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  • February 1987 (Revised January 1989)
  • Case

SmithKline Consumer Products: The Contac Relaunch

In March 1986, a tamperer contaminated CONTAC Cold Capsules, SmithKline Consumer Product's most popular product. To relaunch CONTAC after withdrawing it from the market, the management team had to present a plan of action to the corporation board. They knew CONTAC's 25... View Details
Keywords: Safety; Crisis Management; Product Launch; Pharmaceutical Industry
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  • Blog

How We Are Keeping HBS—and Our Program Participants—Healthy

safety precautions. At the heart of these efforts is a policy requiring masks indoors. We also have provided guidelines for social distancing, created procedures for holding on-campus meetings or events, and implemented regulations for... View Details
  • 02 Sep 2015
  • News

Voting for Optimism in Baltimore

If you had asked Calvin Young (MBA 2015) what he’d be doing after his graduation from HBS, he wouldn’t have answered “politics.” But earlier this month, the mechanical engineer and newly minted MBA announced his candidacy for mayor of Baltimore, his hometown and the... View Details
Keywords: April White; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities
  • 01 Mar 2004
  • News

Ex-Con Talks Ethics with HBS Students

80240ad2c5f43acc66f13dc5e89928ff There’s not much room for theory when Patrick Kuhse talks about business ethics. A successful stockbroker and entrepreneur, Kuhse became an international fugitive after being charged in 1994 with 32 counts of conspiracy, money... View Details
Keywords: Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities
  • September 2015
  • Article

Design and Implementation of a Privacy Preserving Electronic Health Record Linkage Tool in Chicago

By: Abel Kho, John Cashy, Kathryn Jackson, Adam Pah, Satyender Goel, Jorn Boehnke, John Eric Humphries, Scott Duke Kominers and et al.
Objective
To design and implement a tool that creates a secure, privacy preserving linkage of electronic health record (EHR) data across multiple sites in a large metropolitan area in the United States (Chicago, IL), for use in clinical... View Details
Keywords: Information; Customers; Safety; Rights; Ethics; Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; Chicago
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  • January 2003 (Revised August 2005)
  • Case

CareGroup

By: F. Warren McFarlan and Robert D. Austin
Describes the circumstances leading to the three-and-a-half-day collapse of a major hospital group's IS capabilities. Identifies the technical reasons for the failure, management steps in dealing with the problem short term, and the long-term lessons they believe they... View Details
Keywords: Information Management; Information Technology; Safety; Crisis Management; Infrastructure; Health Industry
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  • 02 Jun 2019
  • News

A Data-Driven Approach to Gun Policy

Illustration by Decue Wu HBS professor Deepak Malhotra recalls the moment he learned about the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, a tragedy that took the lives of 20 first-graders and six staff members on December 14, 2012. “I had... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities
  • 17 Sep 2020
  • News

HBS Goes Back To School

safety concerns. “In many cases, we're not just meeting the new requirements—if the equipment allows us to do so, we're striving to exceed them,” says Stewart. AUGUST 28 In a virtual welcome to the MBA Class of 2022, Dean Nitin Nohria,... View Details
  • March 2014 (Revised February 2016)
  • Supplement

China Vanke (A-2)

By: Lynn S. Paine, John D. Macomber and Keith Chi-ho Wong
China Vanke's president and his team must decide on a plan of action after reviewing the quality issues the company faced in early 2012 after a series of highly publicized incidents concerning the quality of the homes they built. View Details
Keywords: Real Estate; China; Green Building; Sustainable Development; Asset Management; Leadership; Urban Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Assets; Safety; Real Estate Industry; China
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  • May 2011
  • Supplement

TSA: An Overview

By: Michel Anteby
Video of Federal Security Director at Logan Airport and Deputy Assistant Federal Security Director discussing TSA operations. View Details
Keywords: Air Transportation; Operations; Safety; Business and Government Relations; Air Transportation Industry; Boston
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  • 01 Jan 2012
  • News

Cynthia Carroll, MBA 1989

Appointed Managing Director, Alcan, Limerick, Ireland 2002 Appointed CEO, Alcan Primary Metal Group 2006 Named one of “50 Women to Watch” by WSJ 2007 Appointed Chief Executive, Anglo American 2008 Implements “zero harm” policy to improve View Details
  • 02 Sep 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Food Stamp Entrepreneurs: How Public Assistance Enables Business Bootstrapping

startup funds—and what allowed them to take the risk of launching a company." Curiosity eventually led to his doctoral dissertation: a series of studies showing a definitive link between the social safety net and entrepreneurship. In... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health
  • 13 Jan 2014
  • News

How Government Can Restore the Faith of Citizens

Keywords: Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities
  • March 2014
  • Supplement

China Vanke (A-3)

By: Lynn S. Paine, John Macomber and Keith Chi-ho Wong
China Vanke's president is considering whether and how the company might make further inroads into the commercial real estate sector, while continuing to lead in the residential sector. He is also considering whether to branch into overseas residential markets such as... View Details
Keywords: Real Estate; China; Sustainable Development; Green Building; Asset Management; Urban Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Safety; Assets; Real Estate Industry; China
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    Elmer A. Sperry

    A prolific inventor, Sperry was instrumental in creating technological advances in navigation. He invented gyroscopic compasses and stabilizers that became fundamental components for both ships and airplanes. His inventions were adopted by the United States Navy and... View Details
    Keywords: Fabricated Goods
    • 01 Jun 2009
    • News

    Insights from the Post-Macho Workplace

    ask questions or to appear vulnerable, and pressuring coworkers to prove themselves through acts of physical bravery. The goal of this company’s training was to enhance employee safety and reliability in a very hazardous workplace. We... View Details
    Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

      Leroy A. Lincoln

      Under Lincoln’s leadership, Metropolitan became an ardent supporter and provider of public health education while his company achieved record levels of profitability. For many years, the company promoted health and safety through... View Details
      Keywords: Finance
      • 1 Sep 1979
      • Conference Presentation

      Rape and Physical Attractiveness: Judgements Concerning the Likelihood of Victimization

      By: W. DeJong, Teresa M. Amabile and M. L. Stubbs
      Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Attitudes; Safety; Personal Characteristics
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      • 16 Jun 2009
      • Research Event

      Business Summit: The Future of Market Capitalism

      discussion among panel members on the shortcomings of the capitalist system and ways the business community can better serve broader societal interests. Topics included social entrepreneurship, the role of public policy, and the development of a stronger View Details
      Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter

        Paul H. O'Neill

        Not only did O'Neill lead Alcoa to become the world's largest aluminum conglomerate, he gave the company a solid image of integrity, emphasizing life-long learning by all employees, and making occupational safety and environmental... View Details
        Keywords: Metals