Publications

October 2019
Case

China Merchants Bank: Ushering in the Era of Family Office in China

By: Lauren Cohen, Hao Gao, Billy Chan and Dawn H. Lau

China Merchants Bank, the sixth-largest lender in China, intends to boost its family office business as a result of an increase in the population of ultra-high net worth individuals. Already ranked China’s number-one private bank with AUM exceeding US$300 billion, the... View Details

Keywords: Family Office; Strategy; Banks and Banking; Organizational Design; Competitive Strategy; Banking Industry; China

Educators

2006
Other Unpublished Work

Does Banks' Corporate Control Benefit Firms? Evidence from US Banks' Control over Firms' Voting Rights

By: Joao A.C. Santos and Kristin Wilson

In this paper we examine the importance of banks' corporate control over their borrowers by investigating the loan pricing effect of banks' voting stakes in borrowers. We exploit the fact that banks may hold shares of firms in a fiduciary capacity to identify a clean... View Details

Keywords: Voting; Corporate Governance; Commercial Banking; Banking Industry; United States

SSRN

May 1986
Case

Data Administration in Citibank Brazil (A): The Competitive Advantage

By: Shoshana Zuboff

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Information Management; Competitive Advantage; Banking Industry; Brazil

1981
Chapter

Foreign Investors from the Third World

By: L. T. Wells Jr.

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Developing Countries and Economies

December 2005 (Revised March 2010)
Teaching Note

Foreign Direct Investment and Ireland's Tiger Economy (TN) (A) and (B)

By: Laura Alfaro

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Developing Countries and Economies

01 Jun 2001
News

Donella Rapier to Head External Relations

Donella Rapier (MBA ’92) has recently been appointed associate dean for External Relations at HBS, following the resignation of James C. Schroeder, who accepted a position as chief development officer at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester,... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Sep 2020
News

Wide Angle

You're senior associate dean of Harvard Business School Online and the former president of Barnard College. What lessons can educational institutions take from the economic impact of the pandemic? I suspect that this moment is going to be... View Details

Web

Wartime Innovation - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details

April 2012
Case

Bank of America: Mobile Banking (Abridged)

By: Sunil Gupta and Michael Norris

In January 2010, Bank of America is discussing its future mobile strategy. Should the company add complexity to its app, design multiple apps for business segments, or expand into other mobile channels? View Details

Keywords: Technology Adoption; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; United States

Educators

2007
Working Paper

New Framework for Measuring and Managing Macrofinancial Risk and Financial Stability

By: Dale F. Gray, Robert C. Merton and Zvi Bodie

This paper proposes a new approach to improve the way central banks can analyze and manage the financial risks of a national economy. It is based on the modern theory and practice of contingent claims analysis (CCA), which is successfully used today at the level of... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Macroeconomics; Central Banking; Risk Management

Read Now

1995
Chapter

The Evolution of European Multinational Banking before 1914: Comparisons and Contrasts

By: G. Jones

Keywords: History; Multinational Firms and Management; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; Europe

spring 1983
Article

The Evolution of International Banking Competition and Its Implications for Regulation

By: D. B. Crane and Samuel L. Hayes III

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Competition; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms

10 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: January 10

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-095.pdf Working PapersBehavioral Ethics: Toward a Deeper Understanding of Moral Judgment and Dishonesty Authors:Max H. Bazerman and Francesca Gino Abstract Early research and teaching on ethics focused on either a moral View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

June 1995
Case

Banc One Corporation (A)

As Banc One's use of derivatives had proliferated, investors and analysts had expressed increasing concern about the size of derivative portfolios, the potential sensitivity of their value to interest rate swings, and the lack of standardized reporting on their use.... View Details

Keywords: Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Investment Banking; Financial Reporting; Annual Reports; Banking Industry

November 2010
Teaching Note

Mellon Financial and The Bank of New York (TN)

By: Ryan D. Taliaferro and Carliss Y. Baldwin

Teaching Note for 208129. View Details

Keywords: Valuation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Mergers and Acquisitions; Banks and Banking; Equity; Business Earnings; Banking Industry; New York (state, US)