Skip to Main Content
HBS Home
  • About
  • Academic Programs
  • Alumni
  • Faculty & Research
  • Baker Library
  • Giving
  • Harvard Business Review
  • Initiatives
  • News
  • Recruit
  • Map / Directions
Faculty & Research
  • Faculty
  • Research
  • Featured Topics
  • Academic Units
  • …→
  • Harvard Business School→
  • Faculty & Research→
  • Research
    • Research
    • Publications
    • Global Research Centers
    • Case Development
    • Initiatives & Projects
    • Research Services
    • Seminars & Conferences
    →
  • Publications→

Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (1,290) Arrow Down
Filter Results: (1,290) Arrow Down Arrow Up

Show Results For

  • All HBS Web  (1,777)
    • News  (272)
    • Research  (1,290)
    • Events  (5)
    • Multimedia  (3)
  • Faculty Publications  (616)

Show Results For

  • All HBS Web  (1,777)
    • News  (272)
    • Research  (1,290)
    • Events  (5)
    • Multimedia  (3)
  • Faculty Publications  (616)
← Page 3 of 1,290 Results →
Sort by

Are you looking for?

→Search All HBS Web
  • 2000
  • Chapter

Divergent Paths of Product Market Regulation in France and Germany, 1970-1990

By: Gunnar Trumbull
Keywords: Product Marketing; France; Germany
Citation
Related
Trumbull, Gunnar. "Divergent Paths of Product Market Regulation in France and Germany, 1970-1990." In Global Political Economy: Among and Within Nations, edited by Stuart S. Nagel. New York: Marcel Dekker, 2000.
  • July 2023 (Revised April 2024)
  • Case

Zurich Insurance (A): Re-establishing a Leading Market Position in Retail

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Stefano Brusoni, Claudio Feser, Karolin Frankenberger and Ana Procopio Schoen
Citation
Educators
Purchase
Related
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, Stefano Brusoni, Claudio Feser, Karolin Frankenberger, and Ana Procopio Schoen. "Zurich Insurance (A): Re-establishing a Leading Market Position in Retail." Harvard Business School Case 724-362, July 2023. (Revised April 2024.)
  • 2020
  • Working Paper

Internal Models, Make Believe Prices, and Bond Market Cornering

By: Ishita Sen and Varun Sharma
Exploiting position-level heterogeneity in regulatory incentives to misreport and novel data on regulators, we document that U.S. life insurers inflate the values of corporate bonds using internal models. We estimate an additional $9-$18 billion decline in regulatory... View Details
Keywords: Life Insurers; Capital Regulation; Internal Models; Corporate Bonds; Regulatory Supervision; Concentrated Ownership; Bonds; Capital; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Insurance; Investment Portfolio
Citation
SSRN
Related
Sen, Ishita, and Varun Sharma. "Internal Models, Make Believe Prices, and Bond Market Cornering." Working Paper, June 2020.
  • June 2006 (Revised April 2007)
  • Case

Nephila: Innovation in Catastrophe Risk Insurance

By: Kenneth A. Froot and Michael Heinrich
At the cross-section of capital markets and the catastrophe insurance space stands the hedge fund Nephila. Nephila must decide how best to take advantage of the newly presented market opportunities post hurricanes Katrina, Wilma, and Rita. Nephila has a plethora of... View Details
Keywords: Hedge Fund; Investment Management; Uncertainty; Risk and Uncertainty; Natural Disasters; Insurance; Capital Markets; Investment Funds; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Bermuda
Citation
Educators
Purchase
Related
Froot, Kenneth A., and Michael Heinrich. "Nephila: Innovation in Catastrophe Risk Insurance." Harvard Business School Case 206-130, June 2006. (Revised April 2007.)
  • 2012
  • Working Paper

Reaching for Yield in the Bond Market

By: Bo Becker and Victoria Ivashina
Reaching-for-yield—the propensity to buy riskier assets in order to achieve higher yields—is believed to be an important factor contributing to the credit cycle. This paper analyses this phenomenon in the corporate bond market. Specifically, we show evidence for... View Details
Keywords: Fixed Income; Reaching For Yield; Financial Intermediation; Insurance Companies; Insurance; Bonds; Assets; Risk Management; Investment Return; Investment Portfolio; Insurance Industry
Citation
SSRN
Read Now
Related
Becker, Bo, and Victoria Ivashina. "Reaching for Yield in the Bond Market." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-103, May 2012. (Revised December 2012. NBER Working Paper Series, No. 18909, March 2013)
  • April 29, 2020
  • Article

The Case for AI Insurance

By: Ram Shankar Siva Kumar and Frank Nagle
When organizations place machine learning systems at the center of their businesses, they introduce the risk of failures that could lead to a data breach, brand damage, property damage, business interruption, and in some cases, bodily harm. Even when companies are... View Details
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Machine Learning; Internet and the Web; Safety; Insurance; AI and Machine Learning; Cybersecurity
Citation
Find at Harvard
Register to Read
Related
Kumar, Ram Shankar Siva, and Frank Nagle. "The Case for AI Insurance." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (April 29, 2020).
  • October 2016
  • Supplement

