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Health Care and Life Science at HBS
Health Care and Life Science at HBS
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. [...]
"Consistently ranked as one of the premier educational programs in the world, the Harvard Business School in Boston, Mass., traces its roots back to 1908. Its where world-renowned professors train future CEOs and business entrepreneurs. And it’s where, almost a decade ago, Kaiser Permanente moved its “Executive Leadership Program.” [...]