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- 04 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 4, 2016
depends on the assets purchased and the degree of segmentation in the market. For example, QE1, which involved significant purchases of GSE-guaranteed mortgages, increased GSE-eligible mortgage originations significantly more than the... View Details
- 17 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Brazil Teaches About Investor Protection
regulations should focus on. Repressing too much would be a problem. Obviously, Brazilian bankers at the turn of the 20th century were relatively conservative. They had mortgages on their balance sheets, but monitored them closely. At the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Faculty Responds to Financial Crisis
assignments and class discussions to incorporate the crisis, and they are encouraged to continue, says Badaracco. Several new cases already are in use, including “New Century Financial Corporation,” focusing on a subprime mortgage... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
After the Fall
Ten years ago, the global financial system teetered dangerously on the edge of total collapse. What began as a subprime mortgage crisis in the United States developed into a full-blown meltdown, causing the collapse of major banks... View Details
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Bank of America Turned Branches into Service-Development Laboratories
experiment required the involvement of a specialist—a mortgage underwriter, say—the team would enlist an actual specialist from the bank's staff and have him or her perform the required task. By the time an experiment was rolled out in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Alumni News | Bookshelf: A Manager's Responsibility in the 21st Century
University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, and Patrick J. Barry look at three of the largest debacles so far in the 21st century—the BP affair, the mortgage meltdown and resulting crisis, and the use of lead paint in children's... View Details
- 05 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 5, 2007
their first private equity fund. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207067 Bankinter: Deploying the Mortgage Simulator to the Branches Harvard Business School Case 107-070 Describes how... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Turning Point: On the Line
stations in syndication. Residuals arrive by mail in green envelopes, nicknamed “greenies.” In lean times, greenies allowed me to pay my mortgage and feed my family. Many young writers starting out today have never even seen one. Not to... View Details
- Profile
Laura Arjona
"It was a rich learning environment; everyone was talking about the mortgage crisis. Was it isolated or would it affect other areas of the economy? I wanted more of these kinds of discussions, more of the macro-level analysis."... View Details
- 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
- 05 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 5, 2009
compensation is a sign of poor governance. It also discusses the union's "Say on Pay" proposals that sought to allow shareholders an advisory vote on executive compensation. Finally, the case provides details on the rise of Countrywide Financial, its... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
What Went Wrong?
from securing mortgages to saving for kids’ college tuition and retirement. But the country’s current financial crisis really threw me for a loop. Beginning last spring, with the demise of Bear Stearns, the steady drip, drip, drip of bad... View Details
- 25 Aug 2015
- News
Sunset in the East?
mortgage or with very little debt. Unlike in the United States, banks are also less on the line in real estate. We should always keep in mind that the Chinese property market was stagnant or worse (nonexistent) for 30 years after the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Strange Bedfellows
these developments. Imagine if you were allowed to represent your income on your tax forms and on your mortgage application differently. In a moment of weakness, you might portray your economic situation in two distinct ways. Unlike... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
An Economy Undermined
negotiable CDs, and so on. Across Wall Street, with takeovers, LBOs, S&Ls, over-the-counter derivatives, high-tech stocks, telecoms, subprime mortgages, and of course mortgage securitization, innovation was too often accompanied by abuse.... View Details
- 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
- 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
- Web
Trade Publications - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School
with American Periodicals Series Online, 1740-1900 (Harvard users only: Harvard ID and University PIN required) Note: issues from 1929 (July - December) online with Google Trust Companies of the United States (New York: United States View Details
- 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
- 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
Palepu, Krishna G., Suraj Srinivasan, and Aldo Sesia. "New Century Financial Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 109-034, October 2008. (Revised October 2009.)