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- 24 Jul 2019
- Lessons from the Classroom
Can These Business Students Motivate Londoners to Do the Right Thing?
policymaking. Companies have long used behavioral economics but have more recently begun to create these types of teams to be more systematic about it. Banks around the world, including Fidelity, Lloyds in the UK, Commonwealth View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 29
crisis, several commentators concluded that the continuing expansion of risk measurement is dysfunctional (Taleb, 2007; Power, 2009). This paper asks whether the expansion of measurement-based risk management in banking is as inevitable... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The New Math of Customer Relationships
in as personal and amiable a way as possible, asks 10,000 customers to close their accounts every month. It's important to point out that this is out of a current base of about 6.5 million customers who give ING DIRECT the highest marks for satisfaction out of all U.S.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Confronting the Challenges that Face Bricks-and-Mortar Stores
day long and would often shut off the monitors. When a Boston-area bank first tried out videoconferencing kiosks to sell financial services, customers refused to use them. The systems were located in closed booths that granted privacy but... View Details
- 30 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
India’s Ambitious National Identification Program
entitled to receive. The case includes the story of one widow who couldn't cash a government check; she was unable to open a bank account because she lacked the proper documentation. "You are basically denied almost everything if you... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 26 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019
dollars. This creates a direct connection between U.S. monetary policy and EME credit cycles. We estimate that over a typical U.S. monetary easing cycle, EME borrowers experience a 32-percentage-point greater increase in the volume of loans issued by foreign View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Build Winning Streaks
Kellner (soon to succeed Bethune as CEO), Deborah McCoy, and others. Akin Ongor had Saide Kuzeyli, executive vice-president of human resources, as his sidekick-in-chief; she shared the duties of coaching the people of Garanti Bank to... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- March 2014 (Revised June 2015)
- Case
Can Mexico Make Democracy Work?
By: Gunnar Trumbull and Jonathan Schlefer
Enrique Peña Nieto, the presidential candidate of the old Mexican ruling party elected in 2012, passed the most fundamental reforms in at least two decades. They included allowing private competition in the energy sector, including with the state-owned oil company,... View Details
Keywords: Democratization; Economic Development; Competition Policy; Exchange Rates; Comparative Advantage; Growth and Development; Government Legislation; Political Elections; Economic Growth; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Latin America; Mexico
Trumbull, Gunnar, and Jonathan Schlefer. "Can Mexico Make Democracy Work?" Harvard Business School Case 714-049, March 2014. (Revised June 2015.)
- 08 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 8
that your interviewer isn't out to get you. Stay at the table and maintain a sense of perspective. Publisher's link: http://hbr.org/2014/04/15-rules-for-negotiating-a-job-offer/ar/1 August 2013 Harvard Business Review Can an 'Ethical' View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
major transformations. New regulatory requirements have raised the bar on compliance and expanded the remit of risk management significantly. The compliance imperative requires banks to implement a firm-wide risk management framework... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 20
attention to increase financial inclusion among individuals with historically no access to banking or financial services in countries around the world with large underserved populations. The effort included partnerships with governments... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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 Bank of Boston. Danielle Kost is senior editor of Harvard... View Details
- 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 decided to follow another turn in his... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
Large banks—including Bank of America and J.P. Morgan Chase—were among the former creditors. In October 2005, Eddie Bauer stock was selling for $24 per share. Analysts were projecting target prices ranging from $22 to $35 per share.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 8
immigrants made a conspicuous impact. Part I demonstrates the dominant role of immigrants in forming public financial policies from 1775 to 1817. Part II surveys 12 merchant and investment banking firms founded during the nineteenth... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 9
M. Sharpe and John O. WhitneyHarvard Business School Case 813-049 With a competitor nipping at his heels, his bank reluctantly covering his recent overdraft, Jacob Zimmerman is considering expanding his midwestern retail jewelry business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
The Creation and Evolution of Entrepreneurial Public Markets
- 03 May 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Pay Now or Pay Later? The Economics within the Private Equity Partnership
- 17 Nov 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
How Activist Investors Became Respectable
(Editor's Note. Carl Icahn is in the news again. On Monday, SEC filings revealed the militant investor has sold his entire stake in eBay, after successfully pushing the company to spin off its PayPal operation. Harvard Business School professor Joseph Fuller looks at... View Details
- 30 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Political Polarization: Why We All Just Can't Get Along
A recent study suggests that America’s political polarization is driven more by incorrect beliefs and stereotypes about the other side than distaste with those people. That should be good news for those wondering how to knit polarized sides together, or at least nudge... View Details