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- 23 Apr 2008
- Op-Ed
The Gap in the U.S. Treasury Recommendations
banks to fail, including several relatively large ones. Not surprisingly, bank regulators responded by tightening credit standards and strengthening capital requirements. This... View Details
- 06 Dec 2011
- Op-Ed
Greater Fiscal Integration Best Solution for Euro Crisis
within the euro zone. This is hardly a recipe for growth, especially at a time of severe fiscal tightening. Moreover, European banks are in a difficult position. Depositors in countries that are seen as candidates to abandon the euro are... View Details
Keywords: by Dante Roscini
- 26 Sep 2018
- News
Funding the Earth’s Natural Infrastructure
Just south of Washington, DC, on the banks of the Potomac River, sits the Crow’s Nest, a rural 6,000-acre peninsula named for a three-masted schooner, The Crow, which anchored on its shores in the 1700s. Today, much of this land is... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 22 Jan 2019
- News
Remembering Walter Shipley
Walter Shipley (AMP 73, 1976), the former chairman and CEO of Chase Manhattan Bank and Chemical Bank, died on January 11, 2019, at the age of 83, prompting a flood of fond remembrances in the media. Over his 40-year tenure, Shipley is... View Details
- 19 Nov 2019
- Op-Ed
Gender Bias Complaints against Apple Card Signal a Dark Side to Fintech
Hansson tweeted that after both he and his wife Jamie applied for the Apple Card with much of the same or shared financial information, he was astonished to receive a credit limit 20 times higher, despite his wife’s higher View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Breaking Down Barriers: The Electronic Wallet
partnership with financial institutions such as MBNA, Capital One, Wells Fargo, and Providian. These firms offer the Brodia online shopping service as part of the credit card and banking services. By typing... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 17 Apr 2019
- News
Financing the Earth’s Natural Infrastructure
Decades in investment banking and a lifelong love of the outdoors set Pat Coady (MBA 1966) on the path toward conservation financing. What was a small sector in the early 1990s, when he led the US delegation for the creation and... View Details
- 09 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation
in the competitiveness discussion, as well. The level of dependence of small firms on bank credit is estimated to be as high as 90 percent, according to separate studies by the Federal Deposit Insurance... View Details
- 09 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Moving From Bean Counter to Game Changer
Early Warning System that conveyed the bank's "risk view." Management started using these tools to frame important debates, such as the evaluation of divisional heads' performance at quarterly business reviews. The system also helped the View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
banking panics roughly every fifteen to twenty years,” explains Moss. When the Great Depression struck, it was “in a league of its own” in severity and governmental response, he continues. With the banking... View Details
- 12 Sep 2007
- Op-Ed
Building Sandcastles: The Subprime Adventure
inflation, a stake in the community. As home prices rose, millions of renters, particularly those with less-than-stellar credit, yearned to seize the American dream. But traditional banks shunned "credit-impaired" borrowers.... View Details
- October 2013 (Revised December 2013)
- Teaching Note
Blackstone and the Sale of Citigroup's Loan Portfolio Teaching Note
By: Victoria Ivashina and David Scharfstein
- 28 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sophisticated Investors May Be Harming Fintech Lending Platforms
iPhoto Marketplace lending platforms such as LendingClub and Prosper have made significant competitive inroads against traditional banks in recent years by bringing together people who want to borrow with investors ready to bankroll them.... View Details
- April 2014
- Teaching Note
Risk Management at Wellfleet Bank: All That Glitters Is Not Gold
By: Anette Mikes
Teaching Note for 110011. View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
What’s after Fannie and Freddie?
sector mortgage market without any government backing. Why don’t you favor that approach? The vast majority of mortgage credit can be provided by the private sector without government guarantees. But given the systemic risk associated... View Details
- 02 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Explaining China's Crash
practically zero here. One thing to watch for will be how China ensures the stability of its financial system since total debt has reached 250 percent of GDP, credit has been abundant, and the size of the shadow View Details
- 31 Jul 2014
- News
Making Private Equity Public Knowledge
©Rick Friedman As Daniel Sheyner (MBA 2014) tells it, most private equity firms have a very specific target in mind when recruiting: "The best athletes." The highest-ranked investment banking and consulting analysts; the elite. "Goldman... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- Web
Lehman Brothers - Introduction | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Skip to Main Content Lehman Brothers Collection Resources Baker Library Collections Corporate Reports Collection R. G. Dun & Co. Credit Reports HBS Cases Baker Old Class Collection Related Archival Collections Bibliography Site View Details
- 05 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Watching for the Next Economic Downturn? Follow Corporate Debt
probability of a crisis within the next three years. “Once the bank balance sheet is handicapped, all kinds of other consequences come out.” An ensuing recovery can take longer to develop once a financial crisis abates if commercial View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne