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- 17 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Companies Need to Start Marketing Security to Customers
children. Volvo's latest goal is that no one should die in a Volvo car after 2020. Most firms just quietly test their products and services, receiving the blessing of Underwriters Laboratories, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, or... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Teresa Clarke: An Advocate for Education in South Africa
witnessed the tremendous success of SSP-SA in its first two years, she is keenly aware of the potential that the program has to influence the country’s future. Modeled after the Student/Sponsor Partnership in New York City, the SSP-SA recruits professionals to help... View Details
- 19 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Expensing Options Won’t Hurt High Tech
companies' market prices. More seriously, however, the claim simply ignores the fact that a lack of cash need not be a barrier to compensating executives. Rather than issuing options directly to employees, companies can always issue them to View Details
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2019 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Ely-Spence, Underwriter at Stripe, presents Flash Talk, “Finsta: A Mental Health Resource for the Modern Age: What happens when authenticity and vulnerability meet performance?” at the 2019 Gender and Work Symposium. Francesca Ely-Spence,... View Details
- 04 Mar 2009
- Op-Ed
Credit is Not the Bogey
afford the payments—indeed, to buyers who have no "rainy day" savings. Underwriting must once again deserve the name. Micro-print contracts must be transparent and protect the consumer. Lenders must take responsibility not just... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Rock Gift to Support Entrepreneurial Studies
doctoral students, and underwrite entrepreneurship–related publications and conferences. “It’s really an amazing opportunity and responsibility that Arthur Rock has placed in front of us,” comments HBS professor William A. Sahlman, who... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Early Impact
Gayle Greenhill, for instance, supports community-building and campus cultural events and activities within the MBA Program. And a research fund established by Gisel (MBA 2003) and Omid Kordestani underwrites scholarship and activities at... View Details
- 24 Jul 2018
- Op-Ed
4 Ways Managers Can Exercise Their 'Agency' to Change the World
General Motors was moving toward its vision of zero emissions and zero accidents by investing in electrified, shared, and autonomous vehicles. And while Wells Fargo was creating fraudulent accounts, Bank of America Merrill Lynch became a leader in View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- 13 Feb 2015
- News
Lessons in Perseverance
business skills, but the profits go to underwrite scholarships at Deza’s high school in a poor, mountainous region in Peru. “I have such a passion for being a catalyst so others can flourish,” she said. A glimpse of Deza’s style could be... View Details
- 15 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Better Business Model for Fighting Cancer
“Maybe you don’t get the perfect answer,” he says, “but for $50,000 you get three-quarters of the way to an answer that otherwise would have cost $500,000.” Or perhaps philanthropists who underwrite a drug’s development could receive... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Vision: Into the Breach
data, and pay for any loss of business you’ve had,” says Itskovich. Half of the startup’s 180 employees work in areas like security research and data science, while the rest handle traditional insurance activities such as underwriting and... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- 15 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Lessons Not Learned About Innovation
must contribute to the other. Q: What is the innovation pyramid and how does it work? A: The innovation pyramid is an innovation strategy that works at three levels. The lion's share of the investment underwrites a few big bets at the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
Shrinking the Racial Wealth Gap, One Mortgage at a Time
underwriting systems neither approve nor reject. Narrowing the default gap The research team found minority applicants were about 3 percentage points less likely to be approved than white applicants working with the same white loan... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
What’s after Fannie and Freddie?
underwriting standards. In a number of European countries, for example, there are quite strict regulations on down payments; many require 20 percent. I don’t think U.S. policymakers are willing to go that route; the ability to buy a home... View Details
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Post-war PR Campaigns Reaching Wide Audiences | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
medium of television by underwriting The U.S. Steel Hour , which showcased up-and-coming actors in serious dramas by renowned playwrights. Sponsored messages during the program provided an opportunity for U.S. Steel to inform the public... View Details
- 12 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
‘Let the Buyer Beware’ Doesn’t Protect Investors
some PowerPoint slides—a process that Bill Burnham, a former CSFB Internet analyst, calls 'the competitive devaluation of underwriting standards.' But nowhere did the wall between research and banking fall so completely as in Quattrone's... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- 22 Apr 2015
- Op-Ed
Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths
were unable to provide new loans to underwrite company growth. “The recessionary measures that were taken in Greece were not the cause of the crisis.” Even large companies that could ordinarily rely on public equity or debt markets... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Kash Rangan
funds. The venture philanthropy community has some translation work to do. Right now venture philanthropy is only a small part of the landscape. Another hot topic in the nonprofit world is the idea of creating a for-profit business to help View Details
- 03 Apr 2019
- Book
Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business
cash flow transparency lends to the underwriting and risk assessment process. The basic technology to create a connected dashboard exists today. Why, if it is what small businesses want, has it not been developed? Today, each data stream... View Details
- 08 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 8
underwriting representative for public television and radio stations throughout the United States. When Mr. Williams and his wife, Linda Williams, started NPB in 1996, they had imagined it would grow quickly and be acquired by a larger... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne