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- 01 Dec 1997
- News
"Economists are puzzle solvers..."
institutions themselves are changing so dramatically - just look, for example, at the transformation of banks and insurance companies in the last couple of decades - we can't expect them to be our analytical... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Research Brief: Developing High-Tech Talent
occupations, such as computer support specialists, insurance underwriters, and customer service representatives. Fuller also contends that American companies should consider learning from their European... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
No Place Like Home
typically banks and insurance companies - in return for their upfront capital." Designed to attract private investment, the program is a proven success with more capital chasing it than can currently be... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
business economics from Harvard. Fung is one of Hong Kong's most prominent businessmen, serving as chairman of Prudential Asia, the Asian investment management subsidiary of the Prudential Insurance Company... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
A New Approach to Health-Care Reform
patients’ needs. Today’s doctors work in a system where they are rewarded by Medicare and insurance companies for the number and cost of the services they provide rather than by the value of those services... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Books
title of one chapter), these groups ignored several fundamental tenets of business development: choose leaders with experience, don't grow new companies too fast, and take companies to IPOs only after... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Speaking for the Airlines
that the attacks had caused financial damage that went well beyond losses in passenger revenues, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (September 20, 2001) reported. "Many insurance companies have notified airlines of... View Details
- 25 Sep 2009
- News
Are You Being Served?
Recently, I successfully appealed and overturned a ruling handed down against me by the State of Massachusetts. After being found at fault for a minor, non-injury traffic accident, I challenged the decision, hoping to reverse it and prevent an increase in my View Details
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
The choice is that we live in the Marina in San Francisco and we have health insurance and I work for Goldman Sachs—and people would give their left arm in this economy to have this job.” And she said, “Oh, just leave that job.” You could... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
commercial and investment banking had been torn down, and banks, investment banks, and insurance companies were in each others’ businesses. “As a result of deregulation, the derivatives market and the market... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Opening the Door
beginnings of the genomic research industry and all the companies that grew —and are still growing —from that. It was also the time when the concept of diagnostic related groups DRGs was introduced. DRGs essentially redefined health-care... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Andrew H. Tisch
its five subsidiaries — the Bulova Watch Company, insurer CNA Financial, Diamond Offshore Drilling, Loews Hotels, and the Lorillard Tobacco Company — and from other investments. Since 1997, when the founders... View Details
- 29 Apr 2022
- News
Clean Slate
NLK: What we are seeing in terms of green financing emerging in the world is really quite significant and it started with green bonds. Can we get the global insurance companies in the world and the banks to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
proposed new regulations: higher capital requirements; leverage limits; FDIC-like insurance charges; and, when all else fails, a receivership process to restructure, sell, or liquidate a failing company. Bottom line, no firm should be too... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Eyes in the Skies
firm whether a vessel carrying vital goods has left port or show an insurance company the damage a tornado has left in its wake. Customers access the BlackSky constellation through an online portal that... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
An Action Plan for Economic Recovery
the notion that the Fed could be the primary regulator of every systemically risky institution is just not practical. That means it would need to be an expert on money market funds, hedge funds, and life insurance View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
funds, and insurance companies — in two key ways. Rather than open a high-cost retail branch network and wait for customers to walk in, iTrust has forged partnerships with 130 large and midsized View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
companies in South Africa and abroad, and sheds a light on the harsh realities of corporate environments. Drawing on her years of experience and research, the author argues that many young Black professionals struggle early on in their... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Doctor Is In
ramifications that need to be dealt with as public policy. As for the notion that private-sector efficiency automatically reduces costs, consider that most private health insurance companies spend 10 to 30... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Consumer Finance Makes HBS Debut
in other areas. But we didn’t have a course that would help students understand consumers and the financial service firms that serve them, including traditional banks, insurance companies, credit card issuers, and brokers, as well as a... View Details