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- 12 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 12, 2016
curve in which the central bank can provide market participants with forward guidance on both future short rates and on future Quantitative Easing (QE) operations, which affect bond supply. Forward guidance...
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Carmen Nobel
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
intercede to protect investments in locations such as Central America and the Caribbean. Costs were small-at least at the outset-but with each incremental step, American policy became increasingly entangled with the goals of those they...
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Carmen Nobel
- Web
Growing Together - Annual Report 2014
Tata Group, donated $50 million for its construction. With its arced shape and two glass-walled floors offering transparency to and from the Charles River, Tata Hall embodies the centrality of residential life to the learning experience...
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- 30 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
India’s Ambitious National Identification Program
entitled to receive. The case includes the story of one widow who couldn't cash a government check; she was unable to open a bank account because she lacked the proper documentation. "You are basically denied almost everything if you...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 22
control over the use of remittances. In partnership with a Salvadoran bank, we offered U.S.-based migrants from El Salvador bank accounts in their home country into which they could send remittances. We randomly varied migrant control...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 13
Business Review 88, nos. 7-8 (July-August 2010) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the Article: http://hbr.org/2010/07/vision-statement-mapping-the-social-internet/ar/1 Working PapersForeign Entry and the Mexican Banking...
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Martha Lagace
- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
Monroe Abstract— Why do regimes allow some low-income business owners to avoid taxes by operating informally? Electoral incentives are central to prevailing explanations of governments’ forbearance of informal enterprise. Yet many...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 28, 2008
Stafford Abstract No abstract is available at this time. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-060.pdf Democratizing Entry: Banking Deregulations, Financing Constraints, and Entrepreneurship (revised) Authors:William R....
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Martha Lagace
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
Purchase this supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/710020-PDF-ENG YES BANK: Mainstreaming Development into Indian Banking Michael Chu and Namrata AroraHarvard Business School Case 311-063 YES BANK, founded in 2003 and highly...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 29
to be the most efficient. The central insight of the theory is that each method offers a different way of aligning decision-making authority with valuable "specific knowledge" inside the organization. The theory suggests that...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 1
just adopted a "New Growth Path," hoping to create several million jobs over the next few years. Both the finance minister and the head of the Central Bank support the initiative but worry how they...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 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...
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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.
- 18 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 18
and to avoid the larger economies of Spain and Italy becoming involved. The European financial system became strained. Banks were found to be undercapitalized and began to ration credit to the economy. The European View Details
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Carmen Nobel
- 16 May 2018
- News
ALUMNI NVC Finals and Regional Roundup
investment bank Bpifrance’s incubator space “Le Hub,” where the three teams pitched their concepts before a panel of 11 HBS alumni judges and a crowd of more than 100 alumni, family and friends. In the end, Benoit Dupont (PLDA 20, 2016)...
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Margie Kelley
- October 2009 (Revised November 2011)
- Case
Citigroup-Wachovia-Wells Fargo
By: Guhan Subramanian and Nithyasri Sharma
In late September 2008, amidst the spiraling financial crisis, many firms on Wall Street were in a precarious position. One such institution was Wachovia, which entered acquisition talks with Citigroup and Wells Fargo. This case describes the development of these...
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Mergers and Acquisitions;
Financial Crisis;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Managerial Roles;
Banking Industry;
United States
Subramanian, Guhan, and Nithyasri Sharma. "Citigroup-Wachovia-Wells Fargo." Harvard Business School Case 910-006, October 2009. (Revised November 2011.)
- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
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
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Martha Lagace
- 04 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
From Lone Star to Team Player
on individual performance are prone to this problem. It is a problem in investment banking and can also be a problem in sales organizations where individuals are compensated for their own sales and not for helping others and sharing best...
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by Mallory Stark
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and...
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- 02 Mar 2017
- What Do You Think?
Is China About to Overtake the US for World Trade Leadership?
reluctance to open up the banking system and promote the yuan as a global reserve currency. These were the conclusions of nearly all respondents to this month’s column. Nevertheless, there was an undertone to the comments suggesting that...
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by James Heskett
- 04 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 4, 2016
https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=43743 How Quantitative Easing Works: Evidence on the Refinancing Channel By: Di Maggio, Marco, Amir Kermani, and Christopher Palmer Abstract—Despite massive large-scale asset purchases (LSAPs) by View Details