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September – October 2011
Article

Managing the Multiple Dimensions of Risk-Part II: The Office of Risk Management

In the second article of our two-part series, we explore the concept of an Office of Risk Management along with a case study of an innovative risk management function at JP Morgan Private Bank. We also look at the "softer" components of risk management, including a... View Details

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Innovation and Invention; Management Style; Managerial Roles; Risk Management

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2009
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Testimony on 'The World Bank's Disclosure Policy Review, and the Role of Democratic Participatory Processes in Achieving Successful Development Outcomes'

By: Alnoor Ebrahim

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Policy; Success; Growth and Development; Outcome or Result

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March 2009
Journal Article

Does Individual Performance Affect Entrepreneurial Mobility? Empirical Evidence from the Financial Analysis Market

By: Boris Groysberg, Ashish Nanda and M. Julia Prats

Our paper contributes to the studies on the relationship between workers' human capital and their decision to become self-employed as well as their probability to survive as entrepreneurs. Analysis from a panel data set of research analysts in investment banks over... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Investment Banking; Retention; Human Capital; Performance Effectiveness; Banking Industry

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November 1990 (Revised September 1991)
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First Chicago Corp.: Global Corporate Bank (A)

Presents the human resource challenges associated with First Chicago Corp.'s strategy in the corporate banking market. They want to maintain strong "relationships" with customers, while also developing strong investment banking capabilities. They face three problems:... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Corporate Strategy; Human Resources; Commercial Banking; Banking Industry; United States

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renamed as ClearOne), and PictureTel (acquired by Polycom). Rick is a member of the Educational Council at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a Venture Capital Advisor at the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship at Harvard,... View Details

31 Jul 2019
News

Honoring the Code

law is going to be, I'm going to carry it out. “But in 2008, I'm now chairman, much different from 1993 when I wasn't involved. It just struck me that I'm leading an institution whose main value is integrity. And yet, I am asking young... View Details

01 Dec 2018
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An Emphasis on Teamwork

changing jobs frequently, relocating, and starting families—to find the bandwidth to regularly give back to the institutions that helped them succeed,” says Krebs. “But for me, the consistency of the HBS mission is a touchstone in my... View Details

17 Apr 2014
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Striking a Balance

University and specifically at Harvard Business School, and how that, over a long period of time, it will make a difference by addressing these issues,” says Silk. “It allows this institution to be innovative and adaptive—to go after... View Details

01 Sep 2004
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Salter New Head of External Relations

corporate, and institutional fronts, and I look forward to working with him.” An immediate priority, says Salter, is to complete the School’s $500 million capital campaign, which continues through 2005. Initially, he will focus on raising... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2003
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Male Consumers as Man-of-Action Heroes

be like the man–of–action heroes they find everywhere in the mass media. For the white working– and middle–class men in the study, these are the most potent role models — heroic figures who defy institutions but, in the end, actually... View Details

Keywords: Douglas; Holt; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

25 Jun 2020
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Former Professor and Associate Dean Vernon Alden Passes Away

he began the Institute for College and University Administrators, financed by the Carnegie Corp. of New York, which conducted case study seminars for college presidents, deans, and trustees. READ MORE View Details

02 Dec 2009
What Do You Think?

Should Immigration Policies Be More Welcoming to Low-Skilled Workers?

citizens. A study by Daniel Griswold of the Cato Institute of several pieces of research concludes, for example, that in the U.S. immigration has not expanded the size of the "underclass," which he defines as people living... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

25 Oct 2018
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Bringing the Background into Focus

research in 2014 and has given $500,000 in total to support the exhibition at the Wallach. “This is the way narratives get changed,” Mr. Walker said. “I’m not surprised that the large institutions weren’t interested in this show because... View Details

09 Jan 2007
First Look

First Look: January 9, 2007

crucial for the initial industrialization of these two countries. Recently, differing visions on the importance of business networks have arisen. In the case of Mexico, the literature argues that entrepreneurs relied heavily on an informal View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

March 2014
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Cyclicality of Credit Supply: Firm Level Evidence

By: Bo Becker and Victoria Ivashina

Theory predicts that there is a close link between bank credit supply and the evolution of the business cycle. Yet fluctuations in bank-loan supply have been hard to quantify in the time series. While loan issuance falls in recessions, it is not clear if this is due to... View Details

Keywords: Business Cycles; Borrowing and Debt; Credit; Banks and Banking; Bonds; Financial Markets; Financing and Loans; Banking Industry

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October 2007 (Revised March 2008)
Case

First National Bank's Golden Opportunity

By: Shawn A. Cole, Peter Tufano, Daniel Schneider and Daryl Collins

Executives at First National Bank in South Africa are considering whether to launch a potentially exciting, but rather unorthodox, new savings product. Instead of paying interest, this product gives depositors the chance to win large cash prizes each month. Michael... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Banks and Banking; Investment; Innovation and Invention; Product Launch; Demand and Consumers; Banking Industry; South Africa

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2004
Working Paper

Regulation and Reaction: The Other Side of Free Banking in Antebellum New York

By: David A. Moss and Sarah Brennan

Free banking, which first appeared in the United States in the late 1830s, comprised two essential features: general incorporation for banks and rigorous security requirements for note issue. Because the general incorporation feature is what allowed free entry, it has... View Details

Keywords: History; Law; Competition; Financial Liquidity; Money; Market Entry and Exit; Financing and Loans; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry

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Latter-day Saint Student Association | MBA

LDSSA Institute Speaker Series Winter Retreat New Admit Social Club Email Address ldsa@studentclubs.hbs.edu Club Co-Presidents Luke Jowers Ariana Rosenberg Club CFO Fletcher Rydalch Mailing Address Student Clubs of HBS, Inc. - Latter-day... View Details

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

How Technological Disruption Changes Everything

HBS Professor Clayton Christensen sees disruptive innovation as a threat to everything from Microsoft to Japan—and even to a certain prominent business school. But through that disruption comes improved quality of life—and major opportunities for View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health