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  • January 1990
  • Case

Citibank in Zaire (Abridged)

By: James E. Austin
Keywords: Banks and Banking; International Finance; Banking Industry; Congo, Democratic Republic of the
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  • 15 Nov 2011
  • News

750 World Wonders and counting

story of what he describes as “the 1,000 wonders on earth, including at least one in each and every one of the world’s 200 countries.” Main Wilson has a full-time job as COO of the UK’s Institute of Directors (IOD), but has nonetheless... View Details
Keywords: photography; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions
  • August 2015
  • Article

Dollar Funding and the Lending Behavior of Global Banks

By: Victoria Ivashina, David S. Scharfstein and Jeremy C. Stein
A large share of dollar-denominated lending is done by non-U.S. banks, particularly European banks. We present a model in which such banks cut dollar lending more than euro lending in response to a shock to their credit quality. Because these banks rely on wholesale... View Details
Keywords: Banks; Global Banks; Credit Supply; Dollar Funding; International Finance; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry
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  • 26 Jun 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Why the US-China Tariff Standoff Hurts American Companies More

additional tariffs will have a significant, negative, and long-term impact on American businesses, farmers, families, and the US economy." New research by a Washington-based think tank supports those fears. The nonpartisan Peterson View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Retail; Manufacturing; Steel
  • December 1978 (Revised December 1985)
  • Case

Citibank in Zaire

By: James E. Austin
Keywords: Banks and Banking; International Finance; Banking Industry; Congo, Democratic Republic of the
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  • March 1996
  • Case

Telmex PRIDES

By: Kenneth A. Froot and Mark Seasholes
The case examines an issue by a Mexican development bank of PRIDES written on Telmex stock. PRIDES are a dividend-enhanced security which are exchangeable into shares of the underlying stock. The focus is on pricing these instruments, which involve large... View Details
Keywords: Financial Derivatives; Securities; International Finance; Banks and Banking; Financial Instruments; Valuation; Mexico
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  • 17 Nov 2015
  • Lessons from the Classroom

How Activist Investors Became Respectable

influence that activist investors such as Icahn are gaining on Wall Street.) Carl Icahn made news last month when he announced he had accumulated a large ownership stake in American International Group (AIG) and said he wanted the company... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Fuller; Financial Services; Banking
  • Profile

Scott Wu

monitored refugee camps and volunteered in AIDS orphanages. He spent eight years as president of Aim High, an educational organization focused on inner-city, disadvantaged children. He was also cofounder of a Gates Foundation–funded middle school, and served as... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government; Venture Capital / Private Equity; Financial Services; Technology
  • September 2019
  • Article

The Dollar, Bank Leverage and Deviations from Covered Interest Parity

By: Stefan Advjiev, Wenxin Du, Catherine Koch and Hyun Song Shin
We document a triangular relationship in that a stronger dollar goes hand in hand with larger deviations from covered interest parity (CIP) and contractions of cross-border bank lending in dollars. We argue that underpinning the triangle is the role of the dollar as a... View Details
Keywords: International Finance; Currency; Financial Markets; Banks and Banking
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  • 01 Sep 2006
  • News

Exploring Vietnam and Cambodia

seascape of more than 1,600 limestone islands. Shutterbugs in the group were hard-pressed to take bad shots. The sea kayaking wasn’t so shabby, either! We journeyed next to Hue, the former capital of Vietnam, and then stopped for a couple of nights in beautiful Hoi An,... View Details
Keywords: Sarah Hall; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions
  • September 2011
  • Case

China Development Bank

By: Li Jin, Matthew Preble and Aldo Sesia
In May 2011, Chairman Chen Yuan of the China Development Bank (CDB) was thinking back on CDB's financing of a major project between Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras), Brazil's state-owned oil and gas producer and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), one... View Details
Keywords: International Finance; Emerging Markets; Energy Sources; Banks and Banking; Energy Industry; Brazil; China
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  • 01 Jun 2009
  • News

Too Big To Fail

institution posing it. Paulson affirmed his support for the idea in a March 18, 2009, op-ed article in the Financial Times. In January, an international group of leading financiers and academics known as the... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; federal bailouts; Credit Intermediation and Related Activities; Finance
  • 06 Dec 2011
  • Op-Ed

Greater Fiscal Integration Best Solution for Euro Crisis

take a grim view. The EMU has had no fiscal solidarity, no fiscal discipline, and no lender of last resort. To regain a level of competitiveness comparable to Germany's, weaker European economies would have to suffer through a painful View Details
Keywords: by Dante Roscini
  • 1986
  • Book

Banking and Empire in Iran

By: Geoffrey Jones
This is the first of two volumes of a business history of a major British bank in the Middle East. Volume 1 traces the history of the bank from its foundation in 1889 as The Imperial Bank of Persia, through the years it was the state bank of Iran, and its development... View Details
Keywords: Banks and Banking; International Relations; Business History; Economic History; Political History; War; Iran; Russia; Great Britain
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  • February 2007 (Revised March 2007)
  • Case

Navigating Turbulent Waters: Glitnir Bank's Communication Challenge during a Macroeconomic Crisis

By: Michael D. Kimbrough, Gregory S. Miller, Vincent Marie Dessain and Ane Damgaard Jensen
Glitnir Bank is an Icelandic company following an aggressive growth strategy that relies heavily on foreign debt. Access to such debt is suddenly curtailed when there is a downturn in market sentiment regarding the Icelandic economy as a whole. Students will reflect on... View Details
Keywords: International Finance; Banks and Banking; Macroeconomics; Communication Strategy; Banking Industry; Iceland
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  • 2011
  • Chapter

The World Bank and Democratic Accountability: The Role of Civil Society

By: Alnoor Ebrahim and Steve Herz
Keywords: International Finance; Banks and Banking; Civil Society or Community; Governance Compliance; Banking Industry
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  • 01 Feb 2001
  • News

Q&A - Dirty Money: Raymond Baker Explores the Free Market's Demimonde

and, as he puts it, "get reality on the table." Since 1996, as a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution and, currently, as a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy in Washington, D.C.,... View Details
Keywords: Finance; Government
  • 01 Dec 1997
  • News

Banking on HBS

other public institutions, such as the International Monetary Fund, as well as representatives from the private sector, client countries, and nongovernmental organizations. EDP cohorts typically consist of some 120 participants; the first... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
  • 01 Dec 2002
  • News

Think Globally, Teach Locally

founding of schools around the globe, including the Instituto Centroamericano de Administración de Empresas (INCAE) in Costa Rica; the Philippines' Asian Institute of Management (AIM); the Indian Institute... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
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