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- 01 Mar 2009
- News
The Case for Studying Financial History
largely as a result of widespread ignorance of financial history. When you began working on this book, did you see a global financial crisis coming? When I began in 2006, I was certain that a major liquidity crisis was imminent and that... View Details
- March 2009 (Revised July 2010)
- Case
State Street Corporation
To maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. State Street Corp. reports a 13% gain in EPS in 2008 amidst a global financial crisis. The stock price declines 59% on the day of the earnings report. This one day decline was exceeded in the... View Details
Keywords: Fair Value Accounting; Financial Reporting; Financial Crisis; Financial Liquidity; Financial Markets; Crisis Management; Financial Services Industry
Fruhan, William E. "State Street Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 209-112, March 2009. (Revised July 2010.)
- 11 May 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
“If I look back at my career, I’ve focused on liquid assets: blood, water, and beer.” That is the wry encapsulation Cynthia Fisher (MBA 1990) uses to describe her professional activities. Like Fisher herself, it is smart, efficient, and... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Author Charley Ellis on Goldman Sachs
company. Most people think that will change the firm, but it won’t. It gives Goldman access to the Fed window which is very useful for liquidity management and, on the other hand, it reduces the amount of leverage they can use in trading... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 02 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 3, 2008
and that challenges mounted against a single firm (and industry) can inspire field-level (and state-level) changes. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/facpubs/workingpapers/papers0809.html#wp09-019 Liquidity Needs in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
proposed new regulations: higher capital requirements; leverage limits; FDIC-like insurance charges; and, when all else fails, a receivership process to restructure, sell, or liquidate a failing company. Bottom line, no firm should be too... View Details
- 03 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 3
also discusses the German health care system, its regulatory constraints, and Schön's attempts to change the paradigm of competition in the sector. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/712475-PDF-ENG SecondMarket - Providing Liquidity... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 2007
- Working Paper
Optimal Reserve Management and Sovereign Debt
By: Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk
Most models currently used to determine optimal foreign reserve holdings take the level of international debt as given. However, given the sovereign's willingness-to-pay incentive problems, reserve accumulation may reduce sustainable debt levels. In addition, assuming... View Details
- 07 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 7
reduction of firm variability, we do not find this offsetting beneficial effect to be strong. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2252200 Return Predictability in the Treasury Market: Real Rates, Inflation, and Liquidity By:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 Feb 2018
- News
Helping Startups Give Back
Foundation of Canada, notes, “They rarely have the cash or the time.” Four years ago, Goldstein helped launch the Upside Foundation to provide a platform for early-stage and high-growth companies to pledge a percentage of profits from future View Details
- 29 Jan 2010
- News
Back to Glass-Steagall?
(http://www.alumni.hbs.edu/bulletin/2009/june/toobig.html) is the best way to head off future financial meltdowns and deal with institutions that are too big to fail. Specifically, he advocates: higher capital requirements; leverage limits; FDIC-like insurance charges;... View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 10
http://amr.aom.org.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/content/early/2015/02/10/amr.2015.0042.abstract February 2015 American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings Liquidity in Retirement Savings Systems: An International Comparison By: Beshears,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 25 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Chapter 11 Saved the US Economy
relatively short time, much of the corporate debt that defaulted during the financial crisis has been managed down, mass liquidations have been averted, and corporate profits, balance sheets, and values have rebounded with remarkable... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Terry Virts (GMP 11, 2011)
equipment can be noisy. Something he’ll miss: Showers. Damp, soapy towels are the best available option for getting clean. Favorite space meal: Lasagna. Salt, pepper, and other spices are in liquid form to eliminate the problem of... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 12 Feb 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
‘UpTick’ Brings Wall Street Pressure to Students
Students whose investments have fallen below margin requirement levels are being told they have sixty seconds to liquidate part of their portfolio to cover—effectively locking in a loss—or gamble that their investments will recover before... View Details
- 31 Oct 2016
- Research & Ideas
Quantitative Easing Didn’t Ease the Housing Crisis for the Neediest
more liquidity would have gone a long way” A new study takes a deep dive into the efficacy of the Fed’s quantitative easing strategy, looking at how the various rounds of QE affected “the real economy”—that is, the part of the economy... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- Web
Law, Management and Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog
examine contemporary issues in securities law, private equity transactions and regulatory responses to complex financial instruments; Enhance understanding of the legal life cycle of a start-up including structuring and financing issues, tax considerations,... View Details
- 2024
- Working Paper
Bank Runs and Interest Rates: A Revolving Lines Perspective
By: Falk Bräuning and Victoria Ivashina
Revolving credit is at the core of the banking business. Corporate revolving credit lines are demandable claims; thus, similar to a traditional bank run on deposits, sudden widespread drawdowns on credit lines can be destabilizing to the banking sector. However, we... View Details
Bräuning, Falk, and Victoria Ivashina. "Bank Runs and Interest Rates: A Revolving Lines Perspective." Working Paper, May 2024.
- 29 Jul 2021
- News
A Clean Start
chemical (a substance used as a building block for other chemicals) from carbon dioxide. After four months of weighing alternatives, he settled on formic acid: a commodity chemical and energy-rich electrofuel, or carbon-neutral synthetic fuel, that can be stored much... View Details
- 26 Nov 2019
- News
Predicting Financial Market Bubbles and Crises in Real-time
creation of the Behavioral and Financial Stability Project. Researchers have conducted groundbreaking research on bank capital and liquidity management, the nature of bank runs in the modern financial system, and the unprecedented growth... View Details