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    A New Way to Understand Corporate Leverage

    The link between measures of risk and return within the equity market has been very weak over the past 47 years: in the United States, returns on high-risk stocks have cumulatively fallen short of the returns on low-risk stocks, during a period when the equity market... View Details
    • 18 Nov 2002
    • Research & Ideas

    Where Morals and Profits Meet: The Corporate Value Shift

    analysis. And a few are motivated simply by the vision of a better and more humane way of conducting business. Overall, though, my experience has been that probably half, and... View Details
    Keywords: by Carla Tishler
    • 22 Apr 2015
    • Op-Ed

    Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths

    both equity and fixed income claims increased significantly because of country risk premium. In the 2014 World Competitiveness Yearbook Ranking, conducted by the International Institute for View Details
    Keywords: by George Serafeim
    • 17 Aug 2021
    • Op-Ed

    Dispensing Justice: The Case for Legalizing Cannabis Nationally

    deductions or credits. "Banks are extremely chary about extending capital to them. Even if they do, banks charge cannabis firms hefty fees." These inefficiencies are compounded by a dearth of capital. View Details
    Keywords: by Ashish Nanda and Tabatha Robinson
    • 01 Jun 2011
    • News

    What’s after Fannie and Freddie?

    participants will end up with the right level of risk taking, so regulation is important. There are also periods of crisis, like the one we just experienced, when financial markets generally break down. And... View Details
    Keywords: Roger Thompson; Credit Intermediation and Related Activities; Credit Intermediation and Related Activities
    • 24 Nov 2003
    • Research & Ideas

    Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach

    framework can serve as the cornerstone of both effective management and sound governance. Key Learnings · A sophisticated governance system is necessary in a complex capitalistic economy to ensure that View Details
    Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu
    • August 2011 (Revised July 2012)
    • Case

    Mike Mayo Takes on Citigroup (A)

    By: Suraj Srinivasan and Amy Kaser
    The case details the conflict between Mike Mayo, an influential banking analyst and Citigroup about what Mayo considers aggressive accounting policies. Mike Mayo questions Citigroup's lack of a valuation allowance against their Deferred Tax Assets despite Citi's recent... View Details
    Keywords: Accounting; Taxation; Capital; Financial Reporting; Corporate Disclosure; Valuation; Banks and Banking; Financial Strategy; Money; Conflict Management; Capital Budgeting; Asset Management; Banking Industry
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    • July 2007 (Revised May 2008)
    • Case

    Central Bank: The ChexSystemsSM QualiFile® Decision

    By: Dennis Campbell, Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez, Peter Tufano and Emily McClintock
    The "Central Bank" series analyzes the use of information and product design for managing the counterparty risk of newly acquired customers. Central Bank, a mid-sized regional U.S. bank, was attempting to grow its customer base by increasing the number of new checking... View Details
    Keywords: Central Banking; Knowledge Management; Customer Satisfaction; Risk Management; Risk and Uncertainty; Decision Making; Banking Industry; United States
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      Vikram Gandhi

      Vikram S. Gandhi is the Gerald P. Kaminsky Senior Lecturer of Business Administration in the General Management Unit. He has developed and teaches two new courses in the Elective Curriculum of the MBA Program. The first is a finance and investing course, Sustainable... View Details

      Keywords: financial services
      • 10 Jul 2018
      • First Look

      New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018

      gap” was a problem in Nigeria as in many parts of the world. Infrastructure projects like power plants and dams were very large capital investments that could generate long-term consistent cash flows, but... View Details
      Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
      • 30 Oct 2013
      • News

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        Robert C. Merton

        Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

        Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

        Keywords: banking; banking; banking; banking; banking; banking
        • 19 Sep 2017
        • First Look

        First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19

        out the effect of an increasingly important retail phenomenon (channel integration) on a key factor for inventory management (sales dispersion). Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53103 forthcoming Brookings... View Details
        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
        • 26 Jun 2018
        • First Look

        New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018

        results of this multi-method investigation have implications for both managers and academics interested in how consumers learn to become expert in hedonic product categories. Publisher's link:... View Details
        Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

          Eva J. Sudol

          Eva Sudol is a Senior Lecturer in the Finance Unit at HBS, teaching Finance 1 in the required curriculum of the MBA program. She is also a Retired Partner at the Capital Group, a global investment management company, where she worked from 1994 – 2023 as an... View Details

          • March 2019
          • Case

          Mahindra Finance

          By: V.G. Narayanan and Tanvi Deshpande
          Mahindra Finance is a non-banking lender operating mainly in the rural and semi-urban areas of India. Set up in 1991, the company had grown to become a market leader with assets of $8.5 billion and a presence in 3,30,000 villages across India. Since most of Mahindra's... View Details
          Keywords: Accounting; Business Model; Volatility; Customer Focus and Relationships; Decisions; Credit; Financing and Loans; Service Delivery; Risk and Uncertainty; Financial Services Industry; India
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          • 01 Dec 2020
          • News

          The Camel and the Unicorn

          we’re going to examine why Silicon Valley is at risk of losing its startup crown and what that could mean for the future of innovation. READ MORE If you were asked to name some of the greatest... View Details
          • 01 Aug 1998
          • News

          Spring Reunions: Milestones and Memories

          risk: following his heart, he left a lucrative corporate career to pursue a long-standing dream. In Baron's case, the pull was toward writing, and the risk so far has paid off. After achieving success in... View Details
          Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
          • 05 Nov 2021
          • Op-Ed

          Is the Business World Finally Ready for the Wisdom of Shibusawa?

          Eiichi Shibusawa continues to gain influence in Japan—even though he died almost a century ago. Japan’s government announced earlier this year that the 19th century business leader would be the face on 10,000 yen ($90) bank notes—the highest value denomination in... View Details
          Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones and Rei Morimoto; Financial Services; Retail
          • 09 Jan 2018
          • First Look

          First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 9, 2018

          December 13, 2017 Harvard Business Review What It Takes to Become a Great Product Manager By: Austin, Julia Abstract—As an aspiring product manager (PM), there are three primary considerations when... View Details
          Keywords: Sean Silverthorne