Global Banks - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Nov 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

The New Challenge of Leading Financial Firms

A worldwide economic crisis. Intense scrutiny from board members, customers, and government regulators. Expanding global markets. Public protests aimed squarely at your industry. Running a financial institution, never easy to begin with,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

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Lehman Brothers Archives | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Introduction 1840s – 1880s General Merchants to Commodities Brokers 1880s – 1920s Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting 1920s – 1960s Investing in Emerging Industries 1850–1968 Lehman Brothers Family Partners 1960s – 2000s... View Details

30 Jun 2008
Research & Ideas

Rethinking Retirement Planning

would be offered through their 401(k). "They didn't see anything wrong with it," Merton says. "They just didn't believe it could be that good until it had their employer's seal of approval. Most people trust their employer more than View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Banking

05 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Watching for the Next Economic Downturn? Follow Corporate Debt

What really fuels a boom-and-bust cycle in the modern global economy? It’s not always household debt, says a new paper that parses in-depth data across 115 countries. Instead, rising corporate debt may flash the clearest warning that a... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

01 Mar 2003
News

Naina Lal Kidwai

Raised in Mumbai and Delhi, Naina Lal Kidwai (MBA ’82) went away to school in Simla, in the Himalayas, and has conducted her career at similarly lofty heights ever since. A Delhi University alumna and the first Indian woman to graduate from HBS, Kidwai joined ANZ... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

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Baker Library Collections | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Introduction 1840s – 1880s General Merchants to Commodities Brokers 1880s – 1920s Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting 1920s – 1960s Investing in Emerging Industries 1850–1968 Lehman Brothers Family Partners 1960s – 2000s... View Details

Profile

Dave Vitello

After two years in Paris, Dave Vitello exchanged the banks of the Seine for the banks of the Charles with his wife, Brita, and his two daughters, Vera and Tess. “I see HBS as similar, a parallel to our time... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services

06 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI

the World Bank or the IMF would have advised for countries to receive more foreign direct investment. But interestingly, it was slow in coming. And so the reasons for this can be many. I think one that might have been overlooked was, in... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Jan 2009
News

Robert F. Greenhill, MBA 1962

and acquisitions department in 1972, the first of its kind on Wall Street. He then headed the investment banking division and eventually served as president before accepting the top spot at Smith Barney in 1993. In 1996, Greenhill set out... View Details

19 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Ground-Floor Opportunities for Retail in India

spending. Real estate costs are high. The taxation and legislation system is complex and difficult to navigate. Vijay Jain said he left a "cushy" job in investment banking to take advantage of the huge potential promised by... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products; Retail

22 Apr 2015
Op-Ed

Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths

But that hasn't happened. Why? To a large extent it is because of the inability of firms to obtain financing. All sources of financing collapsed in the country. With bank nonperforming loans to total gross loans skyrocketing from 5... View Details

Keywords: by George Serafeim

24 Apr 2014
News

From a ‘blank slate’ to ‘Mr. China’

hiring more than 50 “New China” managers, Perkowski grew his company into $500 million ASIMCO Technologies, twice named one of the Best Employers in China. Known by the moniker “Mr. China,” Perkowski retired from ASIMCO in 2009 and subsequently opened JFP Holdings, a... View Details

02 Dec 2009
What Do You Think?

Should Immigration Policies Be More Welcoming to Low-Skilled Workers?

dismantled a lot of trade barriers, which has led to global prosperity. The only big barrier remaining is movement of humankind to regions which offer better prospects." A number of respondents took issue with this. Some equated... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

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Additional Archives - Creating Emerging Markets

1950s and 1990s. World Bank Archives An extensive and searchable oral history collection concerning the operation of the World Bank across emerging markets. The site also has View Details

20 Nov 2007
First Look

First Look: November 20, 2007

Working PapersNone this week PublicationsFinancial Development, Bank Ownership, and Growth. Or, Does Quantity Imply Quality? Author:Shawn Cole Periodical:Review of Economics and Statistics (forthcoming) Abstract In 1980, India... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

27 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Charting 'Cheapflation': How Budget Brands Got So Pricey

of the costliest, according to an analysis of microdata from large retailers by Harvard Business School Professor Alberto Cavallo. In a forthcoming article in the Journal of Monetary Economics, Cavallo and coauthor Oleksiy Kryvtsov, senior research officer at the View Details

Keywords: by Ana Elena Azpúrua

01 Dec 1998
News

Chalsty Fellowship Will Help Black South Africans Attend HBS

financial services organization to one of the country's most successful investment banking firms. Chalsty plans to be in attendance at the March Global Alumni Conference in Cape Town. He will serve on a... View Details

21 Sep 2015
News

Funding Progress Back Home

global and sovereign institutional investors Homestrings, launched in 2011, draws on lessons learned in those roles, plus Guichard’s own awareness that “those of us who have found success far from family and friends are looking for... View Details

01 Oct 2001
News

Fourth Annual African-American Alumni Association Conference

leadership roles in a quickly changing economic environment. Planned speakers include Tom Jones, chairman and CEO of Citigroup's Global Investment Management and Private Bank Group; Lloyd Trotter, president... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

11 Jul 2012
News

A Man, and a Plan, in Africa

to development assistance, as it works to move Third World countries beyond subsistence toward genuine participation in the global economy. Best of all, the MCC is producing demonstrable results, including in Africa, where Bloom is the... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Economic Programs; Government

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