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Is High School the Right Time to Teach Self-control? The Effect of Financial Education and Mathematics Courses on Savings Behavior
By: Shawn A. Cole and Gauri Kartini Shastry
Household financial behavior affects household welfare and the economy at large. Yet our understanding of how to improve financial decisions is limited. Recent literature and policy attention have focused on financial education, for example, in high school. We use... View Details
Keywords: Saving; Financial Management; Secondary Education; Behavior; Decision Choices and Conditions; Personal Finance; Household
Cole, Shawn A., and Gauri Kartini Shastry. "Is High School the Right Time to Teach Self-control? The Effect of Financial Education and Mathematics Courses on Savings Behavior." June 2010.
- March 2013
- Case
NovaStar Financial: A Short Seller's Battle
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Amy Kaser
The NovaStar case describes the challenges faced by short seller Marc Cohodes of hedge fund Rocker Partners as he tried to expose what he thought was widespread fraud in mortgage lender NovaStar Financial. The case is set in the time period from 2001 to 2007 and tracks... View Details
Keywords: Short Selling; Financial Accounting; Financial Analysis; Financial Analysts; Valuation; Business Analysis; Financial Statement Analysis; Financial Statements; Securitization; Securities Analysis; Fraud; Accounting Quality; Accounting Red Flags; Accounting Restatements; Hedge Fund; Hedge Funds; Accounting Scandal; Accounting Fraud; Financial Crisis; Financial Intermediaries; Financial Firms; Corporate Accountability; Subprime Lending; Mortgage Lending; Accounting; Accrual Accounting; Fair Value Accounting; Governance; Governance Compliance; Corporate Governance; Governance Controls; Financial Services Industry; United States; California
Srinivasan, Suraj, and Amy Kaser. "NovaStar Financial: A Short Seller's Battle." Harvard Business School Case 113-120, March 2013.
- December 26, 2014
- Article
Mergers & Acquisitions: Before a Merger, Consider Company Cultures Along with Financials
By: David G. Fubini
Not everything can be accounted for on a spreadsheet. View Details
Keywords: Mergers & Acquisitions; Leadership; Organizational Culture; Mergers and Acquisitions; Accounting
Fubini, David G. "Mergers & Acquisitions: Before a Merger, Consider Company Cultures Along with Financials." Harvard Business Review (website) (December 26, 2014).
- July 1996
- Article
A New Statement of Financial Performance in 1997: The Comprehensive Income Approach
By: David F. Hawkins
Hawkins, David F. "A New Statement of Financial Performance in 1997: The Comprehensive Income Approach." Accounting Bulletin, no. 38 (July 1996).
- Article
Pricing and Financial Resources: An Analysis of the Disk Drive Industry, 1980-88
By: J. Lerner
Lerner, J. "Pricing and Financial Resources: An Analysis of the Disk Drive Industry, 1980-88." Review of Economics and Statistics 77, no. 4 (November 1995): 585–598. (Symposium on Hedonic Methods in Industrial Economics.)
- July 2003
- Article
Freddie Mac Restatement: New and Unexpected Financial Institution Accounting Quality Concern Raised
By: David Hawkins
Hawkins, David. "Freddie Mac Restatement: New and Unexpected Financial Institution Accounting Quality Concern Raised." Accounting Bulletin, no. 121 (July 2003).
- 24 May 2021
- News
The First Step of Searching for a Financial Adviser: Trust No One
- October 2012
- Case
Dispensers of California, Inc.
By: David A. Wilson and David Hawkins
An investor seeking capital must prepare projected financial statements for a new business. View Details
- 22 Sep 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
The Task and Temporal Microstructure of Productivity: Evidence from Japanese Financial Services
- 2017
- Chapter
Non-Standard Monetary Policy and Financial Stability: Developing an Appropriate Macrofinancial Policy Mix
By: Huw Pill and Lucrezia Reichlin
Pill, Huw, and Lucrezia Reichlin. "Non-Standard Monetary Policy and Financial Stability: Developing an Appropriate Macrofinancial Policy Mix." Chap. 1 in Preparing for the Next Financial Crisis: Policies, Tools and Models, edited by Esa Jokivuolle and Radu Tunaru, 8–25. Cambridge University Press, 2017.
- 2009
- Blog
Harvard Business Online—Marketing Know:How: How Financial Brands Should Market In a Recession
By: John A. Quelch
Quelch, John A. "How Financial Brands Should Market In a Recession." Harvard Business Online—Marketing Know:How (blog). April 15, 2009. https://hbr.org/2009/04/how-financial-brands-should-ma.
- Article
A Proposal for Expensing Employee Compensatory Stock Options for Financial Reporting Purposes
By: Peter Hancock, Roberto G. Mendoza and Robert C. Merton
Hancock, Peter, Roberto G. Mendoza, and Robert C. Merton. "A Proposal for Expensing Employee Compensatory Stock Options for Financial Reporting Purposes." Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 17, no. 3 (Summer 2005): 95–101.
- Article
Does Legal Enforcement Affect Financial Transactions?: The Contractual Channel in Private Equity
By: Josh Lerner and Antoinette Schoar
Lerner, Josh, and Antoinette Schoar. "Does Legal Enforcement Affect Financial Transactions?: The Contractual Channel in Private Equity." Quarterly Journal of Economics 120, no. 1 (February 2005): 223–246. (Earlier version distributed as National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. 10348.)
- First Quarter 2005
- Article
The Design of Financial Systems: Towards a Synthesis of Function and Structure
By: Robert C. Merton and Zvi Bodie
Merton, Robert C., and Zvi Bodie. "The Design of Financial Systems: Towards a Synthesis of Function and Structure." Journal of Investment Management 3, no. 1 (First Quarter 2005): 1–23. (Was Harvard Business School Working Paper No. 02-074, 2002.) (Reprinted in Chinese in Journal of Comparative Studies, Issue 17, March 2005.)
- 07 May 2021
- News
From Dutch Tulips to Internet Stocks, How to Spot a Financial Bubble
- September 1990
- Article
The Role of Banks in Reducing the Costs of Financial Distress in Japan
By: David S. Scharfstein, Takeo Hoshi and Anil Kashyap
Scharfstein, David S., Takeo Hoshi, and Anil Kashyap. "The Role of Banks in Reducing the Costs of Financial Distress in Japan." Journal of Financial Economics 27, no. 1 (September 1990): 67–88.
- September 2013
- Case
The Case of the Unidentified Industries—2013
By: Mihir A. Desai, William E. Fruhan Jr. and Elizabeth A. Meyer
Helps students to understand how the characteristics of a business are reflected in its financial statements. This case consists of an exercise in which students are given balance sheet data in percentage form and other selected financial data for companies in 14... View Details
Keywords: Financial Management; Accounting Statements; Ratio Analysis; Financial Statements; Finance
Desai, Mihir A., William E. Fruhan Jr., and Elizabeth A. Meyer. "The Case of the Unidentified Industries—2013." Harvard Business School Case 214-028, September 2013.
- 20 Mar 2024
The Value of an MBA in Professional Services: Consulting, Financial Services, and Private Equity
For professionals in the realms of consulting, finance, or private equity or for those aspiring to careers in these areas, we extend an invitation to join a compelling panel discussion featuring HBS students and alumni. Discover how diverse experiences in these dynamic... View Details
- Teaching Interest
Overview
By: Ethan C. Rouen
Professor Rouen teaches the Elective Curriculum course Reimaging Capitalism. View Details