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- 25 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 25, 2006
Authors:Jakub Wojciech Jurek and Luis M. Viceira Revised Working Paper Author's Abstract We develop an analytical solution to the dynamic portfolio choice problem of an investor with power utility defined over wealth at a finite horizon... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Credit Flowing to Consumers in Need
strengthen consumer protections. The risk they run is that too stringent regulation could make it harder for borrowers in need to get money. In today's challenging economic climate and with high... View Details
- 24 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017
looked increasingly bleak in 2016. Then on August 1, 2016 Uber CEO Travis Kalanick shocked the global ridesharing industry by selling the company’s China operations to arch rival Didi Chuxing. Given the competition from domestic rivals View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 2
corporate directors' fiduciary duties in that state. This change limited incentives to take actions favoring equity over debt. We show that, as predicted, this increased the likelihood of equity issues, increased investment, and reduced... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
Five Important Steps before Taking the Entrepreneurial Leap
over a shared love of India (we both lived there at various times), startups, and the natural foods space. We even realized that we had a mutual friend who then turned out to be one of our first investors when we started Hilma! So today... View Details
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
Risk Officer By: Mikes, Anette Abstract—This paper tracks the evolution of the role of two chief risk officers (CROs) and the tools and processes... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jan 2020
- Blog Post
Navigating Grey in the Ever-Evolving Tech Community
There were certain parameters and goals for the role, but it was ultimately mine to own and shape (which was part of the appeal). In retrospect, taking this role was a bit of a risk! What I didn’t know far... View Details
- December 2007
- Case
The Campaign for Bank Insurance in Antebellum New York
By: David A. Moss and Cole Bolton
The New York State Legislature had come to a standstill in 1829 as lawmakers refused to charter any new banks or recharter any existing banks. Four of New York's forty banks had failed since 1825, and many legislatures believed that a significant change in the banking... View Details
Keywords: History; Risk Management; Government Legislation; Insurance; Decision Choices and Conditions; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry
Moss, David A., and Cole Bolton. "The Campaign for Bank Insurance in Antebellum New York." Harvard Business School Case 708-037, December 2007.
- February 2011
- Teaching Note
Citigroup's Exchange Offer (TN)
By: Robin Greenwood
Teaching Note for 210009. View Details
- Career Coach
Elizabeth Gelb
Liz is happy to talk through career opportunities and strategies to pivot into roles in investing, consulting, sustainability, and energy, both internationally and... View Details
- January 1992
- Teaching Note
MCI Communications Corporation (1983) TN
Teaching Note for (9-284-057). View Details
- 16 Feb 2018
- Blog Post
Out of PE, Into Africa
share your vision and plans with work contacts. Initially I was almost embarrassed to talk about it, but when I did, often I garnered a newfound sense of respect for taking such a risk View Details
- 19 Jan 2021
- Blog Post
2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Marc Duranteau (MBA 2019)
In the end, my supervisors bought in and I was allowed to implement my suggestions. I definitely would not have had the courage to take these risks without the 2+2 safety net! Where are you currently... View Details
- 14 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
How to Profit from Scarcity
company. It wasn't just direct sales of these two products that benefited from the scarcity illusion, however: The heavy crowds drove sales of related products in Apple stores and bookstores during a relatively slow sales month. But there... View Details
- 07 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 7
decomposes excess return predictability in U.S. and U.K. inflation-indexed and nominal government bonds. We find that nominal bonds reflect time-varying inflation and real rate... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 25 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
Feeling Seen: What to Say When Your Employees Are Not OK
known in the field as “costly signaling.” And in some cases, they are doing so even when talking about negative feelings goes against workplace norms. “You're showing that you're willing to risk social... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 08 Feb 2018
- Op-Ed
What’s Missing From the Debate About Trump’s Tax Plan
is a serious mistake. Discussing values gives the country the opportunity to choose a policy that stands some chance of lasting beyond the next shift in political power. Policy uncertainty is bad for businesses View Details
Keywords: by Matthew Weinzierl
- 04 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 4, 2007
cumulation of abnormal returns. It then presents a framework for calculating deal NPVs based on the consideration paid, the work to be done, the value of the target, and the value created through restructuring or synergy. Concludes by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Jul 2015
- Op-Ed
The Future of the Greek Economy
out of the brinkmanship of the past weeks, but not after payments to the International Monetary Fund have been missed, and European funding has ended. These tactics have created high and unnecessary View Details
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate
transformation has drained considerable risk out of a once notoriously unstable market. A New Industry Emerges Not so long ago, real estate development looked and acted like modern-day "cowboy... View Details