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- 03 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Who Guarantees Your Workplace Is Safe for Return?
of equal or greater concern: Will shoppers, diners, students, and workers feel safe returning? How can they be comfortable that the space is safe beyond just taking someone’s word for it? Cautious and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Reaching Out
Suchismita had resolved that she was going to open a bank account. "That morning," Nundy recalls, "Suchismita spent hours in preparation, bathing and dressing up as if for a wedding. As we drove to the bank,... View Details
- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
remain attractive to doctors, insurance providers, and individual patients? Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/517065-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 906-408 Brazil Sugar View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Mar 2020
- What Do You Think?
Are Candor, Humility, and Trust Making a Comeback?
authors caution that results would undoubtedly differ from one group of customers and one product or service to another.] It brings to mind marketing campaigns in the United States for Progressive’s View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 19 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19
out the effect of an increasingly important retail phenomenon (channel integration) on a key factor for inventory management (sales dispersion). Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53103 forthcoming Brookings Papers on Economic Activity... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- February 2007 (Revised October 2007)
- Case
BASIX
By: Shawn A. Cole and Peter Tufano
BASIX, an Indian microfinance corporation, must decide whether to continue to sell weather insurance to its clients. A brand-new financial product, weather insurance pays if measured rainfall during the growing season falls below a pre-specified limit. Mr. Sattaiah,... View Details
- 03 Nov 2015
- Blog Post
Siblings at HBS: Katie and Tyler Harris
investment banking and private equity in New York, a little longer to come around to the idea. But when it came to where to go to business school, the two were unanimous. After being regaled with their... View Details
- 10 Dec 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
The Probability of Rare Disasters: Estimation and Implications
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
associated with billing and insurance activities at a large academic health care center that had a certified EHR system. The center enjoyed economies of scale by concentrating its bill paying functions... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Microfinance's Big Payoff: Michael Chu and ACCION International
was so successful we had to establish it as a regular commercial bank to accommodate its growth. Today, BancoSol leads the Bolivian banking system in profitability and makes 40... View Details
- Web
IFC: Italy; Tradition and Innovation - Course Catalog
Italy in the birth of modern capitalism, including the history of double accounting, banking and its impact on trade and the arts. While on campus, we will visit Baker... View Details
- 02 Feb 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Lawful but Corrupt: Gaming and the Problem of Institutional Corruption in the Private Sector
- 2023
- Working Paper
Firm Visibility and Acquisition Likelihood: Evidence from Seeking Alpha Coverage
By: Pu Gu, Benjamin Yost and Yuan Zou
This study investigates whether social media coverage influences a firm’s likelihood of being acquired. Specifically, we hypothesize that coverage of a firm on the Seeking Alpha platform raises its visibility to potential acquirers and M&A advisers (i.e., investment... View Details
Gu, Pu, Benjamin Yost, and Yuan Zou. "Firm Visibility and Acquisition Likelihood: Evidence from Seeking Alpha Coverage." Working Paper, July 2023.
- Web
Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy - Recruiting
college graduation. In consulting, Leahy had her first exposure to the retail industry, working primarily with clients in the retail banking and consumer sector. “I received really great training in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017
authors point to the special role reinsurers have played in the capitalist system. As the insurance industry developed, it had a vested interest in preventing excessive risks, while also providing complex societies with a mechanism to... View Details
- 11 May 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Coordination Frictions in Venture Capital Syndicates
- March 2015 (Revised December 2016)
- Case
American Well: The DTC Decision
By: Elie Ofek and Natalie Kindred
In late 2013, telehealth company American Well, which developed a digital platform that allowed patients to conduct online medical consultations with physicians, is considering pursuing a direct-to-consumer (DTC) strategy. Founded in 2006, American Well had, to date,... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Telehealth; Telemedicine; American Well; Schoenberg; Boston; Israel; Technology; Online Care; Direct-to-consumer; DTC; Health Insurance; Affordable Care Act; Health Care Reform; Accountable Care Organizations; Technology Change; Innovation ＆ Entrepreneurship; Digital Marketing; Strategy; Competition; Information Technology; Marketing; Technological Innovation; Technology Adoption; Entrepreneurship; Marketing Strategy; Health Industry; Technology Industry; Boston; Massachusetts; United States; Israel
Ofek, Elie, and Natalie Kindred. "American Well: The DTC Decision." Harvard Business School Case 515-032, March 2015. (Revised December 2016.)
- 19 Aug 2021
- News
A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues
am asking whites to make deposits up to $250,000 in Black-owned banks. At that level, it is completely insured by the federal government, so there's no risk. The reason is because Black-owned banks send... View Details
- 22 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Profits and Prophets: The Role of Values in Investment
"Profits and Prophets: The Role of Values in Investment," at the Harvard Business School Möbius Leadership Forum on April 12. Hayes holds the Jacob H. Schiff Chair in Investment Banking at Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Mar 2018
- News
A Voice for Diversity and Impact at Scale
scaling local knowledge. Back in the United States, that realization led Hunt to explore other aspects of the health care industry’s value chain, from billing to insurance to product development. “I loved the sense that I was working in... View Details