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- 19 Aug 2013
- News
Bees Make a Sweet Deal for African Farmers
participants, the income earned from honey production often makes the difference between living below or above the poverty line. When not helping his fellow Kenyans boost their incomes and satisfy their palates, Keshavjee also makes sure... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Turning Point: Getting to Giving
was also very practical: After I graduated, my husband and I would be living on one salary while he went to business school. When he graduated, we decided to continue to manage our money as if only one of us was working. I didn’t realize... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
again: As the very first person to enroll in an innovative new health-care program in Massachusetts, she may be leading the way to medical coverage and care for the 47 million Americans who are currently uninsured. Rhenisch’s experience suggests that the millions of... View Details
- 16 Jan 2014
- News
Learning from Helping Others
things happen to people and they are forced to live off of food stamps or go to soup kitchens and food pantries to get their meals," she says. The New Jersey native recalled that her own earliest altruistic efforts—performing Gilbert and... View Details
- 06 Oct 2022
- News
On the Road to Recovery
Alejandro Moreno (MBA 1988) didn’t know much about travel nursing when he met a fellow entrepreneur by chance at a child’s birthday party in 2003. The man was considering starting a new business providing staffing assistance to hospitals... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
deal of attention for its entrepreneurial approaches to aid over the years, from building resilience in climate-vulnerable communities with the help of NASA satellite data to delivering assistance to refugees via cryptocurrencies. It... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Christina Ehrenberg: The Examined Life
two-year-old son, Elliott, who lives with Ehrenberg in Cambridge, while Wong — not certified to practice in the United States — works in Hong Kong, visiting Boston when he can. “It’s been hard,” acknowledges Ehrenberg, who looks forward... View Details
- 03 Oct 2019
- News
Clubs Convene to Focus on Health Care
Clubs News Clubs News Toronto Alumni Compare Canadian and US Health Care Systems In partnership with the Cleveland Clinic Canada, the HBS Club of Toronto hosted 40 alumni on September 12 for a lively panel discussion exploring the future... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Better Care at Lower Cost
through which our lives have improved,” said Christensen, the author or coauthor of several books on innovation, including the most recent, Seeing What’s Next: Using the Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change. Disruptive... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Doctor Is In
and to experience the personal bond that often develops between doctor and patient. "The relationships you build with patients are surpassed only by those you have with family members or close friends," Slavin says. "When people take you into their View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
RX for Change
make for a lively discussion. Bohmer describes how TPS can force a clear understanding of each element of the production process — in this case, the treatment of a patient from intake to discharge. “Every activity is actually an... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Plight of the Global Poor
day or less. The number of people living in poverty at the bottom of the wealth pyramid, versus the relative handful at the pyramid’s peak, represents what is potentially the most explosive socioeconomic challenge facing the world. Now,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Everything Old Is a New Opportunity
global organization whose mission is accelerating innovation to improve the lives of older adults. Much of their early work has been nurturing promising entrepreneurs through the aptly named Aging2.0 GENerator—which provides strategic... View Details
- 23 Aug 2018
- News
Healthcare Alumni Keep Learning Through Virtual Programming
Healthcare Roundtables (VRTs) are available to members in real-time during the live speaking events or available after the events as on-demand recordings. Jon Puz (MBA 2008) Jon Puz (MBA 2008) “The HBSHAA VRT series was launched based on... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Social Investing Pioneers
Palandjian Photo courtesy Tracy Palandjian Cohen Main article: Where Innovation Rules Governments and philanthropies have long sought to improve the lives of society’s least fortunate and most vulnerable, often with discouraging results.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
The Last Frontier
have...is that people like me. The other is that my logic is impeccable. My life, my death, my control.” The article noted, “Gardner does not live like a man waiting to die” as he works out regularly and prepares to climb Mt. Rainier. The... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Just Extraordinary
Life (XOL), plan to join the fun in a special way: Fifteen girls from Washington, D.C., all living in foster care, will travel to South Africa for what XOL hopes will be a life-altering experience. As guests of South Africa’s First... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Steven Murch: Philanthropist-in-Training
wife, Heather, a sixth-grade teacher. The pair live in Seattle with their infant son, Collin. “But before that, I want to work at many different nonprofits — to sample what it's like and to see how well they apply resources to their... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
world-class advice and our partners getting the opportunity to develop their staff through exciting work with high-growth businesses in emerging markets.” Endeavor has created a new model for how nonprofits can assist for-profit... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Can the United States Avoid a Fractured Future?
and lessons for a United States whose flag may not continue to have fifty stars. What causes countries to “untie”? There’s a whole series of theories to explain why that happens: religious, cultural, and language differences. But often countries View Details