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  • 18 Jul 2022
  • Research & Ideas

After the 'Crypto Crash,' What's Next for Digital Currencies?

And so, there’s a lot of uncertainty around crypto; and in times of overall financial market uncertainty, people pull away from riskier assets. At the same time, a lot of the... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Financial Services; Financial Services
  • 25 Aug 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Why IT Does Matter

had the courage to invest in its performance, and they used it to gain a significant competitive edge. It is naive to assume that other sharply discontinuous technologies will... View Details
Keywords: by F. Warren McFarlan & Richard L. Nolan
  • October 2000 (Revised April 2001)
  • Case

Cost of Capital at Ameritrade

By: Mark L. Mitchell and Erik Stafford
Ameritrade Holding Corp. is planning large marketing and technology investments to improve the company's competitive position in deep-discount brokerage by taking advantage of emerging economies of scale. In order to evaluate whether the strategy would generate... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Asset Pricing; Cash Flow; Cost of Capital; Investment; Marketing; Mathematical Methods; Competition; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Financial Services Industry
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Can Gambling Increase Savings? Empirical Evidence on Prize-linked Savings Accounts

This paper studies whether prize-linked savings (PLS) accounts, which offer random, lottery-like payouts to account holders in lieu of risk-free interest, can aid individuals in increasing savings levels by adding the chance to “win big.”  Using micro-level data from... View Details
Keywords: Lottery; Banking; Saving; Commercial Banking; Africa
  • 12 Mar 2009
  • Working Paper Summaries

Inflation Bets or Deflation Hedges? The Changing Risks of Nominal Bonds

Keywords: by John Y. Campbell, Adi Sunderam & Luis M. Viceira
  • 10 Nov 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 10

Indian operating partner, and the reader must review the memo and financial model to make an investment recommendation to Saboput's View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

    Buffett's Bid for Media General's Newspapers

    On May 12, 2012, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway announced an offer to buy Media General’s (MEG) newspaper division for $142 million in cash and, under a separate agreement, provide debt financing to the struggling firm.  Reactions from investors and industry... View Details

    • 28 Aug 2009
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Impact of Private Equity Ownership on Portfolio Firms’ Corporate Tax Planning

    Keywords: by Brad Badertscher, Sharon P. Katz & Sonja Olhoft Rego; Financial Services
    • 24 Apr 2007
    • First Look

    First Look: April 24, 2007

    case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=407076   PublicationsMultinationals as Arbitrageurs? The Effect of Stock Market Valuations on Foreign Direct Investment Authors:Malcolm C. Baker, Fritz Foley, View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 17 Nov 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: Nov. 17

    economists and other social scientists as they guide our most important personal and societal decisions. Bank Lending During the Financial Crisis... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 14 Sep 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: September 14, 2010

    http://www.people.hbs.edu/ffoley/IPRImit.pdf Venture Capital Investment in the Clean Energy Sector Authors:Shikhar Ghosh and Ramana Nanda Publication:In America's Energy Innovation Problem Abstract We... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 13 Oct 2010
    • Research & Ideas

    How Government can Discourage Private Sector Reliance on Short-Term Debt

    government has done as much as it can do to dissuade private sector borrowing at extremely short maturities. Of course, the government may still use other means to regulate borrowing, such as quantity regulation. Q: During the View Details
    Keywords: by Staff; Financial Services
    • 2023
    • Working Paper

    Flow-Driven ESG Returns

    By: Philippe van der Beck
    I show that the recent returns to ESG investing are strongly driven by price impact from flows towards ESG funds. Using data on institutional trades, I estimate the market’s ability to accommodate the demand of ESG funds, which is given by the elasticity of... View Details
    Keywords: Investment Funds; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Financial Markets; Investment Return
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    • 14 Dec 2010
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    First Look: Dec. 14

    increased during the 2007-2009 financial crisis. Diversification gave firms both financing and investment advantages. First, conglomerates became significantly more leveraged... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 13 Feb 2007
    • First Look

    First Look: February 13, 2007

    A. Desai, and C. Fritz Foley Abstract This paper examines how costly financial contracting and weak investor protection influence the cross-border operational, financing View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
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    Overview

    Professor Huang examines the micro-foundations of entrepreneurship: the individual-level decision-making processes that influence entrepreneurs’ ability to acquire resources that they need, yet lack, especially financial capital. Deploying a variety of methods from... View Details
    • November 2018 (Revised October 2019)
    • Case

    Rebuilding Puerto Rico

    By: Laura Alfaro, Laura Phillips Sawyer and Haviland Sheldahl-Thomason
    On September 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria swept over Puerto Rico, devastating the island’s infrastructure and agriculture. The natural disaster was layered atop years of mounting financial distress. Before the hurricane, Puerto Rico had accumulated $74 billion in debt and... View Details
    Keywords: Natural Disasters; Financial Crisis; Infrastructure; Borrowing and Debt; Economy; Strategic Planning; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Puerto Rico
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    • 20 Jan 2009
    • Research & Ideas

    Risky Business with Structured Finance

    In the wake of the financial crisis, many once-esoteric investment terms have become a familiar part of our vocabulary. The role of structured finance securities such as collateralized debt obligations... View Details
    Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services; Financial Services
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    Non-Financial Incentives

    My research shows how firms combine many facets of internal governance to motivate managers. A perspective that underlies much of my research is that managers are not motivated by financial rewards alone: “it’s not just about the... View Details

      Mihir A. Desai

      Mihir A. Desai is the Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance at Harvard Business School and a Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. He received his Ph.D. in political economy from Harvard... View Details