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  • October 2004 (Revised July 2005)
  • Case

Kinetic Concepts, Inc.

By: Jay W. Lorsch, Dwight B. Crane and Ashley Robertson
Raises issues about how the nature and function of a board changes as a company moves from ownership by its employees, including the founder, to ownership by a private equity firm, Fremont Partners, culminating in a highly successful IPO. Gives students the opportunity... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Governing and Advisory Boards; Initial Public Offering; Behavior; Organizations; Employee Ownership; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; Health Industry; United States
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  • 27 Jul 2016
  • News

Breaking the Cycle of Poverty

Margaret Crotty (MBA 2000) is CEO of Partnership with Children, which provides counseling services and family support to public schools in New York City. In this interview, she reflects on the influences that put her on this path. “Two of... View Details
  • 04 Sep 2019
  • News

Advancing Diagnostics that Can Save Lives

and commercialize medical diagnostic tools that will, ultimately, improve health outcomes. Lee’s DZD was one of the inaugural startups in 2016 at the Life Lab, a state-of-the-art wet lab and coworking space in Allston for Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • Web

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 View Details
  • Web

Laura Dries Archives | Social Enterprise

Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services View Details
  • 11 Dec 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 11

that technology diffuses slower to locations that are farther away from adoption leaders. This effect is stronger across rich countries and also when measuring distance along the south-north dimension. A simple theory of human... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Sep 2018
  • Blog Post

Care for the Elderly: Process is More Important Than the Destination

current market.  I have felt that my biggest achievement while working on this project, has been pulling together seven very diversified team members from the Harvard Public Health School, Harvard Graduate... View Details
Keywords: Health Care
  • 22 Feb 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Manager Visibility No Guarantee of Fixing Problems

Motions: An Empirical Test of Management Involvement in Process Improvement," HBS professor Anita L. Tucker and Harvard School of Public Health professor Sara J. Singer show that communicating with... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health
  • 01 Mar 2013
  • News

A Healthy Profit

Nair, who received his medical training in India and a master's degree from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), Gita's case demonstrates not only the importance of getting good primary care but also... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance
  • 26 Jan 2004
  • Research & Ideas

How Women Can Get More Venture Capital

it's not for what can they buy. For women, money is not usually how they measure their success. It's not that they don't want it; but they want it for the things that they can get with it. Of course, there are women—and men—who just love... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
  • 14 Jul 2021
  • Blog Post

From Colombia to the District of Columbia: Making an Impact with Paulina Llano (MBA 2022)

‘Wow, wouldn’t it be amazing to work for this company that is literally saving the world?’ Plus the public and private side approach was one I was very interested in.” Taking Her Shot However, when Llano reviewed the job description, she... View Details
Keywords: Health Care
  • 29 Apr 2022
  • News

Clean Slate

Coalition, an organization coordinating business, government, and nonprofit efforts to improve India’s water quality and health outcomes. Naina Lal Kidwai: This was not a sexy business. You don't want to put your name to toilets. You're... View Details
Keywords: Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities
  • August 8, 2018
  • Article

Hospital-based ACOs Face Challenges in Tracking Performance Indicators

By: Christiana Beveridge, Sofia Warner, Greg Leya and Thomas W. Feeley
Given that accountable care organizations (ACOs) have not achieved the degree of cost reductions and quality improvements initially hoped for, we sought to better understand the underlying reasons for their limited success. Our analysis of American Hospital Association... View Details
Keywords: ACOs; Health Care and Treatment; Cost Management; Performance; Measurement and Metrics
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  • 07 Sep 2021
  • News

Embracing Activism for Social Change

In 2020, the city of Detroit logged some 7,000 calls involving mental health emergencies—a critical issue, notes Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, who says, “When the mentally ill turn to the police for a response, the system is broken.” To fix... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
  • 29 Sep 2022
  • News

Securing a Resilient Future for Senegal

examined benchmarks on fiscal and monetary measures that were being implemented across the world. The team also consulted leading actors in the public and private sectors. “We received data from different... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
  • Article

Scale and Scope in Drug Development: Unpacking the Advantages of Size in Pharmaceutical Research

By: Rebecca M. Henderson and Iain Cockburn
Keywords: Research and Development; Health; Size
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  • 28 Nov 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Challenging the Belief that Liability Laws Kill Medical Device Innovation

bottom line of medical device companies—it’s good for patients as well. Related Reading: New Medical Devices Get To Patients Too Slowly Public R&D Investments and Private-sector Patenting: Evidence from NIH Funding Rules Five... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Medical Devices & Supplies
  • 25 Feb 2020
  • News

Action Plan: Just Breathe

In the late aughts, Joe Burton (PMD 75, 2000) looked like a success story. In 2006, after a successful career in consulting and the C-suite of numerous public companies, he was named COO of McCann Worldgroup, overseeing $1.5 billion in... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 01 Feb 1997
  • News

Ban the Butterfly Rule for Corporate Directors

obligations of board membership. Accepting a position in the public sector will typically necessitate stepping down from private sector responsibilities to avoid conflicts of interest. And it is possible that View Details
Keywords: Joseph Hinsey IV
  • 17 Sep 2020
  • News

HBS Goes Back To School

procedures, introducing everything from directional and spacing decals on the floors to food delivery. “It’s an important service for the school, and our hope is that community members take it as seriously as these associates do with regards to their teammates' View Details