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Finance I

By: Archie L. Jones

This course examines the role of finance in supporting the functional areas of a firm, and fosters an understanding of how financial decisions themselves can create value.

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  • Basic analytical skills and principles of... View Details
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The Connection Between Volatility and Leverage

By: Emil N. Siriwardane

Professor Siriwardane has co-developed a new econometric model that captures the link between equity volatility and financial leverage, driven by the desire to incorporate the record levels of both leverage and volatility that characterized the 2008 financial crisis... View Details

    Andi Wang

    Andi Wang is a doctoral student in the Business Economics program, where he works at the intersection of finance, macro and behavioral economics. He is particularly interested in studying institutional and behavioral frictions that have long-lasting effects on asset... View Details

    • March 2019
    • Article

    Is There a Future for the Gas Network in a Low Carbon Energy System?

    By: Conor Hickey, Paul Deane, Celine McInerney and Brian O' Gallachoir
    This paper evaluates the potential low carbon opportunities for and challenges to the utilisation and financial performance of Ireland's gas distribution network within a series of low carbon scenarios. There has been a limited amount of academic literature published... View Details
    Keywords: Decarbonization; Investment; Risk and Uncertainty; Environmental Sustainability; Demand and Consumers; Energy Industry; Utilities Industry; Republic of Ireland
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    Hickey, Conor, Paul Deane, Celine McInerney, and Brian O' Gallachoir. "Is There a Future for the Gas Network in a Low Carbon Energy System?" Energy Policy 126 (March 2019): 480–493.
    • 09 Aug 2018
    • News

    Two Million Fake Accounts: Sales Misconduct at Wells Fargo

    • 03 Oct 2023
    • HBS Case

    Layoffs Can Be Bad Business: 5 Strategies to Consider Before Cutting Staff

    says, “because they want to ensure they have the financial resources to take care of people properly.” 4. Apologize—and mean it Poorly run layoff programs can be tremendously damaging to a company’s reputation. If current and downsized... View Details
    Keywords: by Ben Rand; Financial Services; Financial Services; Financial Services; Financial Services
    • 22 Feb 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    How to Make AI 'Forget' All the Private Data It Shouldn't Have

    of a recent election. Or perhaps the training data contains copyrighted data that we might not have permission to use, creating litigation risk for companies that train on that data. Just last week the New York Times sued OpenAI for... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Information Technology
    • February 2024 (Revised February 2024)
    • Case

    CLSA: Integrating ESG in Stock Valuation

    By: Shirley Lu, Aaron Yoon and Billy Chan
    In 2023, a senior financial analyst at the Hong Kong-based stock brokerage firm CLSA was surprised to see that, based on his calculations, the financial impact from climate risks on a major Indian cement manufacturing company’s projected earnings could be massive.... View Details
    Keywords: Accounting; Corporate Governance; Analysis; Stocks; Valuation; Environmental Sustainability; Financial Services Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Hong Kong; China; India; Asia
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    Lu, Shirley, Aaron Yoon, and Billy Chan. "CLSA: Integrating ESG in Stock Valuation." Harvard Business School Case 124-069, February 2024. (Revised February 2024.)
    • June 2021
    • Case

    Modern Endowment Management: Paula Volent and the Bowdoin Endowment

    By: Luis M. Viceira, Emily R. McComb and Dean Xu
    This case examines modern endowment investment management through the lens of a leadership transition between Chief Investment Officers (CIOs). In March 2021, Paula Volent is about to step down as the CIO of the endowment of Bowdoin College after twenty-one years, and... View Details
    Keywords: Investment Portfolio; Investment Banking; Growth Management; Investment Return; Capital Markets; Interest Rates; Competition; Cost Management; Risk Management; Financial Liquidity; Performance Evaluation
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    Viceira, Luis M., Emily R. McComb, and Dean Xu. "Modern Endowment Management: Paula Volent and the Bowdoin Endowment." Harvard Business School Case 221-101, June 2021.
    • June 18, 2019
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    Research: Investors Reward Companies That Talk Up Their Digital Initiatives

    By: Suraj Srinivasan and Wilbur Chen
    A study of how companies disclose their digital initiatives on earnings calls and written communications finds that more firms are using these technologies, that financial markets reward companies that disclose such initiatives, but that financial performance... View Details
    Keywords: Digital Technologies; Disclosure; Investment; Performance Improvement
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    Srinivasan, Suraj, and Wilbur Chen. "Research: Investors Reward Companies That Talk Up Their Digital Initiatives." Harvard Business Review (website) (June 18, 2019).
    • August 2012 (Revised September 2012)
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    JP Morgan Chase & the CIO Losses

    By: Clayton Rose
    On July 13, 2012, JP Morgan Chase & Co. announced a larger than expected loss for the quarter, $4.4 billion, from positions held in the Chief Investment Office (CIO), raising the total losses to $5.9 billion. Since the substantial risks in the CIO had first been... View Details
    Keywords: Banking; Governance; Finance; Risk Management; Corporate Governance; Business Earnings; Accounting; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States
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    Rose, Clayton. "JP Morgan Chase & the CIO Losses." Harvard Business School Case 313-033, August 2012. (Revised September 2012.)

