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  • 01 Mar 2014
  • News

W50 Next Steps

A NEW CASE SERIES, "Cynthia Carroll at Anglo American," written by Assistant Professor Gautam Mukunda, was used for the first time in November in the first-year LEAD course. Part of a larger effort to focus on the experiences of female... View Details
Keywords: W50; Educational Services; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 2008
  • Working Paper

Catering through Nominal Share Prices

By: Malcolm Baker, Robin Greenwood and Jeffrey Wurgler
We propose and test a catering theory of nominal stock prices.  The theory predicts that when investors place higher valuation on low-price firms, managers will maintain share prices at lower levels, and vice-versa. Using measures of time-varying catering... View Details
Keywords: Stocks; Stock Shares; Investment; Investment Return; Price; Theory; Valuation
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  • November 2008
  • Supplement

NEC Electronics (CW)

By: C. Fritz Foley, Robin Greenwood and James Quinn
Why do shares in NEC Electronics, a publicly listed subsidiary of Japan conglomerate NEC trade at a discount to their fundamental value? Can Perry Capital, a U.S. hedge fund, restructure this subsidiary and generate significant returns? This case provides students with... View Details
Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Business Subsidiaries; Restructuring; Decisions; Investment Return; Investment Funds; Price; Ownership; Agency Theory; Business and Shareholder Relations; Value Creation; Electronics Industry; Japan; United States
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  • 25 Apr 2014
  • News

An investment in meaningful results

Ending poverty in New York City is a monumental goal, but as president and chief operating officer of a modern-day nonprofit that bears the legendary moniker Robin Hood, Deborah Winshel (MBA 1985) uses her business acumen to effect social... View Details
  • 29 Jun 2021
  • Blog Post

DIVERSIFYING OUR CASE PROTAGONISTS: HOW IS HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL DOING A YEAR LATER?

to create opportunities for others.” The drive for protagonist diversity became a focus for the Dean's Anti-Racism Task Force, convened in June 2020 and comprising faculty, staff, students, and alumni. Its seven workstreams included one on the curriculum, led View Details
  • 30 Jun 2021
  • Blog Post

Diversifying Our Case Protagonists: How is Harvard Business School Doing a Year Later?

to create opportunities for others.” The drive for protagonist diversity became a focus for the Dean's Anti-Racism Task Force, convened in June 2020 and comprising faculty, staff, students, and alumni. Its seven workstreams included one on the curriculum, led View Details
  • October 2008 (Revised November 2010)
  • Case

NEC Electronics

By: C. Fritz Foley, Robin Greenwood and James Quinn
Why do shares in NEC Electronics, a publicly listed subsidiary of Japan conglomerate NEC, trade at a discount to their fundamental value? Can Perry Capital, a U.S. hedge fund, restructure this subsidiary and generate significant returns? This case provides students... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Private Equity; Investment Return; Ownership Stake; Business and Shareholder Relations; Financial Services Industry; Japan
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  • 15 May 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018

productive. That’s a missed opportunity. Questioning is a powerful tool for unlocking value in companies: It spurs learning and the exchange of ideas, it fuels innovation and better performance, and it builds trust among team members. And it can mitigate business risk... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • April 2016
  • Technical Note

Estimating the Equity Risk Premium

By: Samuel Hanson, Robin Greenwood and David Biery
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Leading Race Work in Business Schools - Race, Gender & Equity

Leadership by Laura Morgan Roberts, Tony Mayo, and David Thomas. Presentations & Discussions Lessons from W50 Lessons from W50 FEB 07 2020 | By: Robin Ely Professor Robin Ely... View Details
  • 31 Mar 2022
  • News

A Community Hunger Solution with Global Ambitions

Every evening on the streets of Pune, in western India, a 67-year-old man coordinates a food drive to benefit the people in his community. As a local leader in the Robin Hood Army, a nonprofit volunteer organization, he’s on the front... View Details
  • 25 Aug 2022
  • News

In My Humble Opinion: Road Tested

Robin Gregg (MBA 2002) grew up in the West Virginia town of Martinsburg, 15 minutes from the midpoint of the Appalachian Trail. “Most of the people I looked up to were doctors, lawyers, or teachers, so it’s funny that I ended up in... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; trucking; leadership; fintech; career
  • 29 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 29

  Publications August 2013 Journal of Financial Economics X-CAPM: An Extrapolative Capital Asset Pricing Model By: Barberis, Nicholas, Robin Greenwood, Lawrence Jin, and Andrei Shleifer Abstract—Survey evidence suggests that many... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Master's Tools: Exposing, Rejecting, & Appropriating Jessica Clarke presents "The Right to Nonbinary Gender?" at the 2022 Gender and Work Symposium: The Master's Tools: Exposing, Rejecting, & Appropriating Robin Dembroff presents at the... View Details
  • March 2009 (Revised November 2009)
  • Supplement

Washington Mutual's Covered Bonds Courseware

By: Daniel Baird Bergstresser, Robin Greenwood and James Quinn
Washington Mutual issues 6 billion Euro of covered bonds in 2006. The objective of the case is to ask whether these bonds are mispriced in late 2008. The case is set in September 20008, and Washington Mutual is facing considerable distress due to mounting losses on its... View Details
Keywords: Banks and Banking; Bonds; Education; Information; Banking Industry
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  • March 2009 (Revised November 2016)
  • Case

Washington Mutual's Covered Bonds

By: Daniel Baird Bergstresser, Robin Greenwood and James Quinn
Washington Mutual issued 6 billion euro of covered bonds in 2006. The objective of the case is to ask whether these bonds are mispriced in late 2008. The case is set in September 2008, and Washington Mutual is facing considerable distress due to mounting losses in its... View Details
Keywords: Capital Markets; Financial Liquidity; Bonds; Mortgages; Price; Banking Industry; United States
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  • 01 Jun 2013
  • News

Notes from W50

presenters. (See www.alumni.hbs.edu/women50 for a full list of speakers, as well as photos and videos from the events.) Professor Robin Ely, senior associate dean for Culture and Community, unveiled the early results of her survey of some... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2016
  • News

Making Progress on Strategic Priorities

The Harvard Business School Campaign has played a critical role in advancing the School’s mission through the “Five I” strategic priorities. Selected highlights of new activities made possible by generous support from alumni and friends... View Details
  • Web

Leading Race Work in Business Schools - Race, Gender & Equity

Leadership by Laura Morgan Roberts, Tony Mayo, and David Thomas. Presentations & Discussions Lessons from W50 Lessons from W50 FEB 07 2020 | By: Robin Ely Professor Robin Ely... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2009
  • News

Faculty Research Online

HBS Working Knowledge is an online forum for innovation in business practice, offering a first look at new thinking from HBS faculty. Read the complete articles summarized below by visiting their Web links. The Value of a ‘Portable’... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services