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- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Iron Lady
OTEH: “Local and international investors need to understand that things have changed” in Nigeria. On the fiftieth anniversary of Nigeria’s independence, one key player who wants to see the oil-rich country truly fulfill its promise is Arunma Oteh (MBA ’90). A former... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 17 Dec 2018
- News
Tomorrow, Transformed
the Blavatnik Fellowship is breaking down silos—and accelerating life science research Read the complete HBS Campaign Final Report: A Strong Foundation: Message from Dean Nohria What a Difference a Community Can Make HBS View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
apart, put in little subsets, and sold as a whole variety of different securities. And no one knew what they had. At that point government had stepped aside, had genuflected at the altar of the market as it relates to our housing View Details
Howard L. Clark
advertising campaign “Do you know me?” and later, “Don’t leave home without it.” By the time Clark retired in 1977, the company had grown to include over 650 offices in more than 100 countries, with over 8 million cardholders. View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
directly involved in the recent financial meltdown, as well as many firms outside of finance whose governance-related troubles came home to roost in the recession. On behalf of shareholders, boards’ specific duties are to choose and, when... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Honoring a Visionary Thinker Who Took Time for Students
veteran volunteer HBS fundraiser, for moving the fellowship campaign forward. Davis says he enjoys touching base with classmates through reunion activities. “It’s a great way to stay connected with your HBS friends, keep informed about... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Restoring Order
called “the most far-reaching reforms of American business since Franklin Roosevelt was president” (Associated Press, December 10, 2002), Bush also announced that he favored nearly doubling the SEC’s budget for 2004. Donaldson, who along... View Details
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Buy Now, Pay Later: The Secondary Credit Market
The Rise of Installment Selling Home Finance Cars on Time The Secondary Credit Market The Usurer's Grip Research Links Credits “We must divorce the three golden balls from the three Furies.” — Charities Review , 1892 Installment plans,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
An Action Plan for Economic Recovery
POZEN: Offers a plan for overhauling the U.S. financial system to avoid a repeat of the recent market meltdown. Most books about the nation’s financial crisis tell us what happened. In his new book, HBS senior lecturer Robert Pozen tells us how to fix the system. A... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Naina Lal Kidwai
India’s reform process is more arduous than in authoritarian China. But in India, there’s more of a collective “buy-in” to reforms because the interests of all constituencies have been considered. What areas... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
right to nominate directors into something that is real — and has a real chance of holding boards of directors accountable to company owners.” Major business groups lost no time denouncing the reform measures as vehicles for ceding... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Back to School
work-around solution — the campaign — to reforming HR into a strategically viable entity,” he observes. Understanding how to re-create that progression could be a valuable lesson for organizations across all... View Details
- 06 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Trouble Behind Livedoor
panic selling caused an unprecedented early shutdown of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Horie, who denies wrongdoing, was arrested on January 23. What went wrong at Livedoor, and what are we to learn from its undoing? Robin Greenwood, an assistant professor in the View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Where Are They Now?
media wanted Glauber’s expert opinion. After all, he played a key role in setting up the Resolution Trust Corporation to handle the S&L bailout in the late 1980s, and he helped formulate regulatory reform of commercial banks in the early... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Subprime Time
With markets reeling in the wake of the subprime mortgage fiasco, BusinessWeek (September 3, 2007) turned to Wall Street eminence and Lazard CEO Bruce Wasserstein (MBA ’71) for “much needed perspective on the current turmoil.” Asked about lessons to be learned,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Noted & Quoted
also be a statutory cap on leverage, a maximum speed limit, if you will, that regulators can’t loosen.” — HBS professor David Moss commenting on the need for financial reform legislation to place limits on the amount banks can borrow for... View Details