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25 Oct 2019
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Jane Fraser Named President of Citigroup

Jane Fraser (MBA 1994) was named president of Citigroup this week, also taking on the role of CEO of Global Consumer Banking at the bank. The position, notes CNN, makes her second-in-command at the country’s third-largest bank, as well as... View Details

12 Jul 2022
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Expanding the Power to Prosper

After building her career on Wall Street, with roles at Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, Stella Dyer (MBA 1994) launched Millicent, a blockchain-based company that Dyer hopes will make the global banking... View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

24 Apr 2014
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Unlocking mobile money in emerging markets

buyers and sellers are currently excluded from global commerce. These individuals, because of their collective size, will likely redefine the concept of banking and financial... View Details

08 Oct 2020
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JPMorgan Chase Commits $30 Billion to Advance Racial Equity

more tangible, meaningful way.” The release notes that the firm’s commitment will focus on promoting and expanding affordable housing and homeownership for underserved communities; growing Black- View Details

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19 Jan 2024
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Blockchain for Good

After immigrating to the United Kingdom in the late 1960s to escape the Nigeria-Biafra civil war, Stella Dyer (MBA 1994) and her family lived in public housing and had very little money. “But we still had more than our friends and relatives back home,” she recalls. “My... View Details

September 1992 (Revised July 1998)
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Germany in the 1990s: Managing Reunification

By: George C. Lodge and James W. Ragsdale

In October 1990, eastern Germany was incorporated into the Federal Republic of Germany. The German people rewarded the architect of these changes, Helmut Kohl, with an enhanced majority in national elections. But only two years later it was hard to remember these heady... View Details

Keywords: Economy; Inflation and Deflation; Central Banking; Interest Rates; Political Elections; Situation or Environment; Integration; Europe; Germany; Italy; United Kingdom

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01 Mar 2018
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Every Trick in the Book

beloved,” she says. But beloved didn’t pay the bills, and by 2015, after decades of pressure from big chains and the internet, the small, independent store was on the verge of closing. That’s when Brody, a... View Details

Keywords: April White

October 1998 (Revised September 1999)
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Mercedes-Benz in Alabama: Lessons from the Field

By: William J. Bruns Jr., Carin-Isabel Knoop and Anthony St. George

Details the establishment of the Mercedes Benz M-Class plant in Vance, AL. The plant was established as an independent "teaching field" for parent company Daimler Benz. The case reviews the different lessons from the plant and looks at issues going forward,... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Banks and Banking; Integration; Horizontal Integration; Business Ventures; Teaching; Organizational Structure; Auto Industry; Alabama

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Commercialization of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Roosevelt; Averell Harriman, a banker whose interests included the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroads; J. P. Morgan, a banker and financier; and the investment View Details

February 2011
Teaching Note

Citigroup's Exchange Offer (TN)

By: Robin Greenwood

Teaching Note for 210009. View Details

Keywords: Equity; Government and Politics; Stocks; Price; Capital; Banks and Banking; Performance Evaluation; Risk and Uncertainty; Capital Markets; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; United States

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25 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Chasing Stars: Why the Mighty Red Sox Struck Out

have studied the issue in multiple industries, including the equally competitive fields of sports and investment banking. After examining the careers of more than 1,000 Wall Street analysts, for instance, they found that analysts who were... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking; Banking

2013
Working Paper

How Do Risk Managers Become Influential? A Field Study in Two Financial Institutions

By: Matthew Hall, Anette Mikes and Yuval Millo

This paper, based on a five-year longitudinal study at two UK-based banks, documents and analyzes the practices used by risk managers as they aim to gather and establish influence in their organizations. Specifically, we examine how influence-seeking risk managers (1)... View Details

Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Decision Making; Risk Management; Strategic Planning; Power and Influence; Business Strategy; Banking Industry

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01 Mar 2017
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In My Humble Opinion: Arunma Oteh (MBA 1990)

(Photograph by Stephen Voss) World Bank VP and Treasurer Arunma Oteh (MBA 1990) has a clear sense of why she likes her job: “You bring very sophisticated finance tools to tackle the world’s most challenging... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

September 1992 (Revised November 1993)
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Germany in the 1990s: Managing Reunification, Supplement Two

By: George C. Lodge

Designed to be handed out after discussion of Germany in the 1990s: Managing Reunification and its Supplement. View Details

Keywords: Political Elections; Economy; Situation or Environment; Inflation and Deflation; Interest Rates; Central Banking; Integration; Germany; Italy; United Kingdom; Europe

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and password. Educational Information such as student identification number, courses taken and currently registered for, course progress, and course grade. Employment... View Details

01 Mar 2005
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Desert Dust-Up

Simmons Photo Courtesy Simmons & Co. INTL. Oil and water don’t mix. That truism about elements at odds could also serve as an analogy for Matthew Simmons (MBA ’67), who’s sometimes known as a petroleum-industry contrarian. But it’s the... View Details

Keywords: Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing

11 Jun 2014
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Improving conditions for climbers' guides in Nepal

After scaling Mount Everest in 2013, Jan Petzel (MBA 2003) transformed his personal triumph into an opportunity to raise funds for the construction of a permanent shelter and medical facility in the Gokyu Lakes region of Nepal for the... View Details

July 2003 (Revised January 2004)
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Carol Brewer's Investments

By: Richard S. Ruback and Julia Stevens

Following her husband's death in 1994, Carol Brewer took over the management of her family's investments. This case describes the decisions Brewer made during this process, including her choice to seek active account management, her selection of an investment firm, and... View Details

Keywords: Investment Funds; Investment Portfolio; Retirement; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Management; Personal Finance; Investment Banking; Investment Return

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June 1997 (Revised February 2012)
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The Union Carbide Deal (Abridged)

By: Thomas J. DeLong

On November 3, 1986, after a three-hour board of directors meeting, Union Carbide decided to accept First Boston's proposal to embark on a $2.5 billion recapitalization program. Jameson and his associates' efforts had paid off. Jameson had reason to be excited: He had... View Details

Keywords: Restructuring; Capital Structure; Investment Banking; Financial Strategy; Partners and Partnerships; Competition; Financial Services Industry

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