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- 14 Mar 2018
- News
Do the Things You Love
Rebecca Henderson (MBA 1985, PhD BE 1988) is the John and Natty McArthur University Professor at Harvard University. In this interview, she discusses the value of money versus personal satisfaction. “Money doesn't matter nearly as much as... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
with Urban Water Partners RelayRides explanatory video FashionStake-Reuters story An online shipping platform that uses social networks and smartphones. Low-cost medical care and monitoring that helps seniors to live at home. The “Skype”... View Details
- 02 Aug 2011
- News
A Fearless Force for Change
sense of empowerment and spiritual well-being in the minibattles that were fought and won on the "hills" at the gym's spinning studio. Finding that personal source of support and inspiration was essential for Linn's mental and physical... View Details
- 13 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Reinvigorating America
to act as "citizen diplomats," spreading greater understanding of our values and helping countries that empower their people and build their economies. Develops an ethos of a community that cares about others and a program of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
John Nordin
important person in my life. That's where environmental issues became important to me." So important, in fact, that a year before John entered HBS, he founded his own company, Flipswitch, a web application for solar companies that... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy
- 29 May 2019
- News
HBS Career Coaches Hit the Road to Serve Alumni
Etienne Deffarges (MBA 1985), author of Untangling the USA: The Cost of Complexity and What Can Be Done About It. Deffarges, a health care entrepreneur and investor, talked about his book and the concept of complexity to a gathering of 60... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- Web
Women and the MBA: 6 Important Aspects of the HBS Program - MBA
Business & Environment Career Change Career and Professional Development Case Method Clubs Curriculum Digital Entrepreneurship FIELD Financial Aid Health Care Instagram Takeover JD/MBA Leadership Letters to Classmates MBA/MPP & MBA/MPA-ID... View Details
- 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
Dobkin, Carlos, Amy Finkelstein, Raymond Kluender, and Matthew Notowidigdo. "The Economic Consequences of Hospital Admissions." American Economic Review 108, no. 2 (February 2018): 308–352.
- 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
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: Less Risk, More Reward
Your research explores entrepreneurship and the social safety net. What is the connection between those two things? I look at whether stronger social safety net benefits make it more likely for people to start a business. For instance, there’s this large public health... View Details
- Profile
Krishna Yeshwant
appropriately designed. If I wanted to work in product development," he says, "I needed to be the person who used the tools as well—it ultimately leads to a better tool. I wanted to span both worlds, medicine and... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Teaching kids lessons in making choices and tradeoffs
tradeoffs, and how her current role compares with her career expectations when she graduated from HBS. “I’m the CEO of the Council for Economic Education. We’re a national not-for-profit that teaches little kids about the real world through lessons in View Details
- 15 Sep 2015
- Blog Post
On the Road: HBS in Israel
importantly the decision process that followed it, I was impressed with the high level of professionalism and personal care with which HBS treated its applicants and admitted students. It was only natural... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Having a Ball
founder and CEO of a Virginia technology company, snapped it up through his Stafford Foundation. “We’ve gotten away from the core values that made America great,” Stafford told the Washington Post (December 4, 2008). “We just need to get back to View Details
- 2006
- Book
The Soul of a Doctor
By: Susan Pories, Sachin H. Jain and Gordon Harper
Collection of essays written by Harvard Medical School students focused on the experiencing of transitioning from clinician to student. Particular emphasis is given to the role of student as an "embedded critic," i.e. a practitioner knowledgeable about medicine, but... View Details
- Profile
Farrah Jamal
the CFO, they gave me a chance – and I stayed almost three years.” “Health care is in transformation,” Farrah says. “It’s an industry that can really benefit from the perspectives, lessons learned, and best practices of other industries.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
The Power of Philanthropy
When their son Joey died of cystic fibrosis in 1986 at age 12, Kathy and Joe O’Donnell (MBA 1971) vowed to fight the disease. O’Donnell, at the time the president of the Boston Concessions Group, joined with Vertex Pharmaceuticals and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to... View Details
- 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
- 18 May 2021
- Book
Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.
professional relationship." “Gratitude and praise are free and can be a way to turn silence into a dialogue into a professional relationship,” Ng says. If you’re working remotely, consider befriending at least one person who is working... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
- Profile
Abena Nyantekyi-Owusu
that contribute to development and are crucial for growth.” Abena began with GE’s medical and health care device divisions, serving as a business analyst responsible for “increasing growth and market share” in West & Central Africa.... View Details