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- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Crash Pad
families out of homeownership. “People love the idea, and I have always loved the idea,” says Laurie Gould (MBA 1996), a partner in Massachusetts-based VIVA Consulting who focuses on affordable housing. “We have these downtowns that are... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Mara Aspinall
believe most patients are more knowledgeable about their own health care than they are given credit for. The popular press has done a good job of covering advances in genetic research, and consumers are trying to integrate that... View Details
- 25 Jan 2012
- News
Is Tax Reform Viable?
secretary. Talk about a nonstarter: no way am I going to voluntarily pay more. That noble act would neither correct the unfairness of the system nor make much of an impact on the country’s unbalanced budget. Perhaps I could justify my... View Details
- 29 Sep 2020
- News
A Righteous Path
who would not otherwise be able to afford an advocate. But that’s not enough, says Leimsider. In his time as executive director, Leimsider has helped Safe Passage clarify its strategic goals. “We have a very specific understanding of what... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Ron Shaich (MBA 1978)
Ron Shaich’s (MBA 1978) first venture, a cookie shop in downtown Boston, evolved into Au Bon Pain. His latest—Panera Cares—allows customers to pay only what they can afford at the popular restaurants he owns, Panera Bread. There’s a box... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
the Health Connector, which acts not as an insurance company but as a purchasing agent for small employers or individuals.” A final piece of the puzzle, Pozen says, was redirecting the funds in an existing “free-care pool” to subsidize... View Details
- 15 Apr 2014
- News
Bertarelli Foundation Gift Names Deans' Health & Life Sciences Challenge Prize
the world's health care system by advancing new cures and therapies, developing new ways to apply information technology, and designing new health care systems to deliver View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Research With Impact: Changing Global Health Practices
public policy, and social challenges. In health care, for example, the dominant policy model assumes that access and affordability are the keys to improving care for the poor. In Ashraf’s view, “We can’t... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Daniel Vasella
the test as he methodically refashioned the two old-line chemical companies with disparate corporate cultures into a single entity focused on health care and powered by an innovative approach to R&D. Today, Novartis is one of the world’s... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
everyone everywhere in the world in unprecedented ways and the consequences are real,” says incoming HBS MBA student Isha Khambra, a member of the Students Fight COVID initiative. “Despite these challenges we—now and in the past—have seen View Details
- 30 Mar 2015
- News
Leveraging the power of yes
analytical a donor may be, ultimately, the decision to give is rooted very strongly in the act of giving,” says Dichter, who, as a personal test, ran a 30-day “generosity experiment” during which he said yes to everyone who asked him for... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Earl “Butch” Graves Jr. (MBA 1988)
Black Enterprise is a multimedia company with the mission to ensure that everyone can act on the opportunities this country has provided to so many. Our tagline is “Wealth for life.” My father launched Black Enterprise in 1970 with a... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 19 Aug 2013
- News
Bees Make a Sweet Deal for African Farmers
entrepreneur, and two other cofounders, Keshavjee launched Honey Care Africa (HCA)—with Jiwa as director—to encourage beekeeping as an opportunity to enhance farmers' incomes. "From its inception, HCA has had an explicit triple... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Noted & Quoted
afford to pay their mortgages but walk away from the property instead. (Boston Globe, December 22, 2009) “How predictable was it five years ago that probably well over 90 percent of pictures are taken off smartphones?” — Jim Balsillie... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Where Are the Innovators in Health Care?
breaks the backs of U.S. firms that compete with companies in countries spending, at most, 12 percent of GDP on health care. Yet, despite this torrent of cash, more than 40 million Americans lack health insurance, mostly because they cannot View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
No Place Like Home
in affordable housing as an investor and is reaping handsome returns for its participation. "The primary vehicle for developing new affordable housing is the low-income housing tax credit, part of the Tax... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Revitalizing America
help address urgent priorities that the public cares about and bring communities together for the common good. An early slogan for AmeriCorps, the lead program of America's Corporation for National and Community Service, was "getting... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 06 Jun 2012
- News
Fellowship Funder
School to help provide financial aid to a broad range of talented students who otherwise would be unable to attend HBS. “Commitment to meritocracy is one of our core values as a nation,” explains Mencoff. “Especially in this intensively competitive global economy, we... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Finding a Balance
would otherwise be unable to afford treatment. Authored in 2003 by HBS professor Rohit Deshpandé, the case began as a straight pricing study. “The pharmaceutical industry is unlike any other,” Deshpandé explains. “Although the prices vary... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Fixing What Ails the Drug Industry
echoed Hamburg’s call for improvements in regulation, but he also emphasized the innovation side of the balancing act between safety and product development. “Reinvent invention,” he told the audience. The industry must get smarter about... View Details