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NBER: Fwd: NBER Pin Factory Visit, Friday April 14, 2000
Subject: Fwd: NBER Pin Factory Visit, Friday April 14, 2000
From: Autumn Bennett (abennett@nber.org)
Date: Mon Mar 06 2000 - 13:55:33 EST
> We have been having some computer problems. This is a resend of a
> previous message. Please excuse the inconvenience.
>As part of the Sloan "Pin Factory" program of site visits, we are planning
>a visit to State Street Corporation's operations center in Quincy, MA on
>the afternoon of Friday April 14th.
>State Street provides transaction processing, asset management, trust,
>securities processing, cash management, securities lending and a variety
>of other "back office" services for institutional investors and mutual
>funds. They have over $6 trillion of assets in custody, and $700m of
>assets under management, which have grown approximately five times over
>the past decade while their work force has shrunk slightly.
>The visit should give us an interesting look at the operation of a highly
>automated, information-intensive business process, and a chance to
>interact with senior officers of the corporation.
>The provisional schedule for the visit is as follows:
>Friday, April 14th
>11:45 Depart NBER, Cambridge
>12:30-1:30 Lunch at State Street, Quincy
>1:30-4:00 Tour of operations center, and meeting with management
>5:00 Return to Cambridge
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>If you are interested in participating, please mark the reply form below
>and return to Autumn Bennett at NBER, BEFORE MARCH 31st, 2000.
>A block of rooms has been reserved at the Royal Sonesta Hotel at 5
>Cambridge Street (617) 806-4200 should you need overnight accommodation.
>Limited funds are available to cover travel expenses for out of town
>participants. For further details please refer to the NBER travel
>regulations at www.nber.org/~confer/links.html
>You should book your travel though American Express Travel in Cambridge at
>1-800-964-7409. Expenses will be directly billed to the NBER.
>If you have any questions please contact Autumn Bennett at abennett@nber.org
>or (617) 588-0039.
>Thanks, Iain Cockburn
>
>
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>REPLY FORM: PIN FACTORY VISIT TO STATE STREET CORPORATION
>FRIDAY, APRIL 14TH, 2000
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>NAME: _________________________________
>MAILING ADDRESS: _________________________________
>_________________________________
>_________________________________
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>PHONE: _________________________
>PREFERRED EMAIL ADDRESS: _________________________
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>I _____ WILL _____ WILL NOT be coming on this visit.
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>I _____ WILL _____ WILL NOT need accommodation.
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>Special dietary needs: __________________
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