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- 22 Jun 2023
- News
Finding Her Place
when the recruiter called from Chapman Partnership, a homeless-services nonprofit in Miami-Dade County, Hudson said she wasn’t interested. Yet she couldn’t stop thinking about the opportunity—and her Uncle Billy. Her mother’s brother had struggled with mental View Details
- 28 Apr 2020
- News
Lessons from a COVID Survivor
Radha Ruparell (MBA 2008) Radha Ruparell (MBA 2008) When Radha Ruparell (MBA 2008) fell ill with COVID-19, she wasn’t prepared for the physical and emotional rollercoaster that the ensuing weeks would bring. On day 16 of her illness,... View Details
- 15 Jan 2019
- News
Working to Improve the End of Life
in dying is also called physician-assisted death, sometimes. And what it is, is the ability of a mentally competent, terminally ill adult to get a prescription from their doctor that they can use to end their life, if they choose to do... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Bart Harvey: Opportunities for Others
residents' levels of health, education, and job preparedness all show improvement. But urban ills such as crime and rundown areas remain. "This is not an overnight process," says Harvey, "but we are moving closer to our goals. The reality... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Booth Gardner’s Night at the Oscars
leaving office. Although his own condition is not considered life-threatening, in 2006 he took on what has become known as the Death with Dignity campaign, believing that terminally ill people should have the right to make the choice of... View Details
- 28 Oct 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Nick Soman (MBA 2010)
What was the inspiration behind Reveal? “The inspiration for Reveal happened in 2009 during my second year at HBS. I got an illness called GBS (Guillain-Barré Syndrome) that stripped the protein sheaths around my nerves so they couldn’t... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Richard Edelman (MBA 1978)
social ills than government. Trust is the central issue for global institutions. CEOs have to speak out on societal issues, because their employees expect to work for a company with values consistent with their own. Wolverine, the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Better Care at Lower Cost
good example of disruptive innovation, Christensen noted. Before the development of balloon angioplasty, patients with coronary artery disease had to be seriously ill before getting open-heart bypass surgery, an expensive procedure... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Katherine Switz (MBA 2000)
I wanted to create many, many more. The Stability Network has 70 leaders in 25 cities in the United States and Canada. Getting people to come out about their mental illness is actually pretty hard, but we give them support, training, and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Vittorio Colao (MBA 1990)
modes I need to be in—decision-making, listening, analyzing, and so on.” Recent reads: One serious, one for relaxation. Ill Fares the Land by economist Tony Judt and The Ascendant: A Garrett Reilly Thriller by Drew Chapman. The Economist... View Details
- 13 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
Advancing Health Care Innovation and Impact with Anita Gupta (GMP 29, 2020)
from treating critically ill patients to advising global health organizations. But at HBS, I realized that leadership wasn’t just about what we do, it’s about how we empower others to drive change. Some of my most valuable lessons came... View Details
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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Initiative 25th anniversary blog series, which highlig... Bay Area Alumni Discuss the Role of Technology in Social Change, for Good or for Ill Elaine MacDonald 10 Apr 2019 On March 14, 2019, over 20 Bay Area HBS alumni gathered for... View Details
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Buy Now, Pay Later: The Usurer's Grip (1912)
actors display a loving family life. It is not heedless consumer spending that drives Mr. and Mrs. Jenks into debt, but a doctor’s bill during the illness of their daughter. The message is clear: anyone might become the prey of a loan... View Details
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Juan Eyzaguirre
homes were destroyed. There were no hospitals or schools. The ill needed assistance and children were about to start the school year." Despite the devastation, the president recognized that it wouldn't be enough to meet immediate... View Details
- 04 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Right Way to Restructure Conglomerates in Emerging Markets
and international technology. Rushing to dismantle the business groups that now fill these institutional voids could do more harm than good. It would simply reinforce the inefficiency of the private sector and may intensify social distress, which emerging economies are... View Details
Keywords: by Tarun Khanna & Krishna Palepu
- 30 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
Health Care Under a Research Microscope
taking care of ill patients and how we manage that act, how you design the processes that execute on that goal, and how you design the organizations that support those processes." I think Harvard and HBS have the capacity to make... View Details
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1.4.5 Required Internship & Internship Courses | MBA
requirement include the following: Medical reasons, including for mental health. Birth or adoption of one’s own child. Death or serious illness in the student's immediate family. A court summons. A military order. To apply for a waiver... View Details
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Oded Navon
life, they will have your back. As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? I wanted to be a doctor. However, in my early twenties, my dad became ill with cancer and passed away after a few years. Spending time with him in the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
HBS Student Battles ALS
the fact that ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease) is a progressive neurodegenerative illness that to date has no cure, Kremer vowed to continue his studies at HBS, far from his network of family and friends in... View Details
- 24 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurial Hospital Pioneers New Model
her own physician. Reflecting on his background, Shetty wrote on his Web site that he became a doctor because of the recurrent illnesses of his parents. As a child he lived in fear that he would lose his mother; his father, a diabetic,... View Details