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Managerial Decision Analysis

By: David E. Bell
David E. Bell and Arthur Schleifer, Jr. are concluding a multiyear project aimed at producing more field-oriented case material for the Managerial Economics course, specifically, materials on decision, data, and risk analysis. A series of case- and textbooks (with... View Details
  • October 1994 (Revised November 1995)
  • Case

N.V. Philips Electronics - Currency Hedging Policies

By: Richard F. Meyer
Describes Philips Electronics' policies and problems relating to foreign exchange risk and hedging. Explains centralization versus decentralization of currency hedging, economic role versus transaction role, the difficulties of capturing the necessary information... View Details
Keywords: Business Divisions; Currency Exchange Rate; International Finance; Globalization; Policy; Information Management; Management; Problems and Challenges; Risk and Uncertainty
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    Meg Rithmire

    Meg Rithmire is the James E. Robison Professor in the Business, Government, and International Economy Unit. Professor Rithmire holds a PhD in Government from Harvard University, and her primary expertise is in the comparative political economy of development with a... View Details

    Keywords: real estate
    • August 2023
    • Article

    Can Security Design Foster Household Risk-Taking?

    By: Laurent Calvet, Claire Célérier, Paolo Sodini and Boris Vallée
    This paper shows that securities with a non-linear payoff design can foster household risk-taking. We demonstrate this effect empirically by exploiting the introduction of capital guarantee products in Sweden from 2002 to 2007. The fast and broad adoption of these... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Innovation; Household Finance; Structured Products; Stock Market Participation; Finance; Innovation and Invention; Household; Personal Finance; Risk and Uncertainty; Behavior; Market Participation
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    • 29 May 2018
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018

    February 2018 Journal of Accounting & Economics Bank CEO Materialism: Risk Controls, Culture and Tail Risk By: Bushman, Robert, Robert Davidson, Aiyesha Dey, and Abbie... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • 23 Jan 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    After High-Profile Failures, Can Investors Still Trust Credit Ratings?

    During the financial crisis of 2008, major credit rating agencies faced sharp criticism for failing to recognize and warn of the risks of emerging instruments like mortgage-backed securities. Since that time, the results of a new study... View Details
    Keywords: by Ben Rand
    • November 1995 (Revised April 1996)
    • Case

    ENTel and the Privatization of Argentine Telecommunications

    By: Willis M. Emmons III
    Growing fiscal deficits, persistent economic recession, and underinvestment in the nation's telecommunications infrastructure lead the Argentine government to privatize its state-owned monopoly provider of telecommunications services, ENTel, in late 1990. The... View Details
    Keywords: Opportunities; Risk and Uncertainty; Communication Technology; Privatization; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Competition; Development Economics; Policy; Government and Politics; Performance Effectiveness; Telecommunications Industry; Argentina
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      Nien-he Hsieh

      Nien-hê Hsieh is the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration in the General Management Unit at Harvard Business School. His research and teaching aims at helping business leaders and organizations determine and deliver on their responsibilities. He... View Details

        Forest L. Reinhardt

        Forest L. Reinhardt is the John D. Black Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and HBS’s Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Promotions and Tenure.

        Professor Reinhardt is interested in the relationships between market and nonmarket... View Details

        Keywords: agribusiness; agriculture; beverage; biotechnology; chemical; energy; federal government; food; food processing; forest products; nonprofit industry; oil ＆ gas; paper; petroleum; tourism; transportation
        • Fall 2022
        • Article

        China's Political Economy and International Backlash: From Interdependence to Security Dilemma Dynamics

        By: Margaret Pearson, Meg Rithmire and Kellee Tsai
        Contrary to expectations that economic interdependence might lessen security conflict between China and the U.S. and its allies, much of the contestation between China and several OECD countries has focused on firms and economic links. This paper explains the... View Details
        Keywords: Globalized Markets and Industries; Government and Politics; Information Technology; China
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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: banking; brokerage; financial services; insurance industry; investment banking industry; retail financial services
          • January – March 2012
          • Article

          Bond Risk, Bond Return Volatility, and the Term Structure of Interest Rates

          By: Luis M. Viceira
          This paper explores time variation in bond risk, as measured by the covariation of bond returns with stock returns and with consumption growth, and in the volatility of bond returns. A robust stylized fact in empirical finance is that the spread between the yield on... View Details
          Keywords: Bonds; Volatility; Forecasting and Prediction; Interest Rates; Inflation and Deflation; Investment Return; Risk and Uncertainty; Currency Exchange Rate; Cash Flow; Stocks
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            Eugene F. Soltes

            Eugene Soltes is a Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School where his work focuses on corporate integrity and risk management. His research utilizes data analytics to identify organizational cultures and compliance systems that can effectively... View Details

              Samuel G. Hanson

              Samuel G. Hanson is the William L. White Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a Faculty Affiliate of the Harvard Economics department. He teaches Finance 1... View Details

              Keywords: asset management; banking; brokerage; federal government; financial services; investment banking industry

                Anywhere Sikochi

                Anywhere (Siko) Sikochi is a Berol Corporation Fellow and assistant professor in the Accounting and Management unit, where he teaches the Financial Reporting and Control course in the MBA required curriculum. He is a faculty affiliate to the Gender Initiative at HBS... View Details

                • 2015
                • Working Paper

                The Probability of Rare Disasters: Estimation and Implications

                By: Emil Siriwardane
                I analyze a rare disasters economy that yields a measure of the risk neutral probability of a macroeconomic disaster, p*t. A large panel of options data provides strong evidence that p*t is the single factor driving option-implied jump risk measures in the cross... View Details
                Keywords: Financial Markets; Forecasting and Prediction; Financial Crisis; Macroeconomics
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                • 13 Oct 2013
                • News

                Debt ceiling maneuvering threatens economy, analysts say

                • December 2011 (Revised May 2012)
                • Case

                Heavy Metal (A): Baosteel Enters Brazil

                What is Baosteel, a top Chinese steelmaker, doing in Brazil? The company is responding to the Chinese government's "go global" policy and to the possible rise in iron ore input costs. But steel mills are complex, capital-intensive projects, and Brazil is an emerging... View Details
                Keywords: Global Business; China; Developing Countries; Latin America; Industrial Development; Strategy And Execution; Analysis; Industrial Analysis; Heavy Industry; Country Analysis; Brazil; Economic Analysis; Natural Resources; Infrastructure; Planning; Capacity Planning; Contingency Planning; Demand Planning; Competition; Core Competencies; Corporate Strategy; Strategic Positioning; Five Forces; Bargaining Power Of Suppliers; Globalization; Government and Politics; Policy; Emerging Markets; Foreign Direct Investment; Mining; Steel Industry; Mining Industry; China; Brazil
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                  Benjamin C. Esty

                  Benjamin Esty is the Roy and Elizabeth Simmons Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Over the years, he has taught a variety of courses ranging from advanced corporate finance and project finance to competitive strategy and leadership. He... View Details

                  Keywords: banking; asset management; investment banking industry; consumer products; shipping; wine; financial services
                  • 21 Nov 2022
                  • Research & Ideas

                  Buy Now, Pay Later: How Retail's Hot Feature Hurts Low-Income Shoppers

                  Online shopping features that let consumers pay for goods in interest-free installments exploded during the pandemic, but new research questions the riskiness of such services: Are people getting in over their heads? Buy now, pay later (BNPL) financing has snowballed... View Details
                  Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Retail; Financial Services; Technology