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- 29 Apr 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Use Personal Experience to Pick Winning Stocks
that the prices are right, because they usually are," says Harvard Business School finance professor Lauren H. Cohen, who serves as an editor of Management Science. "From there, you can look for the small corners where they are... View Details
- August 2011 (Revised July 2014)
- Case
Amil and the Health Care System in Brazil
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho
Dr. Edson Bueno created Amil, Brazil's largest health insurer. Unlike many others, it is vertically integrated. Dr. Bueno has two opportunities for growth. Which, if any, should he pursue? View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Innovation and Invention; Opportunities; Insurance; Vertical Integration; Insurance Industry; Brazil
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho. "Amil and the Health Care System in Brazil." Harvard Business School Case 312-029, August 2011. (Revised July 2014.)
- September 2011
- Teaching Note
The Allstate Corporation (TN)
By: John R. Wells
Teaching Note for 708485. View Details
- March 1999 (Revised October 1999)
- Case
Tufts Health Plan
By: Richard M.J. Bohmer and Nancy D. Beaulieu
Describes the introduction of capitation by a managed care company and the challenges of managing financial risk in the Medicare population. Focuses on the relationship between the health plan and physicians. View Details
Keywords: Health; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives; Risk and Uncertainty; Insurance; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry
Bohmer, Richard M.J., and Nancy D. Beaulieu. "Tufts Health Plan." Harvard Business School Case 699-160, March 1999. (Revised October 1999.)
- October 24, 2018
- Article
End the Corporate Health Care Tax
By: Mark R. Kramer and John Pontillo
Imagine if a single piece of legislation could effectively eliminate all U.S. corporate taxes, subsidize hundreds of millions of dollars in new corporate investment, increase the take-home pay of most U.S. employees, ease state and local budgets, and reduce the U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Taxation; Health Care and Treatment; Insurance; Taxation; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; United States
Kramer, Mark R., and John Pontillo. "End the Corporate Health Care Tax." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (October 24, 2018).
- 23 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Management’s Role in Reforming Health Care
think we can stop health-care reform if and when we come to agreement about an optimal insurance model," says Bohmer. "For me, insurance reform is a necessary but not sufficient component of... View Details
- 1985
- Chapter
Implicit Labor Contracts Viewed as Options: A Discussion of 'Insurance Aspects of Pensions'
By: Robert C. Merton
Keywords: Compensation and Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Contracts; Labor and Management Relations; Insurance
Merton, Robert C. "Implicit Labor Contracts Viewed as Options: A Discussion of 'Insurance Aspects of Pensions'." In Pensions, Labor and Individual Choice, edited by David A. Wise. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985.
- November 1981 (Revised January 1984)
- Background Note
Note on the Property-Casualty Business
By: David E. Bell
Keywords: Insurance
Bell, David E. "Note on the Property-Casualty Business." Harvard Business School Background Note 182-143, November 1981. (Revised January 1984.)
- 08 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 8, 2015
that exists at the top of organizational hierarchies. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49601 forthcoming Management Science Financing Risk and Innovation By: Nanda, Ramana, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- June 1989 (Revised July 1993)
- Case
CIGNA Worldwide
By: John A. Quelch
A CIGNA Worldwide (CWW) task group of European country directors and key functional managers is meeting in November 1988 to discuss how CWW should respond to the European Community's plan to remove existing internal barriers and restrictions to the free flow of goods... View Details
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Insurance; Competitive Strategy; Emerging Markets; Trade; Insurance Industry; Europe
Quelch, John A. "CIGNA Worldwide." Harvard Business School Case 589-098, June 1989. (Revised July 1993.)
- 03 Sep 2020
- Op-Ed
Why American Health Care Needs Its Own SEC
services of unknown quality. The lack of transparency protects providers and insurers from needing to compete on the price and quality of their services. Lack of competition, in turn, inflates the cost and probably also diminishes the... View Details
- 07 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
Electronic Health Records Were Supposed to Cut Medical Costs. They Haven't.
complicated, Kaplan says. One reason is the multiplicity of payers, including Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial insurance companies, with reams of contracts differing in coverage and procedure prices. The different contracts don’t even... View Details
- 28 Aug 2014
- Op-Ed
Government Can Do More to Unfreeze Small Business Credit
regulators and bank examiners are inconsistent, which leads to confusion and an aversion to taking on more risk from bankers. During the most difficult part of the crisis, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued guidance... View Details
- 06 Jan 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is a Stringent Climate Change Agreement a Pot of Gold?
to lead the way, forcing other countries to act with or without an agreement? And should countries that will benefit most from the entrepreneurial opportunity, as Bharath Krishnan and Ajay Kumar Gupta implied, help finance others? What do... View Details
- August 1989 (Revised May 1993)
- Case
Computer Company's Health Plan
Herzlinger, Regina E. "Computer Company's Health Plan." Harvard Business School Case 190-038, August 1989. (Revised May 1993.)
- 27 Feb 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
How Following Best Business Practices Can Improve Health Care
Either Heal Health Care?A public insurance option could use its scale to hold prices down, but only if the approach avoids the financing gimmicks that are undermining Medicare. Research Papers Cohort... View Details
- November 2023 (Revised June 2025)
- Case
Aviva plc: Examining Net Zero
By: Peter Tufano, Brian Trelstad and Matteo Gasparini
The board of Aviva Plc, one of the world’s largest insurers, must review its climate risk exposures and evaluate next steps. Risk experts at the firm have conducted a robust set of analyses prepared for its regulator, the Bank of England, simulating how various climate... View Details
Keywords: Analysis; Climate Change; Insurance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Risk Management; Adaptation; Financial Services Industry; Insurance Industry; Europe; United Kingdom
Tufano, Peter, Brian Trelstad, and Matteo Gasparini. "Aviva plc: Examining Net Zero." Harvard Business School Case 324-008, November 2023. (Revised June 2025.)
- 25 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]
relying on $500,000 in financing provided by family members, friends, and "angel" investors, recurred in accounts of what she was trying to accomplish. "This is by far the most challenging thing I've ever done," she... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 03 Jan 2017
- First Look
January 3, 2017
relocation of resources in affected fund families and in the asset management industry in general, as well as decline in capital of issuers borrowing from money funds. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51404 forthcoming Review of View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 2015
- Working Paper
Markets with Price Coherence
By: Benjamin Edelman and Julian Wright
In markets with price coherence, the purchase of a given good via an intermediary is constrained to occur at the same price as a purchase of that same good directly from the seller (or through another competing intermediary). We examine ten markets with price... View Details
Keywords: Intermediaries; Platforms; Two-Sided Markets; Vertical Restraints; Price; Distribution Channels; Business History; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry
Edelman, Benjamin, and Julian Wright. "Markets with Price Coherence." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-061, January 2015. (Revised March 2015.)