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07 Feb 2015
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John C. Whitehead, a Leader in Finance and Government, Dies at 92

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30 Jun 2008
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Rethinking Retirement Planning

would be offered through their 401(k). "They didn't see anything wrong with it," Merton says. "They just didn't believe it could be that good until it had their employer's seal of approval. Most people trust their employer more than View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Banking

December 2005 (Revised March 2007)
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Leerink Swann & Co.: Creating Competitive Advantage

By: Boris Groysberg and Andrew N. McLean

In the spring of 2005, CEO Jeff Leerink has called a meeting of the executive committee to formulate Leerink Swann's growth strategy over the next five years so that it accomplishes three goals: expand into a new business, reinforce the firm's legacy businesses, and... View Details

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Human Resources; Leadership Style; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Culture; Alignment; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Expansion

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FinTech Lending and Cashless Payments

By: Pulak Ghosh, Boris Vallée and Yao Zeng

Borrower's use of cashless payments both improves their access to capital from FinTech lenders and predicts a lower probability of default. These relationships are stronger for cashless technologies providing more precise information, and for outflows. Cashless payment... View Details

Keywords: Fintech; Lending; Payments; Data Sharing; Financing and Loans; Information Technology; Banks and Banking; Business Model

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02 Jul 2014
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Winner of Bitcoin Auction, Tim Draper, Plans to Expand Currency’s Use

Keywords: bitcoin; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

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Matt Oppenheimer

Since college, Matt Oppenheimer's career choices have been guided by two passions: the "fast-paced and results driven" environment of investment banking and the social mission of nonprofits. Matt currently sits on the boards of... View Details

23 Apr 2018
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Richard Jenrette, 89, Wall St. Power and Preservationist of Homes, Dies

20 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 20

than commonly believed. Using a battery of performance tests, we find that loans securitized before 2005 performed no worse than comparable unsecuritized loans originated by the same bank. Even loans originated by the bank that acts as... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Sep 2014
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Aig-Imoukhuede Named Chairman of Nigerian Stock Exchange

02 Dec 2019
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The Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager With Quantum Ambitions

Keywords: Hedge funds; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

Daniel P. Tully

Believing that two of Merrill’s biggest problems were complacency and arrogance, Tully’s first task as CEO of the large investment bank was to achieve a value system that promoted integrity and hard work. Personally congratulating anyone... View Details

Keywords: Finance

Samuel Sachs

Sachs, together with his friend Philip Lehman of Lehman Brothers, was one of the first to realize the potential of issuing stock as a way for new companies to raise funds. Together the two banks underwrote securities offerings for such... View Details

Keywords: Finance

24 May 2017
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Abby Loves Bitcoin: Fidelity Chief Touts Digital Currency in First Major Speech

Keywords: bitcoin; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

December 2007
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Bankers, Industrialists, and Their Cliques: Elite Networks in Mexico and Brazil during Early Industrialization

By: Aldo Musacchio and Ian Read

The historiographies of Mexico and Brazil have implicitly stated that business networks were crucial for the initial industrialization of these two countries. Recently, differing visions on the importance of business networks have arisen. In the case of Mexico, the... View Details

Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Networks; Business History; Market Entry and Exit; Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship; Financial Markets; Supply and Industry; Banks and Banking; Brazil; Mexico

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22 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 22

control over the use of remittances. In partnership with a Salvadoran bank, we offered U.S.-based migrants from El Salvador bank accounts in their home country into which they could send remittances. We randomly varied migrant control... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2016
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HBS Alumni Contribute to Business and Society

Josh Lerner, Head of the Entrepreneurial Management Unit and the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at HBS, recently led a research study aimed at quantifying the economic and social contributions of Harvard University... View Details

March 2008 (Revised July 2009)
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U.S. Subprime Mortgage Crisis: Policy Reactions (A)

By: Laura Alfaro and Renee Kim

By March 2008, the U.S. Government and the U.S. Federal Reserve Board had taken various policy measures over the last few months to tackle the subprime mortgage crisis that threatened to drag the economy into a recession. The Bush administration approved a fiscal... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Inflation and Deflation; Central Banking; Mortgages; Policy; Business and Government Relations; United States

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