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Hurry or Wait: The Pros and Cons of Going Fast or Slow on Climate Change

By: Eleanor Denny and Jurgen Weiss
Climate change risk will likely force the de-carbonization of our electricity sector and thus involve massive investments in long-lived assets using many new and emerging technologies. Since technological progress (independent or dependent on deployment) will likely... View Details
Keywords: Electricity Sector; Environmental Risks; Fat Tails; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Climate Change; Information Technology; Investment; Technological Innovation; Cost vs Benefits
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Denny, Eleanor, and Jurgen Weiss. "Hurry or Wait: The Pros and Cons of Going Fast or Slow on Climate Change." Economists' Voice 12, no. 1 (August 2015): 19–24.
  • September 2011
  • Case

Veracity Worldwide: Evaluating FCPA-Related Risks in West Africa

By: Aldo Musacchio
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Business and Government Relations; Crime and Corruption; Emerging Markets; Africa
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Musacchio, Aldo. "Veracity Worldwide: Evaluating FCPA-Related Risks in West Africa." Harvard Business School Case 712-010, September 2011.
  • 2013
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How Do Risk Managers Become Influential? A Field Study in Two Financial Institutions

By: Matthew Hall, Anette Mikes and Yuval Millo
This paper, based on a five-year longitudinal study at two UK-based banks, documents and analyzes the practices used by risk managers as they aim to gather and establish influence in their organizations. Specifically, we examine how influence-seeking risk managers (1)... View Details
Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Decision Making; Risk Management; Strategic Planning; Power and Influence; Business Strategy; Banking Industry
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Hall, Matthew, Anette Mikes, and Yuval Millo. "How Do Risk Managers Become Influential? A Field Study in Two Financial Institutions." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-068, January 2011. (Revised October 2013.)
  • 23 Dec 2019
  • Blog Post

Taking the Risk to Start a Company at Business School

“For me, attending HBS was about choosing a time to take a risk on myself. It sets you up to take a chance and start a company,” says Julie Johnson, Co-Founder and CEO Armored... View Details
  • January 2004 (Revised June 2005)
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General Motors Corporation: Retiree Benefit Risk Management (B)

By: David F. Hawkins and Jacob Cohen
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
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Hawkins, David F., and Jacob Cohen. "General Motors Corporation: Retiree Benefit Risk Management (B)." Harvard Business School Case 104-064, January 2004. (Revised June 2005.)
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Risk Is a Choice Rather Than a Fate

By: Andre F. Perold
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Decision Choices and Conditions
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Perold, Andre F. "Risk Is a Choice Rather Than a Fate." Journal of Portfolio Management 36, no. 1 (Fall 2009). (Invited Editorial Comment.)
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Time Varying Expected Returns, Stochastic Dividend Yields, and Default Probabilities: Linking the Credit Risk and Equity Literature (with George Chacko and Jens Hilscher)

In standard structural bond pricing models, the firm defaults once the market value of assets has fallen below a threshold. Expected returns, or at least dividend yields, are assumed to be constant, which implies that any asset value movement is permanent and has the... View Details
  • January 2013
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Barriers to Household Risk Management: Evidence from India

By: Shawn A. Cole, Xavier Gine, Jeremy Tobacman, Petia Topalova, Robert M. Townsend and James Vickery
Why do many households remain exposed to large exogenous sources of non-systematic income risk? We use a series of randomized field experiments in rural India to test the importance of price and non-price factors in the adoption of an innovative rainfall insurance... View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Household; India
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Cole, Shawn A., Xavier Gine, Jeremy Tobacman, Petia Topalova, Robert M. Townsend, and James Vickery. "Barriers to Household Risk Management: Evidence from India." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 5, no. 1 (January 2013): 104–135.

    Understanding Why Low Risk Stocks Can Be Undervalued

    Contrary to basic finance principles, high-beta and high-volatility stocks have long underperformed low-beta and low-volatility stocks. This anomaly may be partly explained by the fact that the typical institutional investor's mandate to beat a fixed benchmark... View Details
    • October 2014
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    Grantham, Mayo, and Van Otterloo, 2012: Estimating the Equity Risk Premium (Abridged) Spreadsheet Supplement