Moshe Kahlon: Telecommunications Reform and Competition in Israel's Cellular Market (B)

By: Joshua Margolis, Amram Migdal and Kerry Herman
The case complements “Moshe Kahlon: Telecommunications Reform and Competition in Israel’s Cellular Market (A),” HBS case number 417-017, which addresses reforms to regulations in Israel’s telecommunications industry initiated and implemented under the leadership of... View Details
Keywords: Market Reform; Political Leadership; Industry Regulation; Regulatory Reforms; Economic Sectors; Private Sector; Public Sector; Values and Beliefs; Ethics; Geography; Geopolitical Units; Country; Government and Politics; Government Administration; Government Legislation; Leadership; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Market Design; Market Participation; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Supply and Industry; Industry Structures; Telecommunications Industry; Communications Industry; Public Administration Industry; Israel
Citation
Purchase
Related
Margolis, Joshua, Amram Migdal, and Kerry Herman. "Moshe Kahlon: Telecommunications Reform and Competition in Israel's Cellular Market (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 417-018, October 2016.
  • 2007
  • Chapter

Labor Market Regulations and European Restructuring: Evidence from Private Equity Investments

By: Ant Bozkaya and William R. Kerr
Keywords: Labor; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Restructuring; Private Equity; Investment; Europe
Citation
Related
Bozkaya, Ant, and William R. Kerr. "Labor Market Regulations and European Restructuring: Evidence from Private Equity Investments." In Essays in Entrepreneurial Finance, by Ant Bozkaya, 151–189. Université libre de Bruxelles, 2007. (Reprinted in Entrepreneurial Finance: Financing Young, Innovative Ventures, (Saarbrüken, Germany: VDM Verlag, 2009), 140-176.)
  • June 2001 (Revised April 2004)
  • Case

Innovation at Progressive (B): Homeowners Insurance

By: Frances X. Frei and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar
Analyzes whether Progressive, strictly an auto insurer, should enter the home owner's insurance market. The critical decision is whether the competencies that made Progressive succeed in the auto insurance industry can translate to the home owner's insurance industry. View Details
Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Insurance Industry
Citation
Educators
Purchase
Related
Frei, Frances X., and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar. "Innovation at Progressive (B): Homeowners Insurance." Harvard Business School Case 601-138, June 2001. (Revised April 2004.)
  • June 2022
  • Case

Business Implications from Regulating Carbon Emissions in the EU

By: George Serafeim and Benjamin Maletta
In the beginning of the 21st century, the European Union (the EU) had led the global fight against climate change with a wide array of policy measures. The EU’s primary approach to climate policy had been taxation via the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU... View Details
Keywords: Regulation; Carbon Emissions; Trade; Sustainability; Decarbonization; Performance; Climate Change; Analysis; Strategy; Taxation; Policy; Environmental Regulation; Industry Structures; European Union
Citation
Educators
Purchase
Related
Serafeim, George, and Benjamin Maletta. "Business Implications from Regulating Carbon Emissions in the EU." Harvard Business School Case 122-106, June 2022.
  • Article

Consumers' Misunderstanding of Health Insurance

By: George Loewenstein, Joelle Y. Friedman, Barbara McGill, Sarah Ahmad, Suzanne Linck, Stacey Sinkula, John Beshears, James J. Choi, Jonathan Kolstad, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian, John A. List and Kevin G. Volpp
We report results from two surveys of representative samples of Americans with private health insurance. The first examines how well Americans understand, and believe they understand, traditional health insurance coverage. The second examines whether those insured... View Details
Keywords: Behavioral Economics; Simplification; Insurance; Consumer Behavior; Health Care and Treatment; Cognition and Thinking; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; United States
Citation
Find at Harvard
Read Now
Related
Loewenstein, George, Joelle Y. Friedman, Barbara McGill, Sarah Ahmad, Suzanne Linck, Stacey Sinkula, John Beshears, James J. Choi, Jonathan Kolstad, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian, John A. List, and Kevin G. Volpp. "Consumers' Misunderstanding of Health Insurance." Journal of Health Economics 32, no. 5 (September 2013): 850–862.
  • October 2019
  • Teaching Note

Securities Exchange Board of India: Developing and Regulating India's Capital Markets

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Jonah S. Goldberg
Citation
Related
Srinivasan, Suraj, and Jonah S. Goldberg. "Securities Exchange Board of India: Developing and Regulating India's Capital Markets." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 120-058, October 2019.
  • February 2017
  • Case

Securities Exchange Board of India: Developing and Regulating India's Capital Markets

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Radhika Kak
Citation
Educators
Purchase
Related
Srinivasan, Suraj, and Radhika Kak. "Securities Exchange Board of India: Developing and Regulating India's Capital Markets." Harvard Business School Case 117-049, February 2017.
  • January 2021
  • Case

