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28 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

Meeting China’s Need for Management Education

capabilities to adapt, making them ideal partners for HBS and Harvard Business School Publishing (HBSP). Furthermore, for institutions like HBS and HBSP, one of the major worries about engaging in activities in this part of the world is... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education

01 Jun 2024
News

Outside Voices

In just 15 years, Greece managed to seesaw from one economic extreme to the other, from almost breaking the eurozone at the depth of its debt crisis to becoming one of the fastest growing economies in Europe in 2023, according to the IMF. Now wages are rebounding,... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Pete Ryan; immigration; repatriation; innovation; public policy; Greece

29 Jan 2008
First Look

First Look: January 29, 2008

likely to implement MV proposals after industry-peer firms implement a similar proposal. Finally, proposals aimed at removing anti-takeover measures or instituting certain shareholder rights are more likely to be implemented. With respect... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 May 2017
Working Paper Summaries

Monetary Policy and Global Banking

Keywords: by Falk Bräuning and Victoria Ivashina; Banking

2019
Chapter

Integrated Partnerships in Cultural Sponsorship: The Cases of Guggenheim UBS and MFA Boston-Fleet

By: Stephen A. Greyser and Ragnar Lund

This chapter presents and interprets two field-based studies of sponsorship collaborations between major museums and significant financial institutions—a global multi-year partnership between the Guggenheim Foundation and UBS, and the pioneering regional integrated... View Details

Keywords: Museums; Financial Institutions; Partners and Partnerships; Culture; Cooperation

July 2014
Supplement

Barclays Bank and Contingent Capital Notes, 2012 (CW)

By: Lucy White and Trent Kim

In 2012, regulatory changes following the financial crisis mean that Barclays Bank is faced with the need to raise large amounts of capital in order to comply with increased capital requirements, tightening rules as to the "quality of capital," and increased risk... View Details

Keywords: Capital; Financial Crisis; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry

August 2011 (Revised August 2011)
Teaching Note

Mibanco: Meeting the Mainstreaming of Microfinance (TN)

By: Michael Chu

Teaching Note for 309-095. View Details

Keywords: Microfinance; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry

January 2002
Background Note

History of Investment Banking

By: Ashish Nanda, Thomas J. DeLong and Lynn Villadolid Roy

Describes the history of investment banking. View Details

Keywords: Business History; Investment Banking

Educators

1991
Chapter

Competition and Competitiveness in British Banking 1918-1971

By: G. Jones

Keywords: History; Competitive Advantage; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; United Kingdom

Web

1.16 Student Educational Records | MBA

1.16 Student Educational Records 1.0 Academic Information & Policies The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (FERPA) is a federal law that gives students certain rights with respect to their education records. Note: As an View Details

02 Aug 2006
Research & Ideas

Investor Protection: The Czech Experience

not just in (what is now) the Czech Republic, but also in any country that lacks strong institutions and investor protections. As HBS professor Mihir A. Desai and the Monitor Group's Alberto Moel explain in the Review of Finance, in their... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Media & Broadcasting; Entertainment & Recreation

05 Jun 2006
Research & Ideas

Using Competition to Reform Healthcare

procedure centric, or institution centric, not patient centric. They are also misaligned with how patient value is actually created. Patient value in health care delivery . . . can only be understood at the level of medical conditions.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health

1993
Chapter

Management of Risk Capital in Financial Firms

By: Robert C. Merton and André Perold

Keywords: Risk Management; Capital; Financial Institutions; Financial Services Industry

December 1993
Article

How Has the Basle Accord Affected Bank Portfolios?

By: Brian J. Hall

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Investment

December 2000 (Revised April 2006)
Case

Promise (A): Building a Consumer Finance Company in Japan

Describes Promise, the third-largest consumer finance company in Japan. Promise was created in 1963 by an entrepreneur and has grown rapidly, especially in the 1990s when commercial banks struggled. Promise's core business consists of providing unsecured loans of up to... View Details

Keywords: Capital Structure; Entrepreneurship; Financial Institutions; Financial Services Industry; Japan

December 2005
Article

Crises and Capital Requirements in Banking

By: Alan Morrison and Lucy White

Keywords: Capital; Banks and Banking

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June 1994
Case

Letter from an Investment Banker

By: D. Quinn Mills, G. Bruce Friesen and Richard C. Wei

Keywords: Investment Banking; Banking Industry

2023
Working Paper

Firm Visibility and Acquisition Likelihood: Evidence from Seeking Alpha Coverage

By: Pu Gu, Benjamin Yost and Yuan Zou

This study investigates whether social media coverage influences a firm’s likelihood of being acquired. Specifically, we hypothesize that coverage of a firm on the Seeking Alpha platform raises its visibility to potential acquirers and M&A advisers (i.e., investment... View Details

Keywords: Social Media; Mergers and Acquisitions; Marketplace Matching; Investment Banking