Publications

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

How to Put Meaning Back into Leading

ongoing sources of geographic and social mobility. Because individuals derived most of their meaning from institutions grounded in enduring social relations—institutions like family, community, and religion—the leading social thinkers of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

23 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

New Challenges for Long-Term Investors

3:1). The recommendations of traditional asset allocation models derive mostly from the fact that these models usually adopt a short-term view of risk and return. This view is rather innocuous when annualized risk does not change across... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

Fast Answer

Securitization process and credit rating agencies

Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). Associations and Organizations Structured Finance Association European Covered Bond Council International Swaps and Derivatives Association View Details

October 1994
Case

Bankers Trust: Global Investment Bank

By: Andre F. Perold and Kuljot Singh

In October 1992, Eugene Shanks, president of Bankers Trust New York Corp., and Brian Walsh, head of the Global Investment Bank (GIB) business unit, are considering a proposal for a large and complex financing involving the North Sea Oil Co. (NSOC). The financing... View Details

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Risk Management; Value Creation; Business History; Capital Markets; Financing and Loans; Financial Markets; Corporate Finance; Banking Industry; Energy Industry

26 Jul 2016
News

Alumni Capture the Essence of Pokemon GO Craze

can be derived from the phenomenon. To gather alumni thoughts and takeaways, we went on social media with a question: “How can other brands replicate the breakout success of Pokemon GO or can they?” Here are a sampling of their responses:... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment

01 Jun 2016
News

How Do I Get Your Job?

a better water bottle I could use that product as a way to tell people about the billion people in the world who didn’t have access to that water. So it took a long time, and then it was actually quite sudden. OW: What do you want your customers to View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Dec 2003
News

Spreading the Words

income from national syndication of their daily word puzzle called Rootonym.) Even as they invest more time in developing the Web site, the Cooks wouldn’t think of charging users an access fee. They told Gentry Magazine (October 2003) that the pleasure they View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

February 2010
Case

Saginaw Parts Co. and the General Motors Corp. Credit Default Swap

By: William E. Fruhan

This two-page case demonstrates how to unbundle the cost of credit extensions from product prices by observing the price of a credit default swap. It also explores how credit default swaps work, and how trade creditors are treated under U.S. bankruptcy law. Finally it... View Details

Keywords: Trade; Credit; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Laws and Statutes; Risk Management; Auto Industry; United States

01 Apr 2002
News

Insights into Business in Islamic World

who directs the Law School's Islamic Studies Program, explained that such legal systems do not rely on precedents or written codes and have an inherent dependence on religious beliefs. "This law is seen as deriving from direct, divine... View Details

Keywords: Islam; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

09 Aug 2011
News

A Toast to Macchu Pisco

barefoot. The result is an un-aged 80 proof clear spirit derived from fresh-fermented grape juice (wine). It takes at least four bottles of wine to produce one bottle of pisco. Pisco Punch and Pisco Sour are the spirit’s flagship drinks... View Details

Keywords: Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

Web

Bibliography - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections

Risk . New York, N.Y.: John Wiley and Sons, 1996. Bernstein, Peter L. Capital Ideas: The Improbable Origins of Modern Wall Street . New York, N.Y.: Free Press, 1992. Bertsimas, Dimitris, Leonid Kogan, and Andrew W. Lo. "Pricing and Hedging View Details

21 Feb 2020
News

Style for Everyone

Nadia Boujarwah and Lydia Gilbert (both MBA 2013) cofounded Dia & Co right out of HBS, producing fashion and online services for plus-size women. In this interview, they talk about the inspiration for the idea and the need it serves. “Dia & Co View Details

Keywords: Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Jun 1999
News

Short Takes

only the costs for capital, labor, and traded goods but also social costs like the effect of air pollution on health or even the value people derive from the continued survival of an endangered species. At the same time, managers are... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Jun 2002
News

Books

While Enron made the headlines, Mills says, these other actors were culpable as well. The title of Mills' book derives from a comment made by former SEC chairman Arthur Levitt regarding the actions of teenager Jonathan Lebed who broke... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

02 Dec 2010
News

Ten Rules for Entrepreneurs

entrepreneurs from the late 1990s and winnowed the lot down to three: Marla Malcolm Beck, Chris Michel, and Marc Cenedella. From their stories, he derived key lessons learned, often the hard way, as they built successful businesses,... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

August 1985 (Revised July 1991)
Case

Universal Circuits, Inc.

By: Thomas R. Piper

The manager of international finance of a major U.S. electronics company is concerned about the exposure of the firm to changes in exchange rates. Of particular concern is the exposure of operations to changes in real exchange rates. The teaching objectives include: 1)... View Details

Keywords: Credit Derivatives and Swaps; International Finance; Currency Exchange Rate; Business Plan; Risk and Uncertainty; Financial Management; Financial Strategy; Electronics Industry; United States

September 2002 (Revised October 2002)
Case

Corporate Inversions: Stanley Works and the Lure of Tax Havens

By: Mihir A. Desai, James R. Hines, Jr and Mark Veblen

In response to Stanley Work's announcement that it is moving to Bermuda--and the associated jump in market value--a major competitor sets out to determine how the market is valuing the consequences of moving to a tax haven and whether his company should invert to a tax... View Details

Keywords: Financial Management; Taxation; Financial Strategy; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; International Finance; Valuation; Financial Markets; Financial Statements; United States