Publications

June 2013 (Revised June 2015)
Case

Ibrahim Dabdoub at the National Bank of Kuwait

By: Linda A. Hill and Dana M. Teppert

Ibrahim Dabdoub, the Group chief executive of the National Bank of Kuwait (NBK), reflects on his past 30 years at the helm of the Bank. Under his leadership, NBK grew from a small local bank to one of the preeminent financial institutions in the region. However,... View Details

Keywords: Globalization; Middle East; Team Leadership; Leadership Style; Leadership; Leadership Development; Groups and Teams; Growth and Development Strategy; Expansion; Banking Industry; Kuwait; Middle East

24 Mar 2010
News

How to design a fair bank tax

2009
Working Paper

Corporate Misgovernance at the World Bank

By: Ashwin Kaja and Eric D. Werker

We test for evidence of corporate misgovernance at the World Bank. Most major decisions at the World Bank are made by its Board of Executive Directors. However, in any given year the majority of the Bank's member countries do not get a chance to serve on this powerful... View Details

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Banks and Banking; Financing and Loans; International Finance; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards

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February 2001 (Revised March 2002)
Case

Korea First Bank (A)

In December 1999, Newbridge Capital, an equity investment fund based in San Francisco, successfully negotiated with the Korean government to acquire a controlling interest in Korea First Bank. It was the first time a foreign financial institution acquired a Korean... View Details

Keywords: Negotiation Process; Negotiation Participants; Foreign Direct Investment; Acquisition; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; San Francisco; South Korea

Research Summary

Bad-debts provisioning at banks

By: V.G. Narayanan

I am very interested in studying loan-loss reserves and the provisioning for bad-debts at banks. View Details

Keywords: Loan Evaluation; Bad Debt Expense; Banking Industry

March 1990 (Revised April 1991)
Supplement

Chase Manhattan Bank (B)

By: Benson P. Shapiro

Keywords: Banking Industry

April 1990 (Revised April 1990)
Case

Metropolitan Bank for Savings

By: Richard H.K. Vietor

Keywords: Banking Industry

April 1985 (Revised November 1987)
Case

Comptroller and Non-Bank Banks

By: Dekkers L. Davidson and Richard H.K. Vietor

Keywords: Banking Industry

20 Apr 2009
Working Paper Summaries

Corporate Misgovernance at the World Bank

Keywords: by Ashwin Kaja & Eric Werker

May 2010 (Revised July 2010)
Case

Bank of America Acquires Merrill Lynch (A)

By: Robert C. Pozen and Charles E. Beresford

On December 22, 2008, Bank of America (BofA) chairman and CEO Ken Lewis convened a special board of directors meeting to review his company's pending acquisition of investment bank Merrill Lynch. Negotiations for the acquisition had begun a few months earlier, during... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Crisis; Corporate Governance; Government Legislation; Crisis Management; Business and Government Relations; Banking Industry

May 1983
Background Note

Banks and Discount Brokerage

By: Dwight B. Crane

September 1981
Supplement

Atlantic National Bank (B)

By: Dwight B. Crane

Article

Central Banking Needs Rethinking

By: Amar Bhidé and Edmund Phelps

February 2020 (Revised January 2021)
Case

Transformation at Citizens Bank

By: Mark Egan

March 2015
Teaching Note

Credem: Banking on Cheese

By: Nikolaos Trichakis

November 1980 (Revised June 1981)
Supplement

Buffalo Savings Bank (B)

February 1983 (Revised February 1984)
Case

Northwestern National Bank Corp.