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Valuation ; Stocks ; Asset Pricing ; Investment ; Behavioral Finance Citation Related McCarthy, Odhrain, and Sebastian Hillenbrand. "Heterogeneous Beliefs and Stock Market Fluctuations." Working Paper, June 2025. (WFA Brattle Group Ph.D. Award for Outstanding... View Details

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Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online

FAQs Enroll Now Key Concepts Discover how balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements are developed and how each interact Evaluate the financial health of a business using financial... View Details

24 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017

long-run growth dynamics. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52130 Short-Termism and Shareholder Payouts: Getting Corporate Capital Flows Right By: Fried, Jesse M., and Charles C.Y. Wang Abstract—During... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Mar 2023
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What Does the Failure of Silicon Valley Bank Say About the State of Finance?

a combination of checking and savings deposits, CDs, and debt. Most deposit rates reset fairly often, so they represent relatively short-term borrowing for the bank. The equity receives the net cash flows... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Banking

Malcolm P. Baker

Malcolm Baker is the Robert G. Kirby Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, where he teaches the required course in finance and a short immersive program on investing in life sciences.

His research is in the... View Details

Keywords: asset management; biotechnology; financial services; high technology; investment banking industry; pharmaceuticals; private equity (LBO funds); shipping; transportation

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Finance Curriculum - Faculty & Research

create value. Topics covered include: Basic analytical skills and principles of corporate finance. Functions of modern capital markets and financial institutions. Standard techniques of analysis, including capital budgeting, discounted View Details

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Ocean Carriers

By: Erik Stafford, Angela Chao and Kathleen Luchs

In January 2001, Mary Linn, vice president of finance for Ocean Carriers, a shipping company with offices in New York and Hong Kong, was evaluating a proposed lease of a ship for a three-year period, beginning in early 2003. The customer was eager to finalize the... View Details

Keywords: Cash Flow; Forecasting and Prediction; Cost of Capital; Leasing; Corporate Strategy; Valuation; Shipping Industry; New York (city, NY); Hong Kong

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22 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Forgiving Student Loan Debt Leads to Better Jobs, Stronger Consumers

Life Without Student Debt” by Marco Di Maggio, Ankit Kalda, and Vincent W. Yao. And it’s important to remember, Di Maggio says, that all of the borrowers in the study were in default and were already skipping payments on these loans, so erasing their student debt did... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Global Impact of the Collapse | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

collapse of Lehman Brothers followed by the close of its London office and other international subsidiaries sent shock waves through the global financial markets with a widespread ripple effect. Defaulted loans on houses in the United... View Details

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pricing structure, TagHive enhanced its software with artificial intelligence and expanded its customer support team and their responsibilities to subscription fee customers. By December 2024, TagHive was cash View Details

01 Jan 2014
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To Spot Financial Trouble Early, Use Three Circles: A conversation with Blythe McGarvie of Harvard Business School

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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

Ambiguously-Deserved Punishment, but Does Not Erode Sensitivity to Nuance." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 128, no. 5 (May 2025): 1072–1102. Cash Flow Volatility, Return Predictability and... View Details

24 Jul 2000
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Value Maximization and Stakeholder Theory

market value to recognize that it is possible for markets not to know the full implications of a firm's policies until they begin to show up in cash flows over time. In such a case the firm must lead the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen

20 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 20

Institutions: Crisis and Choice in the International Financial Architecture Author:Laura Alfaro Publication:World Scientific Publishing Company, in press Abstract All managers face a business environment in which international and macroeconomic phenomena matter.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Help - Alumni

reviewing and updating its techniques to slowing the flow of spam. To help HBS monitor the amount of spam messages reaching alumni, you may report spam here: phishing@harvard.edu . Alumni Profile, Directory, and Messaging Profile Updates... View Details

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Asia Pacific - Global

ensure steadier revenue. To support the new pricing structure, TagHive enhanced its software with artificial intelligence and expanded its customer support team and their responsibilities to subscription fee customers. By December 2024, TagHive was View Details

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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

Stakeholder Relations (4) Business or Company Management (19) COVID-19 (127) Capital Markets (13) Capital Structure (1) Capital (65) Cash Flow (1) Cash (2) Central Banking (2)... View Details

W. Carl Kester

Carl Kester is a Baker Foundation Professor and the George Fisher Baker Jr. Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at Harvard Business School. He is a member of the Finance Unit. He served as Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs (2006-2010), Chairman of the... View Details

Keywords: asset management; banking; education industry; financial services; investment banking industry; pharmaceuticals; private equity (LBO funds)

William A. Sahlman

William Sahlman is a Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

Mr. Sahlman received an A.B. degree in Economics from Princeton University (1972), an M.B.A. from Harvard University (1975), and a Ph.D. in Business... View Details

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Online Finance & Accounting Courses | HBS Online

course best aligns with your experience, learning objectives, and educational goals. Access Your Free Flowchart Free Financial Statement Templates Financial Statement Templates This resource provides a primer on the balance sheet, income statement, and View Details

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