Banks - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

Ground Game, Air Wars, and Other Marketing Lessons From Presidential Elections

operatives getting out in the communities and face-to-face contacts. Phone banks were de-emphasized. "It was a historic moment for the 2008 and 2012 elections in the way ground troops were utilized," Chung says. Mass Advertising Turning... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

10 Jun 2013
Research & Ideas

How Numbers Talk to People

successfully. Megibow's team investigated the reason for the failures, again using Web metrics data and server log files throughout the process. Apparently, the "Company" field under the customer's name was causing a problem. Some customers interpreted it as... View Details

24 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

What’s Government’s Role in Regulating Home Purchase Financing?

going to be easy, but it's critical to privatization. As we increase our regulation of banks and require them to hold more capital, we'll be driving more activity into the less-regulated securitization markets. Our paper identifies a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

29 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

How Economics May Lead to Better Football Games

unraveling comes about for strategic reasons. For example, the HBS recruiting office regularly has to deal with investment banks and others that would like to make offers that expire before other offers become available. Q: What... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Sports

13 Feb 2007
First Look

First Look: February 13, 2007

minds to wander were correlated with activity in this network. The Persistence of Inflation versus that of Real Marginal Cost in the New Keynesian Model Author:Julio J. Rotemberg Periodical:Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Mar 2021
News

Community Colleges as Engines of Economic Opportunity

with General Dynamics Electric Boat to prepare people to build nuclear submarines for the US Navy and work with Bank of America on programs that prepare individuals for jobs in the financial services sector. We also have a partnership... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

09 Jul 2019
News

The Road to Impact

private equity, eventually left Lehman to join Oakhill Partners in 1990, and then cofounded an independent investment banking advisory firm, Evercore Partners, in 1995. And while Offensend was building his career in finance, he also... View Details

Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov; Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Apr 1999
News

A Vibrant Brand

officer at Chemical Bank in New York, he began to notice a disturbing phenomenon among the media: a lack of balanced journalism relating to African Americans. The idea of starting a magazine dedicated to issues affecting young African... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Oct 1999
News

The Class of 1974: Timed for a Change

out with Nextel? One person knew a career not to be taken: Jim Stern decided against retail. His rejection letter from J.C. Penney won a Harbus contest and was published in the paper. The future banking mogul did, however, win the stock... View Details

Keywords: Charles B. ("Chuck") Mercer

01 Jan 2002
News

Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)

bank in Hong Kong before graduation. "Since there are so few world-class mathematicians, he wanted me to consider other career choices." First Boston Corporation, 1976-78 Why HBS? "An HBS alum at Jardine Fleming told me I would need an... View Details

01 Jun 1996
News

Four Professors to Retire

ten most innovative programs in the United States even though the program was then in its 66th session. In the MBA classroom, Crum offered courses in corporate finance, bank lending, financial institution strategy, and investment... View Details

Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage

05 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 5, 2009

its currency. Investors started to flee Asia, and the crisis rapidly spread to other countries. Central banks spent billions of dollars to try and defend their currencies, only to seek emergency bailouts from the International Monetary... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Web

Loan Assistance Programs - Alumni

scheme Certified educational loans from a bank or credit union (e.g. HUECU, etc.) Applicants must not be delinquent or in default on their loans at the time of application. If in doubt, please ask HBS MBA Financial Aid before committing... View Details

17 Dec 2017
News

How Music Forged a Fighter for Free Expression

Heaney talks about his unique path from entrepreneurship and investment banking at Goldman Sachs to taking up the fight for free speech. READ MORE April White: Hunter, take me back to the sort of first spark that became the Voice Project.... View Details

21 Dec 2010
News

An Effort to Close the Gender Gap

Keywords: Finance

Teaching Interest

Cities, Structures, and Climate Shocks

By: John D. Macomber

This course is about building sustainable and resilient cities, future proofing real estate and infrastructure assets, and examining how businesses and investors find opportunities in climate adaptation.

The world faces substantial challenges in the face of... View Details

Keywords: Sustainability; Economic Development; Climate Finance; Migration; Climate Change; Adaptation; Urban Development; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry

2013
Book

Entrepreneurship and Multinationals: Global Business and the Making of the Modern World

By: Geoffrey Jones

This book examines the history of entrepreneurship and multinationals in the making of the modern world. In recent years economists, historians, and political scientists have written extensively on the history of globalization and patterns of global wealth and poverty,... View Details

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Venture Capital & Private Equity Club

Keywords: Investment Banking / Sales & Trading; Investment Banking / Sales & Trading

04 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business

in the bank, that’s what counts / Money in the bank in large amounts.” The selling cycle is usually the biggest driver of cash out and cash in: Accounts payable accrue during selling, and accounts receivable are mainly determined in most... View Details

Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes

01 Apr 2019
What Do You Think?

Does Our Bias Against Federal Deficits Need Rethinking?

mechanics of private banking and federal finance correct. Their models are therefore fatally flawed, so their predictions of doom (and inflation) should not be taken seriously.” Is JohnfrmCleveland right? Is modern monetary theory a fancy... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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