Publications

Malcolm Salter has been a member of the Harvard Business School faculty since 1967. His teaching and research focus on issues of corporate strategy, organization, and governance.

In addition to teaching at HBS, he has held faculty positions at the Harvard... View Details

Keywords: investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry

August 2023 (Revised December 2023)
Case

Money Fellows: The Quest for Expansion

By: Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui, Michael Chu and Ahmed Dahawy

This case explores the opportunities and challenges associated with expanding the operations of a complex entrepreneurial business model. It highlights how cultural aspects of different geographies impact a startup's operational and economic models. The case also... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Developing Countries and Economies; Geographic Scope; Business Strategy; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Business and Shareholder Relations; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Egypt

Web

2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

case study on JP Morgan Private Bank to learn about and debate these issues and consider the future of the ESG investing. Managing a Polarized Workforce Professor Francesca... View Details

25 Jan 2010
Research & Ideas

A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy

basic idea is that if the central bank manages to keep inflation within the target range (again, around 2 percent), then everything else will tend to fall into place: low unemployment, relatively stable GDP growth, View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

Fast Answer

Exchange rates: current & historical

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16 Feb 2010
Research & Ideas

The Outside-In Approach to Customer Service

rather than focus simply on products and sales. And Gulati's research, including interviews with 500 executives spanning industries and geographies, asserts that outside-in... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Consumer Products

01 Dec 2001
News

Navigating Success in Volatile Times

Citigroup's Global Investment Management and Private Banking Group, prefaced his opening address on Friday evening with a moving account of his return to Lower Manhattan following the destruction of... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner; Finance

14 Jun 2018
Cold Call Podcast

How Chase Sapphire Made Credit Cool for Millennials

Keywords: Banking; Banking

Web

Research - Private Capital Project

Srimayi Mylavarapu 2024 Working Paper Bank Runs and Interest Rates: A Revolving Lines Perspective By: Falk Bräuning and Victoria Ivashina Revolving credit is at the core of the... View Details

08 Sep 2014
Research & Ideas

The Strategic Way To Hire a Sales Team

including simulations, the kinds of tests used at HubSpot, or interviewing techniques. Many sales organizations could emulate the practice used by investment banks and consulting firms when hiring MBAs: the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

Web

Investing in Emerging Industries | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

financial advisory capacity in U.S. and foreign transactions. By 1966, Lehman Brothers, described by Time magazine as “a diversified department store of high finance,” ranked among the nation’s top investment View Details

05 May 2022
HBS Case

College Degrees: The Job Requirement Companies Seek, but Don't Really Need

corporate participants, including Merck, AT&T, Bank of America, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Verizon, and Walmart. Harvard Business School partnered with the group to help with research View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

05 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

How Anchor Investors Help Impact Funds Succeed

decide it makes sense to actively seek anchor investments, our results suggest that banks with CRA (Community Reinvestment Act) requirements and foundations represent the large potential allocations.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

31 May 2023
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2023

Photographed by Susan Young; Edited by Julia Hanna MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2023 recipients, and learn about past recipients. ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS SITE MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2023 recipients,... View Details

Keywords: leadership; management; work-life balance

29 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel

his insights to set the stage. Senior Lecturer Clayton S. Rose, who for 20 years worked at JP Morgan & Company and headed global investment banking and global equity there,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

06 Dec 2011
Op-Ed

Greater Fiscal Integration Best Solution for Euro Crisis

few months ago, has since been openly considered by many. It would carry traumatic and long-lasting consequences. The crisis has already had a profound political impact, sweeping aside leaders in no fewer than five member countries of the... View Details

Keywords: by Dante Roscini

April 2010 (Revised July 2010)
Background Note

Introduction to Mutual Funds

By: Robert C. Pozen

This note is an excerpt from my book The Mutual Fund Business and is an introduction to mutual funds, contrasted with commercial banks. View Details

Keywords: Commercial Banking; Investment; Investment Funds; Banking Industry

July 1999 (Revised June 2000)
Case

Edward Jones

By: Michael E. Porter and Gregory C. Bond

Edward Jones is a leading, highly profitable retail brokerage firm with a unique strategy very different from those of its rivals. The case describes Jones's activities and allows a rich discussion of its positioning choices, supporting activities, and tradeoffs. Jones... View Details

Keywords: Financial Institutions; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Banking Industry; Banking Industry