financial services - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2014
News

Ask the Expert: Byte-Testing Bitcoin

the most influential education is going to happen when Bitcoin finds a killer use case. So far, that case hasn’t emerged, but once those use cases start solving real problems for large groups of people, governments and financial... View Details

Keywords: alumni; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services

Charles W. Moritz

Moritz took the helm of D&B just after it had acquired the major market research firm, A. C. Nielsen. Moritz led the successful integration of D&B’s largest acquisition and established a pattern of smooth and profitable mergers. Under his leadership, D&B... View Details

Keywords: Services

01 Oct 2013
News

Banking on Africa's Future

and power generation. Asked to describe an investment that shows the Helios paradigm at work, Lawani, who divides his time equally between London and Africa, points to Kenya. "Several years ago," he explains, "we invested in a bank called Equity Bank that specializes... View Details

12 Jul 2019
News

The Power of Entrepreneurship

started IGNIA because of the power of entrepreneurship to really bring change into an economy, into a country, into a business community. “Especially in a country like this, the disparities are so big. We have easy access to quality education, quality housing, quality... View Details

Keywords: Finance

01 Jan 2009
News

Robert F. Greenhill, MBA 1962

financial advisory services. The firm, which has grown at a steady but significant pace, went public in 2004 and recently expanded operations into the insurance, financial services, and industrial markets.... View Details

Profile

Andrew Kletzing

Services. "This internship combines general management with exposure to the markets and the financial services industry. I am very excited." he says. Looking five years ahead, "I'd like to be... View Details

01 Dec 2007
News

Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho

79.5% Northeast 41.3% Boston: 10.1% New York City: 31.2% Mid-Atlantic 6.2% South 3.2% Midwest 8.0% Southwest 4.9% West 15.3% Bay Area: 9.8% Other 0.6% International Total 18.4% Asia/South Pacific 6.0% Europe 8.4% Latin America 1.0% Canada 2.3% Other 0.7% INDUSTRY... View Details

01 Sep 2012
News

Expertise From The Front Lines Of The Eurozone

timing, he says, that couldn’t have been better. “The US financial crisis made students particularly interested in my views, and since the European crisis, I’ve been concentrating my research and case writing on this latter topic.” From... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services

25 Apr 2014
News

Sustaining a commitment to the environment

Paul Zofnass (AB 1969, MBA 1973) is a 24/7 environmentalist who embraces the synergy between good business and the conservation of natural resources. In 1990 he founded the Environmental Financial Consulting Group, which provides View Details

May 2018
Teaching Note

Mubadala and EBX: To X or to X It?

By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Sayiddah Fatima McCree

On April 3, 2013, Hani Barhoush and Oscar Fahlgren of Mubadala Capital (“Mubadala”) considered how to salvage Mubadala’s $2 billion preferred equity investment of a 5.63% stake in the EBX Group. At the time, EBX was the holding company of a myriad of subsidiaries and... View Details

Keywords: Bankruptcy; Cross Border; Negotiations; UAE; Oil And Gas; Finance; Strategy; Negotiation; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Private Equity; Restructuring; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Brazil; Middle East

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01 Dec 2004
News

Capitalizing Poetry

director of SG Barr Devlin, a New York firm that provides strategic and financial advice to clients in the electricity and gas industries. Barr, the foundation’s president and a poet in his own right, has published six volumes of verse... View Details

Keywords: poetry; Educational Support Services; Educational Support Services; Educational Support Services

Harrington Drake

Drake presided over a decade of top financial performance – growing revenues from $480 million to over $2 billion. He achieved ten consecutive years of top market value performance and expanded D&B’s core services, most notably with... View Details

Keywords: Services

06 Aug 2001
Research & Ideas

Go Global—or No? Can You Make the Case?

financial service companies. Benro was very familiar with European customers in the financial services sector but had no experience with other... View Details

Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle

Shereen Shermak

fintech ventures for large financial services firms, after joining the technology strategy firm DiamondCluster (acq. PWC) in its early days. Shereen also spent six years working as an environmental engineer... View Details

Keywords: Finance;#45;#Insurance;#64;#Software/App;#75;#Venture Capital;#53;#Media & Publishing;#20;#Ecommerce;#24;#Electronics & Hardware

Career Coach

Mandy Xu

Mandy tried out different industries and experienced multiple career pivots. Prior to HBS, she worked in both client services and corporate with focuses in real estate, retail, and financial institutions.... View Details

01 May 2015
News

Celebrating and Supporting Leadership

Difference stories of alumni, faculty, and student impact. Also, so far, more than 22,500 alumni and friends have made gifts of all sizes toward the Campaign’s financial goals. Continuing the inspiring and celebratory nature of the... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

01 Oct 2015
Blog Post

Why We Recruit: Goldman Sachs

Organization:Annie McMullen, Harvard Business School Recruiter, University Relations Team, Goldman Sachs Describe your organization in three to five sentences.Goldman Sachs is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides... View Details

February 1987 (Revised March 2006)
Case

Arley Merchandise Corporation

By: William E. Fruhan Jr.

Involves the initial public offering of a firm's stock. The offering includes a money-back guarantee to investors from the issuing firm which comes in the form of a "put" option. Option valuation is thus an important issue in this case. View Details

Keywords: Initial Public Offering; Stocks; Cases; Valuation; Stock Options; Service Industry; Service Industry