Bonding - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Mar 2023
In Practice

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

rates, but most bank loans are mortgages, which tend to have fixed interest rates, and US Treasury bonds have fixed interest rates, too. Of course, because the interest payments are fixed, the value of these assets is sensitive to changes... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Banking

23 May 2005
Research & Ideas

What Could Bring Globalization Down?

book about the banker Siegmund Warburg, who was a key proponent of globalization after 1945 and deserves much of the credit for the emergence of the Eurobond market, among other things. More generally, I am continuing to do research on the international View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

24 Jan 2023
Blog Post

Dispelling Myths About HBS Through My Summer Venture in Management Program Experience

SVMP cohort led me to embrace my differences and speak confidently (and humbly) about my accomplishments. Through discussion groups and networking sessions, I formed close bonds with members of my cohort, View Details

Web

Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

government-introduced business lending and corporate bond purchase programs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In contrast to the classic lender-of-last-resort thinking, the authors argue that an effective policy response to the... View Details

Web

Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

(19) Annual Reports (2) Annuities (1) Arts (2) Asset Management (3) Asset Pricing (4) Assets (11) Attitudes (18) Auctions (4) Balanced Scorecard (11) Banks and Banking (30) Behavioral Finance (7) Behavior (75) Bids and Bidding (1) Bonds... View Details

2015
Working Paper

Corporate Sponsorship in Culture—A Case of Partnership in Relationship Building and Collaborative Marketing by a Global Financial Institution and a Major Art Museum

By: Ragnar Lund and Stephen A. Greyser

Purpose: This paper examines cultural sponsorship from a partnership and relationship marketing perspective. It studies a case of how a partnership between two international institutions, a bank and a museum, adds value to both in terms of interaction with... View Details

Keywords: Value Creation; Partners and Partnerships; Marketing Strategy; Culture; Banks and Banking

Citation

Read Now

09 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations

the overall objectives of the firm in relation to customers, investors, and regulators. Now people are chosen to step into these roles and the organization is set in motion. What will happen in real time? Once on the job, the bonding... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria

23 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

How to Brand a Next-Generation Product

you expect Rocky II to play off Rocky. But with James Bond movies, there's no reason to expect that the latest Bond movie [Quantum of Solace] has anything to do with the previous View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Jun 2022
Blog Post

Five Lessons From My First Year at HBS

these conversations that I have been able to cultivate genuine bonds and unique memories with classmates that will last beyond HBS. 3. It’s okay to say “no.” The first year can be demanding and draining – physically, emotionally,... View Details

23 May 2019
News

Tracy P. Palandjian, MBA 1997

Parthenon Group 2008 Named Managing Director, Parthenon Group 2011 Cofounds Social Finance 2011 Named Board Chair, Facing History and Ourselves 2013 Social Finance launches first Social Impact Bond 2017 Named Vice Chair, Harvard Board of... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

Web

Business History - Faculty & Research

American chemical industries until the 1970s, when the two German firms diverged from their American counterparts in using public relations strategies not only to contain fallout from criticism, but also as opportunities for changes in corporate culture aimed at... View Details

04 Aug 2010
News

A Lonely Crusader

municipal bond insurer, MBIA, is the subject of a new book, Confidence Game. MBIA’s stellar financial performance and rock-solid triple-A rating masked the firm’s growing fragility as it ventured deeper and deeper into insuring... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; subprime mortgages; Finance; Real Estate

Web

General Merchants to Commodities Brokers | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

reputation and expertise, while expanding its client base. During this period, Lehman Brothers was appointed the Fiscal Agent of Alabama. In this capacity, its first venture into municipal financing, the firm sold state bonds as way to... View Details

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company

bankruptcy proceeding can have difficulty restructuring their public bonds. If such bonds are widely held, individual bondholders may be unwilling to make concessions, preferring to free ride off the concessions of others. Thus it will be... View Details

Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson

16 Mar 2021
Blog Post

2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Smitha Das (MBA 2018)

inspiring/exciting project or opportunity you’ve worked on? I’ve been very excited to work on a new strategy at Social Finance – the Career Impact Bond (CIB). This represents a new, student-friendly way to finance education and training... View Details

09 Nov 2023
News

From the Brink

the history of the municipal bond market. But the most controversial aspect of the plan was the fiscal oversight board, which would be appointed by the US government and would have the authority to sign off on and approve all the budgets... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

05 Jul 2023
News

GCC Alumni Celebrate Grand Opening of New Club Center

excitement and anticipation," he adds. "It will reinforce the strong bond that alumni share with each other and with HBS, creating a lasting and impactful connection that extends far beyond geographical boundaries. We are excited about... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

Web

The Railroads: The First Big Business - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

Harper’s New Monthly Magazine , September 1877, p. 614. Statement Showing the First Mortgage Gold Bearing Six Per Cent. Bonds of The Atchison & Pike’s Peak Railroad Company (Central Branch of the Union Pacific) to be A First-Class... View Details

Web

Bankruptcy | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

the senior tranches. CDOs were typically comprised of “BBB” tranches from approximately 100 different MBS securities and were also divided into similar type tranches as the MBSs. [18 ] In general, CDOs come in the form of cash CDOs (backed by assets such as View Details

06 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

Does Hybrid Work Actually Work? Insights from 30,000 Emails

guiding principle is that the team decides what the co-location schedule will be.” You Might Also Like: Let’s Move Forward from COVID—Without Forgetting What We’ve Learned Reunited and It Feels (Not) So Good: Tips for Managing a Rocky Return Managers, Here’s How to... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

Publications