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- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
world in life expectancy, at 77.9 years. Half the U.S. population does not receive standard preventive care such as cancer screening, blood pressure checks, or vaccinations. A...
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- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Launch Codes
us for years—even before we raised any money—in part because Jana Care is a very mission-driven company. That was an important lesson for us: Money is not the only motivating factor in a small company. If...
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- 24 Apr 2014
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Dreaming big for Africa’s future
and power generation. Helios also annually contributes a fixed percentage of its gross fee income to nonprofit groups and programs in Africa that improve access to education and health View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
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June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
consumers in seeking care providers, how consumers make decisions about health care, the system-wide effects of increased consumer choice in health care, and the important...
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- 15 Jun 2021
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
At HBS, I actively engaged in building the Africa Business Club and ramping up the Social Enterprise Initiative. This period really shaped my career focus and propelled my desire to return to Nigeria. Over...
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- 01 Jun 2011
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The Best-Laid Plans
side effects of the powerful drugs used to treat HIV/AIDS and TB. In February, DFA’s reach broadened when the Gates Foundation continued its support by awarding the group a $2.99 million grant to develop agricultural diagnostics for rural...
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- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Rediscovering America
possible for organizations and individuals to donate unused computer time for use in AIDS and cancer research, which requires huge amounts of data-processing capacity. What is the difference between the “no...
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- 26 Apr 2011
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BioMine Strikes Gold
Contest were Boss Medical and Baby.com.br, while SANA Care won in the social enterprise track. More than 90 teams submitted entries as part of this year's Alumni New Venture Contest. Clubs View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
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Making Change
mobile application. We currently offer destination information on Washington, D.C., Chicago, Boston, and London on the mobile app and hope to cover as many as 150 places. Sidhant Jena (MBA 2011) Jana Care — SEF 2012 honoree Jana View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Putting Ghosts to Rest
problems during rollout. What I love about working in Africa is that I am constantly reminded that I don’t know what I don’t know, and that with every project there is something more to learn, a new...
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- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Academic Cross-Pollination
Along with a bunch of other highly qualified students, one of this team’s members was a Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researcher. Within two weeks, the team delivered the bad news that the technology wasn’t going to pan out. But they then...
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- 30 Sep 2014
- News
Life Lessons on the Open Seas
“Ninety-one percent of the people who go through our program say they have an easier time in their life conquering life’s other challenges,” he says. Callahan was 41 when he took over Sail to Prevail in...
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- 02 Sep 2018
- News
Havana Rising
to move to Havana. The decision came in January 2017, when Gordon was working in a sales position at Castlight, a Bay Area B2B health care technology company. The couple had...
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- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
mothers who were employed tend to be more successful in the workplace than those raised by mothers who weren’t employed. Men whose mothers were employed spend more time caring for family members. “There’s a...
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- 10 Mar 2021
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New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
companies in South Africa and abroad, and sheds a light on the harsh realities of corporate environments. Drawing on her years of experience and research, the author argues that many young Black...
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- 01 Jun 2009
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Dispatches from the Global Classroom
doesn’t look like what I thought it would, but I have learned, once again, that people are so much more varied and interesting than what I could imagine on my own,” writes Margulies, who worked on improving health-care systems and rural economic development View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
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Sizing Up Social Impact
radical transformations, including a power shift from its headquarters in London to an international secretariat in Johannesburg; a new federated governance structure that increases the influence of units...
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- 01 Sep 2018
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September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
Threat in Africa by James M. Hawes (MBA 1971) and Mary Ann Koenig Skyhorse Publishing Sometime in 1965, James Hawes landed in the Congo with cash...
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- 01 Jun 1996
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Class Acts
times during Minto's childhood, she and her family had to relocate from their native Canada for extensive sojourns in Africa and Europe. As a result, she soon discovered how to adapt quickly to new...
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- 01 Jun 2010
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$how Me the Money
(which are often legal and unavoidable), while maintaining a strong anti-corruption and anti-capture stance. HBS professor Lou Wells, with many years of experience working on mining agreements and as a negotiator in View Details