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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

the U.S., disparities across race, gender, geography, and income remain stubbornly persistent. This article introduces the Strategic Fingerprint Framework for Health Equity, a practical, principle-based tool... View Details

September 2008
Background Note

Background on the Technology of Molecular Diagnostics

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Jason Sanders

To be used as background reading for the "EXACT Sciences Corp.: Commercializing a Diagnostic Test" and "Diagnostic Genomics" cases, HBS nos. 308-090 and 309-040. View Details

Keywords: Health Testing and Trials; Technology; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

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11 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 11

that researchers face when demonstrating the existence and effects of resale price maintenance (RPM). We outline three approaches for finding price effects of RPM and the corresponding hurdles in data View Details

05 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?

trying to secure specimens. Alongside primary medical education providers, a large number and wide range of other users are also trying to secure cadavers for their own needs. The continuing training of medical doctors, for instance,... View Details

Keywords: by Michel Anteby; Health

24 Sep 2020
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The Race for a Vaccine

around the world. Of those, 36 were in human testing and two, touted by China and Russia, had been approved for limited use, though experts cautioned that both vaccines needed... View Details

Keywords: April White; COVID-19; Scientific Research and Development Services

09 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Where Will You Be in 30 Years: Behind the Scenes of the 5 Big Life Decisions Documentary

personal losses, divorces, health challenges, lost jobs, failures, and criticisms endured over the years. Baroness Dido Harding (MBA 1992) offers a notable example. Throughout her career she faced intense... View Details

27 May 2009
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First Look: May 27, 2009

PublicationsDesigning Care: Aligning the Nature and Management of Health Care Author:Richard Bohmer Publication:Harvard Business Press, 2009 Abstract Today's health-care providers face growing criticism—from... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Leadership - Faculty & Research

Leadership ; Health Industry ; Aerospace Industry ; Industrial Products Industry ; Financial Services Industry ; North America ; Europe Citation Educators Related Nohria, Nitin, Kayti Stanley, Ashka Stephen, View Details

29 Jan 2018
Book

How 'Teaming' Saved 33 Lives in the Chilean Mining Disaster

Workers test the NASA-engineered capsule used to lift trapped miners to the surface. Hugo Infante/Government of Chile via Wikimedia Commons (Editor's Note: Amy Edmondson advises managers to think of teams as a verb, "teaming," which means... View Details

Keywords: by Amy C. Edmondson; Mining

05 Oct 2020
Book

Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time

to go much farther, lest the 80 percent of Americans feeling time poor rises to 90 and then to 100. We need to test interventions beyond the typical white-collar ones to help workers at all economic levels... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Skydeck - Alumni

and CEO Robin Kovitz (MBA 2007) on the tactics and the trials of her “acquisition entrepreneurship” journey Quantum Leap Quantum computing has revolutionary potential, but it’s... View Details

11 Nov 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Increased Speed Equals Increased Wait: The Impact of a Reduction in Emergency Department Ultrasound Order Processing Time

Keywords: by Jillian Berry Jaeker, Anita L. Tucker & Michael H. Lee; Health

31 Jul 2019
Research & Ideas

Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training

Resource Management, Improving Resilience Among Employees High in Depression, Anxiety, and Workplace Distress, which shows that a workplace-based wellness program can help employees suffering from mental View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

Enterprise Track, 2024 New Venture Competition video Play Video duration: 1:32 2024 New Venture Competition Runner-Up, Social Enterprise Track: Trans Health HQ Trans Health HQ is a tool built by the trans... View Details

02 Apr 2020
What Do You Think?

What Are Lessons for Leaders from This Black Swan Crisis?

we be working instead on faster vaccine development once we know the shape of the virus? Rather than take risks with human lives, should we be giving more attention to the development of human substitutes for testing vaccines, substitutes... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

15 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

What You Don’t Know About Making Decisions

But take care not to double count. Go-no-go choices involve only one option and don't qualify as two alternatives. Assumption Testing. "Facts" come in two varieties: those that have been carefully View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto

04 Apr 2024
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The Making of a Medical Milestone

trial in ALS as well. We recently spoke with Dr. Gros, Eledon’s founder and CEO, about tegoprubart’s potential to revolutionize transplant medicine, why he left medicine to become a serial View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

14 Jan 2019
Op-Ed

These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership

earned him the United Nations Foundation’s Champion for Global Change Award in 2014. Polman faced his toughest test when Kraft Heinz launched a hostile takeover bid in 2017. Within 48 hours, Polman rejected the bid View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Health; Health; Health; Health

16 Sep 2016
News

Gaining Ground on ALS

1998. “But this grant is significant because it facilitates the sharing of plasma samples, collected from test subjects over time, with academic researchers.” The collaboration is a first for an international, late-stage View Details

31 May 2004
Research & Ideas

How Team Leaders Show Support–or Not

projects included new product development (e.g., a high-strength fabric; a home health aid, an electronic recording device), solving complex client problems (e.g., developing a database management system for a global hotel chain); View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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