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- September 2008
- Article
Does Innovation Cause Stock Market Runups? Evidence from the Great Crash
By: Tom Nicholas
This article examines the stock market's changing valuation of corporate patentable assets between 1910 and 1939. It shows that the value of knowledge capital increased significantly during the 1920s compared to the 1910s as investors responded to the quality of... View Details
Keywords: History; Technological Innovation; Patents; Stocks; Valuation; Financial Crisis; Financial Services Industry; United States
Nicholas, Tom. "Does Innovation Cause Stock Market Runups? Evidence from the Great Crash." American Economic Review 98, no. 4 (September 2008): 1370–1396.
- 26 Jun 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
Weak Credit Covenants
- February 1986 (Revised May 1986)
- Case
PQ Corp.: Adjustable Tender Security
Keywords: Financial Instruments
Fruhan, William E., Jr. "PQ Corp.: Adjustable Tender Security." Harvard Business School Case 286-078, February 1986. (Revised May 1986.)
- July 2009 (Revised June 2015)
- Case
Citigroup's Exchange Offer
By: Robin Greenwood and James Quinn
Citigroup faced considerable distress in early 2009. In late 2008, the bank had accepted $45 billion in preferred equity from the United States government via the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP). Yet, the stock had continued to slide in early 2009. In late... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Capital Markets; Banks and Banking; Stocks; Price; Globalized Markets and Industries; Financial Services Industry
Greenwood, Robin, and James Quinn. "Citigroup's Exchange Offer." Harvard Business School Case 210-009, July 2009. (Revised June 2015.)
- April 26, 2007
- Article
How to Strengthen Wall Street's Global Trust
By: Robert C. Pozen
Pozen, Robert C. "How to Strengthen Wall Street's Global Trust." Financial Times (April 26, 2007).
- September 2007
- Supplement
Corning: Convertible Preferred Stock (CW)
By: Malcolm P. Baker and James Quinn
- August 1972
- Article
Warrants in Bond-Warrant Units: A Review and Assessment
By: Henry B. Reiling
Keywords: Bonds
Reiling, Henry B. "Warrants in Bond-Warrant Units: A Review and Assessment." Michigan Law Review 70, no. 1411 (August 1972).
- March 2008 (Revised May 2008)
- Case
Carlyle Japan (A)
By: David B. Godes, Masako Egawa and Mayuka Yamazaki
Tamotsu Adachi, Managing Director of Carlyle Japan, wants to formulate a strategy to improve his firm's ability to source high-quality deals at competitive valuations, or prices. Buyout funds like Carlyle typically have two deal phases: sourcing and monitoring. These... View Details
Keywords: Financial Instruments; Leveraged Buyouts; Supply Chain Management; Marketing Channels; Sales; Financial Services Industry; Japan
Godes, David B., Masako Egawa, and Mayuka Yamazaki. "Carlyle Japan (A)." Harvard Business School Case 508-092, March 2008. (Revised May 2008.)
- January 1987 (Revised March 1989)
- Background Note
Note on the Pricing of Mortgage-Backed Securities
By: Jay O. Light and Jeremy C. Stein
An introduction to mortgage-backed securities, prepayment risk, and their market pricing. View Details
Light, Jay O., and Jeremy C. Stein. "Note on the Pricing of Mortgage-Backed Securities." Harvard Business School Background Note 287-060, January 1987. (Revised March 1989.)
- spring 1974
- Article
The Optimality of a Competitive Stock Market
By: Robert C. Merton and Marti G. Subrahmanyam
Merton, Robert C., and Marti G. Subrahmanyam. "The Optimality of a Competitive Stock Market." Bell Journal of Economics and Management Science 5, no. 1 (spring 1974): 145–170.
- December 2010 (Revised July 2011)
- Supplement
DoubleClick, Inc.: Additional Paid-in-CapitalStock Options
By: David F. Hawkins
Income statement and balance sheet consequences of DoubleClick adoption of the fair value method to account for stock options. View Details
- December 1982 (Revised November 2006)
- Background Note
Note on Futures Contracts
By: David E. Bell
Provides an introduction to futures contracts, what they are, what their use in hedging is, and their usefulness in providing forecasts. Also covers basic risk. Includes a list of commodities currently traded in futures markets and the necessary properties of a... View Details
Keywords: Futures and Commodity Futures
Bell, David E. "Note on Futures Contracts." Harvard Business School Background Note 183-126, December 1982. (Revised November 2006.)
- October 1972
- Article
A Dynamic Model for Bond Portfolio Management
By: D. B. Crane and S. P. Bradley
Crane, D. B., and S. P. Bradley. "A Dynamic Model for Bond Portfolio Management." Management Science 19, no. 2 (October 1972).
- September 1994 (Revised April 1995)
- Case
Banque Paribas: Paribas Derives Garantis
In March 1993, the management of Paribas Capital Markets is making a final review of the proposal to set up Paribas Derives Garantis (PDG), a special-purpose subsidiary of Compagnie Financiere de Paribas (CFP), that would guarantee derivative products offered by Banque... View Details
Keywords: Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Business Subsidiaries; Banks and Banking; Financial Services Industry
Mason, Scott P., and Kuljot Singh. "Banque Paribas: Paribas Derives Garantis." Harvard Business School Case 295-008, September 1994. (Revised April 1995.)
John M. Regan, Jr.
Regan helped build Marsh & McLennan into the largest U.S. insurance broker and the first US company to buy its way into the world’s only major insurance underwriting exchange, Lloyd’s of London. Regan has played an instrumental role... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- July 1994 (Revised September 1995)
- Case
Cougars
By: Scott P. Mason and Mihir A. Desai
Provides an introduction to zero coupon bonds and stripping coupon bonds. Concerns the relationship between the spot curve, the strip curve, and the coupon curve. View Details
Mason, Scott P., and Mihir A. Desai. "Cougars." Harvard Business School Case 295-006, July 1994. (Revised September 1995.)
- Article
Dividend Decisions and Earnings
By: Paul M. Healy and Franco Modigliani
Healy, Paul M., and Franco Modigliani. "Dividend Decisions and Earnings." Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance 5, no. 1 (Winter 1990): 3–26.
- January 1995
- Case
Keller Fund's Option Investment Strategies, The
By: W. Carl Kester
A closed-end mutual fund's decision to study option trading provides an opportunity to study the profit profile and pricing of multiple option investment strategies (e.g., buy a call, buy a put, write a call, buy stock-write call, etc.). This case is designed to... View Details
Kester, W. Carl. "Keller Fund's Option Investment Strategies, The." Harvard Business School Case 295-096, January 1995.