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  • 10 Nov 2015
  • First Look

November 10, 2015

find that each $1 invested in display and search leads to a return of $1.24 for display and $1.75 for search ads, which contrasts sharply with the estimated returns based on standard metrics. We use these results to show how optimal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Fourth Quarter 2007
  • Article

Contingent Claims Approach to Measuring and Managing Sovereign Credit Risk

By: Dale . F. Gray, Robert C. Merton and Zvi Bodie
This paper proposes a new approach to measure, analyze, and manage sovereign risk based on the theory and practice of modern contingent claims analysis (CCA). The paper provides a new framework for adapting the CCA model to the sovereign balance sheet in a way that can... View Details
Keywords: Credit; Investment; Sovereign Finance; Risk Management; Emerging Markets; Market Transactions; Mathematical Methods; Valuation
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People - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Investment Strategies course in the MBA elective curriculum and a PhD course in Empirical Methods. Victoria Ivashina Lovett-Learned Professor of Business Administration; Unit Head, Finance Victoria Ivashina is the Lovett-Learned Professor... View Details
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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

Financial Markets (22) Financial Reporting (7) Financial Statements (1) Financial Strategy (11) Financing and Loans (22) Food (12) For-Profit Firms (1) Forecasting and Prediction (26) Foreign Direct Investment (5) Forms of Communication... View Details
  • 01 Nov 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 1

Authors:David E. Bell and Mary L. Shelman Publication:Harvard Business Review 89, no. 11 (November 2011) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the article: http://hbr.org/2011/11/kfcs-radical-approach-to-china/ar/1 Tax Policy and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online

using financial statements Understand GAAP and IFRS standards Prepare and evaluate financial forecasts to make strategic decisions Value a venture, project, or investment opportunity and perform a sensitivity analysis Who Will Benefit... View Details
  • 12 Sep 2023
  • What Do You Think?

Who Gets the Loudest Voice in DEI Decisions?

practicing policies designed to increase inclusion and diversity, if not always equity, are more creative and productive than those that ignore such policies. Companies in the top quartile of gender and ethnic/racial diversity are 25... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 06 Feb 2007
  • First Look

First Look: February 6, 2007

Viceira Publication:In Global Perspectives on Investment Management: Learning from the Leaders, edited by Rodney N. Sullivan, 145-157. CFA Institute, 2006 Abstract The "traditional" approach to designing View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Mar 2019
  • News

The Burden Legacy

III, became a journalist after graduating from HBS, working as a reporter with the Washington Post. He was a staff member at the Washington Center of Foreign Policy Research when he died in 1962. The family’s connection to Harvard dates... View Details
Keywords: Linda Kush
  • 03 Jun 2008
  • First Look

First Look: June 3, 2008

drop is caused by a liquidity event, the situation may represent a profitable investment opportunity. Investors must assess the likely cause of the recent price drops in the leveraged loan market and determine an appropriate View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Jul 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Will Global Demand for Oil Peak This Decade?

Is the globe’s thirst for oil finally topping out? A major international energy watcher says yes, predicting last month that demand for global oil for transport will peak around 2026, plateau for all uses by 2028, and possibly hit a zenith by the end of the decade.... View Details
Keywords: by Alvin Powell, Harvard Gazette; Energy; Industrial Products; Auto; Green Technology
  • 28 Nov 2023
  • Book

Economic Growth Draws Companies to Asia. Can They Handle Its Authoritarian Regimes?

policies and address risks in ways they may not prefer.” Silverthorne: To help explain these differences, you put forward a model that features “mutual alignment” and “mutual endangerment” as motivating forces. Can you explain? Rithmire:... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Jun 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Blissful Thinking: When It Comes to Finding Happiness, 'Your Dreams Are Liars'

graduated. “Here’s the good news: They got everything they wanted,” Brooks said. “Here’s the bad news: They wanted the wrong thing. The result is that they’re not as happy as they could be. We need to teach a class on happiness,” Brooks concluded. A social scientist... View Details
Keywords: by Dan Morrell
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Events - Business & Environment

26 More on Food Policy Pathways: Building a Better Food System Through Visionary Leadership Organizers: HBS Food & Agriculture Club 26 MAR 2025 | HKS Campus Open to the Harvard Community Are you interested in a career in food policy? Come... View Details
  • 29 Jan 2008
  • First Look

First Look: January 29, 2008

practices, accounting firms, investment banks, and other professional service organizations, industry veterans DeLong, Gabarro, and Lees show how this model works to: align your firm's culture and key organizational components; satisfy... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Jul 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Did Pandemic Stimulus Funds Spur the Rise of 'Meme Stocks'?

The US government set out to support consumers and jolt the economy when it issued federal stimulus checks during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. But actually, that money helped propel questionable investments in “meme stocks,”... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services
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Business, Government & the International Economy Curriculum - Faculty & Research

importance for business and society. We will look at policies that affect millions of people - and often have implications for every firm doing business in a country. MBA Elective Curriculum (SECOND YEAR) Course Title Faculty Name Term... View Details
  • 19 Sep 2023
  • Research & Ideas

What Chandrayaan-3 Says About India's Entrepreneurial Approach to Space

R&D spent in the US in the last couple of decades. And that is just a corpus of knowledge that is the ultimate public good, right? Anybody can access it in theory. India does not invest adequately in R&D, sadly. I’ve written about... View Details
Keywords: by Clea Simon, Harvard Gazette; Aerospace
  • 22 Jan 2007
  • Research & Ideas

The Immigrant Technologist: Studying Technology Transfer with China

sample to quantify correctly the overall importance of these networks. The Silicon Valley Chinese are a very special case, and my work seeks to understand the larger benefit these networks provide throughout the global economy. These macroeconomic findings are... View Details
Keywords: Re: William R. Kerr; Technology; Computer
  • 2025
  • Working Paper

Residential Battery Storage - Reshaping The Way We Do Electricity

By: Christian Kaps and Serguei Netessine
In this paper, we aim to understand when private households invest in behind-the-meter battery storage next to rooftop solar and how those batteries impact households, the electricity market, and emissions. We answer three main research questions: 1) When do customers... View Details
Keywords: Solar Power; Energy Storage; Technology And Innovation Management; Energy; Energy Policy; Renewable Energy; Technological Innovation; Innovation and Management; Energy Industry
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