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Speeding Up the Trade: Clippers and Steamships - A Chronicle of the China Trade

of the China Trade Introduction Doing Business with China Augustine Heard & Co. The Canton Trade Commodities & Currencies Treaty Ports & Compradors Clippers & Steamships Exploring Trade Links Chinese Competition Expatriate Traders... View Details
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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) as a quasi-experiment to study the effect of deregulation and its interaction with competition on the supply of complex mortgages. See Marco’s other research here , Amir’s other research here , and... View Details
  • 25 Jan 2010
  • Research & Ideas

A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy

godlike powers or is putting you on. But there are patterns over time. For example, countries that are running large and ongoing current account deficits tend to see their currencies depreciate over time. This doesn't mean that the View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Research - Private Capital Project

Gutiérrez, Victoria Ivashina and Juliana Salomao In emerging markets, a significant share of corporate loans are denominated in dollars. Using novel data that enables us to see currency and the cost of credit, in addition to several other... View Details
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McCulloch Hall | About

currency. The gold standard was adopted in 1866 but proved unpopular and was abandoned two years later. McCulloch continued his advocacy of currency backed by gold for the remainder of his career. View Details
  • 12 Dec 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Using the Law to Strategic Advantage

aspects of law and the value of compliance. Let me provide an example. Two banks failed to meet the Comptroller of Currency Community Reinvestment Act requirements for lending a certain amount of money to local customers. One bank brought... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Legal Services
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A Chronicle of the China Trade. The Papers of Augustine Heard & Co., 1840-1877

of the China Trade. The Papers of Augustine Heard & Co., 1840-1877 Introduction Doing Business with China Augustine Heard & Co. The Canton Trade Commodities & Currencies Treaty Ports & Compradors Clippers & Steamships Exploring Trade... View Details
  • 30 Mar 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The Future of IT Consulting

an impressive education and training facility called St. Charles, outside of Chicago, which focuses on maintaining currency in the skill levels of their professionals, as well as providing a leading tool for equipping their professionals... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Consulting
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After the Opium War: Treaty Ports and Compradors - A Chronicle of the China Trade

of the China Trade Introduction Doing Business with China Augustine Heard & Co. The Canton Trade Commodities & Currencies Treaty Ports & Compradors Clippers & Steamships Exploring Trade Links Chinese Competition Expatriate Traders... View Details
  • 16 Apr 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Has COVID-19 Broken the Global Value Chain?

efficiency and cost minimization shall be accompanied by more attention toward a diversification and also of the currencies used for transactions. Question: What are some implications for policymakers? Answer: Here there is role for local... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Commodities, Currencies, and Balancing of the Trade Deficit - A Chronicle of the China Trade

of the China Trade Introduction Doing Business with China Augustine Heard & Co. The Canton Trade Commodities & Currencies Treaty Ports & Compradors Clippers & Steamships Exploring Trade Links Chinese Competition Expatriate Traders... View Details
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Edo Bedzra

A year ago, I was involved in a car accident on I-95 to New York. The car did not survive. Staring death in the face on a three-lane highway brought new perspectives to me—time is the most powerful currency life offers—and—I must apply my... View Details
  • 11 Mar 2024
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In Harmony

opportunity to shine.” Kim did just that, quickly moving over to represent Salomon Smith Barney’s business in Asia, with a focus on Korea. “People who went through the Asian financial crisis would probably remember that Korea was one of the worst hit, in terms of its... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photograph by Jun Michael Park
  • 20 Aug 2014
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Why the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is a Social Media Blockbuster

next to his became social currency across Canada. It's easy to write off these fads as simple stunts of digital narcissism, but they matter to marketing because they carry incidental meaning. It was not lost on Ford's reelection team that... View Details
Keywords: by John Deighton
  • 21 Sep 2016
  • HBS Seminar

Catherine Tucker, MIT Sloan School of Management

  • October 2003 (Revised January 2004)
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The 2001 Crisis in Argentina: An IMF-Sponsored Default? (A)

By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
At the end of 2001, Argentina's economy and society both appeared on the verge of collapse. Furious about controls imposed on the convertibility of their bank deposits into cash (the "corralito") and huge proposed government spending cuts amidst high unemployment and... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Banks and Banking; Problems and Challenges; Decision Choices and Conditions; Currency Exchange Rate; Economy; Government Administration; Crime and Corruption; Argentina
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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Disconnect: Evidence from Green Patenting” with Umit Gurun and Quoc Nguyen. Lauren H. Cohen : Invited to give a keynote address at the launch of the eNaira, Nigeria’s Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), 2021. Lauren H. Cohen : Winner of... View Details
  • 15 Dec 2023
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Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem

Clubs News Clubs News Webinar illuminates broad array of business opportunities across Africa On December 5th, the HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) hosted ‘Doing Business in Africa: From Opportunity to Action’, a webinar panel of HBS alumni who shared... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • 02 Mar 2016
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David Moss is Rewriting History

Moss thinks; his own opinions are hidden behind a scholarly calm and the quiet joy he takes at playing devil’s advocate. This is a question of what the historical record—here, the case, filled with exhibits on war expenditures, currency... View Details
Keywords: April White
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Augustine Heard & Co.: Building a Family Business - A Chronicle of the China Trade

of the China Trade Introduction Doing Business with China Augustine Heard & Co. The Canton Trade Commodities & Currencies Treaty Ports & Compradors Clippers & Steamships Exploring Trade Links Chinese Competition Expatriate Traders... View Details