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- 07 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 7
principles remained important in FOMC deliberations until the mid-1960s. After this, the FOMC also spent less time discussing the composition of bank loans. Download working paper: http://www.nber.org/papers/w20507 Cases & Course... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?
professors who specialize in entrepreneurial finance. A Tradition Of Crowdfunding Before understanding what crowdfunding can do, it's helpful to understand what it is. In a sense, says Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking Josh... View Details
- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
(Yu’e Bao), wealth management (Ant Fortune), digital-only banking (MYbank), credit scoring (Zhima Credit), and consumer credit portal (Ant Credit Pay) among others. After another sales record during the 2016 11.11 View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
could reshape capitalism and its relationship to society. It could also drive the next wave of innovation and productivity growth in the global economy as it opens managers' eyes to immense human needs that must be met, large new markets... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 21, 2009
crossed with small incentive (ranging from U.S. $3 to $14) to open a bank savings account. We find that the financial literacy program has no effect on the likelihood of opening a bank savings account in the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 4, 2016
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=43743 How Quantitative Easing Works: Evidence on the Refinancing Channel By: Di Maggio, Marco, Amir Kermani, and Christopher Palmer Abstract—Despite massive large-scale asset purchases (LSAPs) by central View Details
- 22 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Not Your Father’s State-Run Capitalism
afford to write off these firms as noncompetitive threats or unworthy partners on the global business stage. "There is still a lot of apprehension about state-owned enterprises," says Musacchio. "The debate is very polarized. Either you... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 09 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 9
Author:Julio J. Rotemberg Publication:In Policymaking Insights from Behavioral Economics. Boston: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, 2009 Abstract This paper starts by discussing consumers' cognitive and emotional reaction to posted prices.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 29, 2016
customers are most likely to defect? Our empirical analysis of 82,235 customers exploits the varying competitive dynamics in 644 geographically isolated markets in which a nationwide retail bank conducted business over a five-year period.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 24
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-021.pdf How Do Risk Managers Become Influential? A Field Study of Toolmaking and Expertise in Two Financial Institutions Authors:Matthew Hall, Anette Mikes, and Yuval Millo Abstract In this study, we examine transformations in the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Come Fly with Me: A History of Airline Leadership
to entry were eliminated, and many new carriers entered the market. While deregulation resulted in a dramatic increase in air travel, it also fundamentally changed the profit potential of the industry. Under regulation, airlines could View Details
- 06 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 6, 2007
and economist Warren Persons, gained international renown for its three-curve A-B-C chart, which rendered business fluctuations as the ebb and flow of speculation (A), business (B), and banking (C). The service was directed by C. J.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 28
practices have on the long-term stability of the economy and the interests of beneficiaries in financial, social, and environmental sustainability. This volume provides a global and multi-faceted commentary on the evolving standards... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
the company's direction in many locations over a long period. Peter Sands at Standard Chartered Bank worked with his immediate leadership team to define the bank's values and strategic direction and then engaged his top 300 staff in the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 20 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
When CEOs Become Activists
business community was swift and dramatic. Deutsche Bank froze the creation of 250 jobs in Cary. More than 100 business leaders, many from well-known companies, signed a letter to Gov. McCrory opposing the new state law. PayPal cancelled... View Details
- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
efficiency benefits, rebates, and treatment in case of loss or fraud. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=909006 Distribution at American Airlines (A) Harvard Business School Case 909-035 American Airlines sought to reduce... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
that expansions abroad reduce a firm's domestic activity, instead suggesting the opposite. The Finance Function in a Global Corporation Author:Mihir A. Desai Publication:HBS Centennial Issue. Harvard Business Review 86, nos. 7/8 (July -... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
approaches. This can explain why the Fed stopped basing monetary policy on the quality of new bank loans, why it stopped being willing to cause recessions to deal with inflation, and why it was temporarily unwilling to maintain stable... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 12 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 12
assured. The global financial meltdown of 2008 nearly triggered another Great Depression, economies in Europe are still teetering, and powerful forces-income inequality, resource depletion, and mass migrations from poor to rich countries,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2020
- Book
The Key to Powerful Social Change: Small Villages
Who will solve the great problems facing humanity, a list of critical issues that only begins with the current pandemic? In the interview below, Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses her recent book, Think Outside the Building, and her view that solutions are most likely to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman