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- 19 May 2015
- News
Small Business Lending: The World Has Changed
- May 1983
- Case
Brazil and the World Economy
By: Dennis J. Encarnation III and Richard H.K. Vietor
Encarnation, Dennis J., III, and Richard H.K. Vietor. "Brazil and the World Economy." Harvard Business School Case 383-182, May 1983.
- 2013
- Working Paper
These Are the Good Old Days: Foreign Entry and the Mexican Banking System
By: Stephen Haber and Aldo Musacchio
In 1997, the Mexican government reversed long-standing policies and allowed foreign banks to purchase Mexico's largest commercial banks and relaxed restrictions on the founding of new, foreign-owned banks. The result has been a dramatic shift in the ownership structure... View Details
Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Balance and Stability; Foreign Direct Investment; Banks and Banking; Society; Economics; Banking Industry; Mexico
Haber, Stephen, and Aldo Musacchio. "These Are the Good Old Days: Foreign Entry and the Mexican Banking System." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-062, January 2013. (NBER Working Paper Series, No. 18713, January 2013.)
- September 1997
- Case
Information at the World Bank: In Search of a Technology Solution (A)
By: W. Earl Sasser, Josep Valor and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Information Technology Services Director Mohamed Muhsin planned to restructure the World Bank's information technology in response to President Jim Wolfensohn's call to build a knowledge bank. Several reorganization efforts taken by the bank in the 1980s led to a... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Information; Knowledge Management; Mission and Purpose; Technology; Public Administration Industry
Sasser, W. Earl, Josep Valor, and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Information at the World Bank: In Search of a Technology Solution (A)." Harvard Business School Case 898-053, September 1997.
- 20 Oct 2014
- News
Private Equity Titans Open Cloistered World to Smaller Investors
- 28 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?
over-application and excess chemicals leaching into water systems. Wet processing is also particularly impactful. The World Bank estimates that 17–20 percent of industrial water pollution worldwide comes... View Details
- 18 Apr 2023
- Research & Ideas
What Happens When Banks Ditch Coal: The Impact Is 'More Than Anyone Thought'
Consumers who are eager to mitigate climate change can take many actions, such as reducing the number of airline flights they take or installing solar panels on their homes. But the planet is in a race against time, and individual action alone won’t help most countries... View Details
- March 2013 (Revised March 2013)
- Case
Rough Justice: Stuart Eizenstat and Holocaust-era Asset Restitution (A)
By: James K. Sebenius and Laurence A. Green
Beginning in 1994, a series of articles and public disclosures indicated that Swiss banks may have retained assets belonging to victims of the Holocaust, and also may have engaged in long term attempts to block survivors' ability to recover those assets after World War... View Details
Keywords: Banking; Banking And Insurance; U.s. History; Germany; Europe; Governance; History; Negotiation; Business and Government Relations; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Germany; United States; Switzerland
Sebenius, James K., and Laurence A. Green. "Rough Justice: Stuart Eizenstat and Holocaust-era Asset Restitution (A)." Harvard Business School Case 913-037, March 2013. (Revised March 2013.)
- 26 Jun 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Inventory Management for Mobile Money Agents in the Developing World
- 15 Oct 2013
- HBS Seminar
Raghu Rajan, 23rd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
- 15 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
Be Unapologetically Yourself: Interview with Singer-Songwriter and Banking Strategist Andrea Mendoza
In March 2020, Andrea Mendoza (MBA 2016) hopped on a plane to Peru to visit family. Days later, the world collectively hit pause to grapple with the impacts of COVID-19 turning that short trip into an eight month stay. While in Peru,... View Details
- 16 Apr 2015
- News
Why Larry Summers Thinks Alternative Lending Will Save the World
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Changing the way the world sees Africa
became a managing director of the Goldman Sachs investment banking division in New York, leaving in 2010 to launch Africa.com. The website, which generates more than 6 million page views each month, presents the daily top 10 most... View Details
- April 2018
- Case
Bretton Woods and the Liberal World Order
By: Sophus A. Reinert and Jonathan Schlefer
Reinert, Sophus A., and Jonathan Schlefer. "Bretton Woods and the Liberal World Order." Harvard Business School Case 718-037, April 2018.
- 02 Mar 2017
- What Do You Think?
Is China About to Overtake the US for World Trade Leadership?
reluctance to open up the banking system and promote the yuan as a global reserve currency. These were the conclusions of nearly all respondents to this month’s column. Nevertheless, there was an undertone to the comments suggesting that... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 2008
- Book
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
By: Niall Ferguson
Niall Ferguson traces the historical evolution of the financial system, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals on what he calls "Planet Finance." In doing so, he reveals financial history as the essential backstory behind all history, from the... View Details
Keywords: Financial History; Money; Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Investment; Globalization
Ferguson, Niall. The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World. New York: Penguin Press, 2008.
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Margaret Hanson Costan: A Whole New World
One afternoon in 1997, while World Bank senior financial analyst Margaret Hanson Costan was in Paris discussing donations to the Bank, her husband, Jay, got a phone call. The social worker with whom they had... View Details
Keywords: Young, Susan
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
As economies reopen after forced shutdowns caused by COVID-19, managers around the world are faced with a dual challenge: keep the workforce safe while preserving business viability in an evolving and volatile market. How should... View Details
- 28 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
It’s India Above China in New World Order
professor of strategy at HBS. It is also important because the two countries have embraced very different models of development. The biggest source of worry is the state of China's banking sector, which is technically insolvent.—Yasheng... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Real World Issues Aired at Student Led Conferences
were Robert Ryan (MBA '70) and Paula Banks (154th AMP) for professional achievement, the Reverend Jonathan Weaver (MBA '75) for civic commitment, and Lillian Lincoln (MBA '69) for service to the community. Presented jointly by the AASU... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner