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18 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Is Greed Ruining Private Equity Firms?

In a first-ever look at the internal economics driving private equity partnerships, Harvard Business School researchers have found that many of these funds can be torn apart by greed among founding partners who take home a much bigger share of profits than other senior... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Banking; Banking

10 Dec 2015
Working Paper Summaries

The Probability of Rare Disasters: Estimation and Implications

Keywords: by Emil N. Siriwardane; Banking; Banking

11 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

The Success of Reverse Leveraged Buyouts

As Hertz approaches what is expected to be a $1 billion "quick flip" IPO just ten months after being acquired, critics are again taking aim at reverse leveraged buyouts and wondering whether investors are being set up for a fall. RLBOs have come under... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Banking; Banking

21 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

Racial Diversity Pays Off

rather than ignore or suppress them. Comparing 450 bank branches of a single organization, a large commercial bank in the northeast U.S., Ely and Thomas discovered that when work groups actively acknowledge... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

25 Apr 2014
News

Raising the bar for financial literacy

approximately 5 million students, from kindergarten through high school. "Opening a bank account is a one-time event. We're trying to teach kids skills and tools they can apply to any decision they may face going forward," she says.... View Details

01 Feb 2001
News

Ready for Take-Off

WorldClinic, Inc., a "virtual ER," providing U.S.-quality health-care services to Americans traveling abroad. Cynthia A. Fisher (MBA '90) of ViaCell, Inc., which combines the banking of stem cells from umbilical cord blood with technology... View Details

Keywords: Spingboard

01 Mar 2012
News

What Makes Israel Tick?

1951). The group also traveled to the Palestinian West Bank to assess the status of financial and social institutions required for successful statehood. Poorvu Family Professor of Management Practice Arthur Segel chaired the Israel... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Mar 2009
News

Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion

glaring trade imbalances, and soaring political risk, particularly in the economically crucial, oil-exporting regions of the world. The key to this seeming paradox lay in China. Chongqing, on the undulating banks of the mighty earth-brown... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

Portrait Project

Shibani Joshi

meant fame and wealth, but today I see the meaning as much more profound. Now breaking free involves resisting the temptation to return to the investment bank I previously worked for and instead pursuing my dreams in the entertainment... View Details

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Field Course: Entrepreneurship through Acquisition (Application Only) - Course Catalog

experience. The course will have practical exercises designed to help entrepreneurs complete their acquisitions. These include pitching to potential equity investors, prospecting for potential targets, seller cold calls and negotiating View Details

October 2014 (Revised December 2014)
Case

Gentera: Beyond Microcredit

By: Rajiv Lal and Lisa Mazzanti

Gentera, whose largest subsidiary is Compartamos Banco, has been a fantastically successful endeavor since it started in the 1990s. But in 2014, Gentera faces challenges in expanding beyond group-lending and micro-credit into microfinance and beyond in order to fulfill... View Details

Keywords: Financial Inclusion; Compartamos; Gentera; Micro-lending; Microfinance; Insurance; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Mexico City

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Teaching Note

Gordon Cain and the Sterling Group Series TN

By: Michael C. Jensen and Brian Barry

Teaching Note for (9-492-021) and (9-492-022). View Details

Keywords: Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Houston

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Purchase

01 Sep 2024
News

Net Positive

At LOVB, designing a “community-up” volleyball ecosystem, from youth teams to a professional league. (photo by Melissa Golden) Volleyball is the number-one sport for girls in the United States by participation, yet unlike soccer and basketball, it hasn’t had an... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

Career Coach

Pamela Harder

DC and California. Work Experience: Commonwealth of Virginia (state government, economic development, talent strategy, higher education), Clever (Series B edtech startup), FSG (social sector consulting), Accion Venture Lab (impact investing), Root Capital (impact... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Education; Emerging Markets; Government; Social Enterprise; Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Energy; Consumer Finance; Financial Services (All); Impact Investing; Financial Services (All)

11 Aug 2009
First Look

First Look: August 11, 2009

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-006.pdf Banking Deregulations, Financing Constraints and Firm Entry Size Authors:William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda Abstract We examine the effect of U.S. branch banking... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2009
News

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

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Bankers, Financiers, and Statesmen - Coin and Conscience

[Nürnberg, ca. 1654]. 18.5 x 13.5 cm F g5 The Bancho Publico in Nürnberg was one of the oldest banks in Germany, founded in 1621, and in operation until 1827. Fussel was its banker from 1654 to 1674. 62 Sir Thomas Gresham (1519?–79) view... View Details

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Richard Jenrette | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Boston

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27 Jul 2010
First Look

First Look: July 27

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=972044 Corporate Governance at the World Bank and the Dilemma of Global Governance Authors:Ashwin Kaja and Eric Werker Publication:The World Bank Economic... View Details