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- June 2009 (Revised June 2009)
- Case
VidaGas: VillageReach - The Mozambican Foundation for Community Development Joint Venture
This case describes the evolution of a liquid petroleum gas (LPG) distributor start-up, incubated by two not-for-profit NGOs to help improve the vaccine cold chain in Northern Mozambique. These NGOs must face the decision whether and how to sell their participation in... View Details
Keywords: Joint Ventures; Supply Chain; Health Care and Treatment; Investment; Non-Governmental Organizations; Energy Sources; Energy Industry; Health Industry; Mozambique
Watson, Noel H., and Santiago Kraiselburd. "VidaGas: VillageReach - The Mozambican Foundation for Community Development Joint Venture." Harvard Business School Case 609-107, June 2009. (Revised June 2009.)
- Web
ICHOM - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
ICHOM grew out the conviction that the universal development and reporting of patient outcomes by medical condition is the single greatest enabler of delivery system transformation. Learn more about Value-Base Health View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
From Big Pharma to Startup
pitch their experience and skills to each other. That’s how Goble met Dr. Wayne Lencer, a Harvard Medical School professor who had spent a decade developing technology to enable the oral delivery of biological medicines—therapies created... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 25 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Economic Cost of Physician Burnout
reason to deal with the issue of doctor burnout. “Organizations have an ethical imperative to take care of their employees,” Goh says. And doing so could help take care of patients as well by reducing View Details
- 30 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 30
This successful electronic medical record (EMR) company had grown thanks to its reliable software and responsive customer service. The company had achieved this growth without the help of any outside financing. The five co-founders of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Ashraf M. Dahod, MBA 1981
Boston University, and Boston Medical Center. In Mumbai, the Dahod family helped build Saifee Hospital, a state-of-the-art facility that offers subsidized care for people in need, and they are involved in an... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
Authors:Rotemberg, Julio J. Publication:Marketing Science Abstract A setting is considered where consumers keep track of the extent to which brands care about them, which is modeled as altruism of brands towards their target consumers.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017
epigenetic, and protein biomarkers—create a better match between individuals with specific disease subtypes and medications that are more effective for those patients. These treatments are expected to be both more effective and more... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
A Rare Find in Health Care: A Simple Solution to Racial Inequity
documenting the disparities we’ve known about for 20 or 30 years,” says Harvard Business School Professor Amitabh Chandra. “One more research paper that finds that minority health care is separate and unequal may be important but is... View Details
- 09 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
The EC Formula: MBA Class of 2024 Looks Back
Stern kept the curriculum very updated and had students share presentations on broader health care topics before each case discussion. Since I was planning on switching from the medical product to the health... View Details
- 14 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Lessons from COVID-19: The Business Skills Doctors Need
practice. All of these abrupt changes called for medical professionals to have a certain level of management prowess, says Robert Huckman, Albert J. Weatherhead III Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. “Outside... View Details
- 15 May 2017
- Sharpening Your Skills
The Promises and Limitations of Big Data
How Will the Age of Big Data Affect Management? How do we avoid losing useful knowledge in a seemingly endless flood of data? Jim Heskett's readers offer some wise suggestions. Consumer-centered Health Care Depends on Accessible View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
From Scholarship to Life-Saving Impact
disease-modifying therapy,” she says. “Growing up, I remember we avoided doctors because we weren’t citizens . . . [and] were afraid of ending up with huge medical bills we couldn’t pay.” — Nora Rabah (MS/MBA 2022) After graduation, she... View Details
- 16 May 2024
- News
On the Job
and worked for a nonprofit, they gave you more money to make you be at the average of summer earnings between your two years. And I went and worked for New England Medical Center here in Boston and I wrote their first business plan for... View Details
Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade
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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni
renewable energy projects around the world. Prior to Google, Needham was at DEKA Research, where he led business development and program-managed projects in clean energy, medical products, and robotics. Curtis D. Ravenel Senior Advisor,... View Details
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Affiliated Organizations & Institutions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
ICHOM supports a key strategic agenda item in Michael Porter’s Value-Based Health Care Delivery framework. Value-Based Health Care Delivery Initiative The VBHCD initiative engages health View Details
- 29 Jul 2022
- Research & Ideas
Will Demand for Women Executives Finally Shrink the Gender Pay Gap?
be careful to research any organization they’re moving into to make sure it’s diverse and welcoming. “There’s probably no free lunch here because going into an organization that has fewer women and has potentially had more of a problem... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- July 2013 (Revised May 2024)
- Case
BMVSS: Changing Lives, One Jaipur Limb at a Time
By: Srikant Datar and Saloni Chaturvedi
Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS) is an Indian not-for-profit organization engaged in assisting differently-abled persons by providing them with the legendary low-cost prosthesis, the Jaipur Foot, and other mobility-assisting devices, free of cost. Known... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Financial Condition; Health Care and Treatment; Diversity; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Growth and Development Strategy; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; India; Asia
Datar, Srikant, and Saloni Chaturvedi. "BMVSS: Changing Lives, One Jaipur Limb at a Time." Harvard Business School Case 114-007, July 2013. (Revised May 2024.)
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Bridging the Gap
curricular requirements. By graduation they’ll have the option to complete a clinical internship as an EKG technician or certified medical assistant, in addition to being prepared to sit for certification tests. “We’ve partnered with... View Details
- 22 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Side Effects: The Case of Propecia
managers" in families, she said. The Doctor Is In And if a balding man could be persuaded to pay a visit to the physician's office, would the doctor necessarily write a prescription? Doctors are comfortable treating medical... View Details