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- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
much more complicated due in part to the development of mortgage brokers. The new system fueled a bevy of mortgage backed securities and derivatives that were terribly difficult for experts to comprehend, he said. Too much leverage... View Details
- 13 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 13, 2010
and Collateralized Lending Authors:Jakub W. Jurek and Erik Stafford Abstract This paper develops a parsimonious static model for characterizing financing terms in collateralized lending markets. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy
rapidly changing. Harvard Business School Senior Associate Dean Matthew Weinzierl’s new research explores the business opportunities hidden among the stars, particularly in data from and through space, but also in tourism, manufacturing, and even space-based resources.... View Details
- 14 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Right Fit for Software Testing
Specialisterne seems uniquely suited to the kind of consulting work that requires tremendous powers of concentration. Not all software testing lends itself to offshoring. Certainly, some testing may be automated, but other elements cannot... View Details
- 16 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 16, 2007
a second publisher seeking to close the deal was "shadowing" Grand Central's every move and a preemptive offer of well over a million dollars would be required to secure the acquisition—an exceedingly high amount for a book by a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
capitalism. Read the article: http://hbr.org/2011/09/global-capitalism-at-risk-what-are-you-doing-about-it/ar/1 A Darker Side to Decentralized Banks: Market Power and Credit Rationing in SME Lending Authors:Rodrigo Canales and Ramana... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
Shrinking the Racial Wealth Gap, One Mortgage at a Time
Hiring more minority loan officers could help people of color secure significantly more home loans and address one of the biggest factors driving the racial wealth gap, new research finds. In the white-dominated US banking industry,... View Details
- 22 Apr 2015
- Op-Ed
Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths
10 on whether "Public finances are being efficiently managed." Indicatively, although the Greek government increased taxes across the board both collected indirect tax revenues and collected social security contributions as a... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- 21 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation
At the same time, shareholders and some debt holders will suffer losses, since their securities will no longer have value. Second, Congress dramatically reduced the risk of trading financial derivatives by requiring most of them to go... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 27 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Coffee Economy That Bloomed Out of Nowhere
Romero's efforts, the Soconusco's coffee economy didn't have much direct help from the Mexican state. In terms of securing farmland, the initial investors depended on the British-owned Mexican Land and Colonization Company, which surveyed... View Details
- 03 Sep 2014
- What Do You Think?
Who Should Choose Your Boss?
back from a near death experience after what should be an initial fanfare around the return of Demoulas to the chief executive's office. But few organizations are structured to accommodate this practice. Perhaps most important, it assumes a level of mobility and... View Details
- 21 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government’s Role as Fixer
banks by the federal government, it can divide them into good banks and bad banks. The good banks would return to the normal business of taking deposits and making loans; the bad banks would work out and sell toxic assets over several years. If the U.S. Treasury and... View Details
- 27 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 27
Using a large sample of publicly traded U.S. firms over 16 years, we investigate the impact of corporate socially responsible (CSR) strategies on security analysts' recommendations. Socially responsible firms received more favorable... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments
add over $10 trillion to outstanding federal debt. But closer inspection of government data reveals that these figures grossly understate both the current deficit and level of debt. Consider, for example, that the estimated net present value of obligations under the... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 03 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa
There has been much recent discussion about which objective the United States should pursue—democracy for them vs. security for us—in instances where the two seem at odds. The problem with this debate is that it stems from an imprecise... View Details
- 02 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018
Convenience Stores (A) Faced with a persistent robbery problem at his convenience store company, Sean Sportun, security and loss prevention manager at Mac’s of Central Canada, looked to standardize safety measures and devise a new way of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 28, 2010
pricing theories. First, in an era when efficient portfolio diversification was not possible, the intrinsic risk of an equity security was an important input into investor decision making. Second, our evidence suggests that businesspeople... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 24
external funds. Conditional on issuance of new debt, we interpret firms' switching from loans to bonds as a contraction in bank credit supply. We find strong evidence of substitution from loans to bonds at times characterized by tight View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 14, 2010
lending data from a financial services organization that implemented a highly decentralized business model. I exploit variation in this organization in whether or not employees are selected via channels that are likely to sort on the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 3, 2008
creation of a system of secure land titles, and a homestead program to encourage cultivation of public lands. During the first phase of American occupation (1898–1918), we find that the progress of implementing these reforms was very... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne