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- February 2010
- Supplement
Valuing Visa? Priceless (CW)
By: Peter Tufano
Students must determine whether or not Visa, which had an IPO one month prior, is a good investment. The case provides an overview of multisided platform businesses and the payments industry in general. Visa's business model and economics are reviewed. View Details
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Information Security & Privacy Policy | About
Information Security & Privacy Policy Protecting Harvard's data is a responsibility shared by all members of the HBS community. Faculty and staff must educate themselves on how to recognize and protect the information entrusted to us, including but not limited to:... View Details
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Research Links - The Art of American Advertising
Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections Visual Resources More Exhibits Exhibition Gallery Research Links Site Credits The Art of American Advertising 1865 - 1910 Research Links Trade Cards... View Details
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3.1 Student Accounts | MBA
bills by e-mail and can view their student account using their Harvard Key. Payments may be made electronically or by check. Credit cards are not accepted. Charges for tuition and fees and all other charges... View Details
Howard L. Clark
Clark took American Express from a struggling travel service to one of the most recognized credit corporations in the world. When he took the CEO position, American Express was on the verge of selling its fledgling two-year old View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 10 Apr 2019
- News
Rakuten’s Mikitani Bets $5.5 Billion To Shake Up Japan’s Telecom Industry
10 million customers in the next nine years. The plan, the article notes, relies on leveraging Rakuten’s 100 million existing e-commerce, banking, and credit card customers. “Using our ecosystem, we can... View Details
- September 2016
- Teaching Note
Apple Pay
By: Shelle Santana and Sunil Gupta
Harvey Golub
Golub was instrumental in helping to transform American Express in the nineties after a period of unsuccessful and unfocused diversification. He streamlined a number of operations and divested of many non-core business lines including stock brokerage, insurance, and... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Check Is in the Mail
Credit due: Trade cards ca. 1870 (top) showed that everything from sewing machines to harvesters could be purchased on installment; the dangers of extending credit instead of... View Details
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Contacts & Resources | Information Technology
contact HBS IT by emailing ithelp@hbs.edu or calling Technology Support Service at 617-495-6600. If you believe credit card information may have been accessed. Contact Eileen Sullivan in the HBS Financial... View Details
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Scrapbooks & Collectibles- The Art of American Advertising
Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections Visual Resources More Exhibits Exhibition Gallery Research Links Site Credits The Art of American Advertising: Scrapbooks & Collectibles National Markets Advertising Products Trade... View Details
- 23 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
It’s Called ‘Price Coherence,’ and It’s Surprisingly Bad for Consumers
those who don't—or can't—take advantage of them. Edelman cites the credit card industry, for example. "When Visa wants to compete with American Express, it doesn't introduce a new Visa Basic card; instead,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Ink
there is only Box 3. But very quickly, you get into Box 1. Take Square. Its Box 3 opportunity was micromerchants who want to take credit cards but don’t generate enough sales to have an expensive, big View Details
- 14 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?
agree" confirmations, it's all too easy to press an extra button that purportedly accepts one of these offers, without realizing that the offer actually carries a charge of $15 per month or more. Notably, these offers obtain consumers' View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Ask the Expert: In Security
Illustration by Taylor Callery Remember a decade ago, when the main cybersecurity worry was a retail breach of credit card information? “Obviously that still happens,” says Chris Young (MBA 2003), CEO of the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Students Start-Ups Tap New HBS Fund
women to keep track of health data. Rewardly (Aleem Mawani, MBA ’11, and Jasen Kimis): A rewards program that works with customers’ existing credit cards wherever they make purchases. UpStart (Sarah Dillard,... View Details
Keywords: awards
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Short Takes
credit card issuers, began lending precisely at this time to customers with much lower average incomes than they ever had before," he says. In fact, contends Moss, policymakers could conceivably worsen the... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
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Buy Now, Pay Later: Research Links - Secondary Resources
414-424. Full text available as a networked resource. (Harvard users only: Harvard ID and University PIN required) Mandell, Lewis. The Credit Card Industry: A History (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1990).... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Braving an Insecure New World
more private letter, to choosing to use a credit card rather than cash for our purchases. Make no mistake: Big Data knows more about you than Big Brother ever will! Data-driven innovation to improve the... View Details
- April 1993 (Revised December 1994)
- Case
Lehman Brothers and the Securitization of American Express Charge-Card Receivables
By: Andre F. Perold and Kuljot Singh
In early 1992, Lehman Brothers had received a mandate from its affiliate, American Express Travel Related Services (TRS) Co., to securitize a portion of its consumer charge-card receivables portfolio. It is now July 22, and Lehman and TRS have just returned from a... View Details
Perold, Andre F., and Kuljot Singh. "Lehman Brothers and the Securitization of American Express Charge-Card Receivables." Harvard Business School Case 293-121, April 1993. (Revised December 1994.)