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- 07 Jul 2020
- Podcast
Incorporating Climate Risk in Pension Fund Investment Decisions
Hiro Mizuno, former head of the Japanese Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), and Professor Vikram Gandhi discuss the steps GPIF has taken to incorporate climate risk in its investment process. Mizuno highlights the need to address the entire investment universe... View Details
- 09 Dec 2008
- News
Washington Takes Risks With Its Auto Bailout Plans
- 07 Jun 2009
- News
Bank of America Ousts Head of Risk Oversight
- January 1995
- Teaching Note
Allied-Signal: Managing the Hazardous Waste Liability Risk (TN)
Teaching Note for (9-793-044). View Details
- 1972
- Chapter
Risk and the Discount Rate for Public Investment
By: Michael C. Jensen and Martin J. Bailey
Jensen, Michael C., and Martin J. Bailey. "Risk and the Discount Rate for Public Investment." In Studies in the Theory of Capital Markets, edited by M. C. Jensen. New York: Praeger, 1972.
- August 2017 (Revised August 2018)
- Case
Veracity Worldwide: Evaluating FCPA-Related Risks in West Africa
By: Aldo Musacchio and Sophus A. Reinert
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Business and Government Relations; Crime and Corruption; Emerging Markets; Africa
Musacchio, Aldo, and Sophus A. Reinert. "Veracity Worldwide: Evaluating FCPA-Related Risks in West Africa." Harvard Business School Case 718-011, August 2017. (Revised August 2018.)
- September 2011
- Case
Veracity Worldwide: Evaluating FCPA-Related Risks in West Africa
By: Aldo Musacchio
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Business and Government Relations; Crime and Corruption; Emerging Markets; Africa
Musacchio, Aldo. "Veracity Worldwide: Evaluating FCPA-Related Risks in West Africa." Harvard Business School Case 712-010, September 2011.
- 2010
- Working Paper
On the Descriptive Value of Loss Aversion in Decisions under Risk
By: Eyal Ert and Ido Erev
Five studies are presented that explore the assertion that losses loom larger than gains. The first two studies reveal equal sensitivity to gains and losses. For example, half of the participants preferred the gamble "1000 with probability 0.5; -1000 otherwise"... View Details
Ert, Eyal, and Ido Erev. "On the Descriptive Value of Loss Aversion in Decisions under Risk." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-056, January 2010.
- 2025
- Working Paper
Climate Risk and the U.S. Insurance Gap: Measurement, Drivers and Implications
By: Pari Sastry, Therese Scharlemann, Ishita Sen and Ana-Maria Tenekedjieva
Despite rising climate-related property damage, the average American is under-insured. We study the homeowners insurance protection gap using nationwide state-of-the-art insurance, mortgage, and climate databases at a property level and exploiting quasi-exogenous... View Details
Keywords: Climate Change; Risk and Uncertainty; Insurance; Personal Finance; Consumer Behavior; Mortgages
Sastry, Pari, Therese Scharlemann, Ishita Sen, and Ana-Maria Tenekedjieva. "Climate Risk and the U.S. Insurance Gap: Measurement, Drivers and Implications." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 25-054, February 2025.
- March 2014
- Teaching Note
Risk Management at Wellfleet Bank: Deciding about 'Megadeals'
By: Anette Mikes
Teaching Note for 109071. View Details
Keywords: Banking Industry
- January 2004 (Revised June 2005)
- Case
General Motors Corporation: Retiree Benefit Risk Management (B)
By: David F. Hawkins and Jacob Cohen
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Hawkins, David F., and Jacob Cohen. "General Motors Corporation: Retiree Benefit Risk Management (B)." Harvard Business School Case 104-064, January 2004. (Revised June 2005.)
- 2000
- Working Paper
Business Groups and Risk Sharing Around the World
By: Tarun Khanna and Yishay Yafeh
- 01 Jul 2024
- Podcast
Acquisition Versus Startup: Weighing The Risks And Rewards
In this episode, Daniella Bertolotti and Steve Goulas discuss the more traditional startup route versus entrepreneurship through acquisition. Just weeks ahead of their graduation from business school, and thinking about what’s next, both are looking for control over... View Details
- 16 Jun 2015
- News
Huge growth in China’s money funds poses risk
- 23 Nov 2009
- News
Lula takes risk in welcoming Ahmadinejad to Brazil
- 10 Sep 2019
- News
Trump’s tariffs puts Apple’s golden goose at risk
- 15 Sep 2016
- News
US political system risks economic competitiveness, study finds
- 04 Jan 2022
- News
How Corporate Intelligence Teams Help Businesses Manage Risk
- January 2013
- Article
Barriers to Household Risk Management: Evidence from India
By: Shawn A. Cole, Xavier Gine, Jeremy Tobacman, Petia Topalova, Robert M. Townsend and James Vickery
Why do many households remain exposed to large exogenous sources of non-systematic income risk? We use a series of randomized field experiments in rural India to test the importance of price and non-price factors in the adoption of an innovative rainfall insurance... View Details
Cole, Shawn A., Xavier Gine, Jeremy Tobacman, Petia Topalova, Robert M. Townsend, and James Vickery. "Barriers to Household Risk Management: Evidence from India." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 5, no. 1 (January 2013): 104–135.
- 2007
- Article
Convictions, Conventions and the Operational Risk Maze—The Cases of Three Financial Services Institutions
By: Anette Mikes
Making sense of operational risk practices in the financial services sector is a challenge. There is a temptation to explain the wide variety of approaches as a characteristic of the early stage of development in which the genre resides.Based on the evidence of... View Details
Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Risk Management; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Conflict and Resolution; Organizations; Financial Services Industry
Mikes, Anette. "Convictions, Conventions and the Operational Risk Maze—The Cases of Three Financial Services Institutions." International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management 7, no. 8 (2007): 1027–1056.