Banking And Insurance - Publications - Faculty & Research

2023
Working Paper

Achieving Universal Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: Addressing Market Failures or Providing a Social Floor?

By: Katherine Baicker, Amitabh Chandra and Mark Shepard

The United States spends substantially more on health care than most developed countries, yet leaves a greater share of the population uninsured. We suggest that incremental insurance expansions focused on addressing market failures will propagate inefficiencies and... View Details

Keywords: Public Sector; Insurance; Health Care and Treatment; Policy; Innovation and Invention

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June 1990 (Revised February 1991)
Teaching Note

Thai Farmers Bank (A) (Abridged), Teaching Note

By: James E. Austin and Tomas Otto Kohn

Keywords: Banking Industry

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November–December 2019
Article

Making Sense of Soft Information: Interpretation Bias and Loan Quality

By: Dennis Campbell, Maria Loumioti and Regina Wittenberg Moerman

We explore whether behavioral biases impede the effective processing and interpretation of soft information in private lending. Taking advantage of the internal reporting system of a large federal credit union, we delineate three important biases likely to affect the... View Details

Keywords: Soft Information; Lending; Banking; Information; Financing and Loans; Banks and Banking; Decision Making

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Karen Mills speaks at an FDIC webinar addressing policy and consumer impact perspectives on enabling “open banking” through APIs, national vs. state privacy laws, data ownership, and liability standards. View Details

Launch of Nigeria's Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) - the eNaira

Stakeholders including the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) and Prof. Lauren Cohen, L. E Simmons, a Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School, United States of America, among others, yesterday, listed recommendations for the... View Details

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Investment analyst reports: banks included in library research

Which investment banks's research do I have access to analyst to and in which database? Investment Bank Region Focus Source Auerbach Grayson North America LSEG Workspace Barclays*... View Details

June 1988 (Revised July 1989)
Case

John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co.: The Inflation Strategy Task Force (A)

1980 was a critical time for John Hancock with high inflation, high interest rates, increased competition, and the desertion of policy holders seeking new investment opportunities. A new lower level (of vice presidents) task force was set up by the executive committee... View Details

Keywords: Strategic Planning; Insurance; Inflation and Deflation; Insurance Industry; United States

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July 2022
Supplement

TravelBank (B): Finalizing the U.S. Bank Acquisition

By: Laura Huang and Katie LaMattina

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March 2018
Teaching Note

Sales Misconduct at Wells Fargo Community Bank

By: Suraj Srinivasan, Dennis W. Campbell, Susanna Gallani and Amram Migdal

Teaching Note for HBS No. 118-009. View Details

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03 Sep 2015
News

An Online Bank With a Personal Touch

17 Feb 2011
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Banks likely face fines over foreclosure mess

2000
Conference Presentation

The Effect of IPO Team Ties on Investment Bank Affiliation and IPO Success

By: Ranjay Gulati

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08 May 2020
News

Should U.S. Policymakers Force Banks to Waive Overdraft Fees During the Crisis?

December 2009 (Revised June 2010)
Supplement

Goldman Sachs: A Bank for All Seasons (B)

By: Lena G. Goldberg and Tiffany Lynne Obenchain

Having taken steps to shore up investor confidence, during the turbulent fourth quarter of 2008, Goldman Sachs confronts the challenge of whether its business model will continue to be viable under radically altered market conditions and a new regulatory regime. View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Financial Crisis; Investment Banking; Financial Management; Financial Strategy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business Strategy; Banking Industry

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December 2009 (Revised June 2010)
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Goldman Sachs: A Bank for All Seasons (A)

By: Lena G. Goldberg and Tiffany Lynne Obenchain

Facing the worldwide financial crisis, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein considered his options including whether his company could avoid a forced marriage and what steps Goldman Sachs should take to try to restore confidence in financial services companies. View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Crisis; Commercial Banking; Investment Banking; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Crisis Management; Business Strategy; Banking Industry

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