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.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Bond Banking Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2012

Nobody wants to wind up like Jamie Dimon, head of JPMorgan Chase, whose cherished legacy has been pickled by what Dimon himself called "egregious mistakes" by an obscure group of bond traders at the firm. Others work in food manufacturing facilities while others operate an enormous trucking fleet.

Risk Management 10

Risk Management Insurance Incentives Retail 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2011

In 2010, we conducted the first evaluation of how the program is working for the state's employers and workers, six years after it began operation. California's paid family leave (PFL) program is structured as an insurance scheme, similar to unemployment insurance. Our research has yielded three major findings.

Insurance 13

Insurance Bond Cost Report 13

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. Yes, financial institutions should be environmentally responsible in their own operations. Don''t get us wrong.

Banking 8

Banking Licensing Finance Insurance 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

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

AUGUST 5, 2014

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. Digital has removed barriers across sectors, even in old-line businesses known for “sticky” products, such as telecom and insurance.

P&L 9

P&L Banking Marketing Call Center 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Some of the San Francisco-based groups, for example, bonded via discussions about the Golden State Warriors basketball team and opportunities to be more active in the city. This group dynamic cultivates a social network that offers real-time feedback, support, and accountability.

Health Care 11

Health Care Participative Wireless Pharmaceuticals 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2013

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.

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

ExactHire - Leadership

AUGUST 19, 2021

Companies need employees now, and if companies do not meet their staffing needs to operate, doors will close—maybe permanently. Good insurance and vacation time won’t cut it anymore; people are seeking flexibility and remote options because many need to be caregivers or provide support to children who are e-learning.

Guidelines 52

Guidelines Review GDP Content 52

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 5, 2012

No entity can operate without affecting or being affected by its communities. It is not ‘insurance’ that can be bought overnight. It is not ‘insurance’ that can be bought overnight. It is a bond of trust that, if violated, will haunt the business. Community Relations.

Loyalty 85

Loyalty Bottom-up Strategic Planning Bond 85

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Nor do the tools have to be the high-end, James Bond type: Simple tools can help aggregate and analyze information. In one cloud we created from social-media comments about a new CEO in the European insurance industry, the words "restructuring" and "operations" stood out, suggesting what he's planning to do.

Company 8

Company Media Travel Tools 8

Strategy Driven

JUNE 6, 2014

No business can operate without affecting or being affected by its communities. Community relations is not ‘insurance’ that can be bought overnight. Community relations is not ‘insurance’ that can be bought overnight. It is a bond of trust that, if violated, will haunt the business.

Franchising 96

Franchising Marketing Strategy Strategic Planning 96

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2016

Investors from hedge funds to insurance companies are operating in an environment of low yields, near-zero interest rates, and a glut of savings. This is where a new financial product, social impact bonds (also known as pay-for-success contracts), can play a role. Insight Center. Innovation in Cities.

Finance 8

Finance Innovation Bond Incentives 8

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

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Webvan was forced to cease operations by 2001. Think of strategy as a portfolio of options, not bonds. The traditional plan-then-do model treats the value of any strategy like a bond. Unfortunately, usage turned out to be far lower than expected, order sizes much smaller, and capital costs far higher.

Execution 8

Execution Strategy Contingency Plans Company 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2017

They may be flesh and blood to the senior team and the assistants in the C-suite, but to people in outer orbits, from operational departments to business units, they are imaginary constructs. When the employee left Gates’s office, his son had insurance coverage. They’re mental images.

Stage-Gate 8

Stage-Gate CEO Insurance Hammer 8

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Operating with transparency used to be a luxury versus a necessity but, now, it’s quite mandatory. Instead, focus on crowdfunding and non-traditional lenders such as Bond Street, Kabbage and Deal Struck. Transparency. A revenue source of that size is simply too big to ignore and not tap into. About the Author.

Entrepreneur 50

Entrepreneur Loyalty Airlines Advertising 50

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