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- 19 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers?
Natural disasters are a different story: though they occur much less frequently, when they do happen it's akin to thousands or even tens of thousands of pipes bursting and homes burning all at once. Hurricane Irene, for instance, inflicted an estimated $6.6 View Details
- 03 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 3, 2015
long-term nonfinancial performance. We use a novel dataset compiled by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and find that firms setting more difficult targets complete a higher percentage of such targets. We also find that this effect is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Oct 2016
- Research & Ideas
Quantitative Easing Didn’t Ease the Housing Crisis for the Neediest
financial crisis, for example, the Federal Reserve orchestrated multiple rounds of QE. In the initial round, QE1, the Fed bought $1.25 trillion in mortgage-backed securities and $300 billion in Treasury bonds. During QE2, the Fed... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Philip L. Yeo, MBA 1976
draft of the Human Genome Project, we launched the Biomedical Sciences Initiative here." As Singapore set out on this journey, Yeo made sure that plenty of funding was available to nurture and sustain the new ventures. From 2000 to 2005, $2 View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Case Study: The Credit Bureau
company Mobley to offer an alternative: an affordable way to furnish a home with stylish, quality pieces with a lease of 3 to 12 months, without the burden of ownership. Mobley’s entrée to the $230 billion market for furniture and home... View Details
- 13 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Can We Get To Where We Need To Go?
Additional information and data gathered from the event is expected to be distributed later this year. "We need a vision that says transportation and infrastructure (are) important, so important that a lot of people have to come to the table and decide which View Details
- 17 Nov 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
How Activist Investors Became Respectable
limits The result has been explosive growth in the activist investing world. More than 500 activist hedge funds managed in excess of $140 billion at the end of June, an increase of 18 percent in just the first six months of this year. The... View Details
- 14 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets
the Bajaj Group in India; Güler Sabancı, head of the $14 billion Sabancı conglomerate in Turkey; and Manu Chandaria, chairman of the multimillion-dollar Comcraft Group in Kenya. Growing In A Slow-moving Economy Rahul Bajaj In his... View Details
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Unlocking Your Investment Capital
undertake positive net present value projects. These projects typically reflect the comparative advantages of the firm and are the raison d'être of the firm. "Passive" risks are risks associated with investments when returns are... View Details
- 17 Feb 2022
- News
A Big Bet
certificate courses in IT support, data analytics, project management, and user experience design. In addition to hard skills, the training partners will provide support and guidance in soft skills such as collaboration and communication.... View Details
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The VideaHealth AI Factory: CEO Florian Hillen on Speed, Scale, and Innovation | Information Technology
dental diagnostics. The Founder and CEO, Florian Hillen, was convinced that their AI could vastly improve the health outcomes of patients across the globe, setting the goal to reach one billion patients. However, he faced pivotal... View Details
- Web
Leadership, Culture, and Transition at lululemon | Information Technology
Christine Day assumes leadership in mid-2008, tasked with driving the company toward a $1 billion sales goal while addressing operational inefficiencies, underperforming stores, and diminishing cross-functional teamwork. This narrative... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Bart Harvey: Opportunities for Others
Foundation and its related organizations have raised and leveraged $3 billion and helped create one hundred thousand homes for low-income Americans. They have also placed some thirty thousand people in jobs. Harvey, who was named the... View Details
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How an Order Views Your Company
marketing project. Kash Rangan had a strong interest in supply/demand chains, and thought the project presented some interesting opportunities. John Sviokla, with a powerful background in management information systems, joined the team.... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston
- 06 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 6
document sources of value creation in mergers by analyzing novel data on the quality and price of goods sold by merging firms. When two competitors in a product market merge, their products converge in quality, and View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
staff, and faculty who packed Burden Auditorium on Tuesday, September 23, as Congress hotly debated the then newly proposed $700 billion financial rescue legislation. The second panel convened two days later by Harvard President Drew... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Roads to Recovery
FAA administrator Jane Garvey said the agency's $40 billion GPS revamp is making strides but is "very dependent on the budgeting process." "Maintenance is not a vision. It's hard to rally support for it." —Rosabeth Moss Kanter Problem:... View Details
- 01 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Choose the Best Deal
million, though the price may be negotiable. The other site, a former apple orchard of about one hundred acres, was acquired by a local bank through a foreclosure. The bank is preparing to list the property but has yet to set an asking... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
Business School Case 209-052 CityCenter is a $9 billion project for MGM MIRAGE. The project's star architects have a major disagreement about a critical design issue. Bill Smith, head of the MGM MIRAGE... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Sep 2020
- News
The Race for a Vaccine
becoming increasingly apparent, the economics of the sector made fighting the virus a less-than-obvious business choice. The market size for a vaccine was unknown, and the paths for financing such research—which could have a price tag in... View Details