Publications

September 2018 (Revised January 2020)
Case

Apple Pay and Mobile Payments in Australia (A)

By: Feng Zhu, Susan Athey and David Lane

In summer 2016, four of Australia’s top five banks petitioned regulators for permission to bargain collectively with Apple over the terms under which they would support its digital wallet, Apple Pay. They argued that doing so would force concessions from Apple that... View Details

Keywords: Payment Methods; Mobile Payment; Apple; Banks and Banking; Cooperation; Problems and Challenges; Policy; Digital Platforms; Banking Industry; Australia

March 2018 (Revised March 2018)
Case

JPMorgan Chase: Invested in Detroit (A)

By: Joseph L. Bower and Michael Norris

Beginning in 2014, JPMorgan Chase launched Invested in Detroit, a $100 million philanthropic investment in the city over five years. The bank worked with local economic development organizations, workforce development organizations, small businesses, philanthropies,... View Details

Keywords: Local Economic Development; Workforce Development; Philanthropic Investment; Financial Institutions; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Urban Development; Business and Community Relations; Banking Industry; United States; Michigan

1990
Book

Global Electronic Wholesale Banking

By: A. S. Mookerjee and J. I. Cash Jr.

Keywords: Global Range; Internet and the Web; Banks and Banking

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June 1991 (Revised April 1995)
Case

Second Bank of the United States: Banks and Banking Before the Second Bank of the United States

Describes the problems of early banking, early attempts at central banking, achieving a sound uniform currency, and economic growth. Illustrates the problems of developing a sound money economy in a developing country and shows the difficulties of branch management in... View Details

Keywords: Currency; Business History; Central Banking; Communication; Economic Growth; Banking Industry; United States

01 Sep 2009
News

Over the Top

Illustration by Ken Orvidas/theispot.com In the search for culprits in the global financial meltdown, bloated executive pay and the excessive risk-taking behavior it fueled stand out as prime suspects. Of the two, pay dominates the... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance; Government

01 Dec 1997
News

"Economists are puzzle solvers..."

and guesswork. This theory enabled options transactors to take much bigger positions because they were hedged; they could be much more efficient, and they could control their risk much better. If you look at the last 25 years of extraordinary View Details

April 2025
Article

The Impact of Minority Representation at Mortgage Lenders

By: W. Scott Frame, Ruidi Huang, Erica Jiang, Yeonjoon Lee, Will Liu, Erik J. Mayer and Adi Sunderam

We study links between the labor market for loan officers and access to mortgage credit. Using novel data matching the (near) universe of mortgage applications to loan officers, we find that minorities are significantly underrepresented among loan officers. Minority... View Details

Keywords: Household Finance; Demographic Economics; Financial Institutions; Diversity; Prejudice and Bias; Mortgages; Personal Finance

18 Aug 2009
First Look

First Look: August 18

Authors:Mihir Desai and Li Jin Publication:Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract This paper employs heterogeneity in institutional shareholder tax characteristics to identify the relation... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 1998
News

Scott P. Mason Remembered

work of the School's Global Financial System (GFS) study. A multiyear research project involving a number of HBS faculty and some fifteen financial institutions from around the... View Details

25 Aug 2022
News

The Exchange: The Road Ahead for Crypto

want to sell you. Cryptocurrencies have not yet reached that state. Digital financial transactions are commonplace now, but cryptocurrency, per se, is not something very large numbers of individuals or businesses are willing to trade for... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments

16 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Weighing Digital Tradeoffs in Private Equity

Value Lab at the Digital Data and Design Institute at Harvard. The researchers found that PE investors often turn to digital transformation strategies and technology to help revamp portfolio firms, and this investment often accelerates... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

15 Jun 2021
News

Diversifying HBS's Case Collection

progress. And to improve data collection, the School instituted a new, voluntary, self-identification form that case protagonists are asked to complete. “The School and our faculty are making an all-out effort to lay the foundations for a... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

January 1999 (Revised December 2020)
Case

The U.S. Banking Panic of 1933 and Federal Deposit Insurance

By: Julio J. Rotemberg and Sabina M. Ciminero

After highlighting some key developments in the banking history of the United States, the case illustrates the Banking Panic of 1933 and the way in which Franklin D. Roosevelt dealt with it at the beginning of his presidency. Describes the main components of banking... View Details

Keywords: Government Legislation; Insurance; Crisis Management; Financial Crisis; Banks and Banking; History; Business and Government Relations; Banking Industry; United States