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- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Futures Made Bright Through Opportunity
internships that, as with previous internships, proved pivotal to her career. As a 2016 HBS Summer Fellow, for instance, Kyarisiima received the critical financial support she needed to focus on a fledging business venture that she had... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Up Against The Firewall
although many would like to say ‘I’m busy, let the MIS folks take care of it.’ Instead, it’s more likely they don’t get it — they don’t understand the degree to which a company’s livelihood could be impaired or its brand damaged, or the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
organization's goals should be made with careful consideration. "An organization can endlessly dilute its boundaries around what it does, or it can determine if an unexpected opportunity might help advance its mission," says Ebrahim. "If... View Details
- 31 May 2018
- News
Finding Freedom from Eating Disorders
sabotaged some of my most important relationships-- romantic ones, friendships, and alienated the people who cared about me the most, which were my family and friends. That, for me, really encompasses the seven year struggle. I'd say... View Details
- 02 Sep 2018
- News
Havana Rising
to move to Havana. The decision came in January 2017, when Gordon was working in a sales position at Castlight, a Bay Area B2B health care technology company. The couple had met while Gordon was working for the Clinton Foundation in... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Blockbuster Deals
industries - aerospace, banking, communications, entertainment, manufacturing, railroads, retailing, and health care - opting to join forces with their former competitors? Is this a repeat of the Eighties or something altogether... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry
- 14 Nov 2024
- News
How the Insurance Industry Can Weather the Storms
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Liberty Mutual CEO Tim Sweeney (MBA 1991) says that 2012 was the year that climate change started really showing up on the balance sheet. “This is a horrible... View Details
- 20 Jul 2022
- News
Wired to be Inspired
they lost their thinking about purpose. It became wallpaper. So it’s one of those things you have to constantly refresh. And, and I think it's not just only the CEO’s job, though CEOs play a critical role, I think it’s everybody’s job.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
the romance of the rails and the mournful sound of a distant freight train’s whistle. But for the guy who’s actually in charge, the thrill is a bit different. “When you go home at the end of the day,” Ward says, “there’s nothing like being part of operating a... View Details
- 29 Apr 2025
- News
Challenge Accepted
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Nietzsche said it first: What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger. There’s a reason that saying has legs, nearly 140 years later. We all, at some point... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New Horizons for Iraq
brakes, they would sprint to take care of the problem and make sure we were able to continue moving. After four days we reached An Najaf. We were just getting ready to set up our logistical base and begin flying some missions when we were... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Health Care: Telemedicine Has Arrived
The technology behind telemedicine—health care delivered remotely and asynchronously—has been improving for years, but in 2017, the United States hit a tipping point. This year, Kaiser Permanente’s CEO announced that of the company’s 100... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Turning Point: Change, Stat
of sick people coming in,” to “Oh my God, are we going to run out of ventilators?” Our volume of cases doubled, with the number of critically ill people requiring a ventilator increasing over tenfold. At the peak, that meant every 20... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
delivery of sustainable health care.” NOVEMBER 24 Anne Miller (MBA 1988) is executive director of Project N95, a national nonprofit founded to get personal protective equipment (PPE) and critical equipment to frontline and health View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Social Enterprise Start-Ups Recognized for Bold Ideas
pilot with 100 patients under way and aims to reach 5,000 diabetes sufferers over the next year—and many thousands more in the future. In recognition of Jana Care’s innovative use of technology to deliver low-cost health care to poor... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Chasing the Silver Tsunami
more of a realization around how important post-acute care is.” It is critical for hospitals to quickly and seamlessly find facilities and services to care for these recovering... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Student Startups Help Fight COVID-19
COVID-19, there was a critical shortage of ventilators in health care settings across the globe . . . we knew we had a proven product that could help.” — Sanchay Gupta MD/MBA 2022 Cofounder, Umbulizer “Even... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Case Study: The Doctor Deficit
staffing business should be cash-flow positive quickly in a given market, so focus on building critical mass dynamics in the top 25 health care markets. —Paul Sims (MBA 2002) Much to my surprise, Lyft’s... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
In Brief
Q&A with Daniel Vasella. Initially regarded by critics as too inexperienced to lead a major pharmaceutical company, Daniel Vasella (PMD 57, 1989) has set a new standard for innovation as CEO of Novartis. The Winning Season. Last year, St.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
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The Network Effect
participate in clinical trials. On March 29, Kapoor and his wife devised a solution: WorldWithoutCOVID.org, a nonprofit public health initiative that connects medical researchers with willing volunteers. A longtime student of network effect marketplaces, he had seen... View Details