Financial Services - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Oct 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

How Companies Can Make Up with (Very) Unhappy Customers

Mark Zuckerberg delayed action and side-stepped responsibility. Two Million Fake Accounts: Sales Misconduct at Wells Fargo Coming out of the financial crisis, Wells Fargo was one of the world’s most successful banks. But then its sales... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail; Air Transportation

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Fraudulent Mobile Payment Alerts on the Rise | Information Technology

Fraudulent Mobile Payment Alerts on the Rise Mobile payment solutions like Zelle and Venmo have become popular and convenient ways to send money to one another. Like most financial institutions, these View Details

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Lehman Brothers - Introduction | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

banking and financial advisory services for corporations, the government, and private individuals, and consistently showed foresight in its ability to recognize the potential of emerging industries, from... View Details

01 Sep 2011
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Extraordinary People

social service organizations through their family foundation. “There comes a responsibility with success, and that is leaving the world better than you found it,” says Klarman. Robert Kraft, MBA 1965 Founder, Chairman and CEO, The Kraft... View Details

Keywords: Personal Services; Personal Services; Personal Services; Personal Services; Personal Services; Personal Services; Personal Services; Personal Services; Personal Services

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Corporate Strategy Course - Project Resources

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A comprehensive platform used to screen M&A transactions, analyze financial data from global equity and fixed income markets, and public and... View Details

01 Dec 1998
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Faculty Retirements

and has contributed chapters to several books. Two articles he coauthored on real-estate finance won the Shattuck Award for the best article on real estate in 1967 and 1972. Hayes's MBA teaching assignments have included the electives Investment Banking, Management of... View Details

01 Jun 2010
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Social Reporting

benefit the environment as well as a company's bottom line," Rangan adds. Good examples are the early childhood literacy initiative of PNC, a financial services organization based in Pittsburgh, and the... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

07 May 2013
First Look

First Look: May 7

Publications 2006 Review of Financial Studies Unstable Equity: Combining Banking with Private Equity Investing By: Fang, Lily H., Victoria Ivashina, and Josh Lerner Abstract—Bank-affiliated private equity groups account for 30% of all... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Jun 2009
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Too Big To Fail

mortgage disclosure documents, consolidating the federal government’s highly fractured financial services regulatory agencies, and requiring that financial institutions... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; federal bailouts; Credit Intermediation and Related Activities; Finance

26 Sep 2018
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Getting Life Back in Balance

Disenchanted with the corporate world, Benjamin Gower (GMP 19, 2015) quit his job as senior vice president of operations for Australia’s Cobham Aviation Services and made a bold career and lifestyle change, moving to rural South Australia... View Details

October 2001 (Revised November 2001)
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Provident Life and Accident Insurance: The Acquisition of Paul Revere

By: Mihir A. Desai, Frank Williamson, Mark Veblen and Yuming Zou

Provident Life & Accident Insurance Co. has made an initial bid to acquire a primary competitor, Paul Revere, from conglomerate, Textron. The due diligence process uncovers a significant block of problematic disability insurance policies. Provident is forced to assess... View Details

Keywords: Insurance; Financial Management; Mergers and Acquisitions; Policy; Investment; Business Strategy; Cash Flow; Price; Bids and Bidding; Financial Reporting; Business Conglomerates; Service Industry; Service Industry

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01 Feb 2000
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Breaking Down Barriers: The Electronic Wallet

partnership with financial institutions such as MBNA, Capital One, Wells Fargo, and Providian. These firms offer the Brodia online shopping service as part of the credit card and banking services. By typing... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

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Career Journey | MBA

88% Class of 2024 who actively sought and accepted full-time roles after graduation. Industry Consulting 18% Consumer Products 3% Entertainment / Media 3% Financial Services 39% Health Care 6% Manufacturing... View Details

01 Jun 2013
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A Case For Fellowships

role in our classrooms; our offerings are only as good as our students. Because of fellowship support, we are able to adhere to a need-blind admissions policy, accepting students based on their talents and aspirations without regard to their View Details

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

03 Dec 2018
Research & Ideas

How Companies Can Increase Market Rewards for Sustainability Efforts

flavijus For the first time, a link has been drawn between public sentiment about a company’s sustainability practices and how that company is valued in the market. The results are important both for investors searching for under-valued, socially responsible companies,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

01 Sep 2009
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Back to School

financial crisis, green energy, and health-care reform. Even the kids participated in a case discussion. Many of the presentations are available to view online at http://video.hbs.edu/videotools/portal/ reunions. Outside the classroom,... View Details

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

22 Sep 2009
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The Case for Regulatory Reform

This is week when the Wall Street chickens come home to roost. In the wake of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, the Obama administration has sent Congress a package of regulatory reforms aimed, in large part, at... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services

01 Mar 2007
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…and They Will Come

At HBS this spring, the world-renowned architect A. Eugene Kohn is teaching Design, Construction & Development Risk in Commercial Construction, an MBA elective. Kohn is the founder and chairman of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF), a firm he has shaped into a world... View Details