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- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
December 2007 at the American Family Mutual Insurance Company (AMFAM) headquarters in Madison, Wisconsin, Dave Anderson and Jack Salzwedel remained in the conference room after the senior management meeting had concluded. Anderson, CEO of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 1, 2008
overall business offering. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=508003 The Allstate Corporation Harvard Business School Case 708-485 In 2007, Allstate was the number two property and casualty View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- September 2007 (Revised April 2009)
- Case
Norway Sells Wal-Mart
By: Robert C. Pozen and Aldo Sesia
In June 2006, Norway's Pension Fund decided to divest its position in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. after an investigation by the Fund's Ethics Council. According to a spokesperson of Norway's Finance Ministry, "The recommendation to exclude Wal-Mart cites serious and... View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Ethics; Insurance; Investment Activism; Investment Funds; Government and Politics; Rights; Problems and Challenges; Labor and Management Relations; Power and Influence; Retail Industry; Norway
Pozen, Robert C., and Aldo Sesia. "Norway Sells Wal-Mart." Harvard Business School Case 308-019, September 2007. (Revised April 2009.)
- 20 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018
dimensions. Consistently, banks that serve customer bases with more dispersed needs receive lower satisfaction scores than banks serving customer bases with less dispersed needs. Finally, a longitudinal analysis of the deposit growth of all federally View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How the Giants of Enterprise Seized the Future
"quarter") exercised no influence on his investment strategy. He believed that conservative funding was called for in an industry in the midst of technological transformation. Therefore, he always had cash in a depression. He... View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow
- 16 Oct 2013
- Op-Ed
Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
similar to the failures we have seen historically. Again, I believe private markets should price and provide the catastrophe insurance for the resulting risks, not public guarantees. The issue in my mind is should we accept the likely... View Details
- 20 Aug 2024
- Book
Why Competing With Tech Giants Requires Finding Your Own Edge
significantly reduce their downside risks and quickly begin to benefit from the ecosystem. Ping An’s ecosystems. Ping An started as a thirteen-person small property and casualty insurance office in China’s southern city of Shenzhen in... View Details
- 22 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms
use tools they already had, or they neglected to request new tools to meet the challenges of an evolving financial system." -David Moss Among the proposed new regulations: higher capital requirements; leverage limits; FDIC-like insurance... View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019
open platforms and then provide a brief history of open digital platforms. I go on to argue that the success of open platforms in competition with vertically integrated firms gave rise to the “vertical-to-horizontal” transition in the computer View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Slow, Steady Battle to Fix Cancer Care
with insurance provider UnitedHealthcare to test a fixed-payment structure for a select group of head and neck cancer patients. Rather than receiving separate charges for every test, treatment, and appointment, patients in the three-year... View Details
- 03 Jan 2017
- First Look
January 3, 2017
January 2017 Journal of Financial Economics The Unintended Consequences of the Zero Lower Bound Policy By: Di Maggio, Marco, and Marcin Kacperczyk Abstract—We study the impact of the zero lower bound interest rate policy on the industrial... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
associated with billing and insurance activities at a large academic health care center that had a certified EHR system. The center enjoyed economies of scale by concentrating its bill paying functions within a single, dedicated unit. The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]
something for me." [Staples' head Thomas G.] Stemberg agreed to back him in exploring new businesses. Each ultimately invested $250,000 in a partnership to fund research on dry cleaning, an industry Stemberg had monitored for several... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 03 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?
ensure that the excesses of the 2000s aren't repeated. "Shadow banks"—the non-bank entities such as money market funds, hedge funds, and insurance companies that provide banking-like services—still need more regulatory... View Details
- 12 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
Can Consumers be Trusted with Their Own Health Care?
problem in the health care industry comes partly from a clash of interests. Doctors are passionate about addressing the individual needs of each patient, while regulators and policy makers are intent on having one piece of legislation... View Details
- 26 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
firm and industry heterogeneity and quasi-exogenous meteorological and sport events. The evidence suggests that family CEOs value—or can pursue—leisure activities relatively more than professional CEOs. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 1, 2007
possibility that the effects of FDI differ by sector. Second, we differentiate FDI based on objective qualitative industry characteristics including the average skill intensity and reliance on external capital. Third, we use a new dataset... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
What’s Next for the Big Financial Brands
Insurance Corporation. Today, the FDIC is the most important ingredient brand in the world, way more important than Intel. Trust in the FDIC and the United States Government enables consumers to confidently deposit up to $250,000 in any... View Details
- 12 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide
when Boss's products were in short supply. By taking the in-stock rate close to 100 percent, Boss reassured retailers that certain SKUs would never be out of stock. Many retailers responded by dropping the insurance brand from their... View Details
- March 2015
- Teaching Note
CVS Health: Promoting Drug Adherence
Email mking@hbs.edu for a courtesy copy.
This Teaching Note explains the theory of the case and teaching plan for the case: CVS Health: Promoting Drug Adherence (515010). The case finds Helena Foulkes, Executive... View Details
This Teaching Note explains the theory of the case and teaching plan for the case: CVS Health: Promoting Drug Adherence (515010). The case finds Helena Foulkes, Executive... View Details
Keywords: Medication Adherence; Affordable Care Act (ACA); Marketing Strategy; Communication Strategy; Customer Value and Value Chain; Decisions; Health Care and Treatment; Goals and Objectives; Resource Allocation; Marketing Communications; Consumer Behavior; Measurement and Metrics; Service Delivery; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives; Social Issues; Information Technology; Value Creation; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; United States
John, Leslie, John Quelch, and Robert Huckman. "CVS Health: Promoting Drug Adherence." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 515-086, March 2015. (Email mking@hbs.edu for a courtesy copy.)