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- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Islam’s Great Culture Is Dying
that had previously given it coherence and meaning,” Allawi argues, asserting that under colonial rule, traditional institutions and ways of life were replaced by modern equivalents that spoke little to the people. The deterioration... View Details
- March 2009 (Revised May 2013)
- Supplement
Kinyuseisaku: Monetary Policy in Japan (B)
By: Laura Alfaro and Akiko Kanno
Toshihiko Fukui, Governor of the Bank of Japan, faced a complex situation in the fall of 2007. An economic recovery had allowed the central bank to abandon its zero interest rate policy, which had been in place for years, and raise rates to 0.5%. The Bank of Japan was... View Details
Alfaro, Laura, and Akiko Kanno. "Kinyuseisaku: Monetary Policy in Japan (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 709-056, March 2009. (Revised May 2013.)
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Three Decades of Change and Counting
accepted to HBS. I also received a fellowship and internship offer from a leading finance firm and had plans to return to Wall Street. Shortly after arriving on campus, however, I realized that I wanted to take the opportunity to explore... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Challenges of Investing in Science-Based Innovation
question: What are the best business management processes and practices needed by executives heading up companies that incorporate science-based innovation? A Different Management Strategy Sato believes that the challenges particular to businesses and View Details
- October 2009 (Revised February 2010)
- Case
Merger of Equals: The Integration of Mellon Financial and The Bank of New York (A)
By: Ryan D. Taliaferro, Clayton S. Rose and David Lane
Less than a month after the close of the merger between The Bank of New York and Mellon Financial, managers at the two firms realized that plans for combining their asset servicing businesses—and realizing the $180 million of annual cost savings that they had promised... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Asset Management; Financial Institutions; Risk Management; Integration; Information Technology; Financial Services Industry
Taliaferro, Ryan D., Clayton S. Rose, and David Lane. "Merger of Equals: The Integration of Mellon Financial and The Bank of New York (A)." Harvard Business School Case 210-016, October 2009. (Revised February 2010.)
- January 2009
- Case
Sue Whitman at MBB Financial
This case describes some issues confronting the leader of a major investment bank. She is pleased with the financial performance of her firm but concerned about signs of a bubble in the market. View Details
- 03 Aug 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Can We Hold the “Leadership Industry” Accountable?
profit for shareholders and directors. Pfeffer is also tired of seeing so-called leadership development services offered in a sanitized vacuum by a “leadership industry” under “brands” such as authentic leadership and servant leadership,... View Details
- 02 Apr 2019
- News
Remembering William Wilder
extensive renovations to update the building and make it ADA accessible. Home to a succession of departments over the years, Wilder House today is occupied by the HBS Career & Professional Development Office. Following service in the... View Details
- 15 May 2012
- News
Finally Finding the Right Fit
learning experiences that are immersive, field-based, and action-oriented. “I’ve been lucky enough to attend institutions that have opened my eyes to the benefits of education,” says Heffernan. “I think it’s important to give back to... View Details
- Web
TJ Moen Archives | Social Enterprise
Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services... View Details
- 01 Nov 2012
- News
First and Goal
concussions. That led to a meeting with Christopher Nowinski, a former Harvard football player and professional wrestler and the head of the Sports Legacy Institute at Boston University. Nowinski advised that the leading experts were... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Four Professors to Retire
Government, and the International Economy, making good use of his long-standing interest in international business. In 1981, for example, Crum started working to create the Nomura School of Advanced Management in Tokyo. Many of the one hundred cases View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage
- 12 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 12
We explore which organizations are particularly likely to resist, or acquiesce to, new institutional pressures that arise from mandatory information disclosure regulations. We hypothesize that when information is disclosed about... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 May 2023
- News
Banking’s Regular Rescuer
Photo via LinkedIn Photo via LinkedIn With this week's takeover of First Republic, the New York Times took a look at how JPMorgan Chase, led by CEO Jamie Dimon (MBA 1982), has leveraged its role as the go-to bank when other banks fail. First Republic is now the third... View Details
- September 2011
- Article
Information Risk and Fair Value: An Examination of Equity Betas
By: Edward J. Riedl and George Serafeim
Using a sample of U.S. financial institutions, we exploit recent mandatory disclosures of financial instruments designated as fair value level 1, 2, and 3 to test whether greater information risk in financial instrument fair values leads to higher cost of capital. We... View Details
Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Assets; Cost of Capital; Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Corporate Disclosure; Information; Risk and Uncertainty; Value; United States
Riedl, Edward J., and George Serafeim. "Information Risk and Fair Value: An Examination of Equity Betas." Journal of Accounting Research 49, no. 4 (September 2011): 1083–1122.
- March 2006 (Revised November 2006)
- Case
China: To Float or Not To Float? (D)- Bank of America's Strategic Investment in China Construction Bank
By: Laura Alfaro, Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
With its $3 billion investment in Chinese state bank China Construction Bank, Bank of America--the second U.S. bank behind Citigroup in terms of assets and market capitalization--was one of several foreign banks directly participating in China's banking sector reform.... View Details
Keywords: Currency Exchange Rate; Banks and Banking; Foreign Direct Investment; International Relations; Banking Industry; China; United States
Alfaro, Laura, Rafael M. Di Tella, and Ingrid Vogel. "China: To Float or Not To Float? (D)- Bank of America's Strategic Investment in China Construction Bank." Harvard Business School Case 706-031, March 2006. (Revised November 2006.)
Herbert A. Sklenar
Sklenar’s knowledge of fiscal matters helped the company survive a slow down in the construction business and a rapidly changing chemicals marketplace. To cope with the change, Sklenar invested in research and development of new products,... View Details
Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
- 09 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation
jobs must include entrepreneurs." Mills is approaching her work at the Competitiveness Project through a framework she calls a job-creation playbook, which is broken down into three categories: institutions (accelerators, economic... View Details
- 08 May 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
Bank Boards: What Has Changed Since the Financial Crisis?
- October 2009 (Revised February 2010)
- Supplement
Merger of Equals: The Integration of Mellon Financial and The Bank of New York (B)
By: Ryan D. Taliaferro, Clayton S. Rose and David Lane
[Continuation of "A" case.] Less than a month after the close of the merger between The Bank of New York and Mellon Financial, managers at the two firms realized that plans for combining their asset servicing businesses – and realizing the $180 million of annual cost... View Details
Taliaferro, Ryan D., Clayton S. Rose, and David Lane. "Merger of Equals: The Integration of Mellon Financial and The Bank of New York (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 210-025, October 2009. (Revised February 2010.)