Boston Children's Hospital - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Apr 2017
News

Panera-bred Leaders Have Risen Throughout the Restaurant Industry

As Ron Shaich (MBA 1978) grew Au Bon Pain and then the Panera Bread Company into the nation’s largest “fast casual” chain, he was also shaping a team of highly skilled restaurant executives. A recent article in the Boston Globe traces the... View Details

Keywords: Hospitality; Hospitality

Rudina Seseri

with 2,500 technology innovators and digital executives. Her philanthropic work includes serving on the Philanthropy Board for Boston Children’s Hospital as Vice-Chairwoman. Rudina has been named one of... View Details

Keywords: Software/App;#75;#Venture Capital

13 Mar 2020
News

Expanding Cancer Care

I spent pretty much every weekend going to nursing homes and making house calls with my dad and spending a lot of time around pretty sick patients. So for most of my life—my adult life—I decided I actually didn't want anything to do with health care. But when I moved... View Details

01 Sep 2020
News

Elevator Pitch: First Byte

employees and customers.” Heard: “We’re working on a pilot with a foodservice provider in the Boston area. For us, the biggest milestone will be putting a robot in the market so we can become a more proven concept before we start... View Details

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; restaurants; food prep; Hospitality; Hospitality

05 Jun 2006
Research & Ideas

Using Competition to Reform Healthcare

a disadvantage. Strategic focus is not about narrow specialization, but the pursuit of excellence and deepening penetration in the chosen fields. At Fairview-University Children's Hospital (Minnesota), for... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health

01 Apr 1999
News

A Random Sampling of HBS Graduates in the News

he told the Boston Business Journal (January 114, 1999). Added Krasnow, "The [medical] system today doesn't really provide the resources people need. Patients are discharged from hospitals very quickly."... View Details

01 Dec 2008
News

A Force for Good

merger of Boston City Hospital and University Hospital, a decade ago. He was there to help me. And just this past year, he headed up a search for me for a new president of the View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank; Hospitals; Hospitals; Hospitals; Hospitals; Hospitals; Hospitals; Hospitals; Hospitals; Hospitals; Hospitals; Hospitals; Hospitals

08 Mar 2017
Blog Post

Education Sector Opportunities at HBS

there). However, there’s a lively and robust education sector community within Harvard Business School and you can learn a valuable set of skills and perspectives to take into the education field. For example, what do Boston Public... View Details

01 Dec 2019
News

The Race Against Resistance

Waltham, Massachusetts, suggests two main reasons why so few new antibiotics are in the pipeline. First, antibiotics are used for relatively short courses and, as a result, aren’t as profitable as chronic-care medicines. Second, in the United States, View Details

Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov

01 Mar 2006
News

Entrepreneur's Notebook with Paul Conforti and Kim Moore (both MBA '97)

Names: Paul Conforti and Kim Moore (both MBA ’97) Company: Finale Dessert Company (established 1998) Locations: Park Plaza, Boston & Harvard Square, Cambridge Web: www.finaledesserts.com With vision, fortitude, and a whole lot of... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; desserteries; Hospitality; Hospitality

01 Mar 2006
News

Scaling Peaks for Cancer Research

expedition came to joint-degree student John Serafini (HBS and Kennedy School of Government 2007) after his sister’s bout with thyroid cancer. She was successfully treated at Children’s Hospital Boston last... View Details

Keywords: pediatric cancer research; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

Profile

Jenny Tison

interest in business. But Jenny's internship with The Boston Consulting Group brought focus to her aspirations. “I saw consulting as a chance to help people improve,” she says. All told, Jenny spent three years with BCG in Chicago and... View Details

11 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Four Ways to Create Lasting Change

played a key role in driving performance improvement. Q: How will you take this work further? What are your next steps? A: The ideas here have been an interest of ours for some time. For instance, one of us (Michael) has written a case study about a patient safety... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2017
News

Case Study: The Doctor Deficit

help your startup stand out from the rest, listen to the innovation heads at Boston Children’s Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital discuss what View Details

Keywords: April White

Career Coach

Ellen Harris

interested in coaching across industries and functions. Clients include: Boston Bruins, Biogen, Novartis, Bain Capital, BCG, McKinsey, Harvard departments as well as graduate programs, MIT, INSEAD Business School, Hult International... View Details

Keywords: Hospitality; Hospitality; Hospitality; Hospitality; Hospitality; Hospitality; Hospitality

22 Mar 2011
First Look

First Look: March 22

much. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/611012-PDF-ENG Children's Hospital Boston (A) Scott A. Snook and Jeffrey C. ConnorHarvard Business School Case... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Apr 1999
News

Time to Vote in University Elections

President, MMP Group, New York, N.Y. Joseph J. O'Donnell, AB '67, MBA '71. Owner, Chairman, Boston Concessions Group, Inc., Boston, Mass. (Nominated by petition) Stephen B. Hrones, AB '64, cum laude; JD '68, University of Michigan. Sr.... View Details

15 Nov 2016
News

Classroom Lessons Put Into Practice Abroad

hone their leadership, teamwork, and design thinking skills to prepare for their Brazil immersion. The process informed the goal: to help their partner company attract more young families to the bakery chain and scale the business. “In View Details