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07 Sep 2021
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Summer Fellowship Recipient is a Changemaker in Tanzania

heart of public services decision making.” That’s why DeBere and Helga Mutasingwa, a doctor and public health professional based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, cofounded Afya Pamoja in that country in 2020 with... View Details

Keywords: April White

27 Nov 2017
Research & Ideas

Beware the Lasting Impression of a 'Temporary' Selfie

relative to the control group. “The temporariness induces you to take more risks—to share more risqué or uninhibited content,” John says. The researchers coded selfies as uninhibited if, among other characteristics, they made View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

01 Jun 1999
News

A Random Sampling of HBS Graduates in the News

they prayed." HBS's answer to Leno and Letterman, Larry Klein (MBA '80), who fully intends to keep his day job as an investment advisor, has recently packaged that and some two hundred other jokes to help financial professionals add View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

11 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

A World of Difference: What Keeps Companies from Becoming More Inclusive

Frances Frei, the UPS Foundation Professor of Service Management, is an expert in the intersection of leadership and inclusion. Francesca Gino, the Tandon Family Professor of Business Administration, studies how people can lead more... View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint

December 2009
Article

From a Declaration of Values to the Creation of Value in Global Health

By: Jim Yong Kim, Joseph Rhatigan, Sachin H. Jain and Michael E. Porter

To make best use of the new dollars available for the treatment of disease in resource poor settings, global health practice requires a strategic approach that emphasizes value for patients, defined as health outcomes per dollar spent. Practitioners and global health... View Details

Keywords: Globalization; Health Care and Treatment; Infrastructure; Service Delivery; Outcome or Result; Poverty; Value Creation

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04 Mar 2015
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Can a Laissez-Faire Approach Fix Labor Market Inequality?

Summing Up When Is It In An Employer's Self-Interest to Voluntarily Raise All Wages? A laissez-faire approach to fixing labor market inequality has widespread appeal, judging by responses to this month's column. For some it is an ideal,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

23 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick

undereducated and underemployed, leading many to turn to gangs and illegal activity to survive. Meanwhile, companies such as Walmart and Hilton, which may want to enter the country, are thwarted by a lack of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

24 Apr 2014
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Ensuring a business’s profitability enables it to serve society

company is having in India, for example, embodies founder Henry Ford’s mantra that it is “in Ford’s DNA to give back to communities.” Said Fields, “Only a profitable business can be of service to society,... View Details

23 May 2016
Research & Ideas

A Little Understanding Motivates Copyright Abusers to Pay Up

Obtaining an image from the Internet is as easy as right-clicking and downloading. We’ve all done it—or, ahem, know someone who has. We rarely think about who created these images or whether we have the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Media & Broadcasting; Publishing

01 Dec 1999
News

South Africa's Lucille Meyer: Shaping a Practical Presidency

"South Africans expect a lot from the president," says Meyer, a recent graduate of the School's Senior Executive Programme for Southern Africa (SEP). "They are looking for the presidency to improve... View Details

Keywords: Morgan Baker

06 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

Cut Salaries or Cut People? The Best Way to Survive a Downturn

opportunity to use a “natural experiment” to explore how the agents would react. In November 2016, as the busy summer sales season was ending, the division head of the affected group changed incentives,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

18 Apr 2023
Blog Post

HBS Students and Alumni Fostering a Supportive Community

little about the campus and culture was familiar, especially for someone coming from a low-income background. Students like him, as well as those who were the first in their... View Details

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The Implications of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act on Cancer Care Delivery

By: Heidi W. Albright, Mark Moreno, Thomas W. Feeley, Ronald Walters, Marc Samuels, Alissa Pereira and Thomas W. Burke

In March 2010, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act. This legislation attempts to address cost control and improve the quality of healthcare in the United States. Cancer is a... View Details

Keywords: Health Care Policy; Health Care; Cancer Care In The U.S.; Cancer Care Services; Health; Law; Quality; Health Industry; North and Central America

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19 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Wrapping Your Alliances In a World Wide Web

costs, and enabled businesses to form mutually beneficial alliances.Once two or more companies agree to do business with each other on activities beyond simple procurement, they again face a challenge in executing many joint processes... View Details

Keywords: by Andrew McAfee

05 Apr 2018
News

A Philanthropic Eye Reframes African American Abstract Art

firm that provides strategic consulting services for private equity and venture funds. Also a former member of the Obama administration’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities, she serves View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

26 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn

As economic turmoil continues, many companies are reconsidering their strategies with an eye toward going lean and slashing prices. And that might work for a few companies—but very few. Instead, companies... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail; Consumer Products

31 May 2018
Blog Post

Yes, Introverts CAN Network Successfully: A Brief How-To for People Who "Hate" Networking

"Now you can approach your contacts with an honest question: 'How did you get where you are?'" says Shepherd. "Instead of asking for a job, you're asking for information. Your request is flattering; most people love to talk about... View Details

March 2016 (Revised November 2021)
Teaching Note

T-Mobile in 2013: The Un-Carrier

By: John Beshears and Francesca Gino

By 2013, the U.S. wireless industry was in the midst of a costly transition. As consumers began to embrace more sophisticated mobile devices, the industry's four main players spent heavily to improve their infrastructures for providing reliable high-speed data... View Details

Keywords: Wireless Industry; Telecommunications; Mobile; Service Contracts; Behavioral Economics; Add-on Fees; Shrouded Attributes; Contracts; Competitive Strategy; Consumer Behavior; Infrastructure; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Telecommunications Industry; United States

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11 Oct 2022
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Shrinking the Racial Wealth Gap, One Mortgage at a Time

minority borrowers,” they write. The findings also imply there may be similar disparities with other types of borrowing, such as small business loans, Sunderam says. However, there’s less data available to dig into that slice of the... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

October 2007 (Revised March 2009)
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Engineering a Renaissance: The Launch of the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Dean Venky of the newly launched School of Engineering and Applied Sciences is faced with a range of opportunities and challenges as he presides over the launching of a new school of engineering at Harvard University. His opportunities include an ample endowment, a... View Details

Keywords: Higher Education; Engineering; Leading Change; Product Launch; Service Operations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Alliances; Competitive Strategy

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