Health Care Entrepreneurship - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Oct 2016
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Adding Muscle to the Fight Against Disease

portfolio of programs in parallel.” In an industry where serial entrepreneurship is the norm, Cytokinetics’s approach instead requires “a strategy based on sustainability and durability” that includes forging significant partnerships with... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

07 Dec 2010
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Innovations from Emerging Markets

Keywords: Professor Tarun Khanna; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

27 Nov 2012
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The Beauty of the Network

Pao: A beauty business veteran leverages the HBS network to launch her own skincare line. Photo courtesy Patti Pao Patti Pao (MBA 1987) describes her two years at HBS as “spectacularly unsuccessful,” thanks in part to a culture clash with the section-enforced structure... View Details

Keywords: cosmetics; salmon; Health and Personal Care Stores; Health and Personal Care Stores; Health and Personal Care Stores; Health and Personal Care Stores; Health and Personal Care Stores; Health and Personal Care Stores

20 Sep 2021
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Innovation at Johnson & Johnson: A Conversation with Dr. William Hait

20 Mar 2014
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Kathy Giusti Named to Fortune's World's Greatest Leaders List

24 Apr 2012
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Start-ups Honored for Game-Changing Ideas

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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Why Your Frontline Employee Turnover Is High

11 Mar 2025
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Climate Migration: Why Some People Aren't Suited for the Cold (or Heat)

23 Oct 2024
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When Politics Disrupts Our Happiness

07 Dec 2015
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Connecting with Indigenous Traditions

Dan Sprinkles (MBA 1977) was 50 years old when a vision quest inspired him to leave the corporate world and embark on a role as a spiritual healer. “I’d always been hungry or starved for something that would create passion,” he says. After an early career at Castle &... View Details

29 Sep 2014
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The Rise of the MD/MBA

01 Feb 2002
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Web Exclusive: Behind the Scenes with Karen Tumulty

scoop: Naomi Wolf and the alpha male The Better Half 12/28/98 Hillary Clinton shines as husband declines Let's Play Doctor 7/13/98 Politicians and health care Why Subsidies Survive 3/25/96 Congress and... View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

15 Jun 2021
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Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy

communities of color who include the voices of community members in their decision-making.” Unknown to Big Funders The NCF focuses on four pillars of underfunded structural challenges: policing and criminal justice reform; economic empowerment; View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Jun 2002
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Alfred L. Cheauré - A Dog's Life

special. My competitive nature led me to contact a local dog club about showing her in competition, and one thing led to another. For about a year I went almost every weekend to a dog show with Anni and served as kennel help and doer of odd jobs taking View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Jun 2023
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Action Plan: Net Proceeds

“I’m a root-cause kind of guy,” says Robert Goodwin (GMP 3, 2007), reflecting on a military, government, and civilian career that has taken him from counterdrug operations in Colombia to assisting with the peace process in Sudan to rebuilding the View Details

Keywords: April White; recycling; corporate social responsibility; waste management; water; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services

01 Dec 2003
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Fall Reunions

set for the 25th and 30th Reunion classes. A variety of reunion programs offered a lively range of ways for alumni to get updated on current issues and to connect with one another. Twenty-nine members of the faculty and staff held sessions on topics that ranged from... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2013
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Geisha Secrets

TSAI: A luxury skin-care line based on ancient Japanese rituals. Years of work-related testing of beauty products had left Victoria Tsai (MBA 2006) with acute dermatitis. After trying various medications to no avail, she turned to Japan for a natural cure involving... View Details

Keywords: skincare; beauty products; Health and Personal Care Stores; Health and Personal Care Stores

13 Nov 2020
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Expanding Summer Fellowships to Support Students

Vladimir Jacimovic (MBA 1992), who created a summer training program for five students in response to the School’s outreach. “My background is in health care,” says Powers, who worked remotely for the San Francisco, California–based firm... View Details

01 Dec 2015
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Golden State of Mind

Tim Draper (MBA 1984) tells 30 students assembled poolside at Draper University, a seven-week entrepreneurship boot camp targeting 18- to 28-year-olds that he launched in 2012 after purchasing and renovating the vintage 1926 Benjamin... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Dec 2011
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Making the Case for Leadership

Angeles–based dialysis provider TRC. Thiry (MBA 1983) had just completed a difficult, ultimately unsuccessful term as CEO of another health care organization. After that experience, he pledged to join his... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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