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Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Bubbles for Fama By: Robin Greenwood , Andrei Shleifer & Yang You FEB 2017 Authors Greenwood, Shleifer, and You evaluate Eugene Fama's claim that stock markets do not exhibit price bubbles using US and international stock return data.... View Details
  • 30 Apr 2024
  • Book

When Managers Set Unrealistic Expectations, Employees Cut Ethical Corners

Bridgestone/Firestone (2000), related party transactions and accounting fraud at Enron (2001), accounting fraud at WorldCom (2002), corrupt payments at Siemens (2007), mortgage lending abuses at Countrywide Financial (2006) and Wall... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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The Forgotten Real Estate Boom - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

of our current subprime mortgage collapse, economists and historians interested in the role of real estate markets in past financial crises are reexamining the relationship of the first asset-price bubble of... View Details
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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

management, core investment, and portfolio committees. He has been in the private equity industry since earning his JD/MBA at HLS and HBS. Ellen is the director of marketing for Gong Cha Global, a bubble tea franchisor; she previously... View Details
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Bankruptcy | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

stagnant. By 2007, declining home prices and rising rates on adjustable rate mortgages triggered a wave of foreclosures, causing devastation to millions of Americans. Firms like Lehman Brothers pursued an aggressive strategy of borrowing... View Details
  • 17 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 17, 2009

Mae. Fannie Mae was a Depression-era creation that was charged with establishing a secondary market for home loans. By purchasing qualifying residential mortgages from individual home loan issuers, Fannie... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Finance - Faculty & Research

Article Expectations of Returns and Expected Returns By: Robin Greenwood and Andrei Shleifer We analyze time-series of investor expectations of future stock market returns from six data sources between 1963 and 2011. The six measures of... View Details
  • 07 Jul 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Innovation Corrupted: How Managers Can Avoid Another Enron

officer Ken Lay made him president of Enron's new trading operations. In 2001, Skilling was named CEO. Before 1997, Enron was an innovative and profitable player in the newly deregulated natural gas industry. Skilling's big idea was to create fluid and transparent... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities
  • 01 Jun 2023
  • HBS Case

A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?

the 1930s, the federal government created color-coded maps that “redlined” predominantly Black neighborhoods, warning lenders that these red areas were considered at high risk for default. Furthermore, the Federal Housing Authority refused to insure View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Apparel & Accessories
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details

  • 09 Feb 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 9

Transforming Public Education: Cases in Education Entrepreneurship. Winning in Emerging Markets: A Road Map for Strategy and Execution Authors:Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu, and Richard Bullock Publication:Harvard Business Press, forthcoming April Abstract The best... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Leadership Transitions | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

heavily in derivatives in the form of subprime mortgages that yielded unprecedented profits. In the early 2000s, Lehman Brothers bought five mortgage lenders, including subprime lender BNC View Details
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Buy Now, Pay Later: Introduction

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Introduction Credit in Pre-Industrial Society Credit and the Market Economy: The Rise of... View Details
  • 28 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 28, 2009

against large upfront investment, uncertain market demand, and the complication that the product might face legal challenges. Purchase this case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208072 Gucci Group in 2009... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Mar 2010
  • Op-Ed

A Golden Opportunity for Ford and GM

recalled almost 9 million vehicles—more than the entire number it sold the past three years. The irony is that Toyota gained significant market share in the past decade at the expense of its American competitors by offering superior... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George; Auto
  • 13 Aug 2012
  • Research & Ideas

When Good Incentives Lead to Bad Decisions

Among the culprits contributing to the recent financial crisis were bank loan officers who approved mortgage loans that were doomed to fail. Many of these frontline workers were motivated by bonuses and other incentives to approve... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking
  • 04 May 2009
  • Research & Ideas

What’s Next for the Big Financial Brands

(Editor's note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge.) Recent news... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch; Banking; Financial Services
  • 20 Dec 2006
  • Op-Ed

Investors Hurt by Dual-Track Tax Reporting

mortgage application differently. Indeed, research shows just that: Corporate tax avoidance is not valued by the market unless the firms are well-governed. The actors in various corporate scandals, including... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir Desai
  • 16 Feb 2016
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February 16, 2016

funds' holdings of securitizations to examine which investors are susceptible to such boom-time thinking. We show that firsthand experience plays a key role in shaping investors' beliefs. During the 2003–2007 mortgage boom, inexperienced... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 May 2009
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First Look: May 19, 2009

  Working PapersDon't Just Survive—Thrive: Leading Innovation in Good Times and Bad (revised) Authors:Lynda M. Applegate and Bruce Harreld Abstract Battered by contracting markets and frozen credit, many businesses today are fighting for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace