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Protecting Yourself Against Social Engineering | Information Technology

they do it? The most common use of social engineering is to steal information, whether this is your personal information, a password, or banking information. However, sometimes they are seeking to get access to information like customer... View Details
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Shad Membership Eligibility | About

marriage certificate or other documents such as a joint bank account or bill. While proof of residency is necessary, it is not in itself proof of a committed relationship. Anyone who cannot produce documentation of a committed... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2002
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Latin American Conference Highlights Region's Diversity

discussed the Argentine crisis that began late last year. A professor at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, Hausmann described the economic factors leading to the fiscal collapse and suggested policy implications for the future. Argentineans need to be given... View Details
  • 31 Aug 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Why Competition May Not Improve Credit Rating Agencies

competition is really the right medicine. "Competition in the ratings industry has been increasing, and there have been calls for yet more competition. Whether competition is likely to reduce quality or improve it has been unclear," says HBS professor Bo... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services
  • 29 Oct 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Building a Powerful Prestige Brand

consumers had to pay for merchandise with cash. This, the entrepreneur believed, precluded a consumer from making a spontaneous purchase. In the late 1940s, banks did not usually provide loans for consumer purchases other than housing.... View Details
Keywords: by Nancy F. Koehn; Beauty & Cosmetics; Consumer Products; Retail
  • 15 Dec 2015
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December 15, 2015

I show that the scarcity of these coveted assets created by increased bank capital requirements can reduce overall bank funding costs and increase bank lending. I quantify this... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel

    Henry Taub

    services was widely recognized, and over the years, ADP has become a primary supplier of outsourced processing for much more than payroll. It provides services for claims processing, brokerage fees, and banking transactions. View Details
    Keywords: Services
    • October 1991 (Revised November 1993)
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    Play Time Toy Co.

    By: Thomas R. Piper
    The president of a toy company is considering the adoption of level production in a business characterized by highly seasonal sales. The issues include balancing the cost savings and the inventory risk, estimating the seasonal financing need, and determining the... View Details
    Keywords: Production; Cost Management; Banks and Banking; Sales; Goods and Commodities; Financial Management; Risk Management; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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    • September 2024
    • Case

    InfraCredit and the Project Inception Facility

    By: John Macomber, Namrata Arora and Maagatha Kalavadakken
    Around the world, large infrastructure projects are frequently stymied by the high cost and high uncertainty of the project inception phase: the research and engineering and planning prior to financial close and start of construction. Could there be a new kind of... View Details
    Keywords: Infrastructure; Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Cost; Cash Flow; Capital; Assets; Financial Markets; Financial Strategy; Insurance; Energy; Product Development; Risk and Uncertainty; Business Strategy; Credit; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Africa; Nigeria
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    • September 2019
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    Funding Sources for Science & Technology Start-ups in India

    By: Tarun Khanna, Arjun Swarup and Rachna Tahilyani
    India's start-up ecosystem is amongst the largest globally, with a variety of funding options from angel investors, venture capital and corporate venture capital to debt. Classic consumer focused start-ups which look to leverage technology have been able to raise... View Details
    Keywords: Venture Capital; Business Startups; Science; Information Technology; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; India; South Asia
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    • 22 Apr 2008
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    First Look: April 22, 2008

    School Supplement 308-091 Supplements the (A) case. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=308091 The Deutsche Bank (A) Harvard Business School Case 708-044 Founded in 1870 to help finance... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 28 Sep 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    Six Lessons from Mobile Money Ventures in Developing Countries

    money service, Oi Paggo, but ultimately decided to re-launch the service under a different model. Regulations that are too strict can stifle innovation. In Sri Lanka, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) initially required all mobile... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Telecommunications
    • 07 Jan 2015
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    Promoting scientific advances

    Fellowship recipient and donor Robert Steven Kaplan (MBA 1983) believes that helping those with a passion for science gain business skills will make a positive difference in the world. Kaplan is a former HBS professor, who now serves as president and CEO of the Federal... View Details
    • 01 Sep 2011
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    Extraordinary People

    This year’s recipients of the School’s highest honor have made remarkable contributions to their companies and communities while upholding the highest standards and values in everything they do. “These five distinguished alumni are role models of what leaders can do,... View Details
    Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
    • 01 Mar 2015
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    Remembering John Whitehead (MBA 1947)

    John C. Whitehead (MBA 1947)—business leader, community collaborator, prominent philanthropist, education visionary—died February 7 at age 92. During a lauded career, Whitehead guided Goldman Sachs to the forefront of investment banking; served his country as deputy... View Details
    Keywords: Social Enterprise Institute; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Government; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance
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    Margarita de la Piedra Carrillo

    Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I want to be more efficient in business, more savvy in my decision-making. Long-term, I may be interested in starting my own business. The skills I learn now will be very helpful later. How has your overall HBS... View Details
    Keywords: Investment Banking; Investment Banking
    • 01 Sep 2005
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    Fixer Upper

    Real estate broker Sharon Enloe Baum (MBA ’65) cruises the streets of Manhattan in a chauffeured black Rolls-Royce that sports the license plate SOLD 1. Actually, in terms of co-ops and houses, she’s sold a lot more than one during her eighteen-year career. But in... View Details
    Keywords: Real Estate
    • 27 Sep 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    Charting 'Cheapflation': How Budget Brands Got So Pricey

    of the costliest, according to an analysis of microdata from large retailers by Harvard Business School Professor Alberto Cavallo. In a forthcoming article in the Journal of Monetary Economics, Cavallo and coauthor Oleksiy Kryvtsov, senior research officer at the View Details
    Keywords: by Ana Elena Azpúrua
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    Charles Ellis | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

    Skip to Main Content HBS Entrepreneurs Collection Profiles About This Collection Contact Us Special Collections Search Paul Baier PurchasingCenter.com/Excara Frank Batten Weather Channel Steven B. Belkin Trans National Group (TNG) Hakeem Belo-Osagie United View Details
    • 01 Dec 2009
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    Japan Research Center Names New Executive Director

    practice group and oversaw all executive searches in the financial sector. In addition, he managed a corporate governance practice group. Prior to Egon Zehnder, Sato worked for fifteen years in the Tokyo and London offices of the Industrial View Details
    Keywords: Finance