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- February 2024
- Article
Fifty Shades of QE: Robust Evidence
By: Brian Fabo, Marina Jančoková, Elisabeth Kempf and Ľuboš Pástor
Fabo et al. (2021) show that papers written by central bank researchers find quantitative easing (QE) to be more effective than papers written by academics. Weale and Wieladek (2022) show that a subset of these results lose statistical significance when OLS regressions...
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Keywords:
Quantitative Easing;
Research;
Mathematical Methods;
Perception;
Banks and Banking;
Body of Literature
Fabo, Brian, Marina Jančoková, Elisabeth Kempf, and Ľuboš Pástor. "Fifty Shades of QE: Robust Evidence." Art. 107065. Journal of Banking & Finance 159 (February 2024).
- September 2007
- Article
Related Lending and Economic Performance: Evidence from Mexico
By: Noel Maurer and Stephen Haber
Related lending, a widespread practice in LDCs, is widely held to encourage bankers to loot their banks at the expense of minority shareholders and depositors. We argue that neither looting nor credit misallocation are necessary outcomes of related lending. On...
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Keywords:
Crime and Corruption;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Financial Crisis;
Financing and Loans;
History;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Banking Industry;
Mexico
Maurer, Noel, and Stephen Haber. "Related Lending and Economic Performance: Evidence from Mexico." Journal of Economic History 67, no. 3 (September 2007): 551–581.
- January 2006 (Revised November 2006)
- Case
Blogs at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (A)
In May 2005, JP Rangaswami, the chief information officer at investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW), wonders how to extend the bank's use of blogs. Corporations are now increasingly using these tools to diffuse news, opinions, and knowledge and improve...
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Keywords:
Blogs;
Information Technology;
Performance Productivity;
Governance Compliance;
Investment Banking;
Banking Industry;
Banking Industry
McAfee, Andrew P., and Anders Sjoman. "Blogs at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (A)." Harvard Business School Case 606-072, January 2006. (Revised November 2006.)
- September 2004 (Revised May 2006)
- Case
Bohemian Crowns: Ceskoslovenska Obchodni Banka (A)
By: Rawi E. Abdelal, Vincent Dessain and Monika Stachowiak
Tells the story of the Czech transition from a centrally planned to a free market economy, describing the first economic reforms, the fixed-exchange rate regime, and the voucher privatization. Also explains why, in the middle of the 1990s, the Czech Republic...
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Keywords:
History;
Currency Exchange Rate;
Credit;
Government Administration;
Decisions;
Economic Systems;
Expansion;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Banks and Banking;
Banking Industry;
Czech Republic
Abdelal, Rawi E., Vincent Dessain, and Monika Stachowiak. "Bohemian Crowns: Ceskoslovenska Obchodni Banka (A)." Harvard Business School Case 705-007, September 2004. (Revised May 2006.)
- September 1997 (Revised March 2000)
- Case
Adelphia Communications Corporation
By: Paul M. Healy
A bank officer must make a loan application decision for a large but financially troubled cable broadcaster.
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Keywords:
Financial Condition;
Financing and Loans;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Contracts;
Telecommunications Industry
Healy, Paul M. "Adelphia Communications Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 198-031, September 1997. (Revised March 2000.)
- January 1994 (Revised November 2001)
- Background Note
Note on the Venture Leasing Industry, A
By: Josh Lerner
Provides an overview of venture leasing, an innovative financing mechanism that resembles both venture equity investments and bank lending.
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Keywords:
Finance
Lerner, Josh. "Note on the Venture Leasing Industry, A." Harvard Business School Background Note 294-069, January 1994. (Revised November 2001.)
- February 1992 (Revised September 1995)
- Case
Goldman, Sachs & Co.: Nikkei Put Warrants--1989
By: Peter Tufano
Japanese financial institutions' willingness to sell put options on the Nikkei Stock Average provides investment banks with the raw material from which to create a security that would allow U.S. investors to bet on falls in the Japanese Stock Market. The investment...
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Keywords:
Debt Securities;
Investment Banking;
Product Design;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Japan;
United States
Tufano, Peter. "Goldman, Sachs & Co.: Nikkei Put Warrants--1989." Harvard Business School Case 292-113, February 1992. (Revised September 1995.)
- 10 Oct 2018
- HBS Seminar
Michael Bordo, Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences
- April 2022
- Case
Mastercard: Creating a World Beyond Cash
In late 2021, Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach and Chairman and former CEO Ajaypal “Ajay” Banga considered how Mastercard could best position itself for continued success in the years to come. Since Mastercard’s initial public offering in 2006, the company had grown and...
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Keywords:
Technological Innovation;
Leadership;
Leading Change;
Organizational Culture;
Business Strategy;
Change;
Change Management;
Money;
Cash;
Credit;
Financial Institutions;
Banks and Banking;
Central Banking;
Financial Instruments;
Credit Cards;
Financial Markets;
Globalization;
Innovation and Invention;
Innovation and Management;
Innovation Strategy;
Leadership Style;
Competitive Advantage;
Corporate Strategy;
Diversification;
Information Technology;
Banking Industry;
Banking Industry;
North and Central America;
United States;
New York (state, US)
Gupta, Sunil, Linda A. Hill, Julia Kelley, and Emily Tedards. "Mastercard: Creating a World Beyond Cash." Harvard Business School Case 522-001, April 2022.
