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  • 15 May 2009
  • Working Paper Summaries

Barriers to Household Risk Management: Evidence from India

Keywords: by Shawn Cole, Xavier Giné, Jeremy Tobacman, Petia Topalova, Robert Townsend & James Vickery
  • 15 May 2009
  • News

Diminished Returns

  • July 2010 (Revised March 2016)
  • Case

MacroMarkets LLC

By: Robin Greenwood and Luis M. Viceira
MacroMarkets co-founder and CEO Samuel Masucci III is meeting with a strategic partner for his firm. Co-founded with Yale University Professor Robert Shiller, MacroMarkets' main innovation is the "MacroShare," which allows investors to take long or short, levered or... View Details
Keywords: Macroeconomics; Financial Instruments; Financial Markets; Investment Funds; Investment Portfolio; Innovation and Invention; Risk Management; Product Positioning; Demand and Consumers; Financial Services Industry
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  • May 2023
  • Technical Note

Venture Capital at a Crossroads

By: Jo Tango and Alys Ferragamo
Venture capital is a cyclical, ever-changing industry, as seen in recent years. The late 2010s and early 2020s witnessed record amounts of capital flowing into the sector, high valuations, and new types of investors entering the market. Innovations in the seed stage,... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital
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  • 22 May 2007
  • First Look

First Look: May 22, 2007

  Working PapersGlobal Currency Hedging Authors:John Y. Campbell, Karine Serfaty-de Medeiros, and Luis M. Viceira Abstract This paper considers the risk management problem of an investor who holds a diversified portfolio of global... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Research Summary

Nominal versus Indexed Debt: A Quantitative Horse Race (joint with Fabio Kanczuk)

By: Laura Alfaro
There are different arguments in favor and against nominal and indexed debt which broadly include the incentive to default through inflation versus hedging against unforeseen shocks. We model these arguments and calibrate the model to assess the quantitative importance... View Details
  • 2008
  • Book

The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World

By: Niall Ferguson
Niall Ferguson traces the historical evolution of the financial system, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals on what he calls "Planet Finance." In doing so, he reveals financial history as the essential backstory behind all history, from the... View Details
Keywords: Financial History; Money; Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Investment; Globalization
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  • May 2015
  • Article

What Are We Meeting For? The Consequences of Private Meetings with Investors

By: David H. Solomon and Eugene F. Soltes
Regulation Fair Disclosure was passed in 2000 in response to the concern that certain investors were gaining selective access to privileged firm information. In spite of the passage of this regulation, some investors continue to meet privately with executives. Using a... View Details
Keywords: Conferences; Decision Making; Investment
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  • 26 Jun 2014
  • News

Investors Always Come Back … Even to Argentina

  • 19 Jun 2019
  • News

Faculty Books in Brief: Summer 2019

    Connect, Then Lead (by Amy Cuddy, John Neffinger, & Matt Kohut)

    Is it better to be loved or feared?

     Niccolò Machiavelli pondered that timeless conundrum 500 years ago and hedged his bets. “It may be answered that one should wish to be both,” he acknowledged, “but because it is difficult to unite them in one person, it... View Details

    • November 2019
    • Case

    Apple, Einhorn, and iPrefs (Abridged)

    By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and W. Carl Kester
    In March 2013, Apple Computer has a very large cash balance, and is under pressure to return cash to shareholders. Hedge fund manager David Einhorn thinks Apple can "unlock value" by issuing perpetual preferred stock, dubbed iPrefs. Henry Blodget, CEO of Business... View Details
    Keywords: Markets; Stock Shares; Value Creation; Business and Shareholder Relations
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    • September 26, 2022
    • Article

    Is Your Family Office Built for the Future?

    By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer
    Family offices can provide a number of benefits, including privacy, customization, and having your own team to handle a wide range of services, such as guiding family philanthropy, managing shared properties, or even managing household help. Successful principals in... View Details
    Keywords: Business Offices; Family and Family Relationships
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    • June 2017
    • Teaching Note

    Succession Planning at Samsung: The Merger Formula of Cheil Industries and Samsung C&T

    By: Gwen Yu
    A merger deal of two Samsung group companies becomes a center of a corruption scandal. The merger of Cheil Industries and Samsung C&T was seen as a crucial step to transfer power to Lee Jae Yong, the heir of Samsung group. The deal was criticized to purposefully... View Details
    Keywords: Merger; Mergers and Acquisitions; Crime and Corruption; Business and Government Relations; South Korea
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    • February 1997 (Revised March 1998)
    • Case

    Smith Breeden Associates: The Equity Plus Fund (A)

    By: Robert C. Merton and Alberto Moel
    In early 1997, Smith Breeden Associates, a money management and consulting firm, was pondering the future of the Equity Plus Fund. The Equity Plus Fund was an S&P enhanced-index fund that tried to outperform the S&P Index by replicating the index using low-cost... View Details
    Keywords: Assets; Cash; Financial Markets; Financial Strategy; Mortgages; Investment Funds; Investment Portfolio; Marketing; Performance; Consulting Industry
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    • September 2024
    • Case

    Google Quantum AI

    By: David B. Yoffie, Michael A. Cusumano and Matt Higgins
    Quantum computing may be the most important nascent computing technology of the 21st century. It has the potential to impact industries ranging from drug discovery to cybersecurity. Google's Quantum AI is one of the leaders in quantum research. This case explores... View Details
    Keywords: Information Technology Industry
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    • January 2008 (Revised May 2009)
    • Case

    Restructuring at Delphi Corporation (A)

    By: Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah L. Abbott
    Delphi Corporation, operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, has filed a plan of reorganization with the court, under which a consortium of hedge funds led by Appaloosa Management will invest up to $2.6 billion in new equity. Also participating in the plan is... View Details
    Keywords: Restructuring; Capital Structure; Private Equity; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Investment Funds; Labor and Management Relations; Auto Industry; Service Industry
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    • March 1986 (Revised December 1986)
    • Case

    British Telecommunications, PLC

    Presents a description of international equity markets, including comparisons of the U.S., Japanese, and British markets and recent trends toward deregulation of these markets. The decision focus of the case is on the initial public offerings of British... View Details
    Keywords: International Finance; Initial Public Offering; Capital Markets; Canada; London; Tokyo
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    • January 2018
    • Case

    Blue Harbour's Activism at Babcock & Wilcox

    By: Suraj Srinivasan and Quinn Pitcher
    The case describes Blue Harbour Group's investment in Babcock & Wilcox and its transformation into BWX Technologies. In 2004, activist hedge fund Blue Harbour Group invested in Babcock & Wilcox, an energy and construction company. Blue Harbour developed an investment... View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Governance; Investment Activism; Leading Change; Energy Industry; Construction Industry; United States
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    • January 2008 (Revised July 2008)
    • Case

    Opportunity Partners

    By: Robin Greenwood and James Quinn
    Philip Goldstein, the principal in a growing hedge fund and prominent activist investor, has taken a position in a Mexico-based closed-end fund. Following a hard-fought proxy contest in which he advocated for management to eliminate the fund's substantial discount,... View Details
    Keywords: Investment Activism; Investment Funds; Business and Shareholder Relations; Value; Financial Services Industry; Mexico
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