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- 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
- Web
Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - The Value of Business Education
Cunningham, who had been born into slavery. Wendell Thomas Cunningham HBS MBA 1915 Atlanta, GA Clark University, 1913 Wendell T. Cunningham completed his MBA with his thesis "Plan for a Reorganization of a Fraternal Insurance Company." He... View Details
- 30 May 2023
- News
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
- 30 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Real Estate: The Most Imperfect Asset
Peru, or seven years to open a bakery in Egypt? He attributes much of this to the fact that most of the world lacks a tradition of property rights (which is consistent with the imperfections matrix mentioned above), as well as courts and title View Details
- Web
Business, Government & the International Economy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
American Risk and Insurance Association for the book considered to be the most influential text published on the economics of risk management and insurance. 2002 Rawi E. Abdelal : Winner of the 2002 Marshall Shulman Prize for Outstanding... View Details
- 05 May 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Ethical Can We Be?
practices that place a great deal of weight on "attitude" and "listening skills." Trust is a cornerstone of an efficient and effective system. Bad things happen when it is undermined by unmet expectations or ethical blind spots. What can we do to... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 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
- Person Page
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
- 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
- Profile
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
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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
- Web
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
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
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 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Upside of Highlighting a Product's Downsides
customers more control and set their brands apart. The online apparel retailer Everlane provides detailed descriptions about the factories that produce its clothing. And Lemonade has upended traditional insurance by taking a set portion... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 06 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
Curbing an Unlikely Culprit of Rising Drug Prices: Pharmaceutical Donations
counterintuitive driver: the fact that in the US, pharmaceutical companies subsidize the purchase of their drugs. Medicare, the government insurer for elderly or disabled people in the US, encourages patients who can’t afford their drug... View Details
- 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
- 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
Lietz, Nori Gerardo, and Zirui Song. "Does Private Equity Have Any Business Being in the Health Care Business?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 25-012, September 2024.
- September 2013 (Revised August 2015)
- Background Note
Leadership and Teaming
By: Ethan Bernstein
Small differences in the leadership of teams can have large consequences for the success of their efforts. Many initiatives fail not because of a fatal error in judgment or insufficient ideas, knowledge, motivation, or capabilities to deliver a solution. They fail... View Details
Keywords: Teams; Teaming; Leadership And Managing People; Leadership; Team Effectiveness; Team Performance; Team Design; Team Leadership; Teamwork; Team Process; Team Function; Team Launch; 60/30/10 Rule; Team Boundary; Distribution Of Leadership Authority; Self-Managed Teams; Virtual Teams; Unbounded Teams; Acts Of Leadership; Execution Teams; Decision Making Teams; Creativity Teams; Team Size; Task Design; Team Timeline; Team Roles; Team Representation; Diversity; Team Familiarity; Collective Intelligence; Team Stages Of Development; Team Coaching; Performance Pressure; X-Teams; Team Focus; Interaction; Management Teams; Managerial Roles; Management Systems; Management Style; Management Skills; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Efficiency; Performance Productivity; Groups and Teams; Networks; Social Psychology; Behavior; Conflict and Resolution; Creativity; Social and Collaborative Networks; Satisfaction; Prejudice and Bias; Power and Influence; Personal Characteristics; Familiarity; Cognition and Thinking; Attitudes; Projects; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Knowledge Sharing; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Leadership; Design; Interpersonal Communication; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Insurance Industry; Asia; North and Central America; South America; Atlantic Ocean; Central Asia; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; Oceania; West Indies
Bernstein, Ethan. "Leadership and Teaming." Harvard Business School Background Note 414-033, September 2013. (Revised August 2015.)