Publications

2004
Working Paper

Regulation and Reaction: The Other Side of Free Banking in Antebellum New York

By: David A. Moss and Sarah Brennan

Free banking, which first appeared in the United States in the late 1830s, comprised two essential features: general incorporation for banks and rigorous security requirements for note issue. Because the general incorporation feature is what allowed free entry, it has... View Details

Keywords: History; Law; Competition; Financial Liquidity; Money; Market Entry and Exit; Financing and Loans; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry

5 PM – 10:15 PM EST, 12 Nov 2014
Campaign

A Vision for the 21st Century - HBS in New York

All alumni are encouraged to attend one (or more) of the regional events taking place around the world over the next couple of years. Dean Nitin Nohria, along with select faculty and senior HBS leaders, will join local alumni and their guests at every event. Attendees... View Details

14 Nov 2011
Other Presentation

New York City’s Anchor Institutions: From Social Responsibility to Shared Value

By: Michael E. Porter

Professor Michael E. Porter: Initiative for a Competitive Inner City View Details

Keywords: Economics; Growth and Development; United States

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26 Sep 2013

Check Us Out: MBA LGBT Open House in New York City

This event is hosted by Harvard, Columbia, Northwestern (Kellogg), and Stanford. The event will include panels with MBA alumni, students, and admissions officers. Additionally, Chicago Booth, Dartmouth (Tuck), MIT Sloan, UCLA Anderson, Virginia (Darden), and Wharton... View Details

October 2009 (Revised February 2010)
Supplement

Merger of Equals: The Integration of Mellon Financial and The Bank of New York (B)

By: Ryan D. Taliaferro, Clayton S. Rose and David Lane

[Continuation of "A" case.] Less than a month after the close of the merger between The Bank of New York and Mellon Financial, managers at the two firms realized that plans for combining their asset servicing businesses – and realizing the $180 million of annual cost... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Integration; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry

9 AM – 4:30 PM EDT, 06 Jun 2023
Career Events

Renewal: A Workshop for Work and Life Transition in New York City

Do you find yourself considering new ways to contribute to family, community, or work? This program will allow you to look more deeply into the essential elements that are always present when making the decisions that bring you closer to... View Details

6 PM – 8 PM EST, 06 Nov 2014

New York City Alumni: Determining Your Career Elements & Connecting with HBS

Kristen Fitzpatrick, Managing Director of HBS Career and Professional Development, and other senior members of the CPD team will share with HBSCNY the resources available to you and guide you through a quick exercise to see what elements are most essential in your... View Details

Article

Democracy and Its Discontents: Contesting Suffrage Rights in Gilded Age New York

By: Sven Beckert

30 Dec 2016
News

Walter E. Mattson, Former President of New York Times, Dies at 84

Keywords: newspapers; digital media; negotiation; manufacturing; leadership; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

17 Apr 2014
News

York Street Partners and Busbud Take Top Honors in Harvard Business School Alumni New Venture Competition

January 2011
Article

Does Intellectual Property Rights Reform Spur Industrial Development?

By: Lee G. Branstetter, Ray Fisman, C. Fritz Foley and Kamal Saggi

An extensive theoretical literature generates ambiguous predictions concerning the effects of intellectual property rights (IPR) reform on industrial development. The impact depends on whether multinational enterprises (MNEs) expand production in reforming countries... View Details

Keywords: Development Economics; Foreign Direct Investment; Multinational Firms and Management; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Intellectual Property; Rights; Production; Expansion; United States

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2005
Working Paper

Hospital Integration and Vertical Consolidation: An Analysis of Acquisitions in New York State

By: Robert S. Huckman

01 Nov 2022
News

Pay Transparency Is Now the Law of the Land in New York City

February 1997 (Revised January 1998)
Background Note

Day in the Life of The New York Times on the Web, A

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport

January 2006
Article

Hospital Integration and Vertical Consolidation: An Analysis of Acquisitions in New York State

By: Robert S. Huckman

Keywords: Integration; Health; Consolidation; Theory; Mergers and Acquisitions

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August 1995 (Revised August 1995)
Case

CIGNA Property and Casualty Reengineering (A)

By: Richard L. Nolan, Donna B. Stoddard, Chiara Francalanci and Elise C Martin

Reengineering was introduced at CIGNA Corp. in 1988. CIGNA entered a second wave reengineering effort through a major project at CIGNA P&C, one of CIGNA's larger businesses. P&C was in financial crisis and as a result brought in a new executive team in 1991 to head the... View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Cost vs Benefits; Design; Growth and Development; Analytics and Data Science; Growth and Development Strategy; Balanced Scorecard; Financial Crisis; Crisis Management; Projects; Information Technology; Insurance Industry

Educators

November 2009
Case

Incentive or Insult? The Case of Joe Torre and the New York Yankees

By: Richard S. Tedlow and David Ruben

Keywords: Sports Industry; New York (city, NY)