One of the best aspects of Harvard Business School is its proximity to the country’s best hospitals, academic centers, and culture of innovation and entrepreneurship. The Health Care Initiative regularly connects with local organizations through our Harvard partner relationships and our robust alumni network to create rich learning experiences for our students. Recently, we sponsored a tour of the Boston Medical Center which is the largest safety-net hospital in New England with the busiest trauma and emergency services center. With many of our students interested in improving care delivery, this was a great opportunity for them to catch a glimpse of the front lines of health care in action as well witness some of the behind-the-scenes flow of hospital operations. [...]

Social Enterprise, founded in 1993, was the first established Initiative at Harvard Business School. SEI came to later serve as a model for the School to address topics that sit at the intersection of business and society and do not fit neatly within traditional academic disciplines. Today, there are a total of eight Initiatives at HBS that cover a range of topics from sectors of the economy to societal issues. In the spirit of promoting collaborative efforts between the Initiative teams, HBS created an administrative department in 2014 to advance the strategic and operational goals of its expanded portfolio of Initiatives. So what exactly are HBS Initiatives? Here are a few key ways to consider them: [...]

One of the reasons why prospective students interested in health care should consider Harvard Business School (HBS) is its amazing location. The Greater Boston area is full of companies, hospitals and universities focused on health care, technology and science. And, with the final beams of the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) going up on Western Ave, across the street from HBS, the concept of the Allston “Innovation Corridor” is visibly well underway. [...]

Some of the greatest health care innovations have taken decades to reach widespread adoption, adding to the ever-increasing cost of health care. This "scale-up" competition seeks to shorten the time frame for innovation dissemination. In the fall of 2016 four teams were selected as finalists. On November 8, 2017, Carrum Health was announced the winner. [...]

This past summer, Founding Faculty Chair Vicki Sato, six Blavatnik Fellows and a few sous chefs (aka significant others) spent an evening at the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts cooking up business ideas and perfecting their recipe for success. There are many parallels between cooking and creating businesses from scratch. Both encourage teams to work with a spirit of creative collaboration, set goals, delegate tasks, develop skills, meet timelines, and in the end enjoy the delicious rewards of a job well done. [...]