Central Bank Independence - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jan 2005
News

Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965

company's long-term viability. The strategy paid off, with sales jumping well over 50 percent in the first year alone. Under intense scrutiny, Gerstner then reversed a plan to split IBM into independently operated "Baby Blues," choosing... View Details

15 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 15

global cash flows: to achieve resource independence from other state actors. In the context of state-owned entities, the power-use hypothesis of standard resource dependence theory can be used to analyze the dependence of SOEs on other... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 20

Brazil, and then finally India. We also show that autonomous government schools (i.e., government funded but with substantial independence like UK academies and U.S. charters) have significantly higher management scores than regular... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Mar 2016
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March 22, 2016

forthcoming World Bank Economic Review Productivity Gains from Foreign Direct Investment: Macro and Micro Approaches By: Alfaro, Laura Abstract—This paper discussed the importance of an “integrated approach” to the study of the effects of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 29, 2008

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-048.pdf The Private Equity Advantage: Leveraged Buyout Firms and Relationship Banking Authors:Victoria Ivashina and Anna Kovner Abstract This paper examines the impact of leveraged buyout firms' View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2005
News

Venture Capital’s Comeback

WILCOX: “At the height of the boom, all venture-capital funds had LPs begging to get in. Today, the really good funds are back competing for the very best deals.” With roughly half of the nation’s venture-capital firms and scores of venture-backed companies among its... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

01 Dec 2010
News

Additional alumni books for your consideration.

Resisting the impulse for drastic change, Bhidé offers a blueprint for correcting the historic misalignment between the numbers-driven financial sector and the innovation-driven “real economy.” He advocates tough, straightforward limits on the activities of commercial... View Details

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

01 Feb 1997
News

OPM Celebrates 21st Anniversary at Gala Florida Reunion

well-suited to this international audience. In today's international marketplace, Hayes said, nothing is more important than understanding global capital-market developments. He discussed those developments as they specifically relate to View Details

15 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 15

Newbridge Capital, faces a tough call in regard to his firm's investment in Shenzhen Development Bank, China's fifteenth-largest commercial bank listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. Due to the aggressive lobby of the existing management... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

February 1998
Teaching Note

Sumiko Ito TN

By: David A. Thomas

Teaching Note for (9-493-011). View Details

Keywords: Banking Industry; Japan; England; United States

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15 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 15

incorporating their qualitative and quantitative measures in central organizational planning, decision making, and accountability mechanisms. We call the experts that achieve such positions of influence "frame-makers." In the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

August 1985 (Revised July 1991)
Case

Bankers Trust New York Corp.

By: Dwight B. Crane and Robert G. Eccles Jr.

Keywords: Banking Industry; New York (state, US)

Citation

Find at Harvard

31 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 31

Authors:Diwas KC, Bradley R. Staats, and Francesca Gino Abstract Learning from past experience is central to an organization's adaptation and survival. A key dimension of prior experience is whether an outcome was successful or... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

03 Dec 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Against the Grain

many people. “There is a central tension in the case between the student feeling at once helpless against a corrupt system and surprisingly powerful given his novitiate status.” The case, Against the Grain: Jim Teague in Tanzania, was... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Food & Beverage

16 Aug 2011
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First Look: August 16

PublicationsThe World Bank and Democratic Accountability: The Role of Civil Society Authors:Alnoor Ebrahim and Steve Herz Publication:Chap. 3 in Building Global Democracy? Civil Society and Accountable Global Governance, edited by Jan... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

Profits and Prophets: The Role of Values in Investment

"Profits and Prophets: The Role of Values in Investment," at the Harvard Business School Möbius Leadership Forum on April 12. Hayes holds the Jacob H. Schiff Chair in Investment Banking at Harvard Business School, Emeritus.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2002
News

Building a Network for Social Enterprise in Latin America

States with food banks and distribution networks. For its part, H-E-B realized its corporate values of contributing to the communities in which it operates and generated goodwill and brand enhancement in this new market. Other case... View Details

18 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 18

"advanced leadership" in a complex social system such as a community or region. There was no central leader; instead there was a collection of coalitions and collaborative activities that contributed to the end result. Purchase... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

11 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 11

from the athenahealth practice management system and EHR task logs. Methods: We developed monthly measures of EHR use and delegation to support staff from task logs. Productivity was measured using work relative value units (RVUs). Using fixed effects models, we... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

October 2012 (Revised February 2013)
Case

Jim Johnson's Re-election to the Goldman Sachs Board

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Kelly Baker

The case presents the opposition by a leading institutional investor in Goldman Sachs to the re-election of Jim Johnson to the board of directors of the company. The investor, Sequoia Fund, opposes the re-election citing Jim Johnson's prior track record as the CEO of... View Details