Womenomics in Japan

Boris  Groysberg; David  Lane

Teaching Note | HBS Case Collection | January 2018 (Revised June 2018)

Womenomics in Japan

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Teaching Note for HBS No. 417-002.

Keywords: Gender equality; Japan; leadership; government-business relations; Shinzo Abe; economic growth; aging society; Womenomics; Abenomics; labor market discrimination; workplace culture; women and leadership; change management; Working Conditions; Leading Change; Gender; Business and Government Relations; Growth and Development; Employment; Japan;

Language: English

Format: Print

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Groysberg, Boris, and David Lane. "Womenomics in Japan." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 418-051, January 2018. (Revised June 2018.)

Case | HBS Case Collection | November 2019 (Revised December 2019)

Marcus by Goldman Sachs

Rory McDonald, Samir Junnarkar and David Lane

Five years on from the 2008 financial crisis, Goldman Sachs remained wounded. Revenues at the global investment bank had stagnated below pre-crisis levels, and the firm had yet to rebound from a substantial decline in securities-trading revenues. Marcus by Goldman Sachs was one response—an effort that operated as a start-up but was sponsored by senior Goldman executives—to grow the firm’s revenues by entering consumer banking with digital-only offerings. The moved marked a dramatic cultural as well as product shift: the 150 year-old institution historically served only businesses and the wealthiest of individuals. In 2016, Marcus launched unsecured personal loans for the mass market; it rolled out high-yield deposits in 2017 and a credit card in partnership with Apple in 2019. By autumn of that year, Marcus had $5 billion in loans outstanding and $55 billion in deposits. It also faced a dilemma—ceaseless and rapid expansion had strained its people and infrastructure, yet Goldman expected Marcus to generate $1 billion in revenues in 2020. What now was the better bet, to pause to allow performance to catch up with growth, or to seize the additional opportunities that beckoned for Marcus to diversify into consumer finance products?

Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Banks and Banking; Innovation Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Organizational Culture; Financial Services Industry; United Kingdom;

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McDonald, Rory, Samir Junnarkar, and David Lane. "Marcus by Goldman Sachs." Harvard Business School Case 620-005, November 2019. (Revised December 2019.) View Details

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