Risk and Uncertainty - Publications - Faculty & Research

7 Jun 2012
Conference Presentation

How Do Risk Managers Become Influential? A Field Study of Toolmaking and Expertise in Two Financial Institutions

By: Anette Mikes

2017
Article

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

By: John Y. Campbell, Adi Sunderam and Luis M. Viceira

The covariance between U.S. Treasury bond returns and stock returns has moved considerably over time. While it was slightly positive on average in the period 1953–2009, it was unusually high in the early 1980s and negative in the 2000s, particularly in the downturns of... View Details

Keywords: Inflation and Deflation; Bonds; Interest Rates; Investment Return; Risk Management

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26 Oct 2012
Conference Presentation

How Do Risk Managers Become Influential? A Field Study of Toolmaking and Expertise in Two Financial Institutions

By: Anette Mikes

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July 2018
Teaching Note

Prudential Financial—General Motors Pension Risk Transfer: Back to the Future?

By: Luis M. Viceira and Shawn O'Brien

Teaching Note for HBS No. 213-126. View Details

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16 Aug 2022
News

As Climate Risk Grows, So Will Costs for Small Businesses

31 Aug 2017
News

The Wisdom of Finance: Discovering Humanity in the World of Risk and Return, by Mihir A. Desai

September 2005 (Revised October 2005)
Module Note

The Marketing of Innovations Module I: The Risk of Innovation

By: John T. Gourville

Aids classroom instructors in teaching the first module of the Marketing of Innovations course. View Details

Keywords: Innovation and Management

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02 Jun 2023
News

4 Areas of Cyber Risk That Boards Need to Address

October 2011 (Revised August 2017)
Case

Veracity Worldwide in Syