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  • October 2019
  • Article

Returns to Talent and the Finance Wage Premium

By: Boris Vallée and Claire Célérier
To study the role of talent in finance workers' pay, we exploit a special feature of the French higher education system. Wage returns to talent have been significantly higher and have risen faster in finance since the 1980s than in other sectors. Both wage returns to... View Details
Keywords: Compensation; Finance; Compensation and Benefits; Wages; Banking Industry
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  • 04 Aug 2008
  • Research & Ideas

How Female Stars Succeed in New Jobs

analyst moves, he or she continues to cover the same companies and serve the same clients. Most investment banks are within a mile radius of each other, so even the commute does not change. “A company that is willing to double your... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services
  • October 2019 (Revised August 2020)
  • Case

Souqalmal: The Choice Is Yours (A)

By: V.G. Narayanan and Alpana Thapar
This case describes how Ambareen Musa, Founder and CEO of Souqalmal, a Dubai-based online comparison aggregator of banking and insurance products launched her business in 2011 and rapidly grew it over next couple of years. However, by 2017, the Mauritian entrepreneur... View Details
Keywords: Unit Economics; Finance; Accounting; Competitive Strategy; Financial Statements; Insurance Industry; Middle East
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  • 01 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 1, 2008

the customer knowledge gained from conducting market research at the front end of NPD affects which of these opportunities the firm should pursue. Pitfalls in analyzing the customer data are described, along with guidelines on how to overcome them. The impact of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Aug 2010
  • First Look

First Look: August 17

analyze conditions under which these attack types are likely to succeed. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-104.pdf Unstable Equity? Combining Banking with Private Equity Investing Authors:Lily Fang, Victoria Ivashina,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 3, 2009

profits when one side is subsidized in equilibrium. By contrast, if platforms make positive margins on both sides, the same investment has the regular, expected effects. Our analysis implies that the strategy space and the logic of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Jan 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Could Clean Hydrogen Become Affordable at Scale by 2030?

Hydrogen is poised to move from the sidelines of global clean energy as the industry learns to produce it more efficiently and at lower cost, according to newly published research led by Gunther Glenk, a climate fellow with Harvard Business School's Institute for the... View Details
Keywords: by Desmond Dodd; Energy; Green Technology
  • 22 Dec 2015
  • First Look

December 22, 2015

finance patents in the years after the landmark litigation between State Street Bank and Signature Financial Group. We show that relative to two sets of comparison groups, finance patents in aggregate cite fewer non-patent publications... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 13 Nov 2012
  • First Look

First Look: November 13

the paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1625503 The Determinants of National Competitiveness Authors:Mercedes Delgado, Christian Ketels, Michael E. Porter, and Scott Stern Abstract We define foundational View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Sep 2013
  • First Look

First Look: September 24

Monetary Economics Cyclicality of Credit Supply: Firm-Level Evidence By: Ivashina, Victoria, and Bo Becker Abstract—Theory predicts that there is a close link between bank credit supply and the evolution of the business cycle. Yet... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 23, 2008

StarNight Hotel Construction Bid: Real Time Competition on Schedule, Scope, and Cost Harvard Business School Case 209-067 The case is intended for use with the HBS Educational Technology Group "Construction Bidding Simulation."... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Dec 2006
  • First Look

First Look: December 12, 2006

Diversity in the Workplace Harvard Business School Case 407-029 Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=407029 Information Technology and Innovation at Shinsei Bank Harvard Business School Case... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 8

http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/web/product_detail.seam?R=1057-HBK-ENG&conversationId=262835&E=1462 Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd Author:Youngme Moon Publication:Crown Business/Random House, 2010 Abstract Every few years... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 19, 2008

Bodie Abstract This paper proposes a new approach to improve the way central banks can analyze and manage the financial risks of a national economy. It is based on the modern theory and practice of contingent claims analysis (CCA), which... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 23

even when we control for factors prominent in the last decade's cross-country studies of financial development. The findings indicate that inequality-perpetuating conditions that result in political instability are fundamental roadblocks for international organizations... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 16

resource-management issues, the author argues, water, electricity, and transit deserve the greatest focus. Every other service a competitive city provides-functional housing, schools, hospitals, stores, police and fire departments,... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • March 2009 (Revised May 2011)
  • Case

The Credit Suisse/Gerson Lehrman Group Alliance

By: Robert G. Eccles and Laura Winig
The equity research department of Credit Suisse and the expert network firm of Gerson Lehrman Group, historically competitors, have established a strategic alliance which both believe will give them a competitive advantage. Under the leadership of its head of equity... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Financial Crisis; Investment Banking; Innovation and Invention; Alliances; Social and Collaborative Networks; Competitive Advantage; Banking Industry
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  • February 2007
  • Case

Behavioral Finance at JP Morgan

By: Malcolm P. Baker and Aldo Sesia
Following a successful model in Europe, JP Morgan has introduced a set of five U.S. retail mutual funds with an investment philosophy and marketing strategy grounded in behavioral finance. The asset management group believes that understanding investor biases like... View Details
Keywords: Banks and Banking; Investment Funds; Behavioral Finance; Competitive Advantage; Asset Management; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Customer Focus and Relationships; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; United States; Europe
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  • 31 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 31

and Organizational Capabilities Authors:R. Gibbons and R. Henderson Abstract A large literature identifies unique organizational capabilities as a potent source of competitive advantage, yet our knowledge of why capabilities fail to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
  • 12 Jul 2011
  • First Look

First Look: July 12

returns. Download the paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1734528 Platform Competition under Asymmetric Information Authors:Hanna Hałaburda and Yaron Yehezkel Abstract In the context of platform View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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