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September 1996 (Revised November 1996)
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World Bank (A): Under Siege

By: George C. Lodge and Carin-Isabel Knoop

Describes the issues that James Wolfensohn faces when he takes over the World Bank as president in June 1995. Presents several lines of criticism of the bank's strategy, structure, and relevance. View Details

Keywords: Financial Institutions; International Finance; Organizational Structure; Leading Change; Situation or Environment; Decision Choices and Conditions; Strategy; Management Teams; Value; Banking Industry

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18 Jul 2005
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Identify Emerging Market Opportunities

"five contexts framework"—issues to consider, in essence—to understand institutional variations between countries. We excerpt a summary of the five contexts. As we helped companies think through their globalization strategies,... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu & Jayant Sinha

July 2008 (Revised October 2012)
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Affinity Plus (A)

By: Dennis Campbell and Peter Tufano

The executive team at Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union has pushed the concept of members first deeply throughout the organization, empowering employees to put member-owners' interests ahead of either the organization's interests or their own interests. As a result of... View Details

Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Financial Institutions; Financing and Loans; Profit; Cooperative Ownership; Conflict of Interests; Strategy

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Figuring Out Her Mission | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

position. “We both recognized that Leadership Fellows is great for this kind of work – everyone benefits. The organization gets financial support from HBS for the first-year salary, and a pipeline of talent they wouldn’t have access to... View Details

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From the Dean | Annual Report 2024

The Digital Data Design Institute (D^3) accelerated its efforts to bring research-driven insights about AI to business leaders, convening hundreds of alumni and other practitioners for a groundbreaking AI conference in Klarman Hall last... View Details

21 Feb 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: February 21

study of a sponsorship collaboration between a global financial institution (UBS) and a multi-site museum (Guggenheim) evaluates critical aspects of resource integration between the partners with... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Dec 2018
News

HBS Fellowship Furthers Entrepreneurial Dreams

internship at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute during the summer before his senior year prompted Okeke to consider how he could broaden his impact in health care through business. He applied to, and was accepted into, HBS’s 2+2 Program,... View Details

24 Jul 2013
Op-Ed

Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In

Illinois has serious financial issues, Chicagoland has far more vitality, economic activity, and interaction between downtown and the suburbs than Detroit. In terms of basic infrastructure, (water, bridges, and roads, for example), cities... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber, Robert C. Pozen, Eric D. Werker & Benjamin Kennedy; Auto

01 Jun 2011
News

An Economy Undermined

fact, stocks on average did not rise at all in the 1970s. Productivity grew more slowly in the ensuing thirty years than it had for any prolonged period since the 1800s. My class’s first decade out from HBS was marked by economic and View Details

Keywords: Jeff Madrick; Finance

01 Apr 1998
News

Speakers Share Triumphs and Challenges

Noting that private capital has an important role to play in Asia's resurgence, Corzine concluded, "For American financial institutions with long-term perspectives, there are tremendous opportunities in the... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

09 Jun 2023
Blog Post

How to Communicate your Organizations’ People-Centered Values

Director of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging at Harvard Business School, offered the following guidance to help organizations understand the metrics that serve as a baseline for diversity and inclusion initiatives and improve View Details

Keywords: All Industries

06 Sep 2024
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces 2024 Goldsmith Fellows

Accion International in business development supporting several high-impact grants from institutional partners. “I am pursuing an MBA to more effectively be able to design and finance scalable, impactful, and profitable solutions to... View Details

08 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Socioeconomic Inclusion at HBS: Joshua Mbanusi (MBA 2021)

Mbanusi, he felt that HBS wanted to be different—more inclusive and welcoming—it just wasn’t there yet. Digging into the work with the task force, which was composed of students, faculty, and staff, reinforced his sense that the View Details

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Charles Ellis | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Europe, and Japan. Charley also holds a doctorate in finance and economics from New York University and has authored several books and articles on finance. He served as president of the Institute of Chartered View Details

28 Jan 2014
First Look

First Look: January 28

economic trends a central economic activity and shed light on the mechanics of financial markets by providing a range of statistics and information about individual firms. They also raised questions that are still relevant today. What is... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 1998
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Merton Named University Professor

Harvard's most distinguished professorial posts. "Bob Merton has done seminal work in enlarging our theoretical and practical understanding of financial markets and how to manage risk," said Harvard President Neil L. Rudenstine in... View Details

28 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 28

financial and nonfinancial measures, some envisioned its role only in formulaic compensation contracts. We describe an alternative view, in which the scorecard's formal measures are created and used for informal management, with... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2000
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Going Public: Herman I. Safin

Lee. After two years working as an analyst in the Financial Institutions Group at Credit Suisse First Boston in New York, Safin was given the option to become an assistant to the CFO or an associate in... View Details

Keywords: Amy E. Dean

10 Jan 2013
News

From Wall Street to Visual Art

Bussel: Using her business savvy to manage large-scale art installations. View Bussel's online gallery Three heads—simple, generic profiles—stand 30 feet high and span 100 feet across the outer wall of the Mann Auditorium in Tel Aviv, the home of the Israeli... View Details

Keywords: Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions

04 Dec 2019
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Skydeck Live: The Case for Funding Female Founders

China, and India combined. It's a huge market. But they also discovered that over 90 percent of female consumers, who are responsible for most of the shopping, are dissatisfied with the goods and services that are out there. Top of the list are View Details

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