Personal Health Costs - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2000
News

Q&A: Andrew Kendall

with New Hampshire Audubon to work on global conservation issues in Costa Rica. What are the keys to success in working on environmental issues in a developing country? Costa Rica is known for its environmental ethic, but even there you have to be especially sensitive... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Personal Services; Personal Services; Personal Services; Personal Services; Personal Services; Personal Services; Personal Services; Personal Services

05 Jul 2006
Working Paper Summaries

Deep Links: Business School Students’ Perceptions of the Role of Law and Ethics in Business

Keywords: by Constance E. Bagley, Gavin Clarkson & Rachel Power; Legal Services

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3. Financial Obligations | MBA

3. Financial Obligations 3.1 Student Accounts 3.2 Financial Aid 3.3 Student Cost of Attendance 3.4 Tuition & Fees 3.5 Withdrawals, Leaves of Absence, & Return of Federal/Title IV Funding 3.6 VA Benefits 3.7 Financial Aid Fraud 3.8 View Details

21 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research

the things we can’t control are emotionally taxing, so, now more than ever, we need to take the personal time we have accumulated.” On days we do work, we should build in mini-mental health breaks to take a... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost

October 2004 (Revised February 2005)
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John Moran and the Orthopedics Industry

By: Richard G. Hamermesh

Reviews John Moran's 25-year career in the orthopedic industry and his current decision whether to start a hand and foot surgery company. View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Decision Choices and Conditions; Personal Development and Career; Health Industry

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Getting Involved - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

financial, and executive leaders in the health care industry to learn to apply the principles of Value-Based Health Care in their own organizations. Twice a year we offer our Value Measurement in View Details

24 Sep 2020
News

The Race for a Vaccine

control healthcare costs through better prevention. For instance, in 2014 the United States’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that all adults over 65 receive a dose of Prevnar 13, a Pfizer product that protects... View Details

Keywords: April White; COVID-19; Scientific Research and Development Services

01 Sep 2020
News

Saving Grace

holiday—next up is a trip to the American Rockies, if the global health crisis permits it—they can withdraw the cost of the trip and leave the rest where it is to continue growing. They pay one flat annual... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Mar 2023
News

Enabling Students to Pursue Their Passions

Southern California (USC) changed Velasquez’s trajectory, making it possible for him to become the first person in his family to attend college. But that was just the initial step toward Velasquez’s ultimate goal: to become a doctor and... View Details

Keywords: April White

11 May 2010
First Look

First Look: May 11

United States, expanding coverage and regulating insurers. However, it was not clear that expanding coverage would resolve a longstanding dilemma of rising costs for insurance and care. As the Department of View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

11 Feb 2015
Research & Ideas

Politicians Benefited From Using Toxic Loans

structured loans usually carry a few years of guaranteed low interest, which allows local governments to reduce the cost of their debt quickly and obviously. But after the honeymoon period, these loans end up carrying highly variable... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

01 Sep 2010
News

RX for Change

employs 9,000 people and ranks as Georgia’s largest, most comprehensive health system. Under consideration this day is a proposal to add specialists — known as neurohospitalists — to manage care for patients with disorders such as stroke.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Health, Social Assistance; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

01 Sep 2010
News

Start-Ups Make Their Pitch

today goes to telecom, high tech, or software,” said Mahesh, founder and CEO of Sundaram Medical Devices in Chennai. Mahesh trained at Stanford as an engineer and worked for McKinsey and Toyota before attending HBS. He plans to apply engineering and View Details

Keywords: awards; Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

August 13, 2024
Editorial

Can AI Save Physicians from Burnout?

By: Susanna Gallani, Lidia Moura and Katie Sonnefeldt

Keywords: Well-being; AI and Machine Learning; Work-Life Balance; Health Industry

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01 Jun 2017
News

Developing Insight that Has Power in Practice

100-plus health care centers to develop value-based accounting to help lower costs of health care delivery. The ability of faculty members to study these and other business... View Details

09 Aug 2006
Research & Ideas

Career Advancement Without Experience

careers," O'Mahony says. "In addition, they're moving in and out of contract work. There are a number of open research issues here, such as questions of health insurance and retirement. What we did was focus on a very specific... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Motion Pictures & Video; Technology

12 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

The Unexpected Link Between Cadavers and Careers

Two cadavers are better than one in this regard, so Anteby was encouraged when several donation program directors mentioned the co-donation phenomenon among married couples. "They said that sometimes they had spouses who would donate together," he says.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health; Health

01 Mar 2013
News

Making Change

residence in more than 30 states, and I couldn't marry the person of my choice in all but a handful of states. I knew that at the current pace of change, it could be years before I would have the same rights as my straight classmates. I... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; housing; gay rights; diabesity; disability; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Real Estate

01 Sep 2018
News

Case Study: A Good Fit

gym, for example—and sustaining it over time, says Sean Eldridge (MBA 2009). He and his cofounders at Gain Life, an early-stage startup based at the Harvard Launch Lab, have an app for that. By combining behavioral science and marketing best practices with the View Details