Publications

January 2022 (Revised March 2022)
Module Note

Analysis of Financial and Non-Financial Information for Forecasting Performance

By: Charles C.Y. Wang

This note describes the main themes and cases of a teaching module on the analysis of information from, and outside of, financial statements for forecasting firms’ future financial performance. The module’s pedagogical goal is to deepen students’ understanding of the... View Details

Keywords: Financial Reporting; Performance; Analysis; Valuation; Accounting; Finance

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Payment and Financial Aid - HBS Online

Payment Methods Loans Grants Federal Financial Aid Payment Methods We accept payments via credit card, wire transfer, Western Union, and (when available) bank loan. We also allow you to split your payment across two separate credit card... View Details

2015
Working Paper

Customers and Investors: A Framework for Understanding Financial Institutions

By: Robert C. Merton and Robert T. Thakor

Financial institutions have both investors and customers. Investors, such as those who invest in stocks and bonds or private/public-sector guarantors of institutions, expect an appropriate risk-adjusted return in exchange for the financing and risk-bearing that they... View Details

Keywords: Financial Institutions

December 13, 2000
Article

More New Financial Instrument Rules Proposed

By: David F. Hawkins

Keywords: Financial Instruments; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms

01 Mar 2009
News

The Case for Studying Financial History

HISTORY LESSONS: Ferguson shares his views on the global financial crisis with an attentive crowd at the Harvard Book Store in Cambridge. Professor Niall Ferguson, born in Glasgow and educated at Oxford and Cambridge universities, argues... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; federal bailouts; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

Web

Financial Highlights - Annual Report 2016

Financials Financial Highlights 5-Year Data Summary CFO Letter Financial Highlights Statement of Activity & Cash Flows Consolidated Balance Sheet Supplemental View Details

April 2011
Teaching Note

The Financial Crisis of 2008 (TN)

By: J. Gunnar Trumbull

Teaching Note for 709036. View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis

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August 2018
Article

Pension Policy and the Financial System

By: David S. Scharfstein

9 Oct 2015
Panel Discussion

How Can Culture Improve Financial Stability?

By: Lynn S. Paine

Article

A Functional Perspective of Financial Intermediation

By: Robert C. Merton

Keywords: Finance

January 2010
Teaching Note

The Future of Financial Reporting (TN)

By: Karthik Ramanna

Teaching Note for [110701]. View Details

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23 Jun 1986
Lecture

The Global Integration of Financial Markets

By: W. Carl Kester

Keywords: Markets; Finance; Integration

September 26, 2009
Article

A Better Blueprint for Financial Regulation

By: Robert C. Pozen

Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Finance

18 Sep 2013
News

Unfinished Business From the Financial Crisis

Video

HBS Online Carousel - Financial Accounting

24 Dec 2014
News

Working against Al Qaeda’s financial networks

As president of her own global advisory firm, Celina Realuyo (MBA 2000) has merged business and banking skills to help the US government track down and disarm Al Qaeda since September 11, 2001. (Published December 2014) View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Fostering financial freedom for low-income individuals

Scott Cook (MBA 1976) wants to change lives through initiatives he created as cofounder of Intuit. These include the Intuit Tax Freedom Project, which provides free online tax preparation services for Americans who cannot afford to pay, helping them to file more than... View Details

2024
Working Paper

The Evolution of Financial Services in the United States

By: Robin Greenwood, David S. Scharfstein and Robert Ialenti

This article surveys the literature on the historical growth and transformation of the U.S. financial sector. The sector expanded rapidly between 1980 until 2006, when its contribution to GDP rose from 4.8% to 7.6%. After the Global Financial Crisis, the size of the... View Details