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  • March 2024
  • Case

Nomad: A License to Bank

By: Paul A. Gompers and Pedro Levindo
In late 2023, Lucas Vargas, CEO and co-founder of Nomad, a fintech that offered financial services in the United States for Brazilian residents, had to decide what to do to ensure the company’s continued expansion. Nomad launched its first product, a U.S. digital bank... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Startups; Customer Satisfaction; Decision Making; Entrepreneurship; Banks and Banking; Initial Public Offering; Global Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Organizational Culture; Going Public; Ownership Stake; Innovation and Invention; Strategic Planning; Business and Government Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Business Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Vertical Integration; Leadership; Law; Banking Industry; Technology Industry; Service Industry; Brazil; United States; North America; Latin America
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  • 02 Jun 2011
  • What Do You Think?

Is it Time for a National Bankruptcy?

and relatives in Greece lead better lives than they can afford. Their wages are high, their benefits even higher, and their taxes are low (because, he claims, they avoid paying them). Banks in other countries have to finance Greek... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 30 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Big Companies, Big Opportunities—Big Questions

financial officer of Grupo Elektra, Latin America's leading specialty retailer and consumer finance company. Global banks are decreasing their positions in Latin America. Last year alone, he said, major banks reduced investments in Latin... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
  • Web

3 Technologies that Will Change the World - Course Catalog

opportunities and risks will they create for business leaders? What ethical choices will they force business leaders to confront? In November 2022, the introduction of ChatGPT brought the potential and power of Generative AI into public... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2014
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014

highlight how large companies in traditional industries—from finance to manufacturing to pharmaceuticals—are using digital to gain strategic advantage. They illuminate the principles and practices that lead to successful digital... View Details
Keywords: faculty research; Alumni Research
  • 01 Jun 2009
  • News

Letters to the Editor

working years in book publishing, which is both highly regulated and furiously competitive. We need pro-business champions of the public interest like Teddy Roosevelt of my father’s time or Thurman Arnold of my youth. John M. Pickering... View Details
Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information
  • 06 Nov 2006
  • Research & Ideas

How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI

going to entail is major public investment that is going to be a continued stimulus for the economy. The event may even provide a long enough stimulus that it might be able to turn around some of the sections of Johannesburg that have... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 28 Oct 2008
  • First Look

First Look: October 28, 2008

off if platforms were compatible, the quest for market dominance by competing platform providers prevents them from agreeing to a common standard. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-058.pdf The Economics of Structured View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 Jan 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 22

public research organizations, such as universities and hospitals, and private firms are an established policy tool around the world for the delivery of social or public services, and their use as a tool to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Jun 2016
  • First Look

June 7, 2016

closed question–based surveys. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50727 June 2016 Journal of Finance Local Currency Sovereign Risk By: Du, Wenxin, and Jesse Schreger Abstract—We introduce a new measure of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Sep 2015
  • First Look

September 15, 2015

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49614 October 2015 Journal of Finance The Cost of Capital for Alternative Investments By: Jurek, Jakub W., and Erik Stafford Abstract—Traditional risk factor models indicate that hedge funds... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Nov 2008
  • First Look

First Look: November 18, 2008

for compensation committees at public companies. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=109036 Hearts on Fire—Brand Development Manager Harvard Business School Case 709-436... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Leadership Transitions | Baker Library

heavy growth. As the 1980s ushered in the rise of high-tech research and start-ups, Lehman Brothers, Kuhn, Loeb & Co. helped finance Cetus, an early biotech firm, as well as Intel, which created the first microprocessor. Advances in... View Details
  • 28 Aug 2007
  • First Look

First Look: August 28, 2007

guidelines for when to use each strategy. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808004 ABRY Partners and F+W Publications Harvard Business School Case 207-010 After acquiring F+W View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Sep 2010
  • First Look

First Look: September 14, 2010

on the loan used to finance the Momentive buyout and allow issuance of senior secured notes. The case is set up from the perspective of a hedge fund that holds a fraction of Momentive's syndicated loan. The case serves as a vehicle for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 May 2018
  • News

Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area

outcomes for the city groups we worked with and hopefully higher impact for the residents of San Francisco.” Nora Barr (MBA 2016), who recently finished two projects with the SF Public Library, says Community Partners not only allowed her... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • 01 Nov 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 1

financial advisor, Barclays Capital, had also been working with KKR and its partners to create a bid process that could favor them. In addition to the fee from Del Monte for advising on a successful sale, Barclays also desired to play a leading role in the lucrative... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2007
  • News

The Wise Men

have a long break-in period: I got out of the Navy on a Thursday before Memorial Day. A week from that Monday we had moved to Boston, and I had two sections of Finance for the summer session.” A native of West Virginia, Charlie Williams... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna
  • 01 Jun 2009
  • News

Dispatches from the Global Classroom

homes are financed with mortgages; most people still inherit their homes, build them by hand, or buy them with cash. Obtaining clear title to land and gaining access to basic services such as sanitation, water, and electricity can pose... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 29 Aug 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy

sector. There was a big boom, a few years ago, in these private space enterprises trying to go public through special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). In a SPAC, somebody would start a company with the sole idea of acquiring a... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Aerospace