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Calling All Issuers: The Market for Debt Monitoring
By: Huaizhi Chen, Lauren Cohen and Weiling Liu
95% of long-term municipal bonds have callable features, and yet we find new evidence of a substantial fraction of local governments exercising these valuable options sub-optimally, with significant delays – resulting in sizable losses. Using data from 2001 to 2019, we... View Details
Keywords: Bonds; Financial Institutions; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government Administration; Financing and Loans
Chen, Huaizhi, Lauren Cohen, and Weiling Liu. "Calling All Issuers: The Market for Debt Monitoring." Management Science (forthcoming). (Pre-published online November 1, 2024.)
- 29 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Star Power! How to Win in Professional Services
Limits To Leadership Being the chief executive of any company is a demanding job. Carrying out the responsibilities of a CEO in a professional service firm is exceptionally challenging because the position lacks the inherent power and... View Details
Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch & Thomas J. Tierney
- 25 Mar 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
How Do Incumbents Fare in the Face of Increased Service Competition?
- 10 Apr 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Where Does it Go? Spending by the Financially Constrained
- July 2009 (Revised July 2011)
- Technical Note
Note on Capital in the U.S. Financial Industry
By: Clayton S. Rose, Scott Waggoner and Sally Canter Ganzfried
This note was created to supplement classroom discussion in the EC course "Managing the Financial Firm" and provides background for exploring issues general managers in financial firms face in considering appropriate capital levels. View Details
Rose, Clayton S., Scott Waggoner, and Sally Canter Ganzfried. "Note on Capital in the U.S. Financial Industry." Harvard Business School Technical Note 310-005, July 2009. (Revised July 2011.)
- December 1998 (Revised December 1999)
- Case
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Private Client Services
By: Thomas J. DeLong, David M. Darst, Ann K Rusher and Catherine M. Conneely
The 1997 merger of retail giant Dean Witter and investment bank Morgan Stanley was a year old when Bob Sculthorpe was appointed director of Private Client Services (PCS) at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter (MSDW). The firm was still operating under two separate broker-dealer... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Divisions; Investment Banking; Brands and Branding; Salesforce Management; Competitive Strategy; Retail Industry
DeLong, Thomas J., David M. Darst, Ann K Rusher, and Catherine M. Conneely. "Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Private Client Services." Harvard Business School Case 899-107, December 1998. (Revised December 1999.)
- 12 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Investors Often Lose When They Sue Their Financial Adviser
investments and never assume that years of education will make them more aware of misdeeds. Egan started studying ethics in financial services after an adviser swindled his aunt, a high-level university... View Details
- October 1994 (Revised January 1996)
- Case
Roosevelt Financial Group, Inc. (B)
By: Mary E. Barth and Krishna G. Palepu
Barth, Mary E., and Krishna G. Palepu. "Roosevelt Financial Group, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 195-153, October 1994. (Revised January 1996.)
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Research Staff Services - Faculty & Research
Research Services Research Staff Services 3ms As part of the Division of Research and Faculty Development (DRFD), Research Staff Services (RSS) provides research support... View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Creating more effective content across all media
Associate Professor Thales Teixeira’s research into the economics of attention explores the ways in which companies can better communicate with buyers of goods and services in a marketplace cluttered with messaging across View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Linda B. Kanner: All in the Family
true of her techno-savvy son Adam (MBA '98). "He's had a million ideas forever," Kanner laughs. "I was always Adam's sounding board." One of those ideas was for an e-commerce Web site that would offer discounted goods and services to... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- Fall 2024
- Article
The Problem of Good Conduct Among Financial Advisers
By: Mark Egan, Gregor Matvos and Amit Seru
Households in the United States often rely on financial advisers for investment and savings decisions, yet there is a widespread perception that many advisers are dishonest. This distrust is not unwarranted: approximately one in fifteen advisers has a history of... View Details
Egan, Mark, Gregor Matvos, and Amit Seru. "The Problem of Good Conduct Among Financial Advisers." Journal of Economic Perspectives 38, no. 4 (Fall 2024): 193–210.
- 07 Apr 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
The Consequences of Financial Innovation: A Counterfactual Research Agenda
Keywords: by Josh Lerner & Peter Tufano
- 21 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation
across the financial system if they failed (think Lehman). Financial institutions that pose such a threat are the financial equivalent of nuclear power plants, providing an... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Career Services Steps Up Alumni Support
Last fall, as world economies began to tremble from the collapse of the financial sector, HBS Alumni Career Services enhanced its suite of career offerings for alumni. “We anticipated an increase in the... View Details
- 16 Jan 2018
- Blog Post
How Can I Prepare to Apply for Financial Aid at HBS?
While the financial aid process begins after you’ve been accepted at HBS, there is a lot you can do in the months (and even years) beforehand to put yourself in the best position to access funding. HBS will help you meet your full View Details
- 23 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Break Your Addiction to Service Heroes
of Uncommon Service is that to achieve service excellence, you may need to make some tradeoffs. Is that a hard sell for some managers who are motivated to excel in all areas?... View Details
- June 1993 (Revised May 1995)
- Teaching Note
Roosevelt Financial Group, Inc. TN
By: Mary E. Barth and Krishna G. Palepu
- December 2003
- Teaching Note
Capital One Financial Corporation (TN)
By: Bharat N. Anand and Michael G. Rukstad
Teaching Note to (9-700-124). View Details
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Managing Service Operations - Course Catalog
It draws upon cutting-edge research and field examples from a broad array of industries, including financial services, government, healthcare, hospitality, professional services, restaurants, retail, and transportation. The course is... View Details