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Courses - Private Capital Project
points. It helps participants understand deal structures, the reasoning behind incentives, and the subtleties of different business models. The course is also an overview of financial resources accessible to emerging firms, including... View Details
- November 2003 (Revised March 2008)
- Case
Caja España: Managing the Branches to Sell (A)
By: Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez and Rosario de Albornoz
Juan Luis Rojas, commercial planning manager of a Caja de Ahorros (savings bank), faces the challenge of motivating the branches to sell more long-term mortgages and ponders whether to use transfer prices to achieve his objective. View Details
Keywords: Business Divisions; Banks and Banking; Resource Allocation; Organizational Design; Performance Improvement; Sales; Motivation and Incentives; Banking Industry
Martinez-Jerez, Francisco de Asis, and Rosario de Albornoz. "Caja España: Managing the Branches to Sell (A)." Harvard Business School Case 104-044, November 2003. (Revised March 2008.)
- 28 Aug 2014
- Op-Ed
Government Can Do More to Unfreeze Small Business Credit
(Editor's note: This is the third in a series of articles based on a Harvard Business School working paper by Karen Mills that analyzes the current state of availability of bank capital for small business.) Access to credit is critical to... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Long-Term Interest: Bill Crozier, a Banker Pegged to the Customer
into a New England institution and one of the leading consumer banks in the nation. Responding to demographic trends and consumer demands in the mid-1970s, Crozier moved... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- Winter–Spring 2024
- Article
Grand Bargain: Negotiating Toward a Better Middle East
How can sophisticated negotiation bring about a more peaceful and prosperous Middle East? While a "grand bargain" to accomplish this lofty goal may seem implausible, the potential value of such an agreement would be vast for most Israelis, Palestinians, and key... View Details
Sebenius, James K. "Grand Bargain: Negotiating Toward a Better Middle East." Negotiation Journal 40, nos. 1-2 (Winter–Spring 2024): 41–73.
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Morgan Hall | About
philanthropist, art collector, and iconic figure in US business. Morgan began his career in 1857, working in international finance in a firm headed by his father. In 1871, with Anthony Drexel, he cofounded Drexel, Morgan & Company, a... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
L.E. Simmons
of bank teller to become chairman of Zions Bancorporation in Salt Lake City, with teaching him that ethical standards are an intrinsic part of doing business. "He measures his performance in terms of doing the right thing View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- Article
Liability Structure in Small-Scale Finance
By: Fenella Carpena, Shawn Cole, Jeremy Shapiro and Bilal Zia
Microfinance, the provision of small individual and business loans, has experienced dramatic growth, reaching over 150 million borrowers worldwide. Much of the success of microfinance has been attributed to attempts to overcome the challenges of information asymmetries... View Details
Keywords: Microfinance; Emerging Markets; Financial Markets; Legal Liability; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; India
Carpena, Fenella, Shawn Cole, Jeremy Shapiro, and Bilal Zia. "Liability Structure in Small-Scale Finance." World Bank Economic Review 27, no. 3 (2013): 437–469.
- October 1984
- Case
Citibank Indonesia
Describes a dilemma faced by Citibank's country manager for Indonesia. His superiors have asked him to raise his profit goal for 1984. But to produce increased profits he would either have to reduce the amount lent at below-market rates, particularly to prime customers... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Multinational Firms and Management; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; Indonesia
Merchant, Kenneth A. "Citibank Indonesia." Harvard Business School Case 185-061, October 1984.
- 09 Aug 2018
- Cold Call Podcast
Two Million Fake Accounts: Sales Misconduct at Wells Fargo
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Financial Services 24/7
"What did people do before ATMs?" That's a question that causes most twentysomethings to draw a blank. They don't remember the days when people conducted their banking - face-to-face with a teller - between 9 a.m. View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
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Industry Information - Alumni
current awareness and perspectives on business and policy challenges and trends in the banking industry. International View Details
- December 1987 (Revised March 1990)
- Case
Manufacturers Hanover Corp.: The New Information Technology Organization (A)
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Donna B. Stoddard
Applegate, Lynda M., and Donna B. Stoddard. "Manufacturers Hanover Corp.: The New Information Technology Organization (A)." Harvard Business School Case 188-037, December 1987. (Revised March 1990.)
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Hiroshi Mikitani, MBA 1993
Chairman and CEO, Rakuten, Inc. Download Mikitani profile (pdf) Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1965 Born, Kobe, Japan 1972 Family moves to United States for two years 1988 Earns commerce degree, Hitotsubashi... View Details
- 04 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Is Web Surfing Distracting Your Workers?
and mistakes made by employees in two different branches of the same bank that implemented different policies on Internet use over the course of three months. "It would be relatively easy to do, View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 21 May 2024
- News
A New Chapter
Joe Wolf (MBA 1999), cofounder and co-CEO of Imagine Worldwide, wants to provide educational opportunity where it is needed most. “In the next 30 years, half of the world’s youth will be sub-Saharan African,” says Wolf. “Right now, the... View Details
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Bibliography | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Introduction 1840s – 1880s General Merchants to Commodities Brokers 1880s – 1920s Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting 1920s – 1960s Investing in Emerging Industries 1850–1968 Lehman Brothers Family Partners 1960s – 2000s... View Details
- September 2019
- Case
Starling Trust Sciences: Measuring Trust in Organizations
By: Aiyesha Dey, Jonas Heese and James Weber
Stephen Scott needed to decide whether to keep his behavioral analytics startup in the people analytics sector or shift his company into the RegTech sector. Starling had develop technology that enabled its customers to anticipate and shape the behavior of their... View Details
Keywords: Behavioral Analytics; Financial Institutions; Banks and Banking; Entrepreneurship; Strategy; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; United States; United Kingdom
Dey, Aiyesha, Jonas Heese, and James Weber. "Starling Trust Sciences: Measuring Trust in Organizations." Harvard Business School Case 120-006, September 2019.
- 23 May 2018
- News
Claudio L. Haddad, OPM 12, 1987
Institute of Education and Research Claudio Haddad is a dreamer with a unique ability to temper his idealism with practicality. Having served as economics professor, government leader, and View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- June 1985
- Case
Chemical Bank: Payments Automation Project (A) (Condensed)
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Eccles, Robert G., Jr. "Chemical Bank: Payments Automation Project (A) (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 485-178, June 1985.