Value-Based Insurance Design at Onex

By: Joshua Schwartzstein, Amitabh Chandra and Amram Migdal
The operating executives of Health and Benefits for Onex Partners, Megan Jackson Frye and Sam Camens, faced a challenge: Healthcare costs for employees of Onex’s portfolio companies were continuing to rise above the consumer price index, reflecting broader trends... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Finance; Behavioral Finance; Insurance; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Human Resources; Compensation and Benefits; Markets; Demand and Consumers; Consumer Behavior; Social Psychology; Behavior; Interests; Motivation and Incentives; Perception; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; North America; United States
Citation
Educators
Purchase
Related
Schwartzstein, Joshua, Amitabh Chandra, and Amram Migdal. "Value-Based Insurance Design at Onex." Harvard Business School Case 921-023, January 2021.
  • October 1990 (Revised March 1993)
  • Background Note

Note on Cable Television Regulation

By: Willis M. Emmons III
Examines the evolution of the U.S. cable television industry since its inception in the early 1950s. Particular emphasis is given to the roles played by technology, consumer demand, and regulation at both the local and federal level. Designed to facilitate a conceptual... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Demand and Consumers; Government Legislation; Business Growth and Maturation; Monopoly; Television Entertainment; Telecommunications Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry
Citation
Find at Harvard
Related
Emmons, Willis M., III. "Note on Cable Television Regulation." Harvard Business School Background Note 391-022, October 1990. (Revised March 1993.)
  • July 2010
  • Technical Note

Note on the Insurance Industry

By: Clayton S. Rose and Scott Waggoner
This note provides an overview of the structure and function of the Insurance industry, with a primary focus on the U.S. It was designed to support the HBS MBA course "Managing the Financial Firm." View Details
Keywords: Insurance; Business or Company Management; Industry Structures; Insurance Industry; United States
Citation
Educators
Purchase
Related
Rose, Clayton S., and Scott Waggoner. "Note on the Insurance Industry." Harvard Business School Technical Note 311-012, July 2010.
  • July 2019
  • Article

Market Reaction to Mandatory Nonfinancial Disclosure

By: Jody Grewal, Edward J. Riedl and George Serafeim
We examine the equity market reaction to events associated with the passage of a directive in the European Union (EU) mandating increased nonfinancial disclosure. These disclosures relate to firms’ environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance and would be... View Details
Keywords: Nonfinancial Information; Nonfinancial Performance; ESG; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; Investor Behavior; Disclosure; Disclosure Regulation; Regulation; Sustainability; Corporate Performance; Information; Corporate Disclosure; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Performance; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Governance; Outcome or Result
Citation
SSRN
Find at Harvard
Related
Grewal, Jody, Edward J. Riedl, and George Serafeim. "Market Reaction to Mandatory Nonfinancial Disclosure." Management Science 65, no. 7 (July 2019): 3061–3084.
  • 2023
  • Working Paper

Achieving Universal Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: Addressing Market Failures or Providing a Social Floor?

By: Katherine Baicker, Amitabh Chandra and Mark Shepard
The United States spends substantially more on health care than most developed countries, yet leaves a greater share of the population uninsured. We suggest that incremental insurance expansions focused on addressing market failures will propagate inefficiencies and... View Details
Keywords: Public Sector; Insurance; Health Care and Treatment; Policy; Innovation and Invention
Citation
Purchase
Related
Baicker, Katherine, Amitabh Chandra, and Mark Shepard. "Achieving Universal Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: Addressing Market Failures or Providing a Social Floor?" NBER Working Paper Series, No. 30854, January 2023.
  • 2003
  • Working Paper

Market Discipline in the Thrift Industry and the Cost of Deposit Insurance

By: Benjamin C. Esty and C. Y. Baldwin
Citation
Related
Esty, Benjamin C., and C. Y. Baldwin. "Market Discipline in the Thrift Industry and the Cost of Deposit Insurance." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 93-029, January 2003.
  • Article

Behavioral Hazard in Health Insurance

By: Katherine Baicker, Sendhil Mullainathan and Joshua Schwartzstein
A fundamental implication of standard moral hazard models is overuse of low-value medical care because copays are lower than costs. In these models, the demand curve alone can be used to make welfare statements, a fact relied on by much empirical work. There is ample... View Details
Keywords: Insurance; Consumer Behavior; Health Care and Treatment; Insurance Industry
Citation
Find at Harvard
Read Now
Purchase
Related
Baicker, Katherine, Sendhil Mullainathan, and Joshua Schwartzstein. "Behavioral Hazard in Health Insurance." Quarterly Journal of Economics 130, no. 4 (November 2015): 1623–1667. (Online Appendix.)
  • ←
  • 3
  • 4
  • …
  • 64
  • 65
  • →

Are you looking for?

→Search All HBS Web
ǁ
Campus Map
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field
Boston, MA 02163
→Map & Directions
→More Contact Information
  • Make a Gift
  • Site Map
  • Jobs
  • Harvard University
  • Trademarks
  • Policies
  • Accessibility
  • Digital Accessibility
Copyright © President & Fellows of Harvard College.