American Family Insurance - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement

Crisis or Opportunity? Psychological Science Ayse Yemiscigil, A.V. Whillans, and N. Powdthavee “Does retirement lead to an existential crisis or present an opportunity to experience a renewed sense of purpose in life? In a nationally representative panel of View Details

01 Sep 2012
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A Silent Workplace Crisis

of life. Caring for my parents at home until the end, even with professional help, eventually became a full-time job. Today, 55 million Americans support at least one older loved one, and many countries face similar challenges. In the... View Details

Keywords: Janet Simpson Benvenuti; caregiving; aging; Nursing and Residential Care Facilities; Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 2005
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Mookerjee Picked as First Director of New HBS India Research Center

Mookerjee recently served as managing director of Capital One’s Asia business ventures, based in Bangalore, India. When that assignment ended in June 2004, he decided to remain with his family in India and subsequently launched an... View Details

Keywords: HBS; India Research Center; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Manuscript Collections - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

was founded by Henry B. Hyde in 1859 and under his leadership became the largest life insurance company in the world. The collection includes family correspondence between Hyde and his wife and his son James... View Details

05 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

Five questions for Regina E. Herzlinger

care system into a consumer-driven model. What, in a nutshell, are the advantages to your proposal? And the risks? Herzlinger: The pros of consumer-driven health care: Unlike today's cookie-cutter insurance policies, under consumer-driven... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Feb 2002
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Terrorism, Insurance, and Uncle Sam

In the wake of the September 11 attacks, business in general and the insurance industry in particular are examining ways to manage the high cost of insurance against acts of terrorism. Appearing before the... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2015
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2015

Blameless Victim: Our Ten-Year Legal Battle against Zurich American Insurance and American International Group by Harold S. Rhodes (MBA 1980) (CreateSpace Independent... View Details

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Krisha Patel | MBA

thrilled to be a part of the Roberts Family Fellow community, and look forward to learning from and alongside peers who are equally committed to solving some of the most pressing problems of our time. Tech areas of interest:... View Details

04 May 2010
First Look

First Look: May 4

organs faces widespread disapproval. We survey a representative sample of Americans to assess disapproval for several forms of kidney markets and to understand why individuals disapprove by identifying factors that predict disapproval,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Sep 2014
Research & Ideas

Food Stamp Entrepreneurs: How Public Assistance Enables Business Bootstrapping

risks of business ownership and relaxing credit constraints," Olds writes in the 2014 paper "Entrepreneurship and Public Health Insurance." Studying The Social Safety Net Olds grew up on Medicaid, a Federal health insurance... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

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Private companies: fast growing | Baker Library

Search from the left-hand menu Using the filters at the top of the page, you can screen for companies using Year Founded and/or Total Amount Raised. Under More filters > Historical financials you can also add % Revenue Growth YoY to your screening criteria. Use... View Details

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Bibliography - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections

the American Mathematical Society , no. 4. New York, N.Y.: American Mathematical Society, 1951. * Samuelson, Paul A. Foundations of Economic Analysis . Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1947. *... View Details

23 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Forgiving Medical Debt Won't Make Everyone Happier

people with health insurance often are saddled with medical debt. Policymakers have taken notice, and in an election year amid an uncertain economy, health care, debt, and economic mobility are all hot issues. A comedy show discovery... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health

James E. Stowers, Jr.

Stowers developed a proprietary and revolutionary computer modeling technology to analyze stock performance of target companies. His modeling program along with additional investments in technology became the cornerstones for his phenomenally successful View Details

Keywords: Finance

Portrait Project

Karina Rodriguez

My grandfather signed legal documents with his thumbprint. My dad got a sixth-grade education, and like his father before him, was destined to be a subsistence farmer. My family is from rural Mexico, and my dad understood the destiny of... View Details

12 Nov 2015
Research & Ideas

Can Consumers be Trusted with Their Own Health Care?

reveals a person’s genetically based health risk across dozens of disease categories. 23andMe test results showed one patient at higher risk of liver and bowel cancer—and that made sense, given family history. The patient discussed the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health

19 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

We conclude with directions for future research. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55591 February 2019 American Economic Journal: Economic Policy Does It Matter If Your Health View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 3, 2008

Institutions on the Philippine Frontier Under American Rule, 1898-1918 Authors:Lakshmi Iyer, Noel Maurer Abstract Abstract We examine three reforms to property rights introduced by the United States in the Philippines in the early 20th... View Details