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Todd L. Pittinsky: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

He was previously Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, where he served as Research Director for Harvard’s Center for Public Leadership. In 2001, he launched the Allophilia [.].

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How a Turkish Bank Became the Employer of Choice

Harvard Business Review

Our experience at Garanti Bank shows how even in seemingly the worst of circumstances, companies can become the most attractive of employers. In 2001, Turkey experienced a financial crisis in its banking sector. Group merged its three banks (Körfez, Osmanl?, and Garanti) under the Garanti brand.

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Five House Rules for Managing Risky Behavior

Harvard Business Review

Set clear policies. For enterprise risk management, key policies include a statement of risk appetite and explicit risk tolerance levels for critical risks. billion in net income during the five years prior to its bankruptcy in 2001, while only $114 million in net cash was generated (or a mere 3% of reported income).

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Is It Good When We Know How Much Our Boss Makes?

The Horizons Tracker

The researchers analyzed a few thousand employees at a large Southeast Asian bank. Since 2001 this process of snooping was made that bit easy by moving the records online. Similar laws exist in the other Scandinavian countries, and they have prompted much debate about the ethics of such a policy.

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Idle Funds are the Devil's Playground

Harvard Business Review

Soros was by then known as "the man who broke the Bank of England" because he had reputedly made more than a billion dollars speculating against the pound in 1992. But in general, prior to the development of a sophisticated banking system, capital was invested in illiquid assets, meaning tangible, productive ones. dollar deposits."

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Hugo Chavez Was No Outlier

Harvard Business Review

One can also see his continual intervention in markets, from banking to retail, as motivated by the same belief that government knows best, and that markets are not to be trusted. Related to its foreign exchange crisis of 2001, Argentina had borrowed substantially from the IMF and other international lenders.

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Backdoor Government Decryption Hurts My Business and Yours

Harvard Business Review

Every single customer can trust us to encrypt all of their files with bank-grade technology before we back them up to our cloud servers. That was in 2001. Whether you’re a CEO, CIO, CISO, or board member, you can and should make your voice heard for stronger security policies. Executives: Take Action for Encryption.