Publications

18 Jun 2012
Conference Presentation

Accounting and Risk Management, and Interactive Control Selection: Which, When and Why?

By: Anette Mikes

June 2020
Case

Career Karma: Growth in a Time of Global Uncertainty (A)

By: Laura Huang, Elizabeth Jiang and Brandon Yu

Career Karma is a startup focused on helping individuals looking to transition careers into computer engineering roles or similar fields by preparing them for formal technical training programs, or “coding bootcamps,” that would lead to a successful career pivot upon... View Details

1987
Working Paper

Tests of Excess Forecast Volatility in the Foreign Exchange and Stock Markets

By: K. A. Froot

Simple regression tests that have power against the alternatives that asset prices and expected future asset returns are excessively volatile are developed and performed for the foreign exchange and stock markets. These tests have a number of advantages over... View Details

Keywords: Risk Aversion; Risk; International Investing; International Finance; Risk and Uncertainty; Asset Pricing; Financial Markets; Investment; Behavioral Finance; Volatility

February 1984 (Revised March 1990)
Background Note

Risk Adjusted Discount Rates

By: David E. Bell

Keywords: Asset Pricing; Risk and Uncertainty

May – June 2010
Article

Changes of Heart: The Switch-Value Method for Assessing Value Uncertainty

By: Leslie K. John and Baruch Fischhoff

Keywords: Value; Risk and Uncertainty

November 1991
Article

The Price of Risk in the United States and Japan

By: W. C. Kester and T. A. Luehrman

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Price; United States; Japan

July 1998
Article

International Overborrowing: A Decomposition of Credit and Currency Risks

By: Ronald I. McKinnon and Huw Pill

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June 2018 (Revised November 2020)
Course Overview Note

Investing in the 21st Century: Return, Risk and Impact

By: Shawn Cole, Vikram S. Gandhi and Caitlin Reimers Brumme

March 2009 (Revised May 2011)
Case

Risk Management at Wellfleet Bank: Deciding about "Megadeals"

By: Anette Mikes

Inspired by one of the few banks that successfully weathered the 2007-2009 credit crisis, the case illustrates risk management in a corporate finance business. Chief executive Alastair Dowes has to decide if the risk governance process is adequate to uncover mega-risks... View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Decision Making; Performance Evaluation; Credit; Balance and Stability; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Decision Choices and Conditions; Negotiation Offer; Performance Effectiveness; Corporate Finance; Banking Industry

June 2019
Supplement

Elon Musk: Balancing Purpose and Risk; Risk Tolerance Exercise

By: Shikhar Ghosh

July – August 2008
Article

Reduce the Risk of Failed Financial Judgments

By: Robert G. Eccles Jr. and Edward J. Riedl

When crucial financial estimates rely on judgment, companies can minimize their risk by turning to appraisers, actuaries, and evaluators, whether internal, external, or a combination. View Details

Keywords: Financial Statements; Judgments; Financial Management; Risk Management

October 1998 (Revised November 1999)
Case

Farallon Capital Management: Risk Arbitrage (A)

By: Andre F. Perold and Robert Howard

Farallon Capital Management, an investment firm that specializes in risk arbitrage, has taken significant long and short positions in MCI Communications and British Telecommunications, respectively, in the belief that the proposed merger of these firms will be... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Capital; Capital Markets; Investment; Management; Risk Management; Strategy; Financial Services Industry

12 Jun 2014
Working Paper Summaries

The Triumph of the Humble Chief Risk Officer

Keywords: by Anette Mikes

Article

When Every Employee Is a Risk Manager

By: Kurt Meyer, Anette Mikes and Robert S. Kaplan

Risk management needs to be part of the daily lives of all employees up, down, and across an organization. Here’s how the Swiss electricity network achieves that. View Details

Keywords: Employees; Risk Management

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1998
Article

Governance and Risk Taking in the U.S. Cable Television Industry

By: T. R. Eisenmann

Keywords: Governance; Risk and Uncertainty; Television Entertainment; Media and Broadcasting Industry

April 2024 (Revised August 2024)
Case

The Israeli Innovation Authority: Decision-making in a Time of Uncertainty

By: Shai Bernstein, Sabrina Howell and Josh Lerner

June 2007
Article

Risk Management, Capital Budgeting and Capital Structure Policy for Insurers and Reinsurers

By: K. A. Froot

Keywords: Risk Management; Capital Budgeting; Cost of Capital; Policy; Insurance; Asset Pricing; Insurance Industry

April 2024
Case

Managing AI Risks in Consumer Banking

By: Suraj Srinivasan, Satish Tadikonda, Paul Dongha, Manoj Saxena and Radhika Kak

In early 2024, Ruth Jones, head of digital banking at Signa Bank, a (fictitious) European consumer bank, was thinking about how to best incorporate GenAI capabilities to improve efficiencies and create new ways to improve the customer experience. Where were the biggest... View Details

Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; AI and Machine Learning; Risk Management; Opportunities; Customization and Personalization; Banking Industry; Europe

Article

Unregulated Emotional Risks of AI Wellness Apps

By: Julian De Freitas and Glenn Cohen

We propose that AI-driven wellness apps powered by large language models can foster extreme emotional attachments and dependencies akin to human relationships—posing risks like ambiguous loss and dysfunctional dependence—that challenge current regulatory frameworks and... View Details

Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Well-being; Emotions; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms