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11 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 11

through which supply and demand are brought into equilibrium. In the investment-research industry, broker votes perform these functions. Using detailed clinical data from a midsized investment bank for the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Jan 2016
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January 12, 2016

curve in which the central bank can provide market participants with forward guidance on both future short rates and on future Quantitative Easing (QE) operations, which affect bond supply. Forward guidance... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

18 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 18

and to avoid the larger economies of Spain and Italy becoming involved. The European financial system became strained. Banks were found to be undercapitalized View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

07 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 7

to invest in social service provision. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/212055-PDF-ENG China Life: Micro Insurance for the Poor Shawn Cole and Lilei XuHarvard Business School Case... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

January 2003 (Revised January 2005)
Case

Peter Isenberg at Fischer Stevens (A)

By: Linda A. Hill and Maria Farkas

Having made managing director at an elite investment bank, Peter Isenberg struggles to understand his new role in the firm. He feels as though little has changed, although it is clear to him that those around him have new expectations. View Details

Keywords: Managerial Roles; Jobs and Positions; Management Teams; Banking Industry

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26 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

Why the US-China Tariff Standoff Hurts American Companies More

Monetary Fund and an economics professor at Harvard University; Brent Neiman, a professor at the University of Chicago; and Jenny Tang, senior economist at the Federal Reserve View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Retail; Manufacturing; Steel

08 May 2006
Research & Ideas

The Cost of Cutting in Line

norm applies to unusual circumstances. Other research shows that individuals are more likely to help if the person in need bears no responsibility for his situation. But what I did is clearly different. Arriving late at a train station View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

23 Jan 2008
Op-Ed

A House Divided: Investment or Shelter?

country, they yearned for shelter, a sanctuary in a new land. That shelter could be a tenement, a farmstead, a ramshackle cottage. For families, home had a connotation of safety and stability. Banks did not... View Details

Keywords: by Nicolas P. Retsinas; Banking; Banking; Banking

14 Aug 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

The Manager's Guide to Leveraging Disruption

In 1995, Harvard Business School professors Clayton M. Christensen and Joseph L. Bower wrote a seminal article for Harvard Business Review, Disruptive Technologies: Catching the Wave. Those words launched the theory of disruptive... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

August 1985 (Revised July 1991)
Case

Bankers Trust New York Corp.

By: Dwight B. Crane and Robert G. Eccles Jr.

Keywords: Banking Industry; New York (state, US)

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March 2000 (Revised May 2001)
Case

Jill Greenthal at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (A): The TCI/AT&T Deal

By: Ashish Nanda, Thomas J. DeLong and Sarah S. Khetani

Jill Greenthal, managing director at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, is leading her team of investment bankers to negotiate on behalf of Tele-Communications, Inc. (TCI) on a potential landmark deal with AT&T. Representing TCI in the negotiations is the culmination of... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Negotiation Process; Service Delivery; Groups and Teams; Entrepreneurship; Negotiation Deal; Gender; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry

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14 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 14, 2007

investors and investment funds. Furthermore, it was creating a network of microfinance banks through a microfinance holding company. However, in a context of rapid change and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Tales of the Newly-minted MBA

more pressing demands of earning a living. After stints at Bain & Co., J. Crew, and Old Navy, he landed his current position as vice president of People's Bank in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Now he's... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

October 2009
Teaching Note

GE Money Bank: The M-Budget Card Initiative (TN)

By: Michael L. Tushman, Sebastian Raisch and Christian Welling

Teaching Note for [410052]. View Details

Keywords: Time Management; Change Management; Problems and Challenges; Projects; Banks and Banking; Innovation and Invention; Product Launch; Knowledge; Experience and Expertise; Value; Competition; Operations; Financial Services Industry; Real Estate Industry

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02 Mar 2017
What Do You Think?

Is China About to Overtake the US for World Trade Leadership?

reluctance to open up the banking system and promote the yuan as a global reserve currency. These were the conclusions of nearly all respondents to this month’s column. Nevertheless, there was an undertone... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

19 Nov 2019
Op-Ed

Gender Bias Complaints against Apple Card Signal a Dark Side to Fintech

Twittersphere that they would investigate. Technology is undeniably transforming the financial services industry. Fintechs, Big Tech, and banks are using increasing volumes of data, artificial intelligence,... View Details

Keywords: by Karen G. Mills; Financial Services

12 Mar 2018
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Why BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Is Not a Socialist

Cecilie Arcurs BlackRock CEO Larry Fink’s recent letter to all CEOs in the S&P 500 has reignited the never-ending debate of “shareholders versus stakeholders.” Titled “A Sense of Purpose,” Fink’s letter is both inspiring and blunt. It... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Banking

April 2009
Teaching Note

Ocean Tomo: Building a Market for Intellectual Property (TN)

By: Peter A. Coles and Andrei Hagiu

Teaching Note for [709404]. View Details

Keywords: Management Teams; Intellectual Property; Valuation; Auctions; Globalized Markets and Industries; Resource Allocation; Banking Industry

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19 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 19, 2006

conservatism. Competitive Advantage and the Value Network Configuration: Making Decisions at a Swedish Life Insurance Company Authors:Øystein D. Fjeldstad and Christian H.M.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne