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The New Role for Government & NGOs - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
For example, the Kenyan government modified banking regulations, which supported the launch and expansion of a revolutionary mobile phone-based money transfer and loan service for low income people. While... View Details
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Problem with Hedge Funds
investment management themselves. Sensing this demand, which is what they do best, investment banks are now creating funds, which then are invested in other funds. This is the big new thing, the fund of funds. People who managed funds... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship
America, Asia, and Europe. Datar has worked with many corporations, including General Motors, Mellon Bank, General Chemicals, Solectron, TRW, VISA, AT&T, Boeing, DuPont, Co-operative Bank and British Columbia Telecommunications, on... View Details
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New Levels of Capitalism: Finance - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School
including The American Railroad Journal (established in 1832); the New York Times (1851); The Stockholder: Monitor of Finance and Industry (1862); The Commercial and Financial Chronicle (1865); and the Wall Street Journal (1889). Investment View Details
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Payment and Financial Aid - HBS Online
Payment Methods Loans Grants Payment Methods We accept payments via credit card, wire transfer, Western Union, and (when available) bank loan. We also allow you to split your payment across two separate... View Details
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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership
Act Federal Trade Commission established Personal income tax reinstituted Influence: Low 20 1920 s 19 U.S. Steel and Alcoa withstand antitrust accusations Personal and corporate tax rates cut Airmail service starts Influence: High 30 1930 s 19 The New Deal Commercial... View Details
- 23 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
Why White-Collar Crime Spiked in America After 9/11
and financial institution fraud cases fell by 16 percent. White-collar crime spikes At the same time, however, fraud was running rampant. For example, the areas Nguyen studied saw a 40 percent increase in the rate of wire fraud. Meanwhile, View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
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2018 Financial Risk and Regulation Survey - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
experiences, but most were financial industry professionals located in the U.S.. More than 80% of the participants listed investment management, real estate, private equity, or banking as their industry. Figure 1: Share of Respondents by... View Details
- 06 Nov 2008
- Op-Ed
Selling Out The American Dream
leveraging of assets, on irresponsible banks and mortgage brokers who fabricated applications for no downpayment home loans knowing that the risks could be readily laid off on unsuspecting third parties. But... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition
Indonesians by providing alternative loans and helping them to build a credit history. Business Track, 2022 Coprata Chase Moyle (MBA 2022) Sonia Grego Brian Stoner Business Track Winner Reimagining how individuals can think about human... View Details
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
employed by sell-side investment banks and brokerage houses. Yet investment firms undertake their own buy-side research, and their analysts face different stock selection and recommendation incentives than their sell-side peers. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
How Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Crushed Crowdfunding for Minority Entrepreneurs
but that gap triples during periods of high public anxiety over immigration in the United States. “When there is the greatest anxiety, we see this funding shortfall.” Banks have historically rejected loan... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
- 03 Apr 2019
- Book
Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business
firm with fewer than 500 employees, in my book I focus on three kinds: sole proprietorships, Main Street businesses, and suppliers. All three groups seek financing from loans and have traditionally used View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Too Much of a Good Thing?
booming. Banks and companies, eager for a piece of the action, invest heavily in production capability. Not surprisingly, a market can soon become saturated with too much product; consequently, demand drops, revenues slow to a trickle,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
dynamic socially conscious entrepreneurs is stepping in to fill gaps that governments have been unable to address. Whether it is solving deficiencies and injustice in healthcare, education, jobs, housing, food security, or simply having access to a View Details
Keywords: podcasts
- 28 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'
directed, allow significant numbers of businesses to avoid bankruptcy. There are also massive amounts of private sector capital potentially available to support businesses in need. Bank balance sheets are generally sound, and hedge funds... View Details
- 07 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Better Way to Forecast the Future
2018, Averaging Probability Forecasts: Back to the Future. Grushka-Cockayne, on loan from University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, joined with Darden colleague Casey. Lichtendahl; Bob Winkler of Duke University’s Fuqua School... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Bridging the Gap
$120 million redevelopment initiative completed in 2005. The Tennessee Aquarium—a soaring, impressive glass-and-brick structure—stands on the banks of the Tennessee River, now lined with high-end condominiums. People bike and stroll... View Details
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Harvard Business School
president at Farmington Bank and First Connecticut Bancorp. White also serves as president and CEO at Learn Charter School Network, where he oversees a network of 10 high performing pre-K through 8th grade charter schools serving 4,400... View Details
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Wilder House | About
Wilder’s career in Canada stands “as an eloquent expression of just what we hope our graduates can achieve in their communities around the world.” A Toronto native, Wilder served in combat during World War II on loan to the Royal Navy and... View Details