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  • 06 Nov 2012
  • First Look

First Look: November 6

Republic of Geneva), and other immigrant founders who guided the nation to prosperity. Their expertise with liquid capital far exceeded that of native-born plantation owners Washington, Jefferson, and Madison, who well understood the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Sep 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Six Lessons from Mobile Money Ventures in Developing Countries

money service, Oi Paggo, but ultimately decided to re-launch the service under a different model. Regulations that are too strict can stifle innovation. In Sri Lanka, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) initially required all mobile... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Telecommunications
  • 10 Mar 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Counting Up the Effects of Sarbanes-Oxley

place," Srinivasan says. "That is a value judgment, to be sure. But it may not be a bad thing if certain companies are restricted in their access to financing, simply because loss of trust in public capital markets has big... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Banking
  • 20 Nov 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, November 20, 2018

organizations, which often use capitated payments, and bundled payments. Nearly half (46%) of respondents say value-based contracts significantly improve the quality of care, and another 42% say value-based contracts significantly lower... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 13 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 13

Business Review 88, nos. 7-8 (July-August 2010) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the Article: http://hbr.org/2010/07/vision-statement-mapping-the-social-internet/ar/1   Working PapersForeign Entry and the Mexican Banking... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Sep 2016
  • First Look

September 20, 2016

focusing on trust and reputation mechanisms. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51606 Harvard Business School Case 916-033 Advika Consulting Services: Challenges and Opportunities in Managing Human View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Oct 2004
  • Research & Ideas

The Bias of Wall Street Analysts

months of the external financing activity. It may be that in an attempt to garner investment banking business, analysts have strategically become overly optimistic as they sense that firms are considering View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services
  • April 2017 (Revised February 2020)
  • Case

Restructuring Ukraine

By: Kristin Mugford, Seema Amble and Tian Feng
In June 2015, Ukraine found itself struggling with a volatile and devalued currency, dramatically diminished foreign reserves, and a projected financing shortfall of $40 billion. Ukraine’s new government sought to return the nation to stability following political... View Details
Keywords: Exchange Rates; Politics; Macroeconomics; Financial Crisis; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Restructuring; Economy; Currency Exchange Rate; Banks and Banking; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Bonds; Sovereign Finance; Capital Markets; Credit; Debt Securities; Financial Liquidity; Financial Markets; Government and Politics; Ukraine
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  • 22 May 2012
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First Look: May 22

better access to finance can be attributed to a) reduced agency costs due to enhanced stakeholder engagement and b) reduced informational asymmetry due to increased transparency. Using a large cross-section of firms, we find that firms with better CSR performance face... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Aug 2008
  • Research & Ideas

How Female Stars Succeed in New Jobs

analyst moves, he or she continues to cover the same companies and serve the same clients. Most investment banks are within a mile radius of each other, so even the commute does not change. “A company that is willing to double your... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services
  • 20 Dec 2011
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First Look: December 20

major investment bank to investigate factors associated with analysts' annual compensation. We find compensation to be positively related to "All-Star" recognition, investment-banking contributions, the size of analysts'... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 15 Jan 2013
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First Look: January 15

Structure in Small-Scale Finance Authors:Carpena, Fenella, Shawn Cole, Jeremy Shapiro, and Bilal Zia Publication:The World Bank Economic Review Abstract Microfinance, the provision of small individual and business loans, has experienced... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Nov 2015
  • Lessons from the Classroom

How Activist Investors Became Respectable

no company is off limits. Activists have recently pressed for action at Apple, GE, and DuPont. Campaigns against companies with market capitalizations of more than $25 billion nearly tripled last year. The activist’s transformation to... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Fuller; Banking; Banking
  • 03 Jun 2008
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First Look: June 3, 2008

in the month of July. A sudden drop in capital market prices for an asset class can be caused by news affecting fundamental values or by a widespread liquidity shock. The implication of a shock to fundamental value is that the price drop... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Jul 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The State of the Markets

indices." Technology is a means to that end. Technology, Efficiency And An Aging Population From a macroeconomic perspective, Seifert pointed out, technologically advanced and efficient capital markets will play a key role as... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
  • 31 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 31, 2009

changes that would assist bank recapitalization: (1) the Fed should further modestly relax its rules under the Bank Holding Company Act to eliminate the presumption of "control" by investors at the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Mar 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018

58,294 face-to-face retail banking transactions, quantifying the relative importance of customer, employee, process, location, and market-level effects on customer satisfaction. In our models, which explain roughly a quarter of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Jul 2016
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July 5, 2016

joining the battle against climate change will signal a significant shift in governance ideology for this highly regulated industry so critical to the global financial system. While global custody banks provide the unseen but essential... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Nov 2019
  • Op-Ed

Gender Bias Complaints against Apple Card Signal a Dark Side to Fintech

Twittersphere that they would investigate. Technology is undeniably transforming the financial services industry. Fintechs, Big Tech, and banks are using increasing volumes of data, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to build... View Details
Keywords: by Karen G. Mills; Financial Services
  • 28 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 28, 2007

books. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=107035 Leslie Brinkman at Versutia Capital Harvard Business School Case 407-089 Leslie Brinkman is the founder and CEO of a hedge fund, Versutia... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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