Women on Business

JANUARY 19, 2011

When you look at your bank balance and the bills each month, how do you react? Whether this developed from watching my father build his business, or just plain denial of my bank balance, I cannot say for sure. Do you feel a sense of anxiety rising up from your stomach to your throat, or a heavy, weighted pressure in your chest?

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CO2

JANUARY 2, 2011

B usiness Model Generation caught my eye in a book store in December – It is rare I find myself in book stores anymore given how many books are sent to me as a blogger and my preference in reading on Kindle or IPad. They also go down the road to explain free to not free enterprises like Skype. Pulse Meme Feed What Is Your Brand Against?

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Now 45, Heather Aguilera—who was an IT Project Manager “earning six figures” at a major Canadian bank before she left to become a SAHM—was eventually reduced to thinking she “would have to work in a donut shop.”

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Last week my father received a phone call from the branch director of his long-standing bank to offer him a new product. Millions of people have lost confidence in banks. But the dissatisfaction and disappointment with our banks runs deeper. The last bank in my hometown closed a year ago. The two facts do not add up.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

There are many examples of companies that have successful leadership training programs in place, such as Bank of America, General Electric, Microsoft, Philip Morris, Novartis International, and Marriott International to name just a few. She is currently President of the PMI® Mass Bay Chapter Board of Directors (2011 – 2013).

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2011

August 2011 HBR. Our experience at Garanti Bank shows how even in seemingly the worst of circumstances, companies can become the most attractive of employers. Our experience at Garanti Bank shows how even in seemingly the worst of circumstances, companies can become the most attractive of employers.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Last week my father received a phone call from the branch director of his long-standing bank to offer him a new product. Millions of people have lost confidence in banks. But the dissatisfaction and disappointment with our banks runs deeper. The last bank in my hometown closed a year ago. The two facts do not add up.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2012

The global banking industry faces two opposing truths. On the other, the crisis in the euro zone has forced banks to rethink their investments in numerous markets, if not retreat from them altogether. The result is a chasm of opportunity — a vacuum ready to be filled by banks from both the emerging and developed worlds.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JANUARY 9, 2011

For review, (and for fun), Audrey Hepburn defines it pretty well (Fred Astaire’s presumptions aside). I was a clerk for the foreign exchange Trading section of a major bank. 13 Responses to When Empathy Leaves the Room Susan Wright-Boucher January 9, 2011 at 3:05 pm Your post really stayed with me. Thanks for the post.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 27, 2010

It was located along the banks of a river, an ideal place to meditate. Yathi Yatheepan: October 28, 2010 at 6:45 pm Hi Mary, Thank you for another interesting story. I started doing meditation when I was at college in Sri Lanka. I went to a meditation center. Also I felt I absorb fast. I meditated for two years.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

When the global economy collapsed in 2008, Shawn was immediately called in as an expert by the world’s largest banks to help restart forward progress. Shawn’s research on happiness and human potential have received attention from the Harvard Business Review, New York Times, Forbes, CNN, and NPR. Consider leaving a comment!

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QAspire

JANUARY 24, 2010

He went through a painful process of starting up, getting space on lease and getting some funding from the bank to get some basic equipments. He was a marketing executive with a large pharmaceutical company when he decided to pursue his calling and start a fitness center. He neither had space nor money to start out.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 8, 2011

When the global economy collapsed in 2008, Shawn was immediately called in as an expert by the world’s largest banks to help restart forward progress. Shawn’s research on happiness and human potential have received attention from the Harvard Business Review, New York Times, Forbes, CNN, and NPR. Consider leaving a comment!

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 15, 2011

When the global economy collapsed in 2008, Shawn was immediately called in as an expert by the world’s largest banks to help restart forward progress. Shawn’s research on happiness and human potential have received attention from the Harvard Business Review, New York Times, Forbes, CNN, and NPR. Consider leaving a comment!

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 22, 2011

When the global economy collapsed in 2008, Shawn was immediately called in as an expert by the world’s largest banks to help restart forward progress. Shawn’s research on happiness and human potential have received attention from the Harvard Business Review, New York Times, Forbes, CNN, and NPR. Consider leaving a comment!

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

The bank has since fired 5,300 employees for the illegal behavior and eliminated retail bank sales goals entirely. As a result of this fraud, the bank is now being investigated by Federal prosecutors and Congressional overseers. But the fallout is far from over. A blind spot among senior leaders.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2012

The 2011 FDIC National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households , released last month, is a valuable example of policymakers collecting data to support evidence based policy making. have an account, but choose to use some non-bank money orders (e.g., have an account, but choose to use some non-bank money orders (e.g.,

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2017

On July 1, 2011, the Australian Government amended the Corporations Act introducing the “two-strikes” rule. The current Australian Government, importantly from a different party to that which introduced the “two strikes” legislation, has gone in hard on Australia’s “big four” banks. If so, how?

