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April 2024
Article

Demand-and-Supply Imbalance Risk and Long-Term Swap Spreads

By: Samuel G. Hanson, Aytek Malkhozov and Gyuri Venter

We develop and test a model in which swap spreads are determined by end users' demand for and constrained intermediaries’ supply of long-term interest rate swaps. Swap spreads reflect compensation both for using scarce intermediary capital and for bearing convergence... View Details

Keywords: Swap Spreads; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Interest Rates; Risk and Uncertainty; Volatility

04 Mar 2020

Uncovering and Pricing Climate Risk in Long-Term Investments

January 1994 (Revised August 1994)
Case

Ocean Spray Cranberries: Environmental Risk Management

By: Richard H.K. Vietor

Ocean Spray Cranberries, one of the nation's most successful agricultural cooperatives, faces some difficult environmental management problems associated with water usage and wetlands development. Because of federal and state wetlands laws, new bogs for expansion had... View Details

Keywords: Agribusiness; Innovation and Invention; Risk Management; Cooperative Ownership; Environmental Sustainability; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

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Most people don’t have a strategy for for how to handle the worsening perils of flooding, wildfires and extreme heat. They should adopt a four step process for protecting their property, whether it be a home or a business. First, they should prioritize how... View Details

17 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Risks and Rewards of the Intrapreneur

Your company is forming an intrapreneurial venture, and has asked you to join the start-up team. Is this a career pick-me-up, or occupational suicide? It could be either one, and employees should carefully weigh the pros and cons before jumping to an internal start-up,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

December 16, 2009
Guest Column

Risks and Rewards of Celebrity Endorsements

By: Anita Elberse

September 2004 (Revised September 2008)
Supplement

Hedging Currency Risks at AIFS (CW)

By: Mihir A. Desai

11 Apr 2012
News

The High Risks of Short-Term Management

16 Dec 2009
News

Risks and rewards of celebrity endorsements

11 Mar 2011
News

Supporting Change Is Worth the Risk

Jan 23 2017
Testimonial

Developing the Confidence to Take Risks

04 Mar 2020

Incorporating Climate Risk into Financial Models: Sustainable Finance

October 2019 (Revised March 2022)
Teaching Note

Innovate Safely—CT Scanners and Radiation Risk

By: Hong Luo and Alberto Galasso

Teaching Note for HBS No. 719-486. View Details

May 2019
Teaching Note

Elon Musk: Balancing Purpose and Risk

By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai

Teaching Note for HBS No. 817-040. View Details

February 2018 (Revised March 2020)
Teaching Note

Signet Jewelers: Assessing Customer Financing Risk

By: Gerardo Pérez Cavazos, Suraj Srinivasan and Quinn Pitcher

Teaching Note for HBS No. 117-038. View Details

November 2017 (Revised November 2017)
Teaching Note

Accounting for Political Risk at AES

By: Gerardo Pérez Cavazos and Suraj Srinivasan

Teaching Note for HBS Nos. 118-023 and 118-024. View Details

22 Jun 2013 - 23 Jun 2013
Conference Presentation

Positive Risk and the Innovation Commons

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin

December 2010
Background Note

Risk and Reward in Venture Capital

By: William A. Sahlman

This note describes the payoff structure of investment in individual venture capital–backed companies and in venture capital portfolios. Venture Capital investments are characterized by high failure rate (0ver 50%) and a small number of given successes (greater than... View Details

Keywords: Capital Markets; Venture Capital; Investment Return; Investment Portfolio; Analytics and Data Science; Failure; Performance; Information Technology

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