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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Founding a bone marrow donor bank that saves thousands of lives
chance at life through bone marrow donations, and has registered more than 4 million bone marrow donors worldwide. After losing his first wife to blood cancer, Harf and his wife’s physician launched DKMS.... View Details
- spring 1973
- Article
Management of Commercial Bank Government Security Portfolios: An Optimization Approach Under Uncertainty
By: D. B. Crane and Stephen P. Bradley
Crane, D. B., and Stephen P. Bradley. "Management of Commercial Bank Government Security Portfolios: An Optimization Approach Under Uncertainty." Journal of Bank Research 4, no. 1 (spring 1973).
- March 1981 (Revised February 1983)
- Background Note
Note on Home Government Policies toward External Credit by Banks from France, Germany, and Japan
Wellons, Philip A. "Note on Home Government Policies toward External Credit by Banks from France, Germany, and Japan." Harvard Business School Background Note 381-147, March 1981. (Revised February 1983.)
- August 1999
- Article
Measuring the Efficiency of Service Delivery Processes: With Application to Retail Banking
By: F. Frei and P. Harker
Frei, F., and P. Harker. "Measuring the Efficiency of Service Delivery Processes: With Application to Retail Banking." Journal of Service Research 1, no. 4 (August 1999): 300–312.
- 11 Feb 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Leviathan as a Minority Shareholder: A Study of Equity Purchases by the Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES), 1995-2003
Keywords: by Sergio G. Lazzarini & Aldo Musacchio
- March 1992 (Revised September 1995)
- Background Note
Note on Chemical Bank Lotus Notes Demonstration Software: Windows & Macintosh Versions
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Donna B. Stoddard
Applegate, Lynda M., and Donna B. Stoddard. "Note on Chemical Bank Lotus Notes Demonstration Software: Windows & Macintosh Versions." Harvard Business School Background Note 192-112, March 1992. (Revised September 1995.)
- 30 Aug 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Incentivizing Calculated Risk-Taking: Evidence from an Experiment with Commercial Bank Loan Officers
- 1995
- Chapter
Incentive Problems in Financial Contracting: Impacts on Corporate Financing, Investment, and Risk Management Policies
By: K. Froot
Keywords: Catastrophe Risk; Corporate Finance; Cost Of Capital; Banking And Insurance; Asset Pricing; Hedging; Banking; Decision Choice And Uncertainty; Financial Markets; Insurance; Policy; Risk Management; Natural Disasters; Insurance Industry
Froot, K. "Incentive Problems in Financial Contracting: Impacts on Corporate Financing, Investment, and Risk Management Policies." Chap. 7 in The Global Financial System: A Functional Perspective, by D. B. Crane, K. A. Froot, Scott P. Mason, André Perold, R. C. Merton, Z. Bodie, E. R. Sirri, and P. Tufano, 225–261. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1995. (Revised from Harvard Business School Working Paper No. 95-020.)
- 14 Aug 2019
- Podcast
Fintech on Main Street: How small businesses are banking on new technology
Technology is changing financial institutions’ relationships with local businesses and sole proprietors, which account for half of America’s workforce. HBS professor and former head of the Small Business Administration Karen Mills sheds light on the ongoing... View Details
- Research Summary
Design of Corporate Governance: Role of Ownership Structure, Takeovers, Bank Debt and Large Shareholder Monitoring, 2000
Co-authored with Kose John
- 2002
- Working Paper
Do Better Customers Utilize Electronic Distribution Channels? The Case of PC Banking
By: Lorin M. Hitt and Frances X. Frei
- June 2002
- Article
Do Better Customers Utilize Electronic Distribution Channels? The Case of PC Banking
By: L Hitt and F. Frei
Keywords: Online Technology
Hitt, L., and F. Frei. "Do Better Customers Utilize Electronic Distribution Channels? The Case of PC Banking." Management Science 48, no. 6 (June 2002): 732–748.
- 21 Nov 2022
- Podcast
How Higher Purpose Guides CEO Sim Tshabalala of Africa’s Standard Bank Group
In South Africa, CEO Sim Tshabalala of Standard Bank Group worked his way up from the country’s largest Black township to lead one of Africa’s largest financial institutions. It might seem like an improbable trajectory: from the “dusty streets of Soweto” to the... View Details
- September 1990
- Article
The Role of Banks in Reducing the Costs of Financial Distress in Japan
By: David S. Scharfstein, Takeo Hoshi and Anil Kashyap
Scharfstein, David S., Takeo Hoshi, and Anil Kashyap. "The Role of Banks in Reducing the Costs of Financial Distress in Japan." Journal of Financial Economics 27, no. 1 (September 1990): 67–88.