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Additional Archives - Creating Emerging Markets

Reserve Bank of India Archives (RBI) The Reserve Bank of India maintains a database on the Indian economy, including statics and time-series publications. Resources span the real sector, corporate sector,... View Details

21 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act slated to be signed this week by U.S. President Barack Obama has been called the most sweeping set of rules for banks and Wall Street since the Great Depression. But what do... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

25 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Chasing Stars: Why the Mighty Red Sox Struck Out

have studied the issue in multiple industries, including the equally competitive fields of sports and investment banking. After examining the careers of more than 1,000 Wall Street analysts, for instance, they found that analysts who were star performers at any given... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking; Banking

23 Oct 2007
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First Look: October 23, 2007

attempting to grow its customer base by increasing the number of new checking accounts. Like many banks, Central saw checking accounts as an important tool for customer acquisition and loyalty-building. However, the View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Time that Government Reopens for Business

beneficiary was European banks that had big operations here. The globalization of the top end of the financial services industry means that the Fed is everyone's central banker. The reactions we've seen in... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

22 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 22

Authors:Dale F. Gray, Robert C. Merton, and Zvi Bodie Publication:In Central Banking, Analysis, and Economic Policies. Central Bank of Chile, forthcoming Abstract This paper... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2016
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HBS Alumni Contribute to Business and Society

Josh Lerner, Head of the Entrepreneurial Management Unit and the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at HBS, recently led a research study aimed at quantifying the economic and social contributions of Harvard University... View Details

20 Apr 2021
Blog Post

Leadership In Challenging Times: Thierry Ibri (MBA 1997)

in 5 kids, were food insecure. At Second Harvest Heartland, one of the country’s largest and most efficient food banks, we distributed more than 105 million meals to our network community partners and programs last year. We refer to that segment of our work – food... View Details

05 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Watching for the Next Economic Downturn? Follow Corporate Debt

ebnem Kalemli-Özcan, professor at the University of Maryland; Luc Laeven, director at the European Central Bank Research Department; and Karsten Müller, assistant professor at the National University of... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

31 Oct 2016
Research & Ideas

Quantitative Easing Didn’t Ease the Housing Crisis for the Neediest

Another tool to stimulate a distressed economy has made its way into the playbooks of central banks across the world. With quantitative easing, known as QE for short, a central... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

25 Apr 2014
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Sustaining a commitment to the environment

Paul Zofnass (AB 1969, MBA 1973) is a 24/7 environmentalist who embraces the synergy between good business and the conservation of natural resources. In 1990 he founded the Environmental Financial Consulting Group, which provides financial advisory and investment View Details

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Megan Gardner

Circles.Work Experience: Tech Start-ups (Board member, Advisor, CEO/Founder), Investment Banking (including M&A) - Deutsche Bank, SoundView Technology (bought by Schwab), Strategy Consulting / Business Development (Ameriprise... View Details

Keywords: Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Hospitality

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Managing and Innovating in Financial Services - Course Catalog

rails. We will review these traditional payment rails, discuss firms that are trying to bundle payments with credit and other services, and examine international payments. We will also discuss stablecoins, central View Details

29 Sep 2015
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September 29, 2015

policy with two key features: (i) the central bank has private information about its long-run target for the policy rate and (ii) the central View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Manuscript Collections - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

English and German contain information on the crises of 1873 and 1893. Firms mentioned frequently include the Kansas & Pacific, Northern Pacific, and Wisconsin Central Railroads, and a number of Oregon firms. Deutsch Bank, Siemens &... View Details

02 Oct 2012
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Green Pioneer

passions have spurred him, among other accomplishments, to spearhead the creation of a 250-acre nature preserve (with a 10-mile walking trail) in Pound Ridge, New York; initiate and finance the identification of, and publish a brochure about, all trees, shrubs, and... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government

18 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Who Controls Water?

over the next 40 years. “The basic problem from the farmers' point of view is that the water is in the wrong place at the wrong time.” The 2009 case "Woolf Farming & Processing" illustrates many of these challenges through the eyes of Stuart Wolf, a View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Agriculture & Agribusiness

07 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 7

Holding (BBH) and invest in the former USSR by buying Estonia's biggest brewery, Saku. Purchase this supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/710471-PDF-ENG Central Europe after the Crash: Between Europe and the Euro Diego Comin,... View Details