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Political Risk, Foreign Intervention and International Arbitration

The Empire Trap:  America's Attempts to Protect Property Rights Overseas, 1898-2008, is a history of the U.S. government's attempts to protect the property rights of American investors when they venture outside the boundaries of the United... View Details

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The Panama Canal

The Big Ditch is the first quantitative economic history of the Panama Canal and its effect on Panama, the United States, and the world economy.  It makes three general arguments.  First, that the Panama Canal was very important to... View Details

• 17 Aug 2010
• First Look

First Look: August 17

analyze conditions under which these attack types are likely to succeed. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-104.pdf Unstable Equity? Combining Banking with Private Equity Investing Authors:Lily Fang, Victoria Ivashina,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

• 02 Mar 2007
• What Do You Think?

What Is the Government’s Role in US Health Care?

while their managements shift their health insurance strategies, perhaps to provide only supplemental private coverage. A portion of the $280 billion in annual savings suggested above could be used for this... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Health

• April 2013
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AIG and the American Taxpayers (B)

By: Karthik Ramanna and Matthew Shaffer

Explores the decision faced by AIG's board on whether to join shareholder and ex-CEO Maurice Greenberg's lawsuit against the U.S. government. The suit, argued by super-lawyer David Boies (of Bush v. Gore and California Gay Marriage fame), claims that in September 2008... View Details

Keywords: Financial Markets; Financial Policy; Property Rights; Financial Institutions; Financial Crisis; Financial Management; Insurance Industry; United States

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Ramanna, Karthik, and Matthew Shaffer. "AIG and the American Taxpayers (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 113-125, April 2013.

• 02 Aug 2016
• First Look

August 2, 2016

performance in public and private performance domains by decreasing anxiety. Belief that a specific series of behaviors constitute a ritual is a critical ingredient to reduce anxiety and improve performance: engaging in behaviors... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

• April 2013 (Revised June 2016)
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AIG and the American Taxpayers (A)

By: Karthik Ramanna and Matthew Shaffer

Explores the decision faced by AIG's board on whether to join shareholder and ex-CEO Maurice Greenberg's lawsuit against the U.S. government. The suit, argued by super-lawyer David Boies (of Bush v. Gore and California Gay Marriage fame), claims that in September 2008... View Details

Keywords: Property Rights; Financial Institutions; Financial Markets; Financial Crisis; Property; Insurance Industry; United States

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Ramanna, Karthik, and Matthew Shaffer. "AIG and the American Taxpayers (A)." Harvard Business School Case 113-124, April 2013. (Revised June 2016.)

• 03 Oct 2022
• Research & Ideas

Why a Failed Startup Might Be Good for Your Career After All

successful: a tenured university professor or a partner in an insurance firm? Traditional career success measures such as compensation might not tell the whole story. So, the researchers invented their own methods of measuring success,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

• 16 Jun 2008
• Research & Ideas

Seven Tips for Managing Price Increases

your inventory on a last-in, first-out basis to insure that increases in your realized selling prices do not trail the increases in your input costs. 7. Increase Relevance. You need to persuade customers to cut back their expenditures on... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

• 14 Feb 2023
• HBS Case

Is Sweden Still 'Sweden'? A Liberal Utopia Grapples with an Identity Crisis

Sweden has long seemed like a social-welfare capitalist dream come true, where companies and labor unions collaborate in harmony with government support. Swedish citizens are among the wealthiest in the world, and they enjoy publicly provided health View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

• 21 Jun 2010
• Research & Ideas

Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets

economies is so high. There are all kinds of opportunities for entrepreneurs to develop markets in the private sector. According to some estimates, about half of U.S. GDP is due to business done by intermediaries in the View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

• May 2018 (Revised October 2020)
• Supplement

La Ribera Health Department (B): Epilogue

By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Emer Moloney and Daniela Beyersdorfer

The La Ribera case studies depict an innovative low cost/high quality privately financed hospital model struggling to achieve alignment with the Six Factors. It is reimbursed by the public sector in a Spanish environment whose Consumers, Structure, and Public Policy... View Details

Keywords: Trends And Opportunities; Government; Government Programs; Acquisition; Business Model; Business Plan; Trends; Opportunities; Government and Politics; Programs; Health Care and Treatment; Situation or Environment; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Spain

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Herzlinger, Regina E., Emer Moloney, and Daniela Beyersdorfer. "La Ribera Health Department (B): Epilogue." Harvard Business School Supplement 318-134, May 2018. (Revised October 2020.)

• 05 Jan 2010
• First Look

First Look: January 5

become the hubs of the network. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-043.pdf Private Equity and Industry Performance Authors:Shai Bernstein, Josh Lerner, Morten Sørensen, and Per Strömberg Abstract The growth of the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

• 01 Oct 2001
• Research & Ideas

How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company

hospital business and a health insurance business, management decided to split the businesses apart through a corporate spin-off because it realized the businesses were strategically incompatible—the customers of one business were... View Details

Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson

• 14 Mar 2023
• In Practice

What Does the Failure of Silicon Valley Bank Say About the State of Finance?

to. While all of these factors likely played a role, this narrative oversimplifies a few points and plays into the panic. Banks are fundamentally fragile, and as such, are prone to self-fulfilling prophesies. Deposit insurance has been... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Banking