    By: Samuel Gregory Hanson, Erik Stafford and Luis M. Viceira
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    Hanson, Samuel Gregory, Erik Stafford, and Luis M. Viceira. "Grantham, Mayo, and Van Otterloo, 2012: Estimating the Equity Risk Premium (Abridged) Spreadsheet Supplement." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 215-704, October 2014.
    • 19 Nov 2003
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    Governance Beyond the Boardroom: Assessing Risk and Assuring Compliance Throughout Your Organization." Presenter. "HBS Audioconference

    By: Lynn S. Paine
    Keywords: Governance; Risk and Uncertainty; Governance Compliance; Organizations
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    Paine, Lynn S. Governance Beyond the Boardroom: Assessing Risk and Assuring Compliance Throughout Your Organization." Presenter. "HBS Audioconference. Lecture at the HBS Audioconference, Harvard Business School Publishing, November 19, 2003.
    • 12 Mar 2009
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    Inflation Bets or Deflation Hedges? The Changing Risks of Nominal Bonds

    Keywords: by John Y. Campbell, Adi Sunderam & Luis M. Viceira
    • 16 Sep 2014
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    Harvard Study Warns Business Community Of Economic Inequality Risks

    • April 22, 2021
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    Shareholders Are Pressing for Climate Risk Disclosures. That's Good for Everyone

    By: Caroline Flammer, Michael W. Toffel and Kala Viswanathan
    Does shareholder activism induce firms to voluntarily disclose climate change risks? And how do markets respond to these disclosures? New research finds that the extent of climate-risk disclosure increases by approximately 4.6% for each environment-related proposal... View Details
    Keywords: Reporting; Transparency; Activism; Shareholder Activism; Shareholder Engagement; Climate Change; Corporate Disclosure; Investment Activism; Business and Shareholder Relations
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    Flammer, Caroline, Michael W. Toffel, and Kala Viswanathan. "Shareholders Are Pressing for Climate Risk Disclosures. That's Good for Everyone." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (April 22, 2021).
    • July 2020
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    Recovering the Logic of Double Effect for Business: Intentions, Proportionality, and Impermissible Harms

    By: Rosemarie Monge and Nien-hê Hsieh
    Business actors often act in ways that may harm other parties. While the law aims to restrict harmful behavior and to provide remedies, legal systems do not anticipate all contingencies and legal regulations are not always well enforced. This article argues that the... View Details
    Keywords: Double Effect; Intention; Exploitation; Risk; Practical Ethics; Competition; Risk and Uncertainty; Ethics
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    Monge, Rosemarie, and Nien-hê Hsieh. "Recovering the Logic of Double Effect for Business: Intentions, Proportionality, and Impermissible Harms." Business Ethics Quarterly 30, no. 3 (July 2020): 361–387. (doi: 10.1017/beq.2019.39.)
    • 22 Dec 2013
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    In entertainment offerings, risk is here to stay

    • 2014
    • Working Paper

    Learning from the Kursk Submarine Rescue Failure: the Case for Pluralistic Risk Management

    By: Anette Mikes and Amram Migdal
    The Kursk, a Russian nuclear-powered submarine, sank in the relatively shallow waters of the Barents Sea in August 2000 during a naval exercise. Numerous survivors were reported to be awaiting rescue, and within a week, an international rescue party gathered at... View Details
    Keywords: Risk Management; Groups and Teams; Crisis Management
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    Mikes, Anette, and Amram Migdal. "Learning from the Kursk Submarine Rescue Failure: the Case for Pluralistic Risk Management." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-003, July 2014.
    • 14 Mar 2018
    • Blog Post

    The 2+2 Program: Finding the Freedom to Take Risks

    brilliant classmates, join clubs, and explore questions around business, capitalism (and how to reimagine it!), life, and everything in between. For anybody who is considering applying to the 2+2 Program, my... View Details
    • 16 Sep 2016
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    The Morning Risk Report: Better Performance Follows ESG Proposals

    • 2018
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    A Crisis of Beliefs: Investor Psychology and Financial Fragility

    By: Nicola Gennaioli and Andrei Shleifer
    The collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008 caught markets and regulators by surprise. Although the government rushed to rescue other financial institutions from a similar fate after Lehman, it could not prevent the deepest recession in postwar history. A... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Fragility; Economic Risk; Investor Behavior; Behavioral Economics; Financial Crisis; Risk and Uncertainty; Financial Markets; Investment; Values and Beliefs; United States
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    Gennaioli, Nicola, and Andrei Shleifer. A Crisis of Beliefs: Investor Psychology and Financial Fragility. Princeton University Press, 2018.
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