Institutions - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Jan 2007
First Look

First Look: January 30, 2007

they can adapt and adopt institutional practices already legitimized by counterpart industries in other parts of the world. The paper builds on existing community ecology and social movement perspectives on industry emergence and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 Jul 2022
Book

Reimagining the Economy: What Would It Take to Put People First?

Ferreras, professor of sociology at the Université catholique de Louvain and a Senior Research Fellow at Harvard Law School’s Worklife Program, and Dominique Méda, a professor of sociology and the director of the Institute for... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

12 Nov 2014
Op-Ed

A Challenge to the New Congress: Pass Housing Finance Reform

will we need to assume the "first loss" position and protect taxpayers? Is it $500 billion, reflecting a 10 percent capital buffer? Or will $250 billion (5 percent) suffice? Pick a figure. We cannot proceed without one. Who will provide the private capital?... View Details

Keywords: by Nicolas Retsinas & Rob Couch; Construction; Real Estate

07 Jan 2008
Research & Ideas

Pursuing a Deadly Opportunity

the entrepreneurial organizations could be explained in part by a distrust of established medical institutions on the part of minorities. The profiles of organizations receiving the cadavers also showed marked contrasts. Perhaps not... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health

24 May 2004
Research & Ideas

When Reputation Trumps Regulation

A recent study by HBS assistant professor Jordan Siegel tests whether foreign firms can leapfrog their countries' weak legal institutions by listing equities in New York and voluntarily abiding by U.S. securities law. The study, which... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

02 Jun 2010
First Look

First Look: June 2

revolutionary transformations for the states that emerged in its wake. The leaders of Russia, the USSR's successor, since then have struggled to reestablish central authority while seeking to avoid further disintegration, establish a democratic polity, and View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Aug 2012
First Look

First Look: August 7

Kingdom's National Health Service. We show that low levels of structural closure (i.e., structural holes) in a change agent's network aid the initiation and adoption of changes that diverge from the institutional status quo but hinder the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Jul 2020
Working Paper Summaries

Making Economics More Useful: How Technological Eclecticism Could Help

Keywords: by Amar Bhidé

July 2007
Article

Geographical Segmentation of U.S. Capital Markets

Demographic variation in savings behavior can be exploited to provide evidence on segmentation in US bank loan markets. Cities with a large fraction of seniors have higher volumes of bank deposits. Since many banks rely heavily on deposit financing, this affects local... View Details

Keywords: Age; Economy; Capital Markets; Banks and Banking; Financing and Loans; Local Range; United States

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September 1997 (Revised October 1997)
Case

Information at the World Bank: In Search of a Technology Solution (B)

By: W. Earl Sasser and Josep Valor

Acting on his vision to make the World Bank a knowledge institution, bank President Wolfensohn announces the creation of an Information and Knowledge Management Council and an Information Solutions Group, headed by a newly nominated CEO, Mohamed Muhsin. This case... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Information Technology; Knowledge Management; Management Teams; Information Management; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry

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22 Apr 2015
Op-Ed

Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths

But that hasn't happened. Why? To a large extent it is because of the inability of firms to obtain financing. All sources of financing collapsed in the country. With bank nonperforming loans to total gross loans skyrocketing from 5 percent to 33 percent from 2007 to... View Details

Keywords: by George Serafeim

19 Feb 2013
First Look

First Look: Feb. 19

markets, such as the one for patents, generally create profit opportunities for intermediaries. We begin with an overview of the problems that arise in patent markets, and how traditional institutions like patent brokers, patent pools,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Diagnosing the ‘Flutie Effect’ on College Marketing

football. “I am hesitant to say schools choose to invest in athletics just because of the spillover effect into academics” "The primary form of mass media advertising by academic institutions in the United States is, arguably,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education; Advertising; Sports

26 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Behind India’s Economic and Political Woes

Institute at Harvard University and Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at Harvard Business School, offers some insights into the causes and conditions at play. Zeenat Potia: Can you give some context around the downturn of the Indian economy... View Details

Keywords: by Zeenat Potia

21 Nov 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

The New Challenge of Leading Financial Firms

managers or executives at banks, insurance companies, asset management or private equity firms, or hedge funds. Groysberg and Healy will teach the program in England, in India, in China, and on the HBS Boston campus throughout 2012 and 2013. "Leading a financial... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

15 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Lessons Not Learned About Innovation

Institutional memories are short. But internal business pressures also play a part as executives balance the need to protect current revenue streams with the imperative to get behind new concepts crucial to future success. And too often... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

20 Aug 2019
Cold Call Podcast

Should a Pension Fund Try to Change the World?

Keywords: Re: Rebecca M. Henderson & George Serafeim; Financial Services

February 2016
Case

BancoSol and Microfinance in Bolivia

By: Rajiv Lal and Annelena Lobb

BancoSol, a microfinance bank headquartered in La Paz, Bolivia, was forced to adjust its lending strategy and business model because of a regulatory change—60% of the bank's lending portfolio would have to move to the productive sector of the Bolivian economy by 2018,... View Details

Keywords: Microfinance; Banks and Banking; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business Model; Strategy; South America; Bolivia

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June 1995
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Banc One Corporation (A)

As Banc One's use of derivatives had proliferated, investors and analysts had expressed increasing concern about the size of derivative portfolios, the potential sensitivity of their value to interest rate swings, and the lack of standardized reporting on their use.... View Details

Keywords: Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Investment Banking; Financial Reporting; Annual Reports; Banking Industry

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