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  • 2010
  • Chapter

Lessons from Catastrophe Reinsurance

By: Kenneth A. Froot
Of the 20 most costly catastrophes since 1970, more than half have occurred since 2001. Is this an omen of what the 21st century will be? How might we behave in this new, uncertain, and more dangerous environment? Will our actions be rational or irrational? A select... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Insurance; Risk and Uncertainty; Natural Disasters; Behavior
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Froot, Kenneth A. "Lessons from Catastrophe Reinsurance." Chap. 20 in The Irrational Economist: Making Decisions in a Dangerous World, edited by Erwann Michel-Kerjan and Paul Slovic, 171–182. New York: PublicAffairs Books, 2010.
  • 26 Oct 2022
  • Research & Ideas

How Paid Promos Take the Shine Off YouTube Stars (and Tips for Better Influencer Marketing)

suggests that the effect translates to an average of $10,000 over an average six-year-career influencer. “If consumers aren’t perceiving social influencers as trustworthy and authentic, much of their marketing effort might not lead to a... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Technology; Media & Broadcasting
  • 27 Apr 2016
  • Research & Ideas

How the FBI Reinvented Itself After 9/11

insurance and all that stuff. So that’s a game changer for most automotive companies. What does it mean, and how is it going to change who they are and how they do what they do?” Gulati also notes some wartime parallels between the FBI’s... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 05 Jul 2006
  • What Do You Think?

How Important Is “Executive Intelligence” for Leaders?

defined? How can an organization, beginning with its board of directors, insure that EI is being factored into the selection and development of leaders? What implications does this have for business school curricula? What do you think?... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 16 Jul 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

have been prepared for this?” Melman responded. “A lot of our dining rooms have zero sales. I don’t think there are many businesses in general that have a plan for zero sales. It’s not that we’re not prepared for not having business due to an emergency. We have... View Details
Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage
  • 14 Apr 2015
  • First Look

First Look: April 14

Additionally, labor quality and the structure of demand and a long tradition of work in organizational behavior suggests that the successful adoption of productivity enhancing managerial practices requires complementary changes in the firm's "culture" or in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Jul 2010
  • First Look

First Look: July 27

generations to come. Publisher's Link: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9261.html The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Investment Recommendations Authors:Ioannis Ioannou and George Serafeim Publication:Best Paper Proceedings... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Sep 2015
  • First Look

September 8, 2015

complaint data for insurance agents, we find that agents working exclusively for large branded firms are more likely to be the subject of justified sales complaints, relative to smaller independent experts, despite doing substantially... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 2008
  • Other Unpublished Work

Accounting, Risk Management and the Aftermath of a Control Debacle

By: Anette Mikes
Despite the widespread adoption of risk management systems in the financial services industry, recent control debacles highlight the apparent lack of top managerial attention to risk controls. Yet in order to understand the workings and uses of risk controls (or any... View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Governance Controls; Management Systems; Accounting; Conflict and Resolution; Trends; Financial Services Industry
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Mikes, Anette. "Accounting, Risk Management and the Aftermath of a Control Debacle." 2008.
  • 28 Jan 2020
  • Book

Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking

University, where senior and retired executives learn to develop leadership skills in the service of solving large social problems. Many of the examples in the book come from her experience leading that program. Sean Silverthorne: We’re... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Dec 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 7

(EV) reporting by firms with life insurance operations to assess the impact of unregulated financial reporting on transparency and to examine the institutional characteristics that promote unregulated reporting. Under EV accounting the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017

promising source of potential savings for other segments of the commercial insurance market. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53250 September 14, 2017 Personality and Social... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Nov 2007
  • What Do You Think?

What Is Management’s Role in Innovation?

also "to provide a work environment of openness built on trust where every member of the team feels free to express their views/opinions without fear of ridicule or reprisal." Debbe Kennedy called for management to insure... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 19 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 19

insurance benefits) for providing worker insurance. Employment regulations more directly tax firms making frequent labor adjustments than other labor market insurance mechanisms. Venture capital investors... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 28

theorized to be 1) normative or value-laden, 2) progressing in bursts of change over time, 3) socially constructed and culturally embedded, and 4) associated with logics that shape practices. We develop a framework, outlining the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Aug 2021
  • Op-Ed

Dispensing Justice: The Case for Legalizing Cannabis Nationally

deductions or credits. "Banks are extremely chary about extending capital to them. Even if they do, banks charge cannabis firms hefty fees." These inefficiencies are compounded by a dearth of capital. Banks face a severe penalty—nullification of depositary View Details
Keywords: by Ashish Nanda and Tabatha Robinson
  • 15 Nov 2016
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November 15, 2016

creates a "fiscal risk management" motive: incremental spending that occurs when total government spending is already high is particularly unattractive. A first key insight is that the government's need to manage fiscal risk frequently limits its capacity for managing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Oct 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Yelp Factor: Are Consumer Reviews Good for Business?

quality, such as requiring reviewers to create publicly available profiles, and identifying some as "elite reviewers" based on their number of reviews, so users can give them extra weight. Holding users accountable with social... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage
  • 10 Apr 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018

Has Entered the Mainstream By: Chatterji, Aaron K., and Michael W. Toffel Abstract—Leaders in all sectors, from business to sports to education, are increasingly wading into controversial political and social issues. Based on interviews... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Mar 2013
  • First Look

First Look: March 26

order to achieve higher yields-is believed to be an important factor contributing to the credit cycle. This paper analyses this phenomenon in the corporate bond market. Specifically, we show evidence for reaching for yield among insurance... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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