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- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
for finance professionals striving to make well-informed financial decisions. Political homogeneity creates potential risks in the workplace. When decision-makers share the same political views, they View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- November 2002 (Revised February 2009)
- Teaching Note
Value Retail (TN)
By: Arthur I Segel and Ani M Vartanian
Teaching Note for (9-803-008). View Details
- 30 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 30, 2007
pre-specified limit. Mr. Sattaiah, managing director of the BASIX's bank, considers a revised insurance policy for the coming season, weighing the costs and potential risks of expanding the product against the potential benefits. Purchase... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
management. This would reduce the danger of an expectations gap opening around particular risk management approaches that are adequate for certain banks but remain ill-suited for others. Finance and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Article
Debt Maturity: Is Long-Term Debt Optimal?
By: Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk
We model and calibrate the arguments in favor and against short-term and long-term debt. These arguments broadly include: maturity premium, sustainability, and service smoothing. We use a dynamic equilibrium model with tax distortions and government... View Details
Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Investment Return; Development Economics; Taxation; Risk and Uncertainty; Cost; Interest Rates; Developing Countries and Economies; Welfare; United States; Brazil
Alfaro, Laura, and Fabio Kanczuk. "Debt Maturity: Is Long-Term Debt Optimal?" Review of International Economics 17, no. 5 (November 2009): 890–905. (Also Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 06-005 and NBER Working Paper No. 13119.)
- 12 Sep 2007
- Op-Ed
Building Sandcastles: The Subprime Adventure
the subprime lenders—willing to take the risk on riskier borrowers, for a price. Thus far the tale testifies to America's entrepreneurial spirit. New mortgage banks specializing in subprime loans sprang up. Their panoply of products... View Details
- 02 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Is 'Gut Feel' a Good Reason to Invest in a Startup?
risk-laden process, and they want to feel like they are guided by their expertise,” she says. Syncopated investors manage risk by feeling like they are willingly making the choice to invest. “They feel like this is a fun endeavor that... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
INK: Big News for Small Business
photo by Susan Young I also believe this will decrease risk for lenders, which will lower the cost of capital and create a virtuous cycle. Community banks, in particular, could be big winners: Imagine if they introduced these fintech... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- Article
Spanning the Institutional Abyss: The Intergovernmental Network and the Governance of Foreign Direct Investment
By: Juan Alcacer and Paul Ingram
Global economic transactions such as foreign direct investment must extend over an institutional abyss between the jurisdiction, and therefore protection, of the states involved. Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), whose members are states, represent an important... View Details
Keywords: Globalization; Market Transactions; Foreign Direct Investment; Government and Politics; Risk and Uncertainty; Networks; Culture; Complexity; Public Administration Industry
Alcacer, Juan, and Paul Ingram. "Spanning the Institutional Abyss: The Intergovernmental Network and the Governance of Foreign Direct Investment." American Journal of Sociology 118, no. 4 (January 2013).
- 13 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 13
opportunity finds it attractive to underinvest, thereby behaving as if the investor faces a lower quality investment opportunity. This is particularly interesting, as prior research in finance literature has shown that firms will... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- December 1979
- Article
Liquidity Preference under Uncertainty
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Richard F. Meyer
Baldwin, Carliss Y., and Richard F. Meyer. "Liquidity Preference under Uncertainty." Journal of Financial Economics 7, no. 4 (December 1979).
- September 2001
- Technical Note
Technical Note on Consideration: Floors, Caps, and Collars
As equity-linked consideration has become more popular in acquisition and alliances, so has the use of the "price-protection" mechanisms, known variously as floors, caps, and collars. In general, these are contractual agreements that provide insurance to the... View Details
Baldwin, Carliss Y. "Technical Note on Consideration: Floors, Caps, and Collars." Harvard Business School Technical Note 902-056, September 2001.
- November 1983
- Article
On the Problems of Applying Ramsey Pricing to the Railroad Industry with Uncertain Demand Elasticities
By: William B. Tye and Dutch Leonard
Tye, William B., and Dutch Leonard. "On the Problems of Applying Ramsey Pricing to the Railroad Industry with Uncertain Demand Elasticities." Transportation Research Part A: General 17, no. 6 (November 1983).
- February 1982 (Revised March 1984)
- Case
Travelers Investment Management Co.
By: David E. Bell
Bell, David E. "Travelers Investment Management Co." Harvard Business School Case 182-210, February 1982. (Revised March 1984.)
- 2017
- Article
Agricultural Insurance and Economic Development
By: Shawn A. Cole and Wentao Xiong
This article provides a review of recent research on agricultural insurance (AI) in developing countries. Agricultural producers face a variety of significant risks; historically, only government-subsidized products have achieved widespread adoption. A recent... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Insurance; Developing Countries and Economies; Adoption; Risk Management; Research; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Cole, Shawn A., and Wentao Xiong. "Agricultural Insurance and Economic Development." Annual Review of Economics 9 (2017): 235–262.
- 19 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Activist Board Members Increase Firm’s Market Value
possible that some activist hedge funds go through the trouble of taking concentrated risk for an extended time only when they believe they have good ideas for improving the firm's performance. If this is true, and if they are sometimes... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- March 2010 (Revised December 2010)
- Case
Danatbank
By: David A. Moss, Cole Bolton and Andrew Novo
In the summer of 1931, Germany was struggling with a deepening economic crisis. Production had fallen, unemployment was high, and bank deposits and gold were being withdrawn from the country at a rapid pace, threatening the value of the German mark. The country's third... View Details
Keywords: History; Risk Management; Business History; Capital Markets; Financial Crisis; Banks and Banking; Business and Government Relations; Banking Industry; Germany
Moss, David A., Cole Bolton, and Andrew Novo. "Danatbank." Harvard Business School Case 710-059, March 2010. (Revised December 2010.)
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Pitfalls, Trade-Offs, Dreaming Big
money risk handicapping their venture if money dwindles or dries up completely. On the other hand, founders who accept funding risk losing control of their venture since there’s almost always an amount of... View Details
- June 1996
- Article
Risk-Based Capital Requirements and the Riskiness of Bank Portfolios
By: Brian J. Hall and Steven R. Grenadier
Hall, Brian J., and Steven R. Grenadier. "Risk-Based Capital Requirements and the Riskiness of Bank Portfolios." Regional Science and Urban Economics 26 (June 1996): 433–64.
- 06 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School Announces 2024 Goldsmith Fellows
effort to create a network of individuals committed to working in social enterprise. The 2024 Goldsmith Fellows are: Princess Aghayere. Princess is co-founder and director of finance for Rebound Liberia, a nonprofit organization dedicated... View Details