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  • September 2004 (Revised May 2006)
  • Case

Bohemian Crowns: Ceskoslovenska Obchodni Banka (A)

By: Rawi E. Abdelal, Vincent Dessain and Monika Stachowiak
Tells the story of the Czech transition from a centrally planned to a free market economy, describing the first economic reforms, the fixed-exchange rate regime, and the voucher privatization. Also explains why, in the middle of the 1990s, the Czech Republic... View Details
Keywords: History; Currency Exchange Rate; Credit; Government Administration; Decisions; Economic Systems; Expansion; Mergers and Acquisitions; Developing Countries and Economies; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; Czech Republic
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  • 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
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  • June 2009
  • Article

Level Playing Fields in International Financial Regulation

By: Lucy White and Alan Morrison
We analyze the desirability of level playing fields in international financial regulation. In general, level playing fields impose the standards of the weakest regulator upon the best-regulated economies. However, they may be desirable when capital is mobile because... View Details
Keywords: Economy; International Finance; Multinational Firms and Management; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Standards; Banking Industry
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    Lauren H. Cohen

    Lauren Cohen is the L.E. Simmons Professor in the Finance & Entrepreneurial Management Units at Harvard Business School and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is an Editor of the Review of Financial... View Details

    Keywords: investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry
    • September 1997 (Revised March 2000)
    • Case

    Adelphia Communications Corporation

    By: Paul M. Healy
    A bank officer must make a loan application decision for a large but financially troubled cable broadcaster. View Details
    Keywords: Financial Condition; Financing and Loans; Decision Choices and Conditions; Contracts; Telecommunications Industry
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    • April 2007 (Revised November 2007)
    • Case

    Bankinter: Growing Through Small and Medium Enterprises

    Surveys the overall sequence of processes needed for the success of a strategy based on customer analytics. In particular, it charts the formulation and implementation of this strategy by a Spanish bank that decided to expand into the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME)... View Details
    Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Data and Data Sets; Knowledge Acquisition; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Segmentation; Banking Industry; Spain
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    • November 2008 (Revised January 2009)
    • Case

    The Restructuring of Daiei

    By: Richard S. Ruback
    In 2004, the Industrial Revitalization Corporation of Japan (IRCJ) was given the task of restructuring Daiei, one of the largest Japanese retailers and the country's most prominent zombie companies. The IRCJ was a government-sponsored organization that was funded with... View Details
    Keywords: Restructuring; Capital Structure; Private Equity; Performance Effectiveness; Retail Industry; Japan
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      Robert C. Merton

      Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

      Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

      Keywords: banking; banking; banking; banking; banking; banking
      • May 2008
      • Supplement

      Finansbank 2006 (CW)

      By: C. Fritz Foley and Linnea Meyer
      How do financial policy requirements and benefits of ownership concentration affect the need for and process of corporate restructuring? This case provides students with an opportunity to analyze the restructuring of a Turkish multinational business group by way of a... View Details
      Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Restructuring; Financing and Loans; Policy; Compensation and Benefits; Growth and Development Strategy; Ownership; Business and Shareholder Relations; Banking Industry; Russia; Turkey; Romania; Switzerland; Ukraine
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      • November 2004 (Revised April 2005)
      • Case

      Deutsche Bank: Discussing the Equity Risk Premium

      Two members of Deutsche Bank's Fixed Income Research Group are discussing how to advise clients on bond vs. equity asset allocation. A critical aspect to this asset allocation decision is the equity risk premium. Discusses a unique way developed by the bank for... View Details
      Keywords: Risk Management; Asset Management; Bonds; Capital Markets; Investment Banking; Institutional Investing; Equity; Banking Industry; Germany
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      • June 2013
      • Teaching Plan

