Financial Product - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2020
News

Road Work

world where business content and financial products and services will be integrated seamlessly into the member experience—all driven by unique user data and machine learning models.”It’s a development that... View Details

Keywords: banking; LatinX; small businesses; COVID-19; Finance

01 Dec 2013
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Faculty Opinion: Making It Better

health-care innovations that offer good value for the money. It was in Africa that we first saw sensible, low-cost health-insurance plans that protect people against financially catastrophic expenses and offer policies that reward the... View Details

Keywords: Herzlinger, Regina; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Oct 2002
News

Andrew H. Tisch

things like helping the pool attendant put towels on the chaise longues. It was a family business, so we were all involved.” Tisch Hotels evolved into the Loews Corporation, one of the largest diversified financial enterprises in the... View Details

01 Jun 2009
News

Letters to the Editor

Praise for March Cover Congratulations on cracking the mold of a one-subject cover for the March issue. I found the four of your financial crisis articles extremely interesting, especially Niall Ferguson’s book excerpt on “Chimerica”!... View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

19 Sep 2006
First Look

First Look: September 19, 2006

Working PapersSuperstars and Underdogs: An Examination of the Long Tail Phenomenon in Video Authors:Anita Elberse and Felix Oberholzer-Gee Abstract The rise of online channels facilitates the distribution of a wide range of products and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2011
News

Perception versus Reality

HBS doesn’t get the credit it deserves for nurturing the entrepreneurial ambitions of its MBAs. Too many people, MBA applicants included, still regard the School as primarily a powerhouse in financial services and consulting. While it... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; contests; awards; meta

2017
Book

Profits and Sustainability: A History of Green Entrepreneurship

By: Geoffrey Jones

This book explores whether profits and environmental sustainability are compatible through the lens of a global history of green entrepreneurship between the nineteenth century and today. It tells the story of the extraordinary and often eccentric men and women who... View Details

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21 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 21

productivity and employment. There are few significant differences between industries with limited and high private equity activity. It is hard to find support for claims that economic activity in industries with private equity backing is... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne

17 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 17

increasingly tied to the sway of private financial interests, and how postwar administrations finally extricated the U.S. from economic interventionism, even though the government had the will and power to continue. Maurer examines the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

03 Jan 2017
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January 3, 2017

January 2017 Journal of Financial Economics The Unintended Consequences of the Zero Lower Bound Policy By: Di Maggio, Marco, and Marcin Kacperczyk Abstract—We study the impact of the zero lower bound interest rate policy on the industrial... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Dec 2009
News

The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle

ingredient is the fact that Israel’s “economic miracle” is no miracle at all but rather the product of a calculated start-up mentality that permeates its history and culture. “Israel is the first start-up nation in history, the result of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; National Security and International Affairs; Government

01 Oct 2000
News

Faculty Retirements

addition, he has held important administrative positions at the School, chairing Exec Ed's Advanced Management Program and its International Senior Managers' Program, as well as the MBA Program's Production and Operations Management unit... View Details

October 2024
Case

Tonik

By: Andy Wu, Maliha Malek Quadir and Aticus Peterson

This case study examines Tonik, the first digital bank in the Philippines, as it navigates the challenges of scaling its lending operations and achieving profitability in an evolving fintech landscape. It explores Tonik's journey from its launch in 2018 to early 2024,... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Financing and Loans; Profit; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Growth and Development Strategy; Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship; Product; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Philippines

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IFC: Israel; Startups and Venture Capital - Course Catalog

January: Arrive Sunday, January 4 and Depart Thursday, January 15, 2026 Course Fee: $4,000 (see note on financial aid) Immersive Field Courses : IFCs require a firm commitment and carry a financial... View Details

01 Feb 2001
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Drilling Down

competitors. An exploration and production company founded in 1967, CMS employs 180 workers in the United States, South America, and Africa. "Some of these mergers facilitate the purchase of properties that are no longer strategic to the... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Matthew R. Simmons; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Natural Gas Distribution; Utilities

06 Nov 2012
Op-Ed

Stop Talking About the Weather and Do Something: Three Ways to Finance Sustainable Cities

The wrath of Hurricane Sandy has illuminated a fundamental question: How do we ensure that our cities are resilient in the face of inevitable future disasters? A destroyed city is not a sustainable city. I'm making the case that it's time to stop complaining about... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

26 Sep 2017
Blog Post

A Summer Internship with the International Rescue Committee

previously been employed, was now the director of the newly-formed Airbel Innovation Center, an internal team focused on bringing human centered design and innovation to the humanitarian space. With the help of Harvard’s Summer Fellows program, which provides View Details

24 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Busting Six Myths About Customer Loyalty Programs

reward than spending $x/n in different stores. One approach to achieve this convexity in rewards is to create loyalty systems that are tiered. It is often argued that tiered rewards, such as those offered by airlines, hotels, casinos, and View Details

Keywords: by Marcel Corstjens & Rajiv Lal; Consumer Products; Consumer Products

14 Jul 2015
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First Look: July 14, 2015

Production and the Design of Supporting Institutions By: Boudreau, Kevin J., and Karim R. Lakhani Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49361 May-June 2015 European Business... View Details