Health Costs - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2024
News

The Road Less Traveled

Most cars in the United States weigh more than 4,000 pounds, and new models are trending larger, even in countries where people drive less. And the larger the vehicle, the more fuel required to power it, which means more greenhouse-gas emissions that contribute to... View Details

Keywords: Janine White; illustrations by WACSO; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation

27 Apr 2009
Research & Ideas

Building Businesses in Turbulent Times

crisis as a disrupter to the status quo and look for areas of pain. In fact, cost cutting and restructuring are simply the first steps in repositioning and leading your company and industry through the crisis and in defining how business... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

11 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 11, 2007

America's health care system—figures in the insurance, hospital, employment, governmental, and academic sectors. She proves how our current system, which is organized around payers and providers rather than the needs of its users, is... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2023
News

Enabling Students to Pursue Their Passions

an effort to make an MBA more accessible to students from all socioeconomic backgrounds, HBS announced last year that it would cover the total cost of tuition and fees—approximately $150,000 over the course of two years—for those with the... View Details

Keywords: April White

05 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

In Praise of Marketing

Second, the ambitions of American inventors and entrepreneurs demanded the broadest possible distribution. The Wal-Mart mission, for example, is to lower the cost of living for everyone everywhere. Third, American society was open to... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Advertising

01 Sep 2009
News

Noted & Quoted

“Some Democrats view Medicare as a successful cost controller, pointing to its low administrative overhead, which they peg at 3 percent. But that figure ignores an inconvenient truth: Medicare’s unfunded liabilities, estimated at about... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Management

01 May 2020
In Practice

COVID-19’s Hard Lessons Might Prepare Business for Climate Change

can deliver the safest perceived service environment, in the face of ongoing public health threats from COVID-19 and from the next pandemic. Sustaining their business viability post-COVID will demand more resources and a higher carbon... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

May 2018
Case

The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation's Answer Fund

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Matthew G. Preble

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Educators

01 Mar 2013
News

Making Change

cancer-screening project in southern India as part of my summer internship while at HBS. We used community health workers armed with mobile phones to take pictures of oral cancer patients in rural areas and send them to Bangalore for... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; housing; gay rights; diabesity; disability; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Real Estate

21 Jun 2020
News

Rooting out Racism

elevate the cost of all other types of racist behavior, in policing, criminal justice, housing, K–12 education, and health care—systems that for decades have been putting knees on the necks of our most... View Details

09 Mar 2021
News

Community Colleges as Engines of Economic Opportunity

enrollment hits related to the pandemic, including a 7-percent decline here at CCRI. Community college students are more likely to come from low-income communities and communities of color, precisely the groups that have been disproportionately impacted by both the... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

05 Nov 2024
Book

Building the Road to 'Small Business Utopia' with AI and Fintech

lending is not yet complete, but we can already see its promise. As technology opened the doors to vast troves of data, opportunities emerged to create new insights on a small businesses health and prospects. These inputs have the... View Details

Keywords: by Karen G. Mills; Financial Services

18 Feb 2009
First Look

First Look: February 18, 2009

useful and saleable by-product. The term "by-product synergy" (BPS) has been coined to describe this practice. By converting waste into by-product, the firm not only reduces its waste disposal cost and potentially increases... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Apr 1999
News

Q & A: Confronting New Technologies: When Doing Right Is Wrong

cognitive problem. The PCs simply did not make sense to DEC, given their customer context and their cost structure/business model. “Disruptive Tech 101” When Clay Christensen speaks of disruptive and sustaining technologies, he uses the... View Details

Fast Answer

Black Business Leaders and Entrepreneurship

U.S. Census Bureau statistical survey of approximately 250,000 addresses seeking data on age, sex, race, family and relationships, disabilities, where residents work and how they get there, where residents live and how much they pay for essentials, income and... View Details

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IFC: Silicon Valley; Disrupting Silicon Valley with AI - Course Catalog

air travel and any costs associated with required visa documentation and immunizations. Students should ensure adequate processing time for all visas, as travel fees are not refundable if a student does not secure visas on time. For... View Details

19 Dec 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017

is likely to have a meaningful effect on health care spending patterns. In addition, precision medicines can change the expected profitability of therapies both by allowing more sophisticated pricing systems and potentially decreasing the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Mar 2005
News

Answering the Call

they “enjoyed eating in exotic surroundings but were deeply mistrustful of exotic foods.” He also determined that labor cost and availability was the key problem in the U.S. restaurant business and that eliminating the conventional... View Details

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

27 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

New Cluster Mapping Project Helps Companies Locate Facilities

Too often corporations decide to locate facilities based solely on cost savings. And that's shortsighted, argues Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter. Instead, business leaders should look for locations that gather... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

21 Aug 2015
Blog Post

My Fear of Student Debt: Funding the HBS/HKS Joint Degree

School (HKS) individually offer generous aid to students in financial need, but Harvard has also created unique fellowship programs to offset the extra costs of their joint HBS/HKS program. Many of the unique fellowship programs for... View Details

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