Community Health Workers - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

Younger Black Knowledge Workers BIO As global leaders prepare to meet in Glasgow, the prospects for mitigating the impact of climate change do not look very good. A detailed new analysis from the Rhodium Group, as reported by Axios.com,... View Details

01 Aug 1998
News

High Honors

their boards of directors. It's a tribute to his years of experience as a corporate and community leader and to his stature as one of Canada's most distinguished executives. Barford graduated from the University of Toronto at the age of... View Details

22 Feb 2024
News

GCC Crossroads Aims for a Bright Future; Seattle Alumni Talk Leadership in Tech; Italy Preps for European Alumni Summit

government, and NGOs, sharing insights on a range of issues including health care, national talent, food security, and sustainability. They also talked about the role of the private sector in meeting goals of Vision 2030, the impact of... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Feb 2002
News

It's academic. (Not!)

business administration (DBA) in accounting and control, marketing, policy and management, or technology and operations management. Another option is a joint program with Harvard University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences that grants a Ph.D. in business... View Details

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

01 Jun 2013
News

Building a Better Brazil

work as professionals in education, government, or public health the opportunity for advanced study at the University to help build a strong network of leaders committed to social change in Brazil. LORENTZEN Photo courtesy of Erling... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Paper Manufacturing; Manufacturing

12 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Student Portraits - Armed Forces Alumni Association

the image of President Bush addressing the rescue workers at Ground Zero, who noted that they could not hear what he was saying. His response was a rallying cry to my circle of friends: “I can hear you. The rest of the world hears you.... View Details

09 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Why Entrepreneurs Should Go Work for Government

"private-public entrepreneurs" who establish private businesses that sell to government agencies or sometimes to citizens directly. In Philadelphia, for example, Textizen enables citizens to communicate with city View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

18 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

How Economic Clusters Drive Globalization

entrepreneurs. “It’s never a one stakeholder story.” Taking this longer view, she says, makes it easier to see beyond clusters as self-contained and localized to their more nuanced role as interactive spaces that foster communication and... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Agriculture & Agribusiness

01 Jun 2008
News

You Only Thought You Were Republican

capitalists like Warren Buffett, a hero to many of us, support the Democratic Party. (Warren did two fundraisers for Hillary, two for Barack, one for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, and, I am ever so pleased to say, one for the DNC.) How are your... View Details

Keywords: Andrew Tobias; national debt; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Government

September 2013 (Revised August 2015)
Background Note

Leadership and Teaming

By: Ethan Bernstein

Small differences in the leadership of teams can have large consequences for the success of their efforts. Many initiatives fail not because of a fatal error in judgment or insufficient ideas, knowledge, motivation, or capabilities to deliver a solution. They fail... View Details

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Educators

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12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy

and prosperous than others. And the third, which arose from the second, examines how you can take competitive thinking and apply it to social problems such as the environment, inner cities, and health care. Most of my readers have tended... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter

05 Oct 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Don't More People Get Flu Shots at Work?

With a yearly price tag of roughly $87 billion in lost productivity and adverse health consequences, the flu is nothing to sneeze at. It’s no surprise that workplace flu vaccination clinics have gained popularity as employers try to keep... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Health

January 2021 (Revised April 2022)
Case

Best Buy's Corie Barry: Confronting the COVID-19 Pandemic

By: William W. George and Amram Migdal

This case examines the leadership of Corie Barry, the new CEO of Best Buy, with a focus on actions the company took in 2020 to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic. The case includes a history of Best Buy’s strategy and leadership, including the transitions between the... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Change; Disruption; Volatility; Communication; Competency and Skills; Customers; Decision Making; Ethics; Fairness; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Finance; Cash Flow; Financial Condition; Financial Liquidity; Goods and Commodities; Corporate Governance; Health Pandemics; Human Resources; Executive Compensation; Employees; Employee Relationship Management; Resignation and Termination; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Innovation and Invention; Jobs and Positions; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Job Design and Levels; Job Interviews; Job Offer; Labor; Employment; Human Capital; Working Conditions; Law; Leadership; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Management; Business or Company Management; Crisis Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Management Style; Management Succession; Management Systems; Management Teams; Risk Management; Operations; Distribution; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Logistics; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Supply Chain; Organizations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Outcome or Result; Personal Development and Career; Retirement; Work-Life Balance; Planning; Strategic Planning; Problems and Challenges; Relationships; Business and Community Relations; Labor and Management Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Safety; Science; Strategy; Retail Industry; North and Central America; United States; Minnesota

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Educators

Purchase

10 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

enough data and information to do so. Plans, and the corresponding KPIs and other metrics that will empower your team to execute them, should be adjusted to address the company’s immediate needs and short-term goals, and communicated... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden

19 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?

presented their research on occupational safety to managers at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, “both they and we learned a lot.” And let’s not forget small companies; some 90 percent of businesses in the United States... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

20 Jan 2023
News

Free Spirits

approximately 40 percent of Americans don’t drink at all. With so many flexi-drinkers crowding the bar these days, the stigma is starting to fade. “Not drinking has become a more visible choice since the pandemic,” says Royle, who previously worked in View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

16 Jul 2014
HBS Case

Marketing Obamacare

professional insurance brokers—leaving the sign-up work to recently recruited navigators who were inexperienced non-profit health and social workers and community activists.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

Student-Profile

Hummy Song

I became passionate about health policy and operations management while I was working with community health worker programs in rural Uganda. I... View Details

04 Jan 2016
News

Taking Time Out for a Challenge

systems,” she recalls. “I suspected the outbreak would outpace the region’s ability to contain it, and I worried especially about the nurses, doctors, and other health care workers who were most directly at... View Details

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

01 Dec 2003
News

HIV/AIDS and Business

incorporates human rights, development, and health issues — it’s the ultimate strategic challenge.” At the Kennedy School workshop, participants discussed a case coauthored by Barrett and Ballou-Aares on Heineken’s efforts to implement an... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance

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