Medical Education - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Creating a Positive Professional Image

consulting firm. Similarly, female medical students and residents are often mistaken for nurses or orderlies and challenged by patients who do not believe they are legitimate physicians. Q: What is impression management and what are its... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

02 Mar 2007
What Do You Think?

What Is the Government’s Role in US Health Care?

free-market capitalist who realizes capitalism has no place in healthcare provision." But Tery Tennant asks what is perhaps the ultimate philosophical question: " when did an individual's medical needs become an inalienable right that the... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Health

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Leadership - Faculty & Research

Business ; Change Management ; Decision Making ; Ethics ; Values and Beliefs ; Health ; Medical Specialties ; Leadership ; Health Industry ; United States Citation Educators Related Ager, David, Lynda M.... View Details

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HBS - The year in Review

cities such as Tulsa, OK and Columbus, OH. Smaller group sizes allowed for faster implementation of change and gave students transferrable concepts and skills to leverage throughout their careers. FIELD Immersion Press Release Synergies Across Executive View Details

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Health Care - Faculty & Research

Small Business ; Change Management ; Decision Making ; Ethics ; Values and Beliefs ; Health ; Medical Specialties ; Leadership ; Health Industry ; United States Citation Educators Related Ager, David, Lynda... View Details

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Founders & Investors - Entrepreneurship

Language International MBA 2008 Jillian Ressler Spruce & Co MBA 2015 Misan Rewane West Africa Vocational Education MBA 2013 Neil Rimer Index Ventures MBA 1991 John Rogers Local Motors MBA 2007 Charles O. Rossotti American Management... View Details

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Employee Welfare – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

sick pay, disability benefits, and stock purchase plans, Western Electric workers could participate in a range of recreational and educational programs from running meets, tennis games, and baseball leagues to lunchtime concerts, beauty... View Details

04 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Is Government Just Stupid? How Bad Decisions Are Made

medical care, defense, education and so on guarantees that fewer taxpayer dollars and government resources will be available for other initiatives. It may also mean that the national debt will increase,... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman, Jonathan Baron & Katherine Shonk

14 Feb 2023
HBS Case

Is Sweden Still 'Sweden'? A Liberal Utopia Grapples with an Identity Crisis

country is shifting away from the liberal Social Democratic Party that has been the benchmark of its system. Fewer young Swedes are joining unions, and American-style private schools and medical care have taken root. “Americans, myself... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

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Sample Student Projects - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Cluster (2012) Miami, Florida Marine Transportation Cluster (2012) South Carolina Automotive Sector (2012) Tennessee Music Cluster (2012) California Solar Energy (2011) Silicon Valley (California) Internet-Based Services (2011) Minnesota View Details

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HBS Health Care Initiative - Blog: Health Supplement

Blog Blog Health Care and Life Science at HBS Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Blavatnik Fellow Author Blavatnik Fellowship Team Author Executive Education Author HBS Partners Author HBS Staff Author... View Details

William A. Sahlman

William Sahlman is a Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

Mr. Sahlman received an A.B. degree in Economics from Princeton University (1972), an M.B.A. from Harvard University (1975), and a Ph.D. in Business... View Details

Portrait Project

Albert Chiu

in whatever way I could, such as organizing medical supplies and lab results at our family clinic. I come from a family of doctors, and I am the first to break this family tradition. Even though I have taken a different career path, I... View Details

2023
Article

Building the Business Case for an Inclusive Approach to Digital Health Measurement with a Web App (Market Opportunity Calculator): Instrument Development Study

By: Mitchell Tang, Yashoda Sharma, Jennifer C. Goldsack and Ariel Dora Stern

Background: The use of digital health measurement tools has grown substantially in recent years. However, there are concerns that the promised benefits from these products will not be shared equitably. Underserved populations, such as those with lower education and... View Details

Keywords: Demographics; Product Development; Health Care and Treatment; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

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01 Sep 2023
News

Money Does Grow on (Family) Trees

regulated as a medical device, the company turned more of its focus to the family-history consumer. (In 2017, 23andMe received its first authorization from the FDA and pivoted back to emphasizing the health aspects.) In both areas, says... View Details

Keywords: April White; Illustrations by Fabio Consoli; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

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Business History - Faculty & Research

Broadcasting Industry ; United States Citation Educators Related Pons, Vincent, Jesse M. Shapiro, Bharat Anand, and Susan Pinckney. "Dominion Voting Systems v. Fox News." Harvard Business School Case 725-029, March 2025. (Revised April... View Details

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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

(93) Budgets and Budgeting (4) Buildings and Facilities (4) Business Conglomerates (1) Business Cycles (6) Business Divisions (7) Business Earnings (5) Business Education (24) Business Exit or Shutdown (1) Business Growth and Maturation... View Details

27 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 27, 2009

index of financial sophistication increases strongly with financial wealth and household size, and to a lesser extent with education and proxies for financial experience. The index is strongly positively correlated with the share of risky... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Events - Health Care

Events Events Jul 16 16 Jul 2025 Other Open to the Harvard community The Founder Mindset by Fifty Years TMEC - TMEC 209 Mini amphitheater. Tosteson Medical Education Center. 260 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA... View Details

March 2008 (Revised June 2008)
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The Broad Institute: Applying the Power of Genomics to Medicine

By: Vicki L. Sato and Rachel Gordon

In June 2003, Harvard University and MIT announced an unprecedented partnership to create a biomedical institute, The Broad Institute. The culture of the Broad centered on science, and those involved considered it to be at the edge of the scientific frontier. In just... View Details

Keywords: Education; Health Care and Treatment; Innovation Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Culture; Partners and Partnerships; Research and Development; Genetics

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