Insurance - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Oct 2006
What Do You Think?

How Do We Respond to the “Dependency Ratio” Dilemma?

a discussion on Accounting for Social Insurance (PV): http://www.fasab.gov/pdffiles/si_newsrelease.pdf Of course, dependency ratios are not reduced without other economic and social effects. For example, to the extent that current... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

30 Jul 2001
What Do You Think?

What’s the Future of Corporate Governance?

don't invest the time necessary to provide effective oversight of management activities. And many are reluctant to tread too closely to the line between oversight and management. This may help explain why boards are accused of acting far too slowly in discharging their... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

31 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

American Idle: Workers Spend Too Much Time Waiting for Something to Do

Brodsky. “With idle time, the organization is often hurt by it, and it’s not enjoyable for employees either.” Involuntary idle time can have a variety of causes, including built-in excess capacity, in which a company intentionally schedules more workers than it needs... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

11 Feb 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

10 Rules Entrepreneurs Need to Know Before Adopting AI

results in the beginning. Underestimates can happen as well if AI is solving a constrained problem like back-office automation or insurance claims. Helping customers understand which problems can and cannot be solved with AI is vital,... View Details

Keywords: by Rocio Wu

29 Nov 2017
Research & Ideas

How to Succeed in Business (According to a 15th Century Trade Merchant)

write-off debt Extending credit was as much a necessity for trade in Cotrugli’s time as it is today, but charging interest was illegal; instead, debts were compensated through commissions or insurance premiums that skirted the definition... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

2024
Working Paper

Does Private Equity Have Any Business Being in the Health Care Business?

By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Zirui Song

Private Equity (“PE”) has come under increased scrutiny by the press, academics, and policymakers, as well as the public, for its investments in health care delivery. This scrutiny has been exacerbated by recent high profile hospital bankruptcies following PE... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Government Administration; Acquisition; Health Industry

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01 Aug 1998
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High Honors

insurance conglomerate. He left a legacy of openness to new technologies, a commitment to employee training, and a collaborative style of leadership that had transformed the company. His success at USAA followed an equally impressive and... View Details

30 May 2023
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Finding PRIDE

first job interview in 1990. When the owner of the company asked if I had any other questions, I made clear that insurance coverage for my domestic partner was a condition of my employment, which wasn’t really done then. Had I not had the... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

24 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

How Much Will Remote Work Continue After the Pandemic?

reported. “There can be important barriers to switching to remote work, even if an employer allows it.” For example, the finance and insurance industry, which the index predicted would have a high capacity for remote work, saw 79 percent... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

2004), presented by the American Risk and Insurance Association for the book considered to be the most influential text published on the economics of risk management and insurance. Max H. Bazerman : Received an honorary doctorate from the... View Details

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Effects of Climate Change - Business & Environment

Presenting new financial risks , disclosure requirements , and insurance considerations Posing operating challenges for businesses and their supply chains As climate change continues, businesses, governments, and citizens will have an... View Details

23 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

COVID Was Supposed to Increase Bankruptcies. Instead, They've Gone Down.

very surprising to a lot of people. And I think it raises a lot of questions,” says Kluender, who studies the causes of financial distress among American households and how government, private insurance, and credit markets should function to View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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Emily Schlichting

"I started assessing what my life would be like as a sick person. And I realized that if I didn't maintain health insurance now, I never would – I wouldn't be able to get it in the future. Fortunately, the Affordable Care Act (ACA)... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare/Biotech; Nonprofit/Government/Education

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Student Spotlight: 2023 HCC Co-Presidents Reflect on Their Time at HBS and the Current Health Care Systems - Blog: Health Supplement

encouraged me to explore a wider range of health care segments including insurance companies, self-insured employers, telehealth providers, and decentralized clinical trial CROs. What is your opinion on the current health care system?... View Details

12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

we build, more than hazards. Yet vulnerable development remains legal, profitable, and most consumers don’t know the difference. Many policies indirectly encourage it. Look how the National Flood Insurance Program spurred floodplain... View Details

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Charts & Statistics - Leadership

Airmail service starts Influence: High 30 1930 s 19 The New Deal Commercial and investment banking separated Reconstruction Finance Corp. created to combat bank and business failures Introduction of Federal Deposit Insurance SEC... View Details

30 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Finding Pride

interview in 1990. When the owner of the company asked if I had any other questions, I made clear that insurance coverage for my domestic partner was a condition of my employment, which wasn’t really done then. Had I not had the fortitude... View Details

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Harvard Business School

and Connecticut General Insurance Corporation, where Jones became the first African American board member. Otis Gates III MBA 1963 Otis Gates grew up in Roxbury and graduated from both Harvard College and HBS. In 1968, Gates began his... View Details

06 Sep 2019
Blog Post

The Business of Medicine: MD/MBA Students Having an Impact

pressures, such as physician workload, financial constraints, insurance regulations, and policy decisions. —Bobbie Collins Claire Wagner In pursuing her joint degree from Harvard’s medical and business schools, Claire Wagner, a rising... View Details

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