Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Munich Re reports that natural disasters in 2011 caused insurance companies to substantially spend down cash reserves, with payouts exceeding premiums in the US by 16%. Insurance aside, storms (and other severe weather) can have immediate impacts on corporate bottom lines, as well as longer-term impacts on reputational value.

Insurance 9

Insurance Supply Chain Benchmarking Trends 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2013

The next time we hear about a bank or insurance company''s "green program" — like using energy efficient light bulbs or operating out of a LEED Platinum building — we''ll either scream or throw up. Trust reached an all-time low of 24 percent in 2011, down from 69 percent in 2008.". Don''t get us wrong.

Banking 8

Banking Licensing Finance Insurance 8

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Read on for some innovation inspiration from companies that found ways to make their customers take notice – while sticking with their values: The Difference Maker: Buc-ee’s The Dared to Be Difference: Banking on bathrooms. Geico has done a particularly remarkable job at grabbing attention for their insurance products.

Wilde 62

Wilde Tactics Advertising Brand 62

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2014

The unbanked pay four times more in fees to access their money than those with bank accounts, and they pay $4 higher fees per month for cash access on average than those with formal financial services. However, this proportion is not growing; it has remained relatively static over the period 2005-2011, even as Mexico’s economy has grown.

Cost 8

Cost Transportation Banking Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2013

I should know: Many of my former colleagues, friends, and family members mentioned these stereotypes in 2011 when I accepted a job helping launch a new publication covering the business aspects of this emerging sector. Professionals from the banking, finance, investing, and accounting worlds. And more are joining every day.

Industry 11

Industry Retail Banking Brand 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2015

Three years after the 2011 hack that compromised payment data of millions of Sony gaming users, Sony had to deal with a massive data breach targeting its pictures industry. The company lost a total of about $236 million in breach-related costs, $90 million of which were offset by insurance. The stock price declined 0.3%

Price 8

Price Long-term Banking Short-term 8

Women on Business

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Recent data shows the majority of companies worldwide (71 percent) don’t have a clearly defined strategy for grooming and developing women as company leaders, according to a 2011 Women’s Leadership Development Survey conducted by Mercer. Are they single, raising families, older, or younger?

Career 247

Career Company Software Handbook 247

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2015

” I met with some senior folk at a major bank and they were laughing cynically about this asset manager who came into see them and said “We pulled Exxon from our portfolio and replaced it with Google and now we are a green fund.” How has that effort progressed?

Asset Management 8

Asset Management Report Information Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2017

Much has been made of the fact that a new breed of financial technology (or fintech) companies is unbundling banks in the developed world. Startups are attacking all of the components of the traditional bank value proposition (e.g., Sidian Bank in Kenya has a similar program. However, there are signs that this is changing.

Banking 8

Banking Company Finance Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2017

In his Harvard Business Review article summing up his tenure, Immelt recalls that the two things that influenced him most were Marc Andreessen’s 2011 Wall Street Journal article “ Why Software Is Eating the World ” and Eric Ries’s book The Lean Startup. He doubled GE’s investment in R&D.

Ries 8

Ries Long-term Short-term Price 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2011

In The Age of Hyperspecialization (July-August 2011, co-authored by Tom Malone of MIT and Tammy Johns of Manpower), we note that the division of labor, a development that transformed the way physical work was accomplished during the industrial revolution, may now be poised to redefine how knowledge work gets done in the 21st century.

Supply Chain 12

Supply Chain Health Care Globalization Trends 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2012

Export-Import Bank will hit its $100 billion credit exposure limit by May 1 and will stop issuing direct loans, loan guarantees and export-credit insurance in aid of American exports to risky markets. Then, on May 31, the legislation authorizing the Bank will expire, threatening the Bank's very existence.

Banking 11

Banking Globalization Finance Politics 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

The corporate executives who made the misleading statements generally don’t pay anything at all because they’re covered by directors & officers liability insurance. Then there are the lawyers. As a result, University of Pennsylvania law professors William W. Bratton and Michael L.

Training 8

Training Efficiency Class Price 8