Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2014

When Shanghai Chaori Solar Energy, a Chinese solar cell-maker and power-generator, missed an interest payment on its bonds in February 2014, the Chinese government didn’t intervene. Sino-Capital Guaranty Trust is confronting the reality that insuring commercial bonds is not a risk-free business. But it hasn’t.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Bond Banking Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

Instead, the last few years have seen a proliferation of C-suite titles that include a component of marketing. This diversity reflects not only a deepening understanding of the connection between growth and customer satisfaction, but a much greater awareness of what marketing can do to help forge that bond.

P&L 9

P&L Banking Marketing Call Center 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2016

The car’s interior was cramped and uncomfortable, and the steering wheel–mounted gearbox required exceptional dexterity to operate. The Trabant was so full of blatant faults, so lacked functional appeal, that it actually inspired a peculiar emotional bond in its owners.

Airlines 8

Airlines Insurance Industry Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2017

Money, equities, bonds, titles, deeds, contracts, and virtually all other kinds of assets can be moved and stored securely, privately, and from peer to peer, because trust is established not by powerful intermediaries like banks and governments, but by network consensus, cryptography, collaboration, and clever code. Insight Center.

Finance 8

Finance IPO Banking Venture Capitalist 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Too many companies still follow a “Plan-then-Do” approach to strategy: The organization works tirelessly to create its best forecasts about the future market and competitive landscape. Webvan was forced to cease operations by 2001. Think of strategy as a portfolio of options, not bonds.

Execution 8

Execution Strategy Contingency Plans Company 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2015

Hundreds if not thousands of hospitals have responded to trends such as shorter average hospital stays, fewer surgeries, a shift to outpatient and home care, and reduced reimbursements by consolidating or overhauling their operations and laying off staff. We’ve certainly had to change too. Serious accountability.

Policies 8

Policies Chemicals Bond Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Take micro insurance: If I allow a small-hold farmer to insure their crop, it means in the first year they can actually have less volatility around the outcome. They can put more of their assets to work because they don’t need to self-insure. Which in turn means they actually can run bigger farms, pay bigger insurance premiums.

Insurance 8

Insurance Bond Hedge Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2013

Or at least the market''s. That''s the finding of a big new study by Harvard''s Lucian Bebchuk, Duke''s Alon Brav, and Columbia''s Wei Jiang , which shows that companies targeted by activist hedge funds as undervalued markedly improve their operating performance in the subsequent five years. But he''s doing God''s work.

Hedge 8

Hedge Short-term Long-term Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2015

” The most common agreement – which I call the “pair bond exchange” – is a legally binding contract under family law. Families are shot through with exchanges, some legally binding contacts, and others so informal or unsuited to judicial enforcement that the law won’t enforce them.

Taylorism 8

Taylorism Taylor Committee COO 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2012

A few tweets or Facebook comments about a work project can give a competitor valuable insight into a company's product plans, and travel information might suggest that marketers or salespeople are aiming at new clients or regions. Wordle , for example, can show a word cloud that reveals patterns.

Company 8

Company Media Travel Tools 8