Health Care And Treatment - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 May 2015
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Getting Ready for Success

social impact, measured by such factors as higher tax contributions and lower health care costs. “Moreover, what people might not quantify,” she says, “is that our alumni’s... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Educational Services

01 Mar 2006
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employers to provide essential benefits, including health care after retirement. That meant we didn’t have to face much public responsibility to do that. The American Dream may have to be reinvented, perhaps... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers

01 Dec 2015
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Launch Codes

but a lot of them,’” says Gernon. After earlier posts in health care tech and brand marketing, Gernon worked with a number of successful startups—including MotherNature.com,... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

22 Feb 2022
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Vision: Learning Curve

cares that provide nutrition, health care, and educational support for mothers and young children—represent a particularly rich target. Rocket is... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; education; entrepreneurship; startup; India; Educational Services

19 Jan 2023
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Forged in Fire

both cases I never had a chance to say goodbye. And I think it really is how you touch people every day. None of us knows how long we have to live. And so we've got to make every day be really meaningful... View Details

05 May 2022
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Like-Minded

and beyond, that focus on what the team calls “tech-enabled sustainable living.” That could mean ESG in its traditional forms, such as climate change, health care technology,... View Details

01 Mar 2007
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Avon CEO Jung on Leadership

Jung Andrea Jung, chairman and CEO of Avon Products, Inc., knows a thing or two about reinvention. After taking over the venerable beauty-products firm in 1999, she helped it shed the last vestiges of its “Ding-dong, Avon calling” image... View Details

Keywords: makeup; grooming; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

20 Aug 2013
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More Kerouac Than Corporate: Harvard MBA Road Trip Coaches Businesses Across America

Keywords: MBAs; FIELD; field experience; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores

05 Jan 2016
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Alumni Top Two New Lists of Rising Stars

HBS alumni and students are among the names topping two major lists of up-and-comers in the worlds of retail, finance, health, nonprofits, and more that were released this week. Forbes has just published its... View Details

Keywords: Forbes; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments

01 Dec 1997
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Short Takes

instead of companies, and agencies provide some of the health and other employee benefits once supplied by corporations. Bradach hopes to learn whether the flexibility model... View Details

Keywords: Judith Ross

24 Apr 2014
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Harvard Business School: Making a Difference

Keywords: Making a Difference

01 Mar 2015
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Faculty Q&A: Less Risk, More Reward

Your research explores entrepreneurship and the social safety net. What is the connection between those two things? I look at whether stronger social safety net benefits make it more likely for people to start a business. For instance,... View Details

Keywords: April White; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Private Households; Personal Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

01 Mar 2023
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Enabling Students to Pursue Their Passions

David Velasquez (MBA/MPP 2023, MD 2024), right, at the GOTVax mobile clinic in greater Boston he helped to cofound. Photos courtesy David Valesquez David Velasquez (MBA/MPP 2023, MD 2024), right, at the GOTVax mobile clinic in greater Boston he helped to cofound.... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Dec 2009
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The Fab Four

of being a successful entrepreneur. There are huge, huge market areas right now that are suffering from great dislocation and transition, and for which technology innovation has an opportunity to create... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; contests; Technical and Trade Schools; Technical and Trade Schools; Technical and Trade Schools; Technical and Trade Schools; Technical and Trade Schools; Technical and Trade Schools; Technical and Trade Schools; Technical and Trade Schools

01 Mar 2009
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The Ascent of Money

their support and concerns. Your Taxi Is Waiting Will a new category of “very light jets” shake up the business of flying? Three HBS entrepreneurs hope so. A look at the ups and downs of building the... View Details

01 Jun 2017
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Developing Insight that Has Power in Practice

100-plus health care centers to develop value-based accounting to help lower costs of health care delivery. The ability of faculty members to... View Details

20 Dec 2022
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Singing to the Corn

lighter in color and much denser, with more sand, clay, and rocks in its composition and very little organic matter. Below that, bedrock. December 5 marks World Soil Day, an... View Details

01 Jun 2016
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How Do We Win the Cyberwar?

for example, filters down to retailers or health care providers in any useful or timely way. There is some forward movement, though. Lefkowitz notes that the Department of Homeland Security began sharing... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai

01 Mar 2017
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Case Study: Moment in the Sun

hospitality. Offices and health care facilities could both offer the company access to huge sectors of the $80 billion lighting market. The Question: Hoskins describes the... View Details