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  • October 2008 (Revised October 2009)
  • Case

New Century Financial Corporation

By: Krishna G. Palepu, Suraj Srinivasan and Aldo Sesia
After years of rapid growth and stock price appreciation, New Century Financial Corporation, one of the largest subprime loan originators in the U.S., reported accounting problems in early 2007. The resulting liquidity crisis forced the company to file for Chapter 11... View Details
Keywords: Accounting Audits; Financial Reporting; Business Model; Financial Crisis; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Mortgages; Financial Services Industry; United States
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  • 28 Jul 2009
  • First Look

First Look: July 28

are deciding whether to refinance their home less than two years after taking out an initial mortgage and a subsequent home equity line of credit. Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/209043-PDF-ENG How Institutional... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Jul 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Time to Rethink the Corporate Tax System?

tax obligations. Q: You mentioned the dual-book system. Why are firms allowed to report their profits in two different ways to capital markets and tax authorities? A: It is a curious system. Imagine if you were allowed to report income to the IRS in one way and on your... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
  • Article

Network Effects in the Governance of Strategic Alliances

We argue that the stock of prior alliances between participants in the biotechnology sector forms a network that serves as a governance mechanism in interfirm transactions. To test how this network substitutes for other governance mechanisms, we examine how equity... View Details
Keywords: Network Effects; Governance; Strategy; Alliances; Stocks; Market Transactions; Equity; Mortgages; Biotechnology Industry
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  • 20 Jan 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Risky Business with Structured Finance

become all too clear. The pooling and repackaging of economic assets such as loans, bonds, and mortgages resulted in enormous yields for many investors—until, one day, they didn't. "The Economics of Structured Finance," a... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Financial Services
  • 08 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 8, 2008

serve as a new source of funds for mortgage lenders. The proposal was controversial, however. Opponents disliked the fact that the Federal Building Loan Banks would have the authority to issue tax-free, mortgage-backed bonds, and many... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • April 2010
  • Case

The Credit Crisis of 2008: An Overview

By: V.G. Narayanan, Fabrizio Ferri and Lisa Brem
This case examines the causes and consequences of the credit crisis of 2008 from a national and global perspective and explores the actions taken and proposed by the U.S. and European governments. View Details
Keywords: Credit; Financial Crisis; Crisis Management; Risk Management; Globalized Economies and Regions; Global Strategy; Mortgages; Performance Effectiveness; Financial Services Industry; United States
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  • 17 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: January 17

U.S. Home Mortgages Author:Robert C. Pozen Publication:Chap. 3 in The Future of Housing Finance, 26-65. Brookings Institution Press, 2011 Abstract This chapter analyzes the various forms of federal programs to support home mortgages-both... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • February 1997 (Revised March 1998)
  • Case

Smith Breeden Associates: The Equity Plus Fund (A)

By: Robert C. Merton and Alberto Moel
In early 1997, Smith Breeden Associates, a money management and consulting firm, was pondering the future of the Equity Plus Fund. The Equity Plus Fund was an S&P enhanced-index fund that tried to outperform the S&P Index by replicating the index using low-cost... View Details
Keywords: Assets; Cash; Financial Markets; Financial Strategy; Mortgages; Investment Funds; Investment Portfolio; Marketing; Performance; Consulting Industry
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  • 01 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 1, 2008

b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=108055 U.S. Subprime Mortgage Crisis: Policy Reactions Harvard Business School Case 708-036 By March 2008, the U.S. Government and the U.S. Federal Reserve Board had taken various policy measures over... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • June 2011
  • Teaching Note

Freddie Mac: Managing in Conservatorship (TN)

By: Robert Steven Kaplan
Teaching Note for 411048. View Details
Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Leadership; Operations; Housing; Price; Ownership Stake; Framework; Mortgages; Organizational Culture; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Financial Services Industry; United States
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  • 03 Oct 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?

share of mortgages through Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Housing Administration, and the Federal Reserve buys most of the securities guaranteed by these entities. Congress has not yet agreed on a system with a better balance of... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Banking; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate
  • 21 Aug 2012
  • First Look

First Look: August 21

Srinivasan, and Ian CornellHarvard Business School Case 113-002 The case introduces students to the subprime mortgage industry and helps to understand the business model and how economics transactions of subprime View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 17, 2009

mortgage lender are considering how to bring the bank's restructuring to a successful conclusion as the country's economy continues to suffer from the impact of the 2001-2002 currency crisis and default. As the bank's competitors, many of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Mar 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Marketing Your Way Through a Recession

Editor's Note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge. The signs of an imminent recession are all around us. The spillover from... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
  • 02 Nov 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Shareholders Need a Say on Pay

objective function from government in that sense." Ferri points out that when the economy was doing well, for example, shareholders had a healthy appetite for the sort of risk-taking that contributed to the subprime mortgage crisis.... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services
  • 07 Aug 2009
  • What Do You Think?

Why Can’t Americans Get Health Care Right?

that it will require Government subsidy while providing price leadership under a nonprofit cover, will over time drive most if not all health care to the public option (as happened with home mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac),... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Health
  • 08 Feb 2018
  • Op-Ed

What’s Missing From the Debate About Trump’s Tax Plan

those who claim them, while cuts to mortgage interest and state and local tax deductions can be seen as efforts to get the government out of the business of distorting prices. “Discussing values gives the country the opportunity to choose... View Details
Keywords: by Matthew Weinzierl
  • 21 Jan 2014
  • First Look

First Look: January 21

competition intensity need not improve consumer privacy when consumers exhibit low willingness to pay. Our findings are particularly relevant to the business models of Internet firms and contribute to inform the regulatory debate on consumer privacy. August 2013... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Sep 2009
  • Research & Ideas

The Height Tax, and Other New Ways to Think about Taxation

reforms seem unlikely, but we are missing a large opportunity by avoiding them. In general, I hesitate to pass judgment on our tax system as a whole. My intuition is that tax theorists have as much or more to learn from existing policies than do policymakers from tax... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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