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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition
market for medical and dental procedures not covered by medical insurance. Hepa Wash Nils Bennemann Bernhard Kreymann Hepa Wash Business Track Runner-Up Development and commercialisation of an efficient and affordable liver support... View Details
- 17 Dec 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Medical Tourism
would not go to India. Q: The term "medical tourism" is fairly new, but how new is the phenomenon of going overseas for medical treatment? A: When I was a college student in the United States I discovered that dental care was... View Details
- 09 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Most Accountants Aren’t Crooks—Why Good Audits Go Bad
Many human vices spring from this reflex. We postpone routine dental checkups because of the cost and inconvenience and the largely invisible long-term gain. In the same way, auditors may hesitate to issue critical audit reports because... View Details
- 27 Nov 2006
- What Do You Think?
What’s to Be Done About Performance Reviews?
continuous feedback." What do you think? Original Article It's the season for many employee performance reviews. Why do they seem to rank alongside root canal dental work on our list of things we look forward to as managers and... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
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Benefits & Compensation | Employment
country. Time Off See Harvard’s generous vacation, holiday, sick time, and family leave policies. Medical & Dental Quality and affordability are the hallmarks of Harvard’s medical and dental plans. Work/Life... View Details
Ernest H. Volwiler
Volwiler was a pioneer in the field of anesthetic medicine, developing two breakthrough drugs, Nembutal and Pentothal, which put patients to sleep for surgical or dental procedures. Beyond his brilliance as a scientist, Volwiler was... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
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Newsletter - Research Computing Services
Newsletter Newsletter School Select one Harvard Business School Harvard College Division of Continuing Education Harvard School of Dental Medicine Harvard Divinity School Harvard Faculty of Arts & Sciences Graduate School of Design... View Details
- Portrait Project
Ashiana Jivraj
The patient’s eyes darted around the makeshift dental practice in India, pleading for a discount to remove her last decayed tooth. She was only 35. I wanted to hand her the US$7 from my pocket but instead I sat there silently listening to... View Details
- 20 Jan 2011
- News
A Precursor from the 1930s
in 2007. And the five-year DMD/MBA with the Harvard School of Dental Medicine began in 2009. I was surprised to have found some evidence that already in the 1930s, HBS was offering a joint degree (or a joint course of study) with the... View Details
- 02 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Food Stamp Entrepreneurs: How Public Assistance Enables Business Bootstrapping
Gareth Olds grew up toeing the poverty line. For years his parents struggled to support three children in Anchorage, Alaska, where food costs run high. His stepfather held down a steady but low-paying job as a dental assistant, and his... View Details
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Benefits & Compensation | Research Associates
University-wide offering of libraries, museums, and events, as well as discounts to movies, plays, sporting events, and cultural activities in the New England area at large. Benefits Package Compensation & Salary Grades Time Off Medical & View Details
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Working at Harvard Business School | Employment
holiday, sick time, and family leave policies. Medical & Dental Quality and affordability are the hallmarks of Harvard's medical and dental plans. Work/Life Balance Harvard offers an array of resources for... View Details
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Online Harassment | About
Extension George Q. Daley Dean, Harvard Medical School Srikant Datar Dean, Harvard Business School Emma Dench Dean, Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Marla Frederick Dean, Harvard Divinity School William V. Giannobile Dean, Harvard School... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
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3-Minute Briefing: Lisandra Rickards (MBA 2010)
businesses from startup to scale up. An entrepreneur in the dental equipment business had just serviced a large government contract, which created issues with inventory. He went through our training program, applied for a low-interest... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 02 Mar 2020
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Educating the Whole Student
Second, the school partners with a local health center, which has facilities on-site. Last year, 97 percent of the school’s students received an annual doctor’s checkup visit as well as dental and vision screenings. The children also... View Details
- 12 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Unexpected Link Between Cadavers and Careers
dental assistant would be more likely to sign up for cadaver donation with his spouse than a married female firefighter would with hers. The findings indicate that donation program directors may want to target possible donors by sending... View Details
- 10 Dec 2010
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Notes from the Trenches
Technologies, a 3-D dental imaging company sold to 3M in 2006. “You do it by talking to people. We leveraged the fact that we were HBS students to talk to anyone and everyone.” Paley added that winning the BPC isn’t the main point, noting... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
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A New Approach to Health-Care Reform
is almost 100 percent effective in protecting children’s teeth against decay, only about one-third of kids get it. By contrast, in the minority of dental plans that provide comprehensive care for a yearly fixed fee, nearly all children... View Details
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Statement on Supreme Court Decision | About
Government William V. Giannobile Dean, Harvard School of Dental Medicine David N. Hempton Dean, Harvard Divinity School Rakesh Khurana Dean, Harvard College Bridget Terry Long Dean, Harvard Graduate School of Education John F. Manning... View Details
- 08 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Clayton Christensen on Disrupting Health Care
get it. By contrast, in the minority of dental plans that provide comprehensive care for a yearly fixed fee, nearly all children are treated with the sealant. Now why might this be? Because in the fixed-fee system, filling cavities is a... View Details