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- 18 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 18, 2007
Working PapersHappiness, Contentment and Other Emotions for Central Banks Authors:Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch Abstract We show that data on satisfaction with life... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
Big Infrastructure May Not Always Produce Big Benefits
data on loans to individuals and firms across the entire country by banks also across the entire country. So, they have information on the recipient of the loan, the amount, the location where that loan was... View Details
- 16 Mar 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Driven by Social Comparisons: How Feedback about Coworkers’ Effort Influences Individual Productivity
- April 2025 (Revised June 2025)
- Case
Governing Sustainability in a Shifting Context (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
In early 2025, boards of directors had to rethink corporate responsibility and sustainability efforts amid rapidly-shifting social, legal, regulatory, and economic forces. While just a few years earlier, calls to address racial justice and climate change reached into... View Details
Keywords: Climate Change; Corporate Governance; Diversity; Leadership; Business or Company Management; Mission and Purpose; Social Media; Race; Environmental Sustainability; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Governing and Advisory Boards; Lawfulness; Lawsuits and Litigation; Measurement and Metrics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Shareholder Relations; Social Issues; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Banking Industry; United States
Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "Governing Sustainability in a Shifting Context (A)." Harvard Business School Case 325-121, April 2025. (Revised June 2025.)
- 31 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 31
Furthermore, a third experiment shows that people tend to discount the wrongness of crossing ethical boundaries to hurt or help others when the action restores equity. The Private Equity Advantage: Leveraged Buyout Firms and Relationship... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Patrick Connolly
bear-has further confirmed and clarified this for me. I truly could not have asked for a better platform from which to embark on my new career. How has HBS prepared you for your summer internship? In short, very well. This summer, I'm... View Details
- November 2003 (Revised August 2005)
- Case
First Commonwealth Financial Corporation
By: Robert S. Kaplan
First Commonwealth Financial Corp., a financial institution in central and southwestern Pennsylvania, implemented the Balanced Scorecard for describing and implementing its new customer-focused strategy. Its founder and chairman decided that the Balanced Scorecard also... View Details
Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Corporate Strategy; Customers; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Customer Relationship Management; Executive Compensation; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Pennsylvania
Kaplan, Robert S. "First Commonwealth Financial Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 104-042, November 2003. (Revised August 2005.)
- October 2008 (Revised August 2010)
- Case
The Christmas Eve Closing
By: Peter Tufano
In 2002, two homeowners in Massachusetts are deciding whether to refinance their home less than two years after taking out an initial mortgage and a subsequent home equity line of credit. View Details
Tufano, Peter, and Andrea Ryan. "The Christmas Eve Closing." Harvard Business School Case 209-043, October 2008. (Revised August 2010.)
- June 1985
- Supplement
Citibank Indonesia 1: Background Information, Video
Provides information that is useful for addressing the budget issue. Among the topics discussed on the tape are the economic conditions and regulatory environment in Indonesia, the Citibank planning system, degree of decentralization, and management compensation plan. View Details
Merchant, Kenneth A. "Citibank Indonesia 1: Background Information, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 885-509, June 1985.
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Ask the Expert: Inside the Fed
The Fed’s structure The Federal Reserve System is overseen by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, an independent agency with seven members who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The system is composed of 12... View Details
- Career Coach
Sereena Tucker
Having worked in Investment Banking and Private Equity, Sereena can provide insights into how these industries recruit, what the job experience will look like, and how to... View Details
- January 2000
- Supplement
Basic Statistics from the World Bank's World Development Report 1998/1999
By: Julio J. Rotemberg
Supplements National Income Accounting and The Origins of National Income Accounting. View Details
- July–August 2013
- Article
How Experts Gain Influence
By: Anette Mikes, Matthew Hall and Yuval Millo
In theory, the risk management groups of two British banks—Saxon and Anglo—had the same influence in their organizations. But in practice, they did not: Saxon's was engaged in critical work throughout the bank, while Anglo's had little visibility outside its areas of... View Details
Mikes, Anette, Matthew Hall, and Yuval Millo. "How Experts Gain Influence." Harvard Business Review 91, nos. 7/8 (July–August 2013): 70–74.
- 04 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
Presenting…an Alternative to Company Presentations: Evercore Grabs Attention with Interactive Events
an Evercore Associate, “talking” about their investment bank seemed an unlikely way to distinguish themselves from the many other investment banks pursuing talent within the world’s leading business schools.... View Details
- May 2007
- Teaching Note
Shinsei Bank: Developing an Integrated Firm (TN)
By: Thomas J. DeLong and Terence Heymann
- 22 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 22
demand for control over remittances in the baseline survey. We also find positive spillovers of our savings intervention in the form of increased savings at other banks (specifically, banks in the U.S.). We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
Case 816-005, "Bigbelly," by Mitchell Weiss and Christine Snively. This case is an example of public entrepreneurship. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51306 Financial Regulation in a Quantitative Model of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Oct 2013
- News
"Cool as Ice" CEO Takes Helm at Canada's Scotiabank
- 1997
- Chapter
Bank-Based versus Market-Based Financial Systems
By: Brian J. Hall and David E. Weinstein
- 17 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 17
Publications March 2015 Journal of Financial Economics Banks as Patient Fixed-Income Investors By: Hanson, Samuel G., Andrei Shleifer, Jeremy C. Stein, and Robert W. Vishny Abstract—We examine the business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne