public health - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Nov 2016
Blog Post

My HBS Journey

of your life." That could not have been further from the truth in my case. I have been through the worst two years of my life, due to family health complications in this period, but I have also learned more than I had ever have in... View Details

06 Dec 2021
News

Monaco's Digital Transformation

his third year leading Monaco’s digital transformation, Genta is capitalizing on the country’s strengths in pursuit of this vision to further public service and enhance economic prosperity. “What makes Monaco different is that we have an... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

17 Nov 2020
In Practice

How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other

around promises to be different. Public health measures needed to curb the spread of COVID-19 have pummeled local retailers reliant on foot traffic. Revenues are down across the board. In the face of these... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Retail

19 Nov 2014
HBS Case

Marketing Marijuana

Administration, holds a joint appointment at Harvard School of Public Health as Professor in Health Policy and Management. Creating Demand One big open question is the degree... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

Research Summary

Overview

By: Brian L. Trelstad

The focus of my research is on the systems of social innovation. How small groups of individuals come up with new products and services targeting important problems; how they finance these initial efforts, and convert prototypes into viable organizational strategies;... View Details

20 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How Small Businesses Can Survive the Coronavirus Outbreak

businesses often have less than 20 days’ worth. While forecasts vary, many public health experts don’t expect the coronavirus outbreak to subside for at least eight weeks, assuming that social distancing and... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Service; Food & Beverage

11 Jul 2025
News

Utah Club Dives into Great Salt Lake’s Challenges; Colorado Alumni Talk Defense Over Breakfast

Utah Alumni Explore Future of Great Salt Lake The HBS Club of Utah recently got an insider’s look at the economic and ecological health of the Great Salt Lake (GSL) with a presentation by Utah’s first GSL commissioner, Brian Steed, at the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

Web

Turning a Moment into a Movement: How the Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders are Fighting Racism and Encouraging Other Companies to Do Their Part - Recruiting

an impact on the world. Then they witnessed a series of heartbreaking events, watching alongside the rest of the world as Ahmaud Arbery, Christian Cooper, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Tony McDade were targeted in public places for... View Details

05 Mar 2013
First Look

First Look: March 5

publications on "the business case" for sustainability, seeking to map out the returns on investment and to differentiate recommended actions from cases of corporate philanthropy. Reports by business organizations and others... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 2002
News

Dean Clark on Leadership, Educational Priorities, and Funding the Future

such as corporate governance, the relationship between values and leadership, corporate accountability and the challenges of financial disclosure, executive compensation, and the role of intermediaries in capital markets. Through our work, we can help shape not only... View Details

01 Jun 2006
News

The Baby Business

for creating and acquiring children is, Spar argues, disorganized, legally conflicted, and virtually unfettered. It includes people who sell their eggs; buy sperm from strangers; undergo fertilization procedures; pay surrogates to bear children; and finance costly... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Government; Health, Social Assistance

26 Aug 2014
First Look

First Look: August 26

Publications August 2014 Management Science Smart People Ask for (My) Advice: Seeking Advice Boosts Perceptions of Competence By: Brooks, A.W., F. Gino, and M.E. Schweitzer Abstract—Although individuals can derive substantial benefits... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Web

Connections & Relationships | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

approaching a problem, that there are a lot of different tools at our disposal. Impact Prior to HBS, I was Special Assistant to the President at the Boston Foundation a local grantmaking and policy organization with major initiatives across education reform, job... View Details

01 Jun 2000
News

Managing the Map

Health (NIH) undertook the Human Genome Project, an effort to map the extraordinarily intricate chemical composition of the human genome. Scientists have long believed that understanding the vast genetic code underlying all human life... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs

13 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

Six Steps for Reinvigorating America

Motivates values-based capitalism and drives companies to contribute to solving social and environmental problems while also providing employees stimulating and satisfying work. Restores trust by committing to government as an instrument of View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2016
News

How Do We Win the Cyberwar?

the Syrian Electronic Army, which then tracked down an email with the Twitter login info. To Rothrock, one of the easiest ways to reduce the human factor and make it harder to hack is to treat digital awareness like a public View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai

08 Sep 2015
First Look

September 8, 2015

Galinsky Abstract—At some point, every company makes a mistake that requires an apology—to an individual; a group of customers, employees, or business partners; or the public at large. And more often than not, companies and their leaders... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

24 Aug 2020
Blog Post

My Journey to Joining the first MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Cohort

off the semester just the other day, and I'm already loving every second of it! This summer we are taking a class on COVID-19, and each day we hear from speakers who share unique perspectives. For example, we heard from an epidemiologist from the Harvard T.H. Chan... View Details

15 Feb 2012
Op-Ed

Occupy Wall Street Protestors Have a Point

failures of education and public health, state capitalism, radical movements and terrorism, and pandemics. The Eleventh Disruptor The business leaders also identified an eleventh disruptor: the inadequacy of existing government and... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower, Herman B. Leonard & Lynn S. Paine

01 Jun 2023
News

Just Breathe

cause chronic stress. Chronic stress can contribute to high blood pressure, a weakened immune system, anxiety, depression, diabetes, obesity, gastrointestinal problems, and accelerated aging. There was also a study by a Harvard professor [David Williams, at the T.H.... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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