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- 27 Jul 2017
- News
Seeing a Way Forward
opportunities,” Leger says. “I believe the idea that there is an inevitable tradeoff between profit and impact is fundamentally flawed and can be challenged through innovative social enterprises that will tackle markets and needs... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Inside the Revolution
business, organizational, financial, and institutional problems,” West recalls. Since Harvard University, with its medical school, teaching hospitals, and Nobel Prize winners, is perhaps the world’s leading institution when it comes to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Building a Better MBA
80 percent is done by the faculty?” That would leave 20 percent for skilled nonfaculty practitioners to advance certain teaching objectives, Palepu explains. Garvin cautiously suggests a similar approach, turning to Harvard Medical School... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Chasing the Silver Tsunami
assumptions about this demographic. Suddenly there is burgeoning interest in innovating for the oldest members of our society. Abby Miller Levy (MBA 2001), Meredith Oppenheim (MBA 2001), and Lissy Hu (MBA/MD 2014) are among the startup... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
opportunity to create and spread innovative solutions to some of society’s most pressing problems. In doing so, they joined a groundswell of interest in social entrepreneurship. Just as entrepreneurs spot missed opportunities in business... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Labs Enable Large-scale Research
(SEAS), and Harvard Medical School (HMS) will generate a range of output that will influence academia and practice. The labs will also help establish Harvard as a center for groundbreaking research on digital-, data-, and design-related... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Business of Biotech
concerns regarding the medical sector of the industry. Privacy is an issue for those who worry that complete knowledge of an individual's genetic makeup could have negative effects. If employers know an individual has a predisposition for... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Building a Movement
law, and medical schools getting together. SEI, together with similar initiatives like the Social Innovation and Change Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School, could play an important role in convening... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Golden State of Mind
Hsieh, and Lyft founder John Zimmer, centers around a team-based curriculum. To date, DU has nearly 500 alumni from 50 countries, with more than 250 startups created, including a medical device company, an apartment listings app, and an... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy
hard—urgent calls for a long-overdue racial reckoning are inspiring innovative approaches to exposing and ending structural inequities in business and society. Two new ventures led by HBS alumni are leveraging the power of philanthropy in... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Reaching Out
on a problem." The burst of entrepreneurial activity that occurred throughout the 1990s has also stimulated innovation in the social sector, she notes, and unprecedented wealth creation has forced people to recognize the widening gap... View Details
- 18 Aug 2021
- News
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
blessing,” the authors present “an unapologetic look at our often-overlooked role in America’s social, political, psychological, and economic history” and describe their new publication as a playbook “to help Black unicorns ‘team up’ and find View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Arunma Oteh (MBA 1990)
assets. “Our leadership understands that you can bring innovation from the private sector and capital markets to solve the world’s most difficult challenges,” says Oteh. She describes visiting World Bank projects in India that mitigate... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 26 Aug 2016
- News
Connecting with the Past
inbox is filled with success stories that describe his efforts as “holy work” and “nothing short of a miracle.” One person wonders, “Do you have any idea how many lives you’ve changed?” Another researcher comments, “From medical history... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
medical industry; shelving units for retail consumer products; and high-tolerance firing pins for military applications. When it comes to per-piece cost for metal stampings, the United States is very competitive with China because labor... View Details
- 06 Jan 2017
- News
Mental Illness and the Workplace
And in some cases, happen at the same time. And over time, I've learned to manage it using what I call, a cocktail of approaches. I use medication daily. Exercise daily. Meditation. But I also, have a very supportive family and structure... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
are notably aggressive in their pursuit of research, therapies, and cures. These organizations apply results-oriented business approaches to medical and academic research that in the past would typically move at a stately pace. (Brad... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
John McArthur
for Growth & Innovation I was an incoming MBA student at HBS in 1984 from the Philippines. It was my first time living abroad, and for the first few months after my arrival in Cambridge, I felt quite lonely for home. One day, I received a... View Details
Keywords: Dean
- 29 Mar 2023
- News
Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria
packaged food, thermal blankets, hygiene and medical products, and two trucks of animal feed were provided in Gaziantep, Kahramanmaraş, and Hatay. "Support poured in from all of FIBA's subsidiaries, including those in the wind power plant... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
focusing on and expecting major growth with younger fans (especially ages 6–13), US Hispanics ("more of whom watched the last Super Bowl than the last World Cup final"), and women ("a strong group and getting stronger"). To reach the first two groups, the league has... View Details