      The Value of Trading Relationships in Turbulent Times

      Our recent work investigates dealers' trading behavior and pricing strategy in the corporate bond market to shed new light on the role of the network of existing relationships among dealers in shaping the transmission of risk and influencing market liquidity. We show... View Details
      • 2014
      • Working Paper

      Private Equity's Diversification Illusion: Economic Comovement and Fair Value Reporting

      By: Kyle Travis Welch
      This study examines how accounting has informed private equity diversification claims and demand for private equity investments. Despite research showing private equity lacks portfolio diversification benefits, those marketing private equity assets continue to... View Details
      Keywords: Fair Value; Access To Capital; IAS 39; FAS No. 157; FASB; IASB; ASC 820; Covariance Risk; Accounting Beta; Accounting; Private Sector; Valuation; Corporate Finance; Asset Management; Cost of Capital; Private Equity; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Europe; North and Central America
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      Welch, Kyle Travis. "Private Equity's Diversification Illusion: Economic Comovement and Fair Value Reporting." Working Paper, January 2014.
      • January 2008
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      Do Well by Doing Good? Don't Count on It

      By: Joshua D. Margolis, Hillary Anger Elfenbein and James P. Walsh
      Research over 35 years shows only a weak link between socially responsible corporate behavior and good financial performance. However, there's no evidence of risk in doing good, only in being exposed for misdeeds. View Details
      Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Profit; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance Effectiveness; Behavior
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      Margolis, Joshua D., Hillary Anger Elfenbein, and James P. Walsh. "Do Well by Doing Good? Don't Count on It." Social Responsibility. Special Issue on HBS Centennial. Harvard Business Review 86, no. 1 (January 2008): 19.

        How Experts Gain Influence

        In 2006 the risk management chiefs of two British financial institutions (we'll call them Saxon Bank and Anglo Bank) were in similar situations. Each reported directly to the CEO and had, in theory, the same influence in their organizations. But by 2011 Saxon’s risk... View Details
        • August 2004 (Revised September 2004)
        • Background Note

        Note on Duration and Convexity

        This case explores two measures of price sensitivity: duration and convexity. These measures are normally used to gauge how sensitive a bond's price is to a change in interest-rate levels. However, as concepts, both duration and convexity have wider application:... View Details
        Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Price; Financial Instruments
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        Chacko, George C., Peter A. Hecht, Vincent Dessain, and Anders Sjoman. "Note on Duration and Convexity." Harvard Business School Background Note 205-025, August 2004. (Revised September 2004.)
        • March 2005
        • Case

        Windhoek Nature Reserve: Financing a Sustainable Conservation Model in Namibia

        In 2003, a Namibian entrepreneur was deciding how to finance and manage the risks of an ecotourism, nature reserve, venture project. Explores the challenges facing an entrepreneur operating in an emerging market with imperfect local financial and legal institutions. View Details
        Keywords: Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship
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        Hecht, Peter A., Brooke Parry Hecht, and Kavita Kapur Macleod. "Windhoek Nature Reserve: Financing a Sustainable Conservation Model in Namibia." Harvard Business School Case 205-066, March 2005.
        • 10 Dec 2012
        • Working Paper Summaries

        Vulnerable Banks

        Keywords: by Robin Greenwood, Augustin Landier & David Thesmar; Financial Services; Financial Services
        • Forthcoming
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        Who Values Democracy?

        By: Max Miller
        This paper examines the conventional view that redistribution is central to the democratization process using data from stock markets. Consistent with this view, democratizations have a large, negative impact on asset valuations driven by a rise in redistribution risk.... View Details
        Keywords: Government and Politics; Risk and Uncertainty; Financial Crisis; Macroeconomics; Financial Markets; Valuation
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        Miller, Max. "Who Values Democracy?" Journal of Political Economy (forthcoming).
        • September 2010 (Revised May 2012)
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        Harvard Management Company (2010)

        By: Andre F. Perold and Erik Stafford
        In February 2010, Jane Mendillo, CEO of Harvard Management Company, was reflecting on the list of issues facing Harvard University's endowment in preparation for the upcoming board meeting. The recent financial crisis had vividly highlighted several key issues... View Details
        Keywords: Financial Crisis; Higher Education; Asset Management; Financial Liquidity; Investment Portfolio; Risk Management; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Massachusetts
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        Perold, Andre F., and Erik Stafford. "Harvard Management Company (2010)." Harvard Business School Case 211-004, September 2010. (Revised May 2012.)
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