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  • 12 Jun 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018

practices is important for understanding financial decision-making of households in dire circumstances as well as for setting appropriate consumer protection policies. We conduct a simple experiment in three sites in which we paid off... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 27 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 27

survey data from India and Indonesia, we first show that financial literacy is a powerful predictor of demand for financial services. To test the relative importance of literacy and price, we implement a field experiment, offering randomly selected unbanked View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 22

other banks with common exposures. We show how this contagion effect adds up across the banking sector and how it can be estimated empirically using balance sheet data. We compute bank exposures to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 May 2020
  • In Practice

Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On

all possible ways. Pin down whatever balance sheet strengthening, if any, that can be attained. Keep a realistic, but positive public demeanor. Fear is contagious. Naidoo: Use the Agile approach to stay... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 10 Mar 2015
  • Research & Ideas

The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution

three-part interview with Harvard Business School Marketing professors Rajiv Lal and José B. Alvarez, they discuss who is winning this revolution and which brands appear to be losing ground. Sean Silverthorne: Among the retailers you have found to be most successful in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail
  • 21 Jul 2010
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation

institutions that did not contribute to the recent crisis? Whatever the impact, regulators also have to be careful not to be "fighting the last war." Today, we face a new battle. The household and government sectors are... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 03 Apr 2006
  • Research & Ideas

The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance

and James R. Hines Jr. to exploit the unique opportunity provided by confidential, government-collected data on U.S. multinationals. This source effectively provides income statements and balance sheets for... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services
  • 21 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 21, 2009

Case 709-017 Despite a tradition of high household savings, Japan has supported a dynamic and technically sophisticated consumer-lending sector. The high profitability of the sector has periodically attracted interest from domestic banks... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 May 2014
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First Look: May 20

the deflation that had plagued Japan since around 2000 and to increase the Japanese growth rate. The first of this three-pronged approach consisted of appointing a central bank governor who committed himself to raising the inflation rate and who vastly expanded the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 6

now a dynamic and growing business that attracts the best and the brightest. It is tempting to declare the industry a roaring success. But its purpose is to serve the needs of U.S. households and firms, and by this standard its... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

themselves by dutifully pumping all their profits back into the firm. By 1986, RCA's balance sheet was in shambles, and its consumer electronics division and NBC were sold to General Electric. The company... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
  • 05 May 2009
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First Look: May 5, 2009

examination of how changes in a firm's performance and position are communicated to key external stakeholders in an effort to retain their confidence, while market conditions worsen, the balance sheet... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 23, 2008

  Working PapersIf You Are So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich? The Effects of Education, Financial Literacy and Cognitive Ability on Financial Market Participation Authors:Shawn A. Cole and Gauri Kartini Shastry Abstract Household financial... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 6, 2007

balance sheet instead of raising our cash dividends or buying back shares?; Do we have the optimal capital structure, with the lowest weighted after-tax cost of total capital, including debt and equity?; Do... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Nov 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success

time a spinout firm went public. In this way, it would not need to consolidate the firm in its balance sheet (i.e., it would not need to include the company's equity on its View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
  • 18 Dec 2018
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New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018

accounting and discuss the intended purposes of the balance sheet and income statement (with particular attention to net income). Students will also have a chance to review the business model of Berkshire... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Jun 2009
  • News

Too Big To Fail

mortgage brokers, hedge funds, private-equity funds, off-balance sheet structured-investment vehicles, and a booming market in opaque derivatives, especially credit-default swaps, he continues. By the summer of 2007, the Treasury... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; federal bailouts; Credit Intermediation and Related Activities; Finance
  • 01 Nov 2011
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First Look: Nov. 1

strongest predictors of entry, with labor laws and household banking quality also playing important roles. Looking at the district-industry level, we find extensive evidence of agglomeration economies among manufacturing industries. In... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Research, April 25

responded to changes in OTA and streaming options. We find little evidence of households weighing relative content offerings/quality when choosing their means of video provision during the timespan of our data. This last finding has... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

emerging market corporate balance sheet indicators have not deteriorated to AFC crisis-country levels. However, more countries are close to or in the “vulnerable” range of Altman’s Z-score, and average... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel