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- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Latin America's Decade
benefited from investor interest in the Internet in Latin America. Through two rounds of funding, they have secured $60 million from foreign investors. Says Oxenford, "In our sector, U.S. financial insti-tutions have been fairly active,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna; Latin America; research; infrastructure; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
A Tough Assignment
unique, expeditionary curriculum. (Students, for example, might travel to Mexico to learn about NAFTA and the lives of sweatshop workers.) Undaunted by financial demands, O’Neill leveraged his fundraising skills. In 1998, Shackleton... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Truth in Lending
Illustration by Jon Krause What percentage of managers do you think steal from their companies? Your answer to that question can tell a financial institution a lot about your creditworthiness, says DJ DiDonna (MBA 2010), cofounder and... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Investing in Innovation
priorities." In September 2013, Faust launched the five-year, $6.5 billion Harvard Campaign. The financial goal for The Harvard Business School Campaign is $1 billion. As of April 25, HBS had raised more than 50 percent of that goal, with... View Details
- August 1996 (Revised October 1996)
- Case
Howard, Shea & Chan Asset Management (A)
A medium-sized investment management firm is attempting to decide whether to try to grow, and if so, how. It is a complicated decision because the managing partner and her colleagues have significantly different views. This case provides the background on the industry,... View Details
Keywords: Partners and Partnerships; Decision Making; Sales; Growth and Development Strategy; Financial Services Industry
Shapiro, Benson P. "Howard, Shea & Chan Asset Management (A)." Harvard Business School Case 597-021, August 1996. (Revised October 1996.)
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
In Pursuit of Academia
later informed her doctoral research in the School’s Organizational Behavior program. “I sat in one of the seats closest to the blackboards. I had a perfect view of the whole section,” recalls Fernandes. From there she saw a hierarchy View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Research Brief: Where Top-Down Tops Out
responsibility of selecting and compensating leaders to each hospital board. This system has led to many of the same CEOs heading different hospitals within the system, making it easier to track whether an individual has an impact on systemic performance, such as View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- Article
Credit and Punishment: Are Corporate Bankers Disciplined for Risk-Taking?
By: Janet Gao, Kristoph Kleiner and Joseph Pacelli
We examine whether bankers face disciplining consequences for structuring poorly performing corporate loans. We construct a novel data set containing the employment histories and loan portfolios of a large sample of corporate bankers and find that corporate credit... View Details
Keywords: Syndicated Loans; Credit Events; Career Outcomes; Loan Officers; Banks and Banking; Financing and Loans; Risk Management; Corporate Finance; Personal Development and Career
Gao, Janet, Kristoph Kleiner, and Joseph Pacelli. "Credit and Punishment: Are Corporate Bankers Disciplined for Risk-Taking?" Review of Financial Studies 33, no. 12 (December 2020): 5706–5749.
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Merton's Economics Research Wins Nobel Prize
managers, it has actually helped to change the nature of financial investment. Merton's work has helped to bring about an explosion in the derivatives market worldwide, a development that some have... View Details
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”
wagon, so what?" Fumbling the Future was published in 1988, and the impact of this book reverberated throughout Xerox, stimulating many responses. As the story was recounted in the business and financial press, PARC's technological... View Details
Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough
- Web
Africa - Global Activities 2020
Admissions & Financial Aid At Peak, Yeboah serves as chief investment officer and head of growth. Prior to joining the company, he spent a year at JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s post-MBA leadership development... View Details
- 17 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Tales of the Newly-minted MBA
failing," he said. "Begin with the end in mind, and remember that faith is power—you have to believe in something, whether it's fruit flies or God." Beverly Anderson (HBS MBA '97) had ten years of experience in financial... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 19 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: “The Architecture of Innovation”
parks his Fiesta next to the independent venture capitalists' Ferraris, the temptation to go elsewhere becomes too great." In other words, companies who create internal venture teams to fuel their research and development must not... View Details
- 18 Mar 2021
- News
Authentically Leading with Blind Ambition
In a recent virtual fireside chat, HBS Senior Fellow Bill George spoke with Chad E. Foster (PLDA 21, 2016), who learned that, though he lost his vision in his early 20s, blindness was a “gift” from which he developed the mental stamina... View Details
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Mandy Xu
Mandy tried out different industries and experienced multiple career pivots. Prior to HBS, she worked in both client services and corporate with focuses in real estate, retail, and financial institutions. Through her experiences, Mandy... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
An Authentic Leader
that focuses on the short term? I think to some extent business schools focus too much on developing people for the financial community and consulting, both of which are very numbers-oriented. There’s... View Details
- 22 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Immigrant Technologist: Studying Technology Transfer with China
to other ethnic groups, then computer technologies diffuse faster to China than elsewhere. This is true even for computer advances made by Americans, as the U.S.-based Chinese increase awareness and tacit knowledge development regarding... View Details
- 31 Oct 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017
forthcoming Journal of Political Economy The Market for Financial Adviser Misconduct By: Egan, Mark, Gregor Matvos, and Amit Seru Abstract—We construct a novel database containing the universe of financial... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Working Paper Summaries
How do Private Equity Fees Vary Across Public Pensions?
- April 2025 (Revised April 2025)
- Case
JPMorganChase: Leadership in the Age of GenAI
By: Iavor I. Bojinov, Karim R. Lakhani and David Lane
This case study examines JPMorgan Chase's (JPMC) journey in adopting and implementing Generative AI (GenAI) following the release of ChatGPT. It outlines JPMC's initial cautious approach focused on data security, followed by strategic investments in internal platforms... View Details
Keywords: Banks and Banking; Governance Controls; Information Technology; AI and Machine Learning; Analytics and Data Science; Cybersecurity; Digital Platforms; Digital Transformation; Information Management; Information Infrastructure; Technology Adoption; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Knowledge Management; Knowledge Sharing; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing; Product Development; Performance Improvement; Customization and Personalization; Financial Services Industry; United States
Bojinov, Iavor I., Karim R. Lakhani, and David Lane. "JPMorganChase: Leadership in the Age of GenAI." Harvard Business School Case 325-066, April 2025. (Revised April 2025.)