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Scott Wu
little bit of help could make a big difference, and everybody just needs a chance.” Wu got his start in international aid work early. After getting his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth, he worked on development projects in Tanzania and with a center combating View Details
- 26 Aug 2016
- News
Connecting with the Past
Photography by Owen Egan Stanley Diamond (MBA 1958) was thinking about the health of future generations of his family when he went searching for records of his relatives in Poland. Prompted by the diagnosis of his nephew, Mark Diamond... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 11 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness
expectations. As Bryce Covert wrote in a New York Times op-ed, "Keeping output steady while maintaining our physical and mental health just cannot be done. We have to work less, and employers have to get on board." Public schools are... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Ink: Q&A with Kathy Wang (MBA 2011)
Kathy Wang (MBA 2011) can pinpoint the very moment she started drafting her first novel, Family Trust. It was January 1, 2017, as soon as her son went down for his nap. Wang was on hiatus from her career as a product manager at Seagate while at home with her first... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 21 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research
ask because they’re naturally more curious, given that curiosity peaks at ages four and five. “When my child asks, ‘Why is the sky blue?’ I turn it around and say, ‘Why do you think it’s blue? How can we find the answer?’ Maybe before the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51321 Entrepreneurship and Public Health Insurance By: Olds, Gareth Abstract—I examine the relationship between public health insurance and firm formation.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Enabling Students to Pursue Their Passions
Southern California (USC) changed Velasquez’s trajectory, making it possible for him to become the first person in his family to attend college. But that was just the initial step toward Velasquez’s ultimate goal: to become a doctor and create a more “accessible,... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Action Plan: Net Proceeds
“I’m a root-cause kind of guy,” says Robert Goodwin (GMP 3, 2007), reflecting on a military, government, and civilian career that has taken him from counterdrug operations in Colombia to assisting with the peace process in Sudan to rebuilding the health care system in... View Details
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Alika Phipps
As a child in Haiti, Alika Phipps watched her family manage its business interests, in margarine production and property insurance, and became “fascinated with markets and finance.” While attending MIT, she took a summer internship at JP... View Details
- 14 May 2014
- News
(Re)moving the Needle
second company, SynapDx, launched in 2009 while he was still at HBS, is developing a blood test for early diagnosis of autism. "With autism, there is a small window of opportunity," he says. "If you can give a parent a diagnosis when the View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
persons from 1999 to 2016. Beyond the devastating personal costs, there is an economic toll, too, caused by rising health care expenses for overdose prevention drugs and addiction treatment, criminal justice costs, and productivity loss... View Details
- 03 Jun 2020
- News
Keeping a Community Connected
do things better on the other side. In our sector, particularly on the early childcare side, the crisis is showing how essential those programs are—not only for child development, but also for families to be able to work. I can envision... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- Web
Institute Associates - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Austin. He is a nationally recognized leader in orthopaedic surgery and value-based health care payment and delivery models. Prior to joining the Dell Medical School, he was the William R. Murray Endowed Professor and Vice Chair of... View Details
- 16 Oct 2014
- News
Innovating for International Aid
little bit of help could make a big difference, and everybody just needs a chance.” Wu got his start in international aid work early. After getting his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth, he worked on development projects in Tanzania and with a center combating View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- Profile
Darrin Rahn
Farmers of America. "My brothers and I [Darrin is the middle child of five] wanted to start a business as an FFA project," Darrin explains. "Making and selling hay to local livestock farmers was the original business idea.... View Details
Keywords: CPG
- Web
Year in Review | Annual Report 2024
(HBS) and Harvard Medical School (HMS) MD/MBA Program celebrated two decades of educating leaders who navigate the complex intersections of health care and business. Since its inception in 2004, the program has maintained its mission: to... View Details
- 12 Feb 2016
- News
Creating Common Ground in Communities of Conflict
Photography by Gary Laufman “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Umaimah Mendhro (MBA 2009) was visiting her native Pakistan, working for a microfinance education nonprofit, when she was tasked with photographing students in a school. Peering through her camera... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
European consumer products business. In her first Bulletin interview in 1983, Dodi envisioned the future ideal of "a pregnant CEO of a corporation walking into a board meeting" while her other child was down the hall in daycare. But she... View Details
- 30 Jan 2018
- Blog Post
HBS Global Opportunity Fellowship: Making a Difference in Africa
make a difference in the world, Africa is a great starting point. I had not worked or lived in Kenya since leaving as a child until my summer MBA internship. That experience opened my eyes to a life I had not been a part of since... View Details
- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
dominated by philosophical and political discourse due to a lack of systematic evaluation. Very little empirical evidence is available to indicate whether these codes legitimately distinguish adopting companies and factories as providing better working environments... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace