Publications

April 2014
Article

Can an 'Ethical' Bank Support Guns and Fracking?

By: Christopher Marquis and Juan Almandoz

A case study is presented on business ethics and bank management. The situation facing the president of a community bank established to operate as a green business and to consider ethical issues of bank loans when it is considering an application for a large commercial... View Details

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07 Apr 2011
News

Banks 'Too Big to Fail' Could Get Bigger

March 2013
Teaching Note

The IPO of Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) (A) and (B) (TN)

By: Aldo Musacchio

17 May 2011
News

From Banking to Baubles

Keywords: jewelry; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

21 Jan 2011
News

A Blueprint for Keeping America Competitive

Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

22 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business

(Editor's note: This is the last in a series of four articles based on a Harvard Business School working paper by Karen Mills that analyzes the current state of availability of... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills; Banking; Banking

May 1994 (Revised November 1995)
Supplement

Shawmut National Corporation's Merger with Bank of Boston Corporation (B)

By: Benjamin C. Esty

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Boston

2019
Working Paper

Bank Boards: What Has Changed Since the Financial Crisis?

By: Shiva Rajgopal, Suraj Srinivasan and Forester Wong

Several government-mandated committees investigating the financial crisis highlighted four key deficiencies in the composition of bank boards before the crisis: (i) group think among bank board members; (ii) absence of prior banking experience of board members; (iii)... View Details

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Financial Crisis; Change; Diversity

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07 Jul 2015
Blog Post

From Teach for America – to HBS – and Back Again

A native Miamian, HBS alum Maxeme Tuchman (MBA 2012) spent the early part of her career working as a Teach for America corps member in her hometown. Maxeme later went on to work in the New York City Mayor’s... View Details

Web

Latin America - Global Activities 2021

Latin America Latin America Appreciating One’s Humanity as a Leader Pictured: Karen Bruck, a vice president at MercadoLibre, is the protagonist of a case highlighting the... View Details

15 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Political Dysfunction Makes America Less Competitive

since then has experienced a lingering period of weakness, with slower than usual productivity growth, job growth, and investment growth. The report, Problems Unsolved and a Nation Divided: The State of US... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

08 May 2019
Working Paper Summaries

Bank Boards: What Has Changed Since the Financial Crisis?

Keywords: by Shiva Rajgopal, Suraj Srinivasan, and Forester Wong; Banking

October 1996
Case

Union Bank of Switzerland: Strategic Options When Outsourcing ATM Services

By: Richard L. Nolan and Robert S. Borsi

Keywords: Strategy; Planning; Banking Industry

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June 2010
Teaching Note

The Southeast Bank of Texas in the Financial Crisis (TN)

By: Robert C. Pozen and Benjamin Greff Schneider

Teaching Note for 310141. View Details

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Financial Crisis; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Liquidity; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Capital; Forecasting and Prediction; Banking Industry; Texas

2011
Working Paper

What Do Development Banks Do? Evidence from Brazil, 2002-2009

By: Sergio G. Lazzarini, Aldo Musacchio, Rodrigo Bandeira-de-Mello and Rosilene Marcon

While some authors view development banks as an important tool to alleviate capital constraints in scarce credit markets and unlock productive investments, others see those banks as conduits of cheap loans to politically connected firms that could obtain capital... View Details

Keywords: Cost of Capital; Credit; Equity; Banks and Banking; Financing and Loans; Investment; Government and Politics; Data and Data Sets; Resource Allocation; Markets; Performance; Banking Industry; Brazil

11 May 2011
News

Multinational manufacturers: Moving back to America

12 Jan 2010
News

A mistake that will make banks riskier

Producing Prosperity: Why America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance

Companies compete on the decisions they make. For years—even decades—in response to intensifying global competition, companies decided to outsource their manufacturing operations in order to reduce costs. But we are now seeing the alarming long-term effect of those... View Details

October 2019 (Revised February 2020)
Case

Relevent and LaLiga: Bringing Spanish Soccer to America

By: Anita Elberse and David Moreno Vicente

“Barcelona backs out of proposed LaLiga match in Miami.” It is December 2018, and Daniel Sillman, chief executive officer of sports and entertainment company Relevent, is tasked with finding a way forward after a significant setback. Relevent had found success by... View Details

Keywords: Soccer; Football; Superstars; Talent; Talent Development; General Management; Marketing; Entertainment; Sports; Media; Talent and Talent Management; Globalization; Strategy; Sports Industry

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