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- October 2000
- Article
BanCrecen
By: S. Dario, E.L. Montiel and Tatiana Sandino
This case describes the aggressive entry of BanCrecen, an affiliate of the Mexican bank BanCrecer, in Costa Rica in 1994. Its strategy, like that of the Mexican home office, was to focus on personal banking, with the rapid expansion of neighborhood branches and strong... View Details
Dario, S., E.L. Montiel, and Tatiana Sandino. "BanCrecen." Journal of Business Research 50, no. 1 (October 2000): 29–39.
- 21 Apr 2010
- News
A better fail-safe than CoCo bonds
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
a premium to accommodate expectations shocks from extrapolative traders, but markets are not efficient. Download the paper: http://papers.nber.org/papers/w18686 These Are the Good Old Days: Foreign Entry and the Mexican View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 2013
- Book
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals: Global Business and the Making of the Modern World
By: Geoffrey Jones
This book examines the history of entrepreneurship and multinationals in the making of the modern world. In recent years economists, historians, and political scientists have written extensively on the history of globalization and patterns of global wealth and poverty,... View Details
Keywords: FDI; Economic History; Business History; Industrial Organization; Chinitz; Agglomeration; Clusters; Cities; Mines; Globalization; Entrepreneurship; Government and Politics; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Africa; Asia; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; North and Central America; South America
Jones, Geoffrey. Entrepreneurship and Multinationals: Global Business and the Making of the Modern World. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2013.
- December 2007
- Article
Bankers, Industrialists, and Their Cliques: Elite Networks in Mexico and Brazil during Early Industrialization
By: Aldo Musacchio and Ian Read
The historiographies of Mexico and Brazil have implicitly stated that business networks were crucial for the initial industrialization of these two countries. Recently, differing visions on the importance of business networks have arisen. In the case of Mexico, the... View Details
Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Networks; Business History; Market Entry and Exit; Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship; Financial Markets; Supply and Industry; Banks and Banking; Brazil; Mexico
Musacchio, Aldo, and Ian Read. "Bankers, Industrialists, and Their Cliques: Elite Networks in Mexico and Brazil during Early Industrialization." Enterprise & Society 8, no. 4 (December 2007): 842–880.
- Career Coach
Asher Kinyon
Asher looks forward to helping students understand and prepare for careers in the Technology and Investment Banking industries. Having spent time as an Investment View Details
- 13 Apr 2017
- News
Bros Don’t Let Bros Lend Money
- 16 Dec 2009
- News
How to restore confidence in loan securitisation
- October 2008 (Revised October 2008)
- Case
Lehman Brothers and Peabody Coal
When Texas Utilities Company (TXU) wanted to acquire The Energy Group, the latter needed to spin-off its coal mining assets, Peabody Coal, to avoid running afoul of antitrust authorities. In this case, TXU's investment banker, Lehman Brothers, considers whether to... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Investment Banking; Monopoly; Conflict of Interests; Mining Industry; Utilities Industry
El-Hage, Nabil N., and Cedric A. Lucas. "Lehman Brothers and Peabody Coal." Harvard Business School Case 209-009, October 2008. (Revised October 2008.)
- 22 May 2014
- News
Your Banker Wants To Know If You Are Pregnant
- January 2004 (Revised November 2006)
- Case
Fleet Managed Assets Division (A)
By: Paul W. Marshall and Todd H Thedinga
Paul Kennedy, executive director of Fleet's Managed Asset Division, must decide whether to extend further credit to Polaroid Corp. in the fall of 2001. Polaroid's credit rating had been declining rapidly, but it was a major employer in the Boston area with many... View Details
Marshall, Paul W., and Todd H Thedinga. "Fleet Managed Assets Division (A)." Harvard Business School Case 804-098, January 2004. (Revised November 2006.)
Applications or Approvals: What Drives Racial Disparities in the Paycheck Protection Program?
We use the 2020 Small Business Credit Survey to study the sources of racial disparities in use of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Black-owned firms are 8.9 percentage points less likely to receive PPP loans than observably similar white-owned firms. About... View Details
- August 2005 (Revised October 2010)
- Background Note
European Financial Integration
By: Rawi E. Abdelal and Christopher Bruner
Provides background on the history and status of financial integration in the European Union. Describes the pertinent treaty-based "fundamental freedoms," emphasizes challenges to further cross-border consolidation in the banking sector, and examines the regulatory... View Details
Keywords: Banks and Banking; Financial Markets; Financial Strategy; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Integration; Banking Industry; European Union
Abdelal, Rawi E., and Christopher Bruner. "European Financial Integration." Harvard Business School Background Note 706-010, August 2005. (Revised October 2010.)
- August 2014 (Revised March 2015)
- Case
Pivots and Incentives at LevelUp
By: Benjamin Edelman and Karen Webster
LevelUp's mobile payments service lets users scan a smartphone barcode rather than swipe a credit card. Will consumers embrace the service? Will merchants? LevelUp considers adjustments to make the service attractive to both consumers and merchants, while trying to... View Details
Keywords: Mobile Payments; Smartphone; Credit Cards; Interchange Fee; Mobile Marketing; Product Positioning; Competitive Strategy; Mobile Technology; Technology Networks; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
Edelman, Benjamin, and Karen Webster. "Pivots and Incentives at LevelUp." Harvard Business School Case 915-001, August 2014. (Revised March 2015.) (request courtesy copy.)
- June 2021
- Case
Modern Endowment Management: Paula Volent and the Bowdoin Endowment
By: Luis M. Viceira, Emily R. McComb and Dean Xu
This case examines modern endowment investment management through the lens of a leadership transition between Chief Investment Officers (CIOs). In March 2021, Paula Volent is about to step down as the CIO of the endowment of Bowdoin College after twenty-one years, and... View Details
Keywords: Investment Portfolio; Investment Banking; Growth Management; Investment Return; Capital Markets; Interest Rates; Competition; Cost Management; Risk Management; Financial Liquidity; Performance Evaluation
Viceira, Luis M., Emily R. McComb, and Dean Xu. "Modern Endowment Management: Paula Volent and the Bowdoin Endowment." Harvard Business School Case 221-101, June 2021.
- 02 Mar 2018
- HBS Seminar
William F. Maloney, World Bank, Chief Economist, Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions
- November 1996 (Revised September 1997)
- Case
BancZero New Product Development
By: Marco Iansiti and Alberto Moel
The Mexico City office of a large U.S. bank is asked by clients to develop currency swaps, a derivative financial product. This case deals with the new product development process in financial services, and the problems and issues that are raised in product development... View Details
Keywords: Product Development; Banks and Banking; Financial Instruments; Situation or Environment; Problems and Challenges; Risk and Uncertainty; Volatility; Banking Industry; Mexico City; United States
Iansiti, Marco, and Alberto Moel. "BancZero New Product Development." Harvard Business School Case 697-044, November 1996. (Revised September 1997.)
- fall 1994
- Article
Banc One Corporation: Asset and Liability Management
By: B. C. Esty, P. Tufano and J. Headley
Esty, B. C., P. Tufano, and J. Headley. "Banc One Corporation: Asset and Liability Management." Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 7, no. 3 (fall 1994): 33–51.
Shlok Goyal
Shlok Goyal is a doctoral student in the Business Economics program. Prior to coming to HBS, he studied economics and statistics-machine learning at Carnegie Mellon University and worked as a research analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. His main... View Details