- June 2023
- Case
Accounting for Loan Losses at JPMorgan Chase: Predicting Credit Costs
By: Jonas Heese, Jung Koo Kang and James Weber
The case examines the accounting for loan losses at a large bank, how a bank sets its Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses (ALLL) on its financial statements. ALLL, and the rules that set them, determine when banks would and would not extend loans, which significantly...
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Keywords:
Accounting Standards;
Accrual Accounting;
Financial Statements;
Financial Reporting;
Banks and Banking;
Financing and Loans;
Banking Industry;
United States
Heese, Jonas, Jung Koo Kang, and James Weber. "Accounting for Loan Losses at JPMorgan Chase: Predicting Credit Costs." Harvard Business School Case 123-042, June 2023.
- 05 Aug 2015
- News
Could algorithms help create a better venture capitalist?
- March 2017 (Revised March 2019)
- Case
Ant Financial (A)
By: Feng Zhu, Ying Zhang, Krishna G. Palepu, Anthony K. Woo and Nancy Hua Dai
Headquartered in Hangzhou (China), Ant Financial has grown into a fintech “Unicorn.” The fintech empire that the company established spanned verticals such as mobile and online payment (Alipay), money market fund (Yu’e Bao), wealth management (Ant Fortune),...
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Keywords:
Growth and Development Strategy;
Global Strategy;
Finance;
Opportunities;
Financial Services Industry;
Technology Industry
Zhu, Feng, Ying Zhang, Krishna G. Palepu, Anthony K. Woo, and Nancy Hua Dai. "Ant Financial (A)." Harvard Business School Case 617-060, March 2017. (Revised March 2019.)
- 01 Oct 2019
- News
Competing for deposit growth
- 2020
- Working Paper
The Effects of Information on Credit Market Competition: Evidence from Credit Cards
By: C. Fritz Foley, Agustin Hurtado, Andres Liberman and Alberto Sepulveda
We show empirically that public credit information increases competition in credit markets. We access data that cover all credit card borrowers in Chile and include details about relationship borrowers have with each lender. We exploit a natural experiment whereby a...
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Keywords:
Consumer Credit;
Financial Intermediaries;
Credit;
Information;
Competition;
Credit Cards;
Financial Institutions
Foley, C. Fritz, Agustin Hurtado, Andres Liberman, and Alberto Sepulveda. "The Effects of Information on Credit Market Competition: Evidence from Credit Cards." Working Paper, February 2020.
- January 1997 (Revised February 1998)
- Case
Elsie Y. Cross Associates, Inc. and CoreStates Financial Corp.
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Thomas Dretler
A consulting firm specializing in diversity and organizational change assists an 18,000-employee bank with a massive culture change effort.
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Boris Vallee
Boris Vallée is an Associate Professor in the Finance Unit. He teaches Real Property in the MBA elective curriculum, and previously taught the Finance II course in the MBA required curriculum.
Professor’s Vallée’s research traces the motives behind and the... View Details
- September 2011
- Article
What Drives Sell-Side Analyst Compensation at High-Status Investment Banks?
By: Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy and David A. Maber
We use proprietary data from a major investment bank to investigate factors associated with analysts' annual compensation. We find compensation to be positively related to "All-Star" recognition, investment-banking contributions, the size of analysts' portfolios, and...
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Keywords:
Investment Banking;
Research;
Compensation and Benefits;
Investment Portfolio;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Resource Allocation;
Status and Position;
Business Earnings;
Quality;
Revenue;
Stocks;
Voting
Groysberg, Boris, Paul M. Healy, and David A. Maber. "What Drives Sell-Side Analyst Compensation at High-Status Investment Banks?" Journal of Accounting Research 49, no. 4 (September 2011): 969–1000.
- 2017
- Working Paper
The Decline of Big-Bank Lending to Small Business: Dynamic Impacts on Local Credit and Labor Markets
By: Brian S. Chen, Samuel G. Hanson and Jeremy C. Stein
Small business lending by the four largest banks fell sharply relative to others in 2008 and remained depressed through 2014. We explore the dynamic adjustment process following this credit supply shock. In counties where the largest banks had a high market share, the...
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Keywords:
Small Business;
Financing and Loans;
Banks and Banking;
System Shocks;
Credit;
Labor;
United States
Chen, Brian S., Samuel G. Hanson, and Jeremy C. Stein. "The Decline of Big-Bank Lending to Small Business: Dynamic Impacts on Local Credit and Labor Markets." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 23843, September 2017.
- June 2013
- Teaching Plan
Citigroup-Wachovia-Wells Fargo
By: Guhan Subramanian and Charlotte Krontiris
This case follows the events of a crucial week in the 2008 financial crisis, when the federal government orchestrated the sale of Wachovia Bank first to Citigroup and then, in a surprise move, to Wells Fargo. We examine the extraordinary relations between government...
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Keywords:
Citigroup;
Wachovia;
Wells Fargo;
FDIC;
Acquisition;
Financial Crisis;
Banks and Banking;
Business and Government Relations;
Banking Industry;
United States
Subramanian, Guhan, and Charlotte Krontiris. "Citigroup-Wachovia-Wells Fargo." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 913-044, June 2013.