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- 24 Sep 2020
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The Race for a Vaccine
to run the regulatory process in parallel with research. To save time and labor, the task force has developed turn-key trial protocols and invested in consistent assays for analyzing vaccine effectiveness, and the UK’s centralized health... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
History’s Lessons
said I would risk that....After this he put out his hand and said, ‘Very well, I’ll take you.’” When Shackleton reviewed the qualifications of applicants who had previously been to the Antarctic, he looked for perseverance and stamina. For example, he hired Tom Crean,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
The Race Against Resistance
data, Kimble says: “We need to justify the higher prices of our drugs, and we need to do a better job of helping hospitals understand that by using a more extensive antibiotic up front compared to the older generic version that has some resistance, we are View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
lot of young people experience between a very exciting digital reality and the dead world of the textbook.” Olson adds that most publishers are overpricing e-books, effectively subsidizing the declining business of print publishing. “The View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Student Trio Advance Health Payment Reform
Related Links Read about other efforts in healthcare delivery Three HBS students spent much of the last academic year helping a leading Boston hospital answer one of the most important questions in health-care management: how to create a new payment system that View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Using IT to Heal U.S. Health Care
health information network are expected to be substantial. A RAND Corporation study estimates savings to the U.S. health-care system of up to $162 billion a year by improving medical-care delivery, reducing medical errors and adverse drug... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
The New Tech Meccas
pumps, with savings that can be passed on to the consumer. "Accessing water cost-effectively could produce a 25 percent increase in arable land," says Schroeder. "Then you're talking about a different kind of world." View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
A Decade of Change
For America, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Endeavor, Harlem Children’s Zone, World Wildlife Fund, City of Boston Mayor’s Office, Partners In Health, Habitat for Humanity, and Save the Children, among others. Two-thirds of alumni... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Alvin Roth Wins Nobel Prize in Economics
kidney exchange system could be created to help match kidney donors with recipients. Al is one of the few economists who can point to real people whose lives have been saved by his work." Roth, who joined the HBS faculty in 1998, also... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
first vaccine doses administered in the West, and saved thousands of lives in the UK as new variants struck. In The Long Shot, Bingham shares an insider’s view into how the Vaccine Task Force beat the odds, and delivered a scientific... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A Force for Good
smart, he was interested in health care, and he had a history of taking on challenges,” recalls Frist. “So I went to him and said, ‘John, the company is under siege, and I’ve got to rebuild it. Are you willing to come on the board?’ And fortunately for us, he agreed.... View Details
- 14 Feb 2019
- News
Plotting a Path Forward on Climate Change
director of Indigo Agriculture. (photo by Evgenia Eliseeva) We have the technology, the capability, and the talent to combat climate change and save the world. The obstacles? Big money in politics, aversion to change, and inadequate... View Details
- 14 Jan 2021
- News
Better Than Cash
Courtesy Ruth Goodwin-Groen Today, 100 million unbanked adults worldwide receive government transfers, wages, or pensions in cash, a payment method that is highly vulnerable to fraud and theft. Furthermore, 1.7 billion adults lack a bank account, making it difficult to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Money and Markets Dominate New Course Offerings
the Financial Crisis is for those who plan to work in the financial services industry, since it is dominated by a variety of intermediaries that channel savings and investments. Globalization and Emerging Markets is for students... View Details
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- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Doing Something Real
sense. He believes in saving money as much as making it. Friends note, however, that he is unfailingly generous. "Never invest in something you don't understand, or anything that eats or needs repairing," Tobias cautions. "Spend less: a... View Details
Keywords: Andrew Tobias (MBA '72)
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
At Your Service
transactions, saving money shouldn’t be the sole guiding force. “Whether it’s pumping your own gas or troubleshooting your own computer problems on a website, companies that design those interactions purely to cut costs don’t succeed. But... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
How to Close the Health Gap
questions are finally focusing on the health-care needs of the poor. Some teams, for example, are working on genetic modifications that would render the mosquito unable to transfer malaria. Those developments make Daar and Singer optimistic. “We contend that if we can... View Details
- 11 Jan 2021
- News
Strengthening Democracy
Business Case for Saving Democracy Why free markets need free politics, according to University Professor Rebecca Henderson. Harnessing Entrepreneurship to Revamp Democracy Professor Mitchell Weiss (MBA 2004) believes that a renewed... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Streamlining the Supermarket
TakeOff, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has already raised $10 million in funding, and has partnered with a supermarket chain to open its first fulfillment center early this fall. As for customers, they won’t save just money—they’ll... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Tracking a Turnaround
The newly hired president and CEO of a local medical center faces a daunting task: Under intense public scrutiny, he must save a complex, rapidly failing organization whose culture is marred by indecision and distrust — and do so in an... View Details