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- 27 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
A Politician's Investment Portfolio Might Tip Off Corruption Potential
up similar red flags for financial risk taking, which could trigger greater surveillance. For investment brokers and advisors, certain transactions raise a red flag, but personal character traits do not. Some social psychologists tend to... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Case Study: The Doctor Deficit
employer and employee, Nomad manages the process, from background checks to malpractice insurance to payroll. It charges health care institutions a 15 percent commission for each hire—a transparency unheard of in a sector in which the employment agency typically serves... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
Brokerage and Brokering: An Integrative Review and Organizing Framework for Third Party Influence By: Halevy, Nir, Eliran Halali, and Julian Zlatev Abstract— Brokerage and brokering are pervasive and consequential organizational... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Dec 2016
- HBS Case
Why Millennials Flock to Fintech for Personal Investing
mutual funds, with 11 categories of investments, including global stocks, corporate and municipal bonds, real estate, natural resources, and treasury bonds. The fund also automatically rebalances itself over time just as mainstream financial advisors and View Details
- Profile
Dana Hoffmann
provides tenants with the quality of a rental broker but without the exorbitant cost. We decided to pivot and create a tool for consumers, using a platform of qualified tenants. When did you launch Portico? We pivoted to Portico on March... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
ecosystem: Did you know that there are about 3,000 brokers in the US alone who specialize in brokering smaller firms? Or that there are private equity firms whose sole business is financing smaller firm... View Details
- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
and also broadening the circumstances in which they arise. We discuss applications to travel reservation systems, payment card systems, marketplaces, rebate services, search engine advertising, and various types of brokers and agencies.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 May 2018
- Blog Post
HBS/HKS Alum Regan Turner on Empowering Veterans
did as an officer in the Marine Corps. I have to understand who the local power brokers are, what the major issues and challenges are, and how I can use my resources to make a difference while at the same time trying to accomplish my... View Details
- 30 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds
however, even though Trian lost the battle, it eventually won the war. The close vote shook up DuPont’s complacent managers and shareholders, and the company, with the help of investors, eventually brokered a deal to merge with rival Dow... View Details
- 19 Oct 2022
- News
If I Were You
are not glamorous things a lot of times. Like they’re just , you know, picking up phone calls. Calling brokers and doing work, reading over agreements. But those are actually where you spend a majority of your time, and just having the... View Details
- 08 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Return of the Salesman
address: that salespeople promoted innovations; that they acted as brokers of information; and that their activities "embodied the spirit of capitalism in popular culture." Could you elaborate on the importance of these themes? A: In the... View Details
- 07 Jan 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Culture Changers: Managing High-Impact Entrepreneurs
you need all these people, the seemingly inefficient intermediaries, to actually do that. They are constructing value, making market exchange possible; they are not just brokering the meeting." "If you can shift one of these... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
timely information and to perform transactions quickly and economically have spurred organizational and strategic transformation. Customers' expectations and demands are escalating, as well. As Schwab's Goldman says, "What people expect and what View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 06 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
High Hills, Deep Poverty: Explaining Civil War in Nepal
by the Maoists. But the latest one at least seems to be holding up for now. Many peace agreements are brokered by a third country. Is that necessary? Under what conditions is that kind of agreement going to work? The other branch of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
transactions quickly and economically have spurred organizational and strategic transformation. Customers' expectations and demands are escalating, as well. As Schwab's Goldman says, "What people expect and what brokers are willing... View Details
- 11 Apr 2018
- News
The First Five Years: Regan Turner (MBA 2013)
officer in the Marine Corps. I have to understand who the local power brokers are, what the major issues and challenges are, and how I can use my resources to make a difference while at the same time trying to accomplish my mission. It... View Details
- 14 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 14
In 2013 Ning Tang, who in 2006 founded CreditEase as a broker of P2P loans to unbanked individuals and small businesses in China, confronts the challenges of rapid growth and expansion in a changing regulatory environment. CreditEase... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 29, 2008
Social Networks Authors:Adam M. Kleinbaum and Michael L. Tushman Publication:HBS Centennial Issue. Harvard Business Review 86, nos. 7/8 (July - August 2008) Abstract Idea brokers are good at sparking cross-divisional innovation through... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
brokers to talk to Internet customers in real time, cautioned that advances in quality and service should be introduced over time. "It's important to stay on the leading edge with customers without falling off," he concluded. "Technology... View Details
- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
Selling Our Souls? The Commodification of Children Author:Debora Spar Publication:Conscience 27, no. 3 (autumn 2006): 14-16 Abstract When people choose their sperm online, when they contract with an egg broker or adoption agency, when... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne