic diseases and disabilities are similarly provided with access to a world of possibilities. — GE Arnaud Karsenti Irrepressible entrepreneur, optimist, global dealmaker Karsenti On his 12th birthday, Arnaud Karsenti’s mother asked... View Details
- 08 Nov 2024
- Op-Ed
How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis
harder investment concept to explain and perhaps justify, but the return on investment is just as real. US analogies include adding seatbelts in cars to save lives, developing medicines for chronic diseases to avoid illnesses, and... View Details
- 16 Nov 2021
- News
Getting Back Together for Global Networking Night; Healthcare Conference Draws New Interest
venture/philanthropy in biotech, the future of telehealth in disease management, overcoming inequality in the US health care system, and a conversation about how one startup—Denali Therapeutics—became a $6.4 billion company. The HBSHAA... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Is Market Capitalism Headed for Trouble?
unparalleled engine of growth. Amid concerns, we must not lose sight of how far we have come. Progress has been astonishing, and the data show continued economic growth for most of the world. Incomes are rising, the poor are getting richer, View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Raymond V. Gilmartin (MBA '68)
The blind man depicted in the sculpture suffers from river blindness, a disease that ravaged countless lives in the developing world until Merck researchers discovered the breakthrough drug Mectizan. The company's decision to donate the... View Details
- 01 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Slow, Steady Battle to Fix Cancer Care
can state confidently that cancer is the most expensive disease to treat. Cancer patients and survivors account for about 0.5 percent of the US population, and about 6 percent of the nation's health care expenditures. He's aware that 46... View Details
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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2023 Commencement Remarks | About
join the biotechnology firm Vertex, where she led teams to make innovative medicines that treat chronic diseases like cystic fibrosis. Amid a busy career, Depelsha McGruder acted courageously to launch Moms of Black Boys United to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Business at the Summit
those diseases. “These people have no voice in the marketplace,” Gates said. As a result, ten times as much funding is devoted to research on the prevention of male baldness as malaria, a disease that kills more than 1 million people each... View Details