Personal Care - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2007
News

Profiles from the class of 2007

Photographs by Webb Chappell Now in its twelfth year, the annual student profiles feature has become something of a Bulletin tradition. As editors, we look forward every spring to meeting these outstanding members of the MBA graduating class — and who wouldn’t? Their... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Lewis I. Rice

Portrait Project

Soline Miniere

hear the prejudices I am carrying with me because of where I am born, my gender, or my relationship status. I feel the box I am in. As seconds pass, I reflect. All those voices, surrounding me, that I have never really listened to. I want to listen better, to View Details

June 2016
Article

When Doctors Go to Business School: Career Choices of Physician-MBAs

By: Damir Ljuboja, Brian W. Powers, Benjamin Robbins, Robert S. Huckman, Krishna Yeshwant and Sachin Jain

There has been substantial growth in the number of physicians pursuing Master of Business Administration (MBA) degrees over the past decade, but there is continuing debate over the utility of these programs and the career outcomes of their graduates. The authors... View Details

Keywords: Medical Education; MD; MBA; Physicians; Executive Education; Training; Personal Development and Career; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; United States

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01 Jun 2010
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Just Extraordinary

foster care and orphanages to help raise international awareness about orphan issues. Turner, herself adopted out of Washington’s foster care system, worked at Procter & Gamble and BET Networks before... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

25 Jun 2020
News

Covering All Corners

patients. Fortunately, I am a member of an MBA alumni association that has addressed the problem of providing the Egyptian health care system with ventilators, which are prohibitively expensive and have been in short supply since the... View Details

01 Jun 2010
News

NFLers Tackle HBS

More than 35 active players from a number of National Football League teams, including the Baltimore Ravens, New York Jets, and Minnesota Vikings, spent a week at HBS in February in a custom Executive Education program. Now in its sixth year, the program is taught by... View Details

Keywords: fashion; Personal Services; Personal Services; Personal Services; Personal Services

Article

The Economic Consequences of Hospital Admissions

By: Carlos Dobkin, Amy Finkelstein, Raymond Kluender and Matthew Notowidigdo

We use an event study approach to examine the economic consequences of hospital admissions for adults in two datasets: survey data from the Health and Retirement Study, and hospitalization data linked to credit reports. For non-elderly adults with health insurance,... View Details

Keywords: Personal Finance; Borrowing and Debt; Insurance; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Health Care and Treatment

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01 Mar 2009
News

Ticked Off

The HBS Club of Connecticut Community Partners recently partnered with Time for Lyme (TFL), a nonprofit dedicated to eliminating the devastating effects of Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses. Founded in 1998, TFL has raised millions of dollars, lobbied for... View Details

Keywords: Personal Services; Personal Services; Personal Services; Personal Services

Portrait Project

Anh M. Nguyen

of the sacrifices and challenges of starting life in a new country; to me, it is evidence of just how much we can accomplish. I plan to live my life humbly and hungrily, always seeking to serve the world around me. In my personal and... View Details

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Janice Lin

"favorite aunt." I'll find a way to make senior care desirable and not negative. I'll live and abide by "no fear." Most importantly, I'll burn as brightly as possible for a short period of time, but impart every bit of... View Details

01 Sep 2010
News

RX for Change

discussions that took place back in May at Emory University Hospital Midtown will affect more than the bottom line. It will impact the quality of care delivered to thousands of people. Midtown is a 511-bed facility serving over 150,000... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Health, Social Assistance; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

01 Dec 2004
News

Wyss Gift Supports HBS Doctoral Programs

HBS has received a $25 million gift to support doctoral programs from Hansjoerg Wyss (MBA ’65), an entrepreneur who built Synthes, Inc., into a leading international medical-device company specializing in orthopedic instruments and implants. “One of the greatest... View Details

Keywords: Personal Services; Personal Services; Personal Services; Personal Services

21 Jan 2021
Blog Post

How I Used the HBS Community to Hone My Professional Goals

development rotational program. My time at Cardinal Health exposed me to the health care world and gave me the chance to work functionally in Corporate Finance and Corporate Strategy. The rotational program was a great fit, as I moved... View Details

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Xiao Wang

I will make dreams come true. No, I cannot make you fly or find true love. But I can help with the goals that we set for ourselves every New Year's Day - that this is the year I will become fitter, feel more energized, and live a healthier life. One of the most... View Details

18 Feb 2016
News

Challenge Aims to Speed Drug Trials Process

The HBS Health Care Initiative is seeking innovative ideas from the science, patient, business, and medical communities on how to transform trials for precision medicine. Through the HBS Precision Trials Challenge, it aims to bring... View Details

01 Sep 2018
News

Case Study: A Good Fit

gym, for example—and sustaining it over time, says Sean Eldridge (MBA 2009). He and his cofounders at Gain Life, an early-stage startup based at the Harvard Launch Lab, have an app for that. By combining behavioral science and marketing best practices with the View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

12 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Private Sector, Public Good

was to make a series of unsustainable promises that sustained the illusion of prosperity" by extending easy credit to fuel consumption, covering health care and retirement costs, and directly employing people while lowering tax... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

04 Nov 2020
News

The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises

and I went up there for the last few months and we just really delved into things that we normally wouldn't do. I bought myself another chainsaw, a brush cutter. I used my tractor a lot more, and I became a person who now takes View Details

01 Sep 2004
News

Whit Sears (MBA 1959)

direction until after my divorce and remarriage in 1970. I finally found my stride working in internal audit, and after much moving around both domestically and overseas, I settled down in northeastern Illinois. My wife, DD, and I began foster View Details

Keywords: Personal Services; Personal Services

16 Sep 2014
Research & Ideas

Has Apple Reinvented the Watch?

across their entire platform. For those who already own an iPhone or iPad, the Apple Watch is an exciting new product that can track biometric and personal data. Also think about how the Apple Watch can facilitate partnerships with the... View Details

Keywords: Re: Ryan L. Raffaelli; Electronics; Retail; Health

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