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

The settlement stems from the bank’s employees allegedly opening more than 2 million bank and credit card accounts without customers’ permission. Beyond the fines, Wells Fargo has fired at least 5,300 employees for “inappropriate sales conduct,” and the bank is making changes to its quota system.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2012

The idea behind the latest maneuver is that recapitalizing European banks will reduce the correlation between the creditworthiness of a state's banking system and the creditworthiness of a State itself. Many countries have taken large equity stakes in their banks. And market participants were initially thrilled.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2014

A team led by John Beirne of the European Central Bank estimates that the impact was about 1% of the global oil price in 2011 and will rise to 3% to 4% by 2030. It has long been assumed that China’s economic growth creates upward pressure on the price of oil, but to what extent?

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

But too many major companies — Bank of America, Sony, Gap, Yahoo, Nokia — that need to get it, don't. Take banking as a visible example. Bank of America recently considered a $5 fee for customers to get their own money via their debit card because they have to find a way to fund all those retail storefronts.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2012

The 2011 FDIC National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households , released last month, is a valuable example of policymakers collecting data to support evidence based policy making. have an account, but choose to use some non-bank money orders (e.g., have an account, but choose to use some non-bank money orders (e.g.,

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

But the real tragedy happened later: a timid recovery during 2010-11 was followed by a second recession starting in the third quarter of 2011, from which Europe did not start recovering until 2015. The answer to those questions is threefold: Central Bank choices. The answer to those questions is threefold: Central Bank choices.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2017

The company, Australia’s largest wealth platform provider, is the wealth management arm of the Westpac Group (Australia’s second largest bank in terms of market capitalization). During early 2011, Shuttleworth’s team interacted with customers of two of the key products to understand their needs. Related Video.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2014

The rate of business formation in 2011 was almost half of what it was in 1978, with the rate of dissolution somewhat higher than the past couple decades. financial services sector went from 13,000 of independent banks to half that number, while the top ten banks grew from 20% market share to 60%.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2014

Factors ranging from weak demand to bank consolidation have combined to hobble many small businesses  and if these factors arent addressed, they could continue to impede U.S. And as we describe in a recent HBS Working Paper , gaps remain in traditional bank credit supply. job growth and economic security. small businesses.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

We can take some lessons from Bangladesh, where BRAC is heading full steam into mobile banking with bKash (bikash means "growth" in Bengali), which is now the largest mobile banking provider in the country.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2011

We recently attended the World Economic Forum's India Economic Summit 2011 in Mumbai, where we moderated several panels and workshops on the topic of innovation. For instance, YES Bank , one of India's leading private banks, has deployed a mobile payment solution that enables money transfer via cellphones without the need for a bank account.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2011

in September 2011, down slightly from the three-year peak of 6.5% in July 2011 — appears likely to remain a priority. in September 2011, the same as in August, though down from a July 2011 peak increase of 14.8% — staying so stubbornly high? For Beijing, tackling China's high inflation rate — 6.1%

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2012

Furthermore, I understand all too keenly the complexities of determining a fair valuation for companies that are too early in their development to fit existing measurement standards and can't meet the criteria for standard bank or SBA funding. billion in 2011, and that funding volume is on track to nearly double to $2.8

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2011

I did that for years," Karp recalls, all the while knowing that coming out could jeopardize her career in investment banking. "It A new study by the Center for Work-Life Policy published in the July/August 2011 issue of Harvard Business Review quantifies just how high the cost is for both closeted LGBTs and their employers.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2011

London-based HSBC, arguably the world's most global bank, recently described speculation that it was planning to shift its headquarters from London to Hong Kong as "presumptuous." HBR Press, April 2011), very few firms are truly global in the sense that their business isn't concentrated in any one spot.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2011

August 2011 HBR. While it may not be intuitive to global readers, I see many similarities between Samsung's transformation from local leader in Korea to major player on the world stage and our own journey in building the United Bank for Africa into a group that operates in 20 countries and on three continents.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2012

boss, Ina Drew , the former head of their unit in of the bank's, the Chief Investment Office (CIO); and CEO Jamie Dimon, to whom the CIO reported who oversaw the CIO. Drew quickly retired after the losses, and Iksil and Macris are, according to news reports, leaving the bank. We know we were sloppy. We know we were stupid.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2017

” A plan helps detail how the opportunity is to be seized, what success looks like, and what resources are required, and it can be key to the investment decisions of angel investors, banks, and venture capitalists. entrepreneurs over a six-year period (2005 to 2011).

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

The President of the United States criticized Bank of America's planned $5 monthly debit card fee by saying, "This is exactly why we need [a regulator] whose sole job it is to prevent this kind of stuff from happening." In response to this uproar, Verizon quickly reversed its price hike and Bank of America eventually did too.

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