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  • January 2004 (Revised August 2004)
  • Supplement

Innovation at the Treasury: Treasury Inflation-Protection Securities (B)

By: Kenneth A. Froot, Peter A. Hecht and Christopher Edward James Payton
In 1997, the U.S. Treasury was deciding whether to proceed with a proposal to issue inflation-indexed bonds. This case explores the challenges facing innovation in the financial markets as the Treasury tries to determine whether to introduce Treasury... View Details
Keywords: Inflation; Innovation; Federal Government; Securities; Financial Instruments; Inflation and Deflation; Financial Markets; Government and Politics; Financial Institutions; Innovation and Invention; United States
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    Robert C. Merton

    Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

    Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

    Keywords: financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services
    • March 2009 (Revised February 2011)
    • Background Note

    Note: Fair Value Accounting for Investments in Debt Securities

    By: William E. Fruhan
    The note describes how fair value accounting applies to debt securities that are classified by financial institutions as (1) "trading" securities, (2) "available for sale" securities, or (3) "hold to maturity" securities. It explains the hierarchy for inputs used in... View Details
    Keywords: Fair Value Accounting; Financial Reporting; Assets; Debt Securities; Investment
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    • TeachingInterests

    Finance I

    By: Archie L. Jones

    This course examines the role of finance in supporting the functional areas of a firm, and fosters an understanding of how financial decisions themselves can create value.

    Topics covered include:

    • 15 Dec 2016
    • News

    Trump must see that small business is the engine of America

    • September 2018 (Revised January 2020)
    • Case

    Apple Pay and Mobile Payments in Australia (A)

    By: Feng Zhu, Susan Athey and David Lane
    In summer 2016, four of Australia’s top five banks petitioned regulators for permission to bargain collectively with Apple over the terms under which they would support its digital wallet, Apple Pay. They argued that doing so would force concessions from Apple that... View Details
    Keywords: Payment Methods; Mobile Payment; Apple; Banks and Banking; Cooperation; Problems and Challenges; Policy; Digital Platforms; Banking Industry; Australia
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    Executive Education: Leading Growth through Customer Centricity — India

    By: Rajiv Lal

    Establishing a strategic advantage in India's highly competitive marketplace requires a systemic shift in focus—away from selling products and toward meeting the needs of customers. But how many companies are prepared to carry out such fundamental change? By... View Details

    • 21 Feb 2008
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Do Legal Origins Have Persistent Effects Over Time? A Look at Law and Finance around the World c. 1900

    Keywords: by Aldo Musacchio; Legal Services
    • Video

    What's Behind China's Wild Stock Ride?

    • August 2017 (Revised November 2017)
    • Case

    Accounting for Political Risk at AES

    By: Gerardo Pérez Cavazos and Suraj Srinivasan
    As a global energy generating company, AES frequently faces challenges from political changes and instability. This is exacerbated by the fact that in many instances AES' primary customer is the government, which is also in charge of law-making. For example, AES'... View Details
    Keywords: Political Risk; Asset Impairment; Risk Factors; Fair Value; Fair Value Accounting; Financial Reporting; Financial Statements; Energy Industry; Bulgaria; Dominican Republic; United States; Venezuela
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    • October 1987 (Revised September 1992)
    • Case

    Hurricane Island Outward Bound School

    Hurricane Island Outward Bound, a small, nonprofit school that helped pioneer experiential education in the United States, has recently recovered from a financial crisis. Students take the role of the school's new marketing manager, who is preparing his first marketing... View Details
    Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Nonprofit Organizations; Marketing Strategy; Education; Education Industry; United States
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    • June 2013
    • Article

    Are There Too Many Safe Securities? Securitization and the Incentives for Information Production

    By: Samuel G. Hanson and Adi Sunderam
    We present a model that helps explain several past collapses of securitization markets. Originators issue too many informationally insensitive securities in good times, blunting investor incentives to become informed. The resulting endogenous scarcity of informed... View Details
    Keywords: Information; Debt Securities; Financial Crisis
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    • 11 Jan 2017
    • Research & Ideas

    The Paradoxical Quest to Make Food Look 'Natural' With Artificial Dyes

    Historians.) Hisano’s paper looks at how industry players and regulators collectively decided what any given food is supposed to look like—and redefined the marketing meaning of “natural.” The quest for... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
    • October 2023
    • Case

    Leading Transformation at IHCL

    By: Krishna G. Palepu, V.G. Narayanan and Malini Sen
    In November 2017, Puneet Chhatwal, took charge as MD and CEO of IHCL, popularly referred to as the Taj Hotels. Despite being India’s largest hospitality company by market capitalization and respected for its values and service, IHCL had made losses for the last seven... View Details
    Keywords: Turn Around Management; Hospitality Industry; Brand Management; Financial Strategy; Business Model; Restructuring; Asset Management; Leadership Style; Crisis Management; Brands and Branding; Product Positioning; Segmentation; Asia; India
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    • July 2007 (Revised November 2007)
    • Case

    Leasing Computers at Persistent Learning

    Newly public Persistent Learning is acquiring vital computer assets. They need to determine how the lease or purchase decision will impact their financial statements, and how the market will react given previously forecast earnings and competitor's accounting. View Details
    Keywords: Information Infrastructure; Financial Statements; Leasing
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    • January 2009
    • Supplement

    The Tip of the Iceberg: JP Morgan Chase and Bear Stearns (B2)

    By: Clayton S. Rose, Daniel Baird Bergstresser and David Lane
    Bear Stearns & Co burned through nearly all of its $18 billion in cash reserves during the week of March 10, 2008, and an unprecedented provision of liquidity support from the Federal Reserve on Friday March 13 was insufficient to reverse the decline in Bear's... View Details
    Keywords: Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Capital; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financial Liquidity; Banks and Banking; Governance; Crisis Management; Goals and Objectives; System; Valuation; New York (state, US)
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    • March 2012
    • Article

    How to Make Finance Work

    By: Robin Greenwood and David S. Scharfstein
    Once a sleepy old boys' club, the U.S. financial sector is 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... View Details
    Keywords: Business Ventures; Value; Competitive Advantage; Investment; Performance Evaluation; Household; Financial Crisis; Finance; Financial Services Industry; United States
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    • January 2004 (Revised June 2004)
    • Case

    Innovation at the Treasury: Treasury Inflation-Protection Securities (A)

    By: Kenneth A. Froot, Peter A. Hecht and Christopher Edward James Payton
    In 1997, the U.S. Treasury was deciding whether to proceed with a proposal to issue inflation-indexed bonds. This case explores the challenges facing innovation in the financial markets as the Treasury tries to determine whether to introduce Treasury... View Details
    Keywords: Inflation; Innovation; Federal Government; Securities; Debt Securities; Risk Management; Bonds; Investment Portfolio; Capital Markets; Inflation and Deflation; Government and Politics; Innovation and Invention; United States
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      Wenxin Du

      Wenxin Du is a Professor of Finance and the Sylvan C. Coleman Professor of Financial Management at the Harvard Business School. She studies global currency and fixed income markets, central banking, financial... View Details

      • November 2010 (Revised October 2011)
      • Case

      Oriflame S.A. (A)

      By: David F. Hawkins, Karol Misztal and Daniela Beyersdorfer
      A direct-selling cosmetics company involved in emerging markets exhibits significant foreign exchange risk exposure and profitability swings in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Students must review the company's use of derivative instruments and other hedging... View Details
      Keywords: Accounting; Financial Crisis; Currency Exchange Rate; Financial Strategy; Investment; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Risk Management; Emerging Markets; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
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