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- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Credit, Decoded
A page from one of 63 credit volumes covering business in Louisiana State. This annotated entry details the success of two “free men of color” (identified by scholars as light-skinned men of mixed race) who worked as exchange brokers in... View Details
- 17 Feb 2016
- News
The Power of Art
The New York Times checked in with for-profit art broker Artlifting. The young company, which represents homeless and disabled artists, now has seven employees and works with more than 70 artists in eight cities. It has sold artwork for... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Fixer Upper
Real estate broker Sharon Enloe Baum (MBA ’65) cruises the streets of Manhattan in a chauffeured black Rolls-Royce that sports the license plate SOLD 1. Actually, in terms of co-ops and houses, she’s sold a lot more than one during her... View Details
Keywords: Real Estate
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Flying High
customer experience,” explaining that Fidelity plans to woo youthful investors and retain them as customers as their wealth grows over the years. On the brokerage side, she will work to secure the firm’s place as a mutual fund giant. “It’s a volume game,” she said.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Greed, Gullibility, and Optimism
Washington, D.C., Retsinas believes all parties in the housing mess were coconspirators — from lenders that hawked subprime finance deals with microprint caveats, to brokers that turned a blind eye to borrowers’ long-term solvency, to... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Come Clean
Twenty years ago, when a broker called to tell Jon Simon (MBA 1980) about the possibility of acquiring Parkway Custom Drycleaning, the broker didn’t initially reveal what it was—a high-end dry-cleaning... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Father of Modern Advertising
brokers of space in newspapers and magazines,” the authors tell us. “With Lasker’s prodding — and with contributions from pioneers at a handful of other agencies — the industry became a creative force and began earning substantial... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Breakthrough International Negotiation
negotiation, not the least of which is the corporate arena. "Brokering a deal requires the same ability to assess complex situations and craft breakthrough strategies as brokering a peace agreement," says Watkins. "Leaders of companies... View Details
- 29 Aug 2024
- News
A Kick Start for Latin American Startups
supports the real estate industry through a platform that allows brokers to digitize their operations, enabling access to a larger client base and performance data, options that so far have not reached their full potential in Latin... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Thomas C. Høegh
the Olympics, Høegh was called in to rescue a high-profile event in shambles - an Oslo concert to celebrate the Israeli-Palestinian peace accords secretly brokered in Norway. A scant two weeks later, the show went on, with a surprise... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Financial Services 24/7
place, they can go back and harvest their eternal verities - research, credibility, the brokers' personal touch - and use them to their advantage." Dwight Crane points to a recent Merrill Lynch advertising campaign to illustrate that advantage. He sees the message,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
My Real Career
hallowed halls of Aldrich to face the inevitable, “Hi! What are you doing these days?” I spent the entire plane ride to Boston blissfully reading instead of juggling apple juice, thumping dead DVD players, and brokering peace among my... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Finding a Balance
Deshpandé, who is now writing a “B” appendix to the case that examines Cipla’s current collaboration with the Clinton Foundation, an NGO that has brokered a low price for antiretrovirals in order to make them available in the Caribbean... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Case Study: The Credit Bureau
—Simon Pellas (MBA 2019) I’ve spent quite a bit of time on the B2B2C model in this industry. There are many stakeholders: Brokers will only adopt tech that will change the listing price or their fee structure. A free SaaS tool with... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Vision: Into the Breach
professionals from lawsuits filed by clients and customers (typically related to medical malpractice or errors in provided services). Diversifying its offerings will give At-Bay access to a larger market while further endearing it to the View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- 02 Apr 2014
- News
Disrupting the Criminal Supply Chain
resources or creating new laws or just being the broker for information sharing, my job is to drive the strategy on this very narrow field." Photo by Katherine Lambert View Details
- 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
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Social Investing Pioneers
brokered creation of the first social impact bond, which supports a program to reduce reoffending rates among former inmates of Her Majesty’s Prison Peterborough, a facility 75 miles north of London housing short-term offenders. The bond... View Details
- 23 May 2019
- News
Marla Beck, MBA/MPA 1998
customer base and needed the administrative and technical power of an established firm. In brokering the deal with Macy’s, the Becks were determined to remain part of the company. Marla serves as CEO and Barry as COO, and Bluemercury... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 23 Feb 2023
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Hometown Reboot
are the only things on my desk.” His pitch for Pittsburgh: “As a newbie to Pittsburgh, you can be connected to the power brokers in very short order. In a much larger city, it will take a long time to navigate all the gatekeepers to be... View Details
Keywords: April White