Finance ＆ Insurance - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Mar 2024
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In Harmony

that recapitalized his home country in the wake of the Asian financial crisis. But Kim’s aptitude for finance is only a small part of who he is as a person. In 2020, he published Offerings, a deeply personal, autobiographical novel about... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photograph by Jun Michael Park

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Globalization - Faculty & Research

demanding than what the minimalist nature of duties of forbearance initially would suggest. 2014 Working Paper Finance and Social Responsibility in the Informal Economy: Institutional Voids, Globalization and Microfinance Institutions By:... View Details

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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership

Reconstruction Finance Corp. created to combat bank and business failures Introduction of Federal Deposit Insurance SEC established Federal regulations prohibit false advertising Influence: Low 40 1940 s 19... View Details

19 Apr 2023
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A Kick Start for Latin American Startups

unlock partnerships or who can help founders think through problems." The tech MAYA is funding is also fulfilling its transformative mission. Alice, for example, is a Brazilian startup that is upending the health care industry, offering View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

30 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Real Estate: The Most Imperfect Asset

Finance II, students learn about the Rule of One Price, or why two people do not always pay the same. Students learn what professor Peter Tufano calls the "Matrix of Imperfections" in the capital markets, such as transaction... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Construction; Real Estate

30 Jul 2001
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What’s the Future of Corporate Governance?

don't invest the time necessary to provide effective oversight of management activities. And many are reluctant to tread too closely to the line between oversight and management. This may help explain why boards are accused of acting far too slowly in discharging their... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Request more information | HBS Courses | HBS Online

correctly. Topics of Interest Business Essentials Leadership & Management Entrepreneurship & Innovation Strategy Finance & Accounting Business in Society I am interested in the for-credit version of CORe I am interested in the for-credit... View Details

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Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - The Value of Business Education

Cunningham, who had been born into slavery. Wendell Thomas Cunningham HBS MBA 1915 Atlanta, GA Clark University, 1913 Wendell T. Cunningham completed his MBA with his thesis "Plan for a Reorganization of a Fraternal Insurance Company." He... View Details

23 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

COVID Was Supposed to Increase Bankruptcies. Instead, They've Gone Down.

very surprising to a lot of people. And I think it raises a lot of questions,” says Kluender, who studies the causes of financial distress among American households and how government, private insurance, and credit markets should function to View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

06 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

Curbing an Unlikely Culprit of Rising Drug Prices: Pharmaceutical Donations

counterintuitive driver: the fact that in the US, pharmaceutical companies subsidize the purchase of their drugs. Medicare, the government insurer for elderly or disabled people in the US, encourages patients who can’t afford their drug... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Insurance; Insurance; Insurance

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Business, Government & the International Economy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Economic Studies . Marlous van Waijenburg : 2021: Recipient of a National Science Foundation Research Grant (No. 2116150, $329,925) for "Investing in Captivity: Financing the Transatlantic Slave Trade" with Anne Ruderman. 2020 David A.... View Details

2024
Working Paper

Does Private Equity Have Any Business Being in the Health Care Business?

By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Zirui Song

Private Equity (“PE”) has come under increased scrutiny by the press, academics, and policymakers, as well as the public, for its investments in health care delivery. This scrutiny has been exacerbated by recent high profile hospital bankruptcies following PE... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Government Administration; Acquisition; Health Industry

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Harvard Business School

of Boston who served in World War II, Herb Lyken became a professor of Finance and Accounting at the University of Massachusetts, Boston and taught for 15 years. He was also a founder and board member of the Unity Bank and Trust in... View Details

24 Aug 2020
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How Much Will Remote Work Continue After the Pandemic?

reported. “There can be important barriers to switching to remote work, even if an employer allows it.” For example, the finance and insurance industry, which the index predicted would have a high capacity... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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Charts & Statistics - Leadership

Airmail service starts Influence: High 30 1930 s 19 The New Deal Commercial and investment banking separated Reconstruction Finance Corp. created to combat bank and business failures Introduction of Federal Deposit View Details

10 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Commodity Busters: Be a Price Maker, Not a Price Taker

Insurance built a wonderful business by selecting relatively low-risk customers from among generally high-risk motorcyclists. Step 4: Keep it simple. Don't shoot yourself in the foot by mismanaging your own product or service line. Many... View Details

Keywords: by Benson P. Shapiro

10 May 2020
Blog Post

Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers

insurance industry Proudest Accomplishment: Being the mother of Elisa and the wife of Andrés Summer Internship: Boston Consulting Group (BCG) - Boston Office How do you do it? I have a great partner (Andy), I’m positive and enjoy the... View Details

12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

private investors. Many of these solutions don’t exist, and this is why we need the private sector’s innovation, drive, and scale focused on scaling solutions. I’m excited that Blackstone is helping to play a significant role in financing... View Details