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      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
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      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.
      • December 2012
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      Grand Innovation Prizes: A Theoretical, Normative, and Empirical Evaluation

      By: Alan MacCormack, Fiona Murray, Scott Stern and Georgina Campbell
      This paper provides a systematic examination of the use of a Grand Innovation Prize (GIP) in action—the Progressive Automotive Insurance X PRIZE—a $10 million prize for a highly efficient vehicle. Following a mechanism design approach we define three key dimensions for... View Details
      Keywords: Design; Motivation and Incentives; Goals and Objectives; Performance; Auto Industry
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      MacCormack, Alan, Fiona Murray, Scott Stern, and Georgina Campbell. "Grand Innovation Prizes: A Theoretical, Normative, and Empirical Evaluation." Research Policy 41, no. 10 (December 2012): 1779–1792.
      • 2012
      • Article

      A Reduced-Form Approach to Behavioral Public Finance

      By: Sendhil Mullainathan, Joshua Schwartzstein and William Congdon
      Research in behavioral public finance has blossomed in recent years, producing diverse empirical and theoretical insights. This article develops a single framework with which to understand these advances. Rather than drawing out the consequences of specific... View Details
      Keywords: Behavioral Economics; Social Insurance; Externalities; Taxation; Finance; Public Sector
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      Mullainathan, Sendhil, Joshua Schwartzstein, and William Congdon. "A Reduced-Form Approach to Behavioral Public Finance." Annual Review of Economics 4 (2012): 511–540.
      • November 2011 (Revised March 2013)
      • Case

      China Life: Micro Insurance for the Poor

      By: Shawn Cole and Lilei Xu
      China Life must decide whether to accept the government's "invitation" to develop a microinsurance product for the rural poor. Can it be done profitably? View Details
      Keywords: Social Enterprise; Insurance; Insurance Industry; China
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      Cole, Shawn, and Lilei Xu. "China Life: Micro Insurance for the Poor." Harvard Business School Case 212-030, November 2011. (Revised March 2013.)
      • September 2011
      • Supplement

      Narayana Hrudayalaya Heart Hospital

      By: Tarun Khanna and Tanya Bijlani
      Narayana Hrudayalaya (NH) is one of the world's busiest heart hospitals, where surgeons perform 30-35 complex cardiac surgeries daily. With an average cost of $1,800 per surgery, the hospital treats patients at affordable prices, and does not turn away even the poorest... View Details
      Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Experience and Expertise; Cost Management; Insurance; Health Care and Treatment; Resource Allocation; Time Management; Emerging Markets; Infrastructure; Cooperative Ownership; Quality; Social Enterprise; Health Industry; Karnataka
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      Khanna, Tarun, and Tanya Bijlani. "Narayana Hrudayalaya Heart Hospital." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 712-802, September 2011.
      • 2010
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      Lessons from Catastrophe Reinsurance

      By: Kenneth A. Froot
      Of the 20 most costly catastrophes since 1970, more than half have occurred since 2001. Is this an omen of what the 21st century will be? How might we behave in this new, uncertain, and more dangerous environment? Will our actions be rational or irrational? A select... View Details
      Keywords: Decision Making; Insurance; Risk and Uncertainty; Natural Disasters; Behavior
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      Froot, Kenneth A. "Lessons from Catastrophe Reinsurance." Chap. 20 in The Irrational Economist: Making Decisions in a Dangerous World, edited by Erwann Michel-Kerjan and Paul Slovic, 171–182. New York: PublicAffairs Books, 2010.
      • March 2008
      • Teaching Note

      2006 Hurricane Risk (TN)

      By: André Perold and Erik Stafford
      Teaching Note for [207075]. View Details
      Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Loss; Investment; Insurance; Natural Disasters; California
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      Perold, André, and Erik Stafford. "2006 Hurricane Risk (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 208-140, March 2008.
      • January 2008 (Revised August 2012)
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      Retail Sales of Health Insurance: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida

      By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Grady Clouse
      The BCBS of Florida is contemplating whether to enter the consumer-driven health care market and if so, whether to target such groups—and individuals—and in which of its geographic markets, and how. View Details
      Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Nonprofit Organizations; Strategy; Insurance; Insurance Industry; Florida
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      Herzlinger, Regina E., and Grady Clouse. "Retail Sales of Health Insurance: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida." Harvard Business School Case 308-089, January 2008. (Revised August 2012.)
      • November 2007
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      Antegren: A Beacon of Hope

      By: Joshua D. Margolis, Thomas J. DeLong and Terence Heymann
      The CEO of Biogen Idec faces a set of difficult decisions regarding a promising drug for Multiple Sclerosis that is headed for early approval by the FDA. The first in a series focuses on operational decisions triggered by the drive for early approval. Sparks discussion... View Details
      Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Leadership; Ethics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Decision Choices and Conditions; Crisis Management; Health Testing and Trials; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry
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      Margolis, Joshua D., Thomas J. DeLong, and Terence Heymann. "Antegren: A Beacon of Hope." Harvard Business School Case 408-025, November 2007.
      • June 2005 (Revised August 2011)
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      Narayana Hrudayalaya Heart Hospital: Cardiac Care for the Poor (A)

      By: Tarun Khanna, V. Kasturi Rangan and Merlina Manocaran
      Describes the mission, vision, and strategy of a team of entrepreneurs headed by a charismatic heart surgeon who founded a heart hospital in Bangalore, India. The purpose of the hospital was to offer health care for the masses. This tertiary care hospital performed... View Details
      Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Goals and Objectives; Social Marketing; Mission and Purpose; Strategic Planning; Social Enterprise; Welfare; Health Industry; Service Industry; Bangalore
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      Khanna, Tarun, V. Kasturi Rangan, and Merlina Manocaran. "Narayana Hrudayalaya Heart Hospital: Cardiac Care for the Poor (A)." Harvard Business School Case 505-078, June 2005. (Revised August 2011.)
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      Informal Family Insurance and the Design of the Welfare State

      By: Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch
      We study unemployment benefit provision when the family also provides social insurance. In the benchmark case, more generous State transfers crowd out family risk-sharing one-for-one. An extension gives the State an advantage in enforcing transfers through taxes... View Details
      Keywords: Insurance; Design; Welfare
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      Di Tella, Rafael, and Robert MacCulloch. "Informal Family Insurance and the Design of the Welfare State." Economic Journal 112, no. 477 (February 2002): 481–503.
      • December 2001
      • Case

      Cybersettle

      By: Michael A. Wheeler and Gillian Morris
      Cybersettle's management faced a dilemma: How could they turn their company, which provided confidential online settlement services for insurance claims, into a profitable enterprise? Having started during the heady days of Internet "dot-com fever," the company now had... View Details
      Keywords: Restructuring; Bids and Bidding; Negotiation Process; Conflict and Resolution; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Internet; Insurance Industry
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      Wheeler, Michael A., and Gillian Morris. "Cybersettle." Harvard Business School Case 902-158, December 2001.
      • November 2000
      • Exercise

      Atlantis-Biovent Negotiation: Confidential Instructions for Atlantis

      By: Michael A. Wheeler
      This two-party exercise illustrates bidding strategy in the context of settling a large insurance claim. Specifically, the claimant (Biovent) and the insurer (Atlantis) are asked to submit confidential offers to a dispute resolution Web site that will determine whether... View Details
      Keywords: Insurance; Bids and Bidding; Digital Platforms; Negotiation Process; Conflict and Resolution; Strategy; Internet and the Web
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      Wheeler, Michael A. "Atlantis-Biovent Negotiation: Confidential Instructions for Atlantis." Harvard Business School Exercise 801-262, November 2000.
      • November 2000
      • Exercise

      Atlantis-Biovent Negotiation: Confidential Instructions for Biovent

      By: Michael A. Wheeler
      This two-party exercise illustrates bidding strategy in the context of settling a large insurance claim. Specifically, the claimant (Biovent) and the insurer (Atlantis) are asked to submit confidential offers to a dispute resolution website that will determine whether... View Details
      Keywords: Insurance; Bids and Bidding; Emerging Markets; Agreements and Arrangements; Conflict of Interests; Strategy; Web Sites
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      Wheeler, Michael A. "Atlantis-Biovent Negotiation: Confidential Instructions for Biovent." Harvard Business School Exercise 801-263, November 2000.
      • 1999
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      The Moral Hazard of Insuring the Insurers

      By: Brian J. Hall and James G. Bohn
      Keywords: Insurance; Conflict of Interests; Ethics; Insurance Industry
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      Hall, Brian J., and James G. Bohn. "The Moral Hazard of Insuring the Insurers." In The Financing of Catastrophe Risk, edited by Kenneth A. Froot. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999.
      • 1998
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      Risk-Taking Incentives and the Cost of Insurance Company Failures

      By: Brian J. Hall
      Keywords: Insurance; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Risk and Uncertainty; Risk Management; Motivation and Incentives; Insurance Industry
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      Hall, Brian J. "Risk-Taking Incentives and the Cost of Insurance Company Failures." In Alternative Approaches to Insurance Regulation, edited by Robert W. Klein. Kansas City, MO: National Association of Insurance Commissioners, 1998.
      • April 1995 (Revised August 1995)
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      Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield (A)

      By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Ramona Hilgenkamp
      Mounting financial losses and increasing public scrutiny present many challenges to the board of directors of a large nonprofit health insurer. This case series presents chronologically the increasing problems of the company. View Details
      Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Financial Condition; Organizational Culture; Problems and Challenges; Nonprofit Organizations; Insurance Industry
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      Herzlinger, Regina E., and Ramona Hilgenkamp. "Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield (A)." Harvard Business School Case 195-216, April 1995. (Revised August 1995.)
      • 1991
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      Job Satisfaction, Service Capability and Customer Satisfaction: An Examination of Linkages and Management Implications

      By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Jeffrey Zornitsky
      Survey data from 1,277 employees and 4,269 customers of a personal lines insurance organization were analyzed with the following results: (a) employee perceptions of service quality are positively related to both job satisfaction and self-perceived service capability;... View Details
      Keywords: Service Delivery; Satisfaction; Jobs and Positions; Customer Satisfaction
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      Schlesinger, Leonard A., and Jeffrey Zornitsky. "Job Satisfaction, Service Capability and Customer Satisfaction: An Examination of Linkages and Management Implications." Human Resource Planning 14, no. 2 (1991): 141–149.
      • 1987
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      Pension Plan Integration as Insurance against Social Security Risk

      By: Robert C. Merton, Zvi Bodie and Alan J. Marcus
      Keywords: Compensation and Benefits; Integration
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      Merton, Robert C., Zvi Bodie, and Alan J. Marcus. "Pension Plan Integration as Insurance against Social Security Risk." In Issues in Pension Economics, edited by Zvi Bodie, John B. Shoven, and David A. Wise. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987.
      • 1977
      • Working Paper

      Mitigating Demographic Risk Through Social Insurance

      By: Jerry R. Green
      A two-period lifetime overlapping generations growth model is used to evaluate the possibility that social insurance can effectively offset economic risks associated with uncertainty about the rate of population growth. Crude measures of the seriousness of this type of... View Details
      Keywords: Social Insurance; Econometric Models; Public Sector; Government Administration; Policy; Human Needs; Social Issues; Risk and Uncertainty
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      Green, Jerry R. "Mitigating Demographic Risk Through Social Insurance." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 215, November 1977.
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