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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
SHE builds confidence, promotes education, and creates jobs
Elizabeth Scharpf (MBA/MPA 2007) founded a business that improves the health and hygiene of millions of women. But her goal is much bigger: empowering women by fostering entrepreneurship. Sustainable Health Enterprises (SHE) brings View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Expanding Summer Fellowships to Support Students
cause I care deeply about” and plans to stay involved. Mariano Parro helped launch ProTalento, which seeks to bridge the skills gap among young people in Latin America. “The pandemic is severely affecting economic development, and our... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Finding a Balance
would otherwise be unable to afford treatment. Authored in 2003 by HBS professor Rohit Deshpandé, the case began as a straight pricing study. “The pharmaceutical industry is unlike any other,” Deshpandé explains. “Although the prices vary... View Details
- 06 Jun 2012
- News
Fellowship Funder
School to help provide financial aid to a broad range of talented students who otherwise would be unable to attend HBS. “Commitment to meritocracy is one of our core values as a nation,” explains Mencoff. “Especially in this intensively competitive global economy, we... View Details
- 10 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why a Federal Rule on CEO Pay Disclosure May Get You In Trouble With Customers
remember thinking, oh, that must just be my dad; he must be the only person who cares about that." The Dodd-frank Requirement Fast-forward to 2010, when the US Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Ron Shaich (MBA 1978)
Ron Shaich’s (MBA 1978) first venture, a cookie shop in downtown Boston, evolved into Au Bon Pain. His latest—Panera Cares—allows customers to pay only what they can afford at the popular restaurants he owns, Panera Bread. There’s a box... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
the Health Connector, which acts not as an insurance company but as a purchasing agent for small employers or individuals.” A final piece of the puzzle, Pozen says, was redirecting the funds in an existing “free-care pool” to subsidize... View Details
- 11 May 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
cash flow. “My father had a CPA firm and occasionally acted as an angel investor,” she says. “In all, he helped start 30 different businesses in our area. He occasionally brought my sisters and me into the businesses as a learning... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Fixing What Ails the Drug Industry
echoed Hamburg’s call for improvements in regulation, but he also emphasized the innovation side of the balancing act between safety and product development. “Reinvent invention,” he told the audience. The industry must get smarter about... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
everyone everywhere in the world in unprecedented ways and the consequences are real,” says incoming HBS MBA student Isha Khambra, a member of the Students Fight COVID initiative. “Despite these challenges we—now and in the past—have seen View Details
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Benefits & Compensation | Employment
Benefits & Compensation Competitive compensation is just the beginning. From health care and unmatched paid time off to an unbeatable package of perks and access to our stellar facilities—at Harvard Business School, you’ll enjoy benefits... View Details
- 06 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 6, 2015
with a discussion of task shifting’s potential to improve access to affordable tertiary care in resource-constrained settings. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49780... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
At Your Service
system has been designed to favor speed of diagnosis over choice of physician. You will still get high-quality health care, but within a system designed around the concept that tradeoffs exist. When health care organizations View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Notebook
if you walk into Best Buy and purchase a cell phone, we run your credit score and activate the account so you can walk out with a phone that’s ready to use. We tie together the retailers that sell digital services with the providers of those services by taking View Details
- 02 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
Uncovering the Virtual Advantage at Humana
from other students inquiring about internship opportunities. Knowing there was potential to bring in more talent, the Humana recruiting team acted quickly to set up virtual interviews which led to six additional interns joining the class... View Details
- 21 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 21
describes several issues for the continuum of senior care alternatives for residents and developers. What motivates seniors to leave their homesteads for much smaller spaces? How can they afford to do so?... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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In The Community | About
to the local community. Harvard Innovation Labs MBA Talent for Local Organizations The School provides local non-profits and startups with affordable access to MBA talent through funding and connections to student and alumni pro bono... View Details
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had always cared about public health and environmentalism. On my old path, would I have acted on those passions? Now, with a traditional career no longer the default, suddenly it felt easy to dive in. Hard... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
undernourished 20-month-old whose birth mother could not afford to care for him. Less than six months later, a tip from HBS classmate J. Thomas Kolepp (MBA '84) led to the adoption of American-born Sarah, a... View Details
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Kevin Nazemi
care IT startup in Boston. Once he completes his joint degree, he looks forward to “being a builder, someone with an operations role who can act as an entrepreneur.” View Details