      Citigroup-Wachovia-Wells Fargo

      By: Guhan Subramanian and Charlotte Krontiris
      This case follows the events of a crucial week in the 2008 financial crisis, when the federal government orchestrated the sale of Wachovia Bank first to Citigroup and then, in a surprise move, to Wells Fargo. We examine the extraordinary relations between government... View Details
      Keywords: Citigroup; Wachovia; Wells Fargo; FDIC; Acquisition; Financial Crisis; Banks and Banking; Business and Government Relations; Banking Industry; United States
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      • June 2023
      • Case

      Accounting for Loan Losses at JPMorgan Chase: Predicting Credit Costs

      By: Jonas Heese, Jung Koo Kang and James Weber
      The case examines the accounting for loan losses at a large bank, how a bank sets its Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses (ALLL) on its financial statements. ALLL, and the rules that set them, determine when banks would and would not extend loans, which significantly... View Details
      Keywords: Accounting Standards; Accrual Accounting; Financial Statements; Financial Reporting; Banks and Banking; Financing and Loans; Banking Industry; United States
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      • January 1997 (Revised February 1998)
      • Case

      Elsie Y. Cross Associates, Inc. and CoreStates Financial Corp.

      By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Thomas Dretler
      A consulting firm specializing in diversity and organizational change assists an 18,000-employee bank with a massive culture change effort. View Details
      Keywords: Change; Size; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Diversification; Consulting Industry; Consulting Industry
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      • 10 Nov 2015
      • First Look

      November 10, 2015

      multivariate time series model to investigate the interaction between paid search and display ads and calibrate the model using data from a large commercial bank that uses online ads to acquire new checking account customers. We find that... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • January 2000 (Revised September 2000)
      • Case

      Casablanca Finance Group

      Examines the founding and development of an investment bank in Morocco. Two Moroccan expatriates return from Paris and enter the brokerage business. Over the next six years they build the leading financial services firm in the country. Concludes with a series of... View Details
      Keywords: Investment Banking; Business Startups; Financial Services Industry
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      • April 2000 (Revised December 2005)
      • Case

      Garanti Bank: Transformation in Turkey

      By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Maximilian Martin and Daniel Galvin
      Discusses the complete transformation and turnover in every division of Garanti Bank. Describes the multiple change projects managed and cross-cultural issues confronted during the 1990s and the organizational challenge of transforming Garanti Bank into one of Turkey's... View Details
      Keywords: Banks and Banking; Private Ownership; Restructuring; Business Divisions; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Culture; Change Management; Expansion; Corporate Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Projects; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Turkey
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      • April 2015 (Revised June 2016)
      • Case

      The Transformation of NCR

      By: David Collis, Raffaella Sadun and Matthew Shaffer
      During his tenure as CEO since 2005, Bill Nuti had moved NCR Corporation (originally National Cash Register) from its historical competence in hardware to become a provider of hardware and software for managing transactions across a range of industries and payments... View Details
      Keywords: NCR; Hardware; Software; Acquisitions; Financial Services; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Expansion; Information Infrastructure; Applications and Software; Transformation; Acquisition; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry
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      • November 1996 (Revised September 1997)
      • Case

      BancZero New Product Development

      By: Marco Iansiti and Alberto Moel
      The Mexico City office of a large U.S. bank is asked by clients to develop currency swaps, a derivative financial product. This case deals with the new product development process in financial services, and the problems and issues that are raised in product development... View Details
      Keywords: Product Development; Banks and Banking; Financial Instruments; Situation or Environment; Problems and Challenges; Risk and Uncertainty; Volatility; Banking Industry; Mexico City; United States
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      • Career Coach

      Alyssa Wilson

      happy to help with understanding the industry and recruiting calendar, identifying HBS resources that could be useful, editing resumes and cover letters as well as reviewing stock screens & pitches. Employment Experience: Barclays (5... View Details
      • Career Coach

      Mandy Xu

      Mandy tried out different industries and experienced multiple career pivots. Prior to HBS, she worked in both client services and corporate with focuses in real estate, retail, and financial institutions. Through her experiences, Mandy... View Details