Global Health - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

These Coronavirus Heroes Show Us How Crisis Leadership Works

their companies. If ever there was a time for leaders to be authentic, this is it. They need to be humble, open, and realistic about the health care and logistical challenges they are facing while using the best scientific and technical... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Health

12 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

Competition the Cure for Healthcare

certainly opening, and it is a global window. All advanced economies, even those with universal insurance, are starting to confront the reality that the healthcare system is not aligned to drive value for the patient, or the View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Health

28 Jul 2016
Op-Ed

Where is TripAdvisor for Doctors?

review sites for family doctors, pediatricians, heart surgeons, psychiatrists and others involved in health care delivery? There are seven key barriers. Some can be overcome by a cleverly designed website, others are more structural and... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Health

06 Aug 2014
Research & Ideas

Climbing Down from the Ivory Tower

entirely on faraway academics and organizations to solve local problems. This frustrates Ashraf, who for more than a decade has studied behavioral economics in the context of developing countries. She believes that global View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health; Health

01 Mar 2008
News

Faculty Research Online

innovation. Visit http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5799.html. The Rise of Medical Tourism Medical tourism — traveling far and wide for health care that is often better and certainly cheaper than at home — appeals to patients with complaints... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services

15 Dec 2024
News

After Ozempic

Back before Ozempic, when Kate Mulroney (MBA 1984) spoke at technical conferences about her work at Novo Nordisk, people often assumed she was talking about Novartis. “I’d have to explain that’s a Swiss company; we’re Danish,” says Mulroney, now head of advanced... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Illustrations by Pete Ryan; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

06 Mar 2018
News

A Voice for Diversity and Impact at Scale

scaling local knowledge. Back in the United States, that realization led Hunt to explore other aspects of the health care industry’s value chain, from billing to insurance to product development. “I loved the sense that I was working in... View Details

24 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring?

they hear the words "national health insurance," but it is disturbing that we fail to provide health care to so many of our citizens. At the same time, firms in the United States are View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health; Health; Health; Health

05 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?

trying to secure specimens. Alongside primary medical education providers, a large number and wide range of other users are also trying to secure cadavers for their own needs. The continuing training of medical doctors, for instance, relies on cadavers. In addition,... View Details

Keywords: by Michel Anteby; Health

03 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Healthcare Conference Looks At Ailing Industry

observations. Although healthcare as a whole still suffers from the elephant problem, it's suffering less all the time—at least where science is concerned—thanks to remarkable and ever-faster scientific advances. Chief among the advances is genomic research that offers... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

Profile

Yi-An Huang

internal consulting group. How is your current job related to your HBS experience? When I came to HBS, I had been working in global health and development issues. I had realized that healthcare is an... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

23 Apr 2020
Blog Post

Fireside Chats with Harvard Faculty: A COVID-19 Symposium

health, to our economies and globalization, and to the way we live. Speakers included Ashish Jha of the Harvard Chan School of Public Health and Harvard Kennedy School faculty Juliette Kayyem, Carmen Reinhart and Dani Rodrik. Former... View Details

01 Mar 2008
News

Conference Examines Intersection of Medicine and Business

With a focus on cutting-edge ideas shaping global health care, the HBS Health Industry Alumni Association drew some 300 participants to its annual three-day conference in early... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

20 Apr 2020
Book

Why COVID-19 Raises the Stakes for Healthy Buildings

enhance cognitive performance. “Offices with the premier health story will get the premium rent and get the tenants, and the offices with a lagging health story will lag.” To convey to managers the benefits... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Health; Health

01 Dec 2014
News

Forecasting ’15

Health Care: Data-Driven Diagnosis Robert Wah (AMP 175, 2008) President, American Medical Association; Global Chief Medical Officer, Computer Sciences Corporation “We’re entering the third phase of View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services

01 Jun 2020
News

Vital Signs

impact from this global pandemic and have an opportunity to use their investment decisions to support companies that make positive change. What about long-term negative impacts to the health care venture... View Details

Keywords: Jen Mele; COVID-19; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services

06 Jan 2012
News

Where Are They Now?

the HBS Club of India—over the top. “We identified a significant global market and focused on an unmet but essential need, as health care is not optional,” says Mahesh, who got a very personal perspective on... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services

Profile

Naiyya Saggi

strongly believe core aspects of best practices can be shared: between the private and the public sector, between geographies and among governments. In an increasingly globalized world, I can't wait to radically improve this dialogue... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Health Care

20 May 2013
Op-Ed

Making America an Industrial Powerhouse Again

industries. Research funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) sowed the seeds for the internet and advanced computer graphics. And massive investments by the National Institutes of Health in biomedical research,... View Details

Keywords: by Gary Pisano; Manufacturing

October 2005 (Revised September 2006)
Case

DentalCorp

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho

DentalCorp is the fifth largest provider of dental insurance in Brazil and has tripled its sales in the past two years. Whether to expand to Chile or to continue expansion in Brazil is the major strategic choice facing the company at the end of 2004. View Details