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- May 20, 2016
- Comment
World Health Organization Lacks Leadership to Combat Pandemics
By: John A. Quelch
When it comes to emergency preparedness for pandemics, the World Health Organization is falling short. It has not provided prompt and clear leadership to the world in combating either the Ebola or Zika viruses. Its leadership has been low energy, its representatives... View Details
Keywords: Global Health; World Health Organization; World Bank; Pandemics; Emergency Preparedness; Experience and Expertise; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Communication Strategy; Nonverbal Communication; Framework; Governance; Government and Politics; Health; Management; Practice; Problems and Challenges; Projects; Risk and Uncertainty; Human Needs; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Welfare or Wellbeing; Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Africa; Asia; Europe; Latin America; North and Central America; South America; West Indies
Quelch, John A. "World Health Organization Lacks Leadership to Combat Pandemics." Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (May 20, 2016).
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Two Truths and a Lie About 5G
video, and it completely democratized mobile data,” Menard observes. The jury is still out on 5G. Experts agree that it will bring massive improvements: speeds 100 times faster than 4G, and latency—or time needed for information to travel... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
‘We were just doing what needed to be done’
country could ever be what was stated in the Declaration of Independence—all men being equal. I traveled down to Atlanta and was on the roof across the street from the church where Dr. King’s funeral was held. By the time I got back to... View Details
- 11 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
Committing to Work and Family: Allison Boxer (MBA 2012)
who also had dreams of creating positive social impact through business. When my husband and I moved from New York City to Park City, Utah, we knew we wanted to start a family. I could have stayed with my consulting job, but it would have meant View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
institutional voids—in service of businesses or as stand-alone projects. Microsoft's investments in the development of China's software industry facilitated the development of its own business in the country. The job creation and tax... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
role as managing partner at Global Ventures, doing all the things hard-driving VCs do—like making presentations from a hospital bed. In March 2021, Enan traveled to New York for open heart surgery to repair a mitral valve prolapse. The... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 18 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 18
level of maturity where scaling the business model was the next logical step. With two greenhouses already in Canada, he was looking into other locations in the U.S. Though Lufa Farms' advanced cultivation technologies made the company stand out in its sector, the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Building a Better MBA
For its part, HBS never traveled as far down the disciplinary road as other top business schools. While the School did hire more faculty with strong disciplinary research backgrounds, it remained steadfast in its mission to deliver a... View Details
- 07 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders
team-based). Although I left Bain long ago, I know that Bain's career imprint has traveled with me and affects the way I lead and manage now at Harvard. Q: What are the conditions that make career imprinting more likely? A: Since career... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 24 Sep 2020
- News
The Race for a Vaccine
companies and has a financial stake in Moderna.) There was a dollars-and-cents logic to this, since the big rewards that can be had in the pharmaceutical industry come with big financial risks. “There’s really no other View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
other data by geography, and is now working on Common Pass, a platform that will pull clinical information from Common Health and Apple Health to allow travelers to display health status. The goal is to use the information to facilitate... View Details
- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
expand internationally with a regional focus on East Asia or, alternatively, a focus on the U.S. and other Western markets. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=708479 HNA Group: Moving China's Air... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2019
- News
City on a Hill
rose from $750,000 to $1 million, with only a third now coming from the endowment, and Marietta has increased his core staff from 19 to 27 (including 3 VISTA volunteers) while raising salaries. Meanwhile, he recently launched a traveling... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
The First Scrum
Drogheda RFC. 1978 The newly formed HBS Old Boys alumni team begins first official tour, traveling to the annual Rugby Easter Festival in Freeport, Bahamas. 1985 First annual game held between the HBS Rugby Football Club and the HBS Old... View Details
- 19 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy
receive lower prices in return but also because, in some cases,firms provide better service. A: There are many examples of how firms exploit consumer personal information to improve online services. Retailers and travel agencies, for... View Details
- Web
Past Issues - Alumni
industry is desperate for good help. Ben Minden’s Bear Hug Cattle Company proposes a two-birds, one-stone solution. The Golden Thread Teresa Amabile spent decades studying creativity, motivation, and productivity in the workplace. At 60,... View Details
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/518042-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 618-017 Marriott International: The Next 90 Years The case examines how Marriott should respond to the potential threats from new home-sharing platforms and the rise of online View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jan 2023
- News
Forged in Fire
interested in your thoughts on empathy because empathy feels like something that we hear a lot more about today as a necessary trait for leaders. BG: Absolutely. I studied as an industrial engineer and that was all about how you use your... View Details
- 30 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
All Eyes on Slovakia’s Flat Tax
also been a strong advocate for the wider spread of the concept. Martin Bruncko, a 2003 graduate of the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government and the chief economic adviser to Finance Minister Mikloš, has traveled extensively... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 08 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”
marveled at humankind's resourcefulness and success: The chorus notes that without gills, man has devised ways to travel on the sea. He has invented speech, and plows for the earth. With these accomplishments he secures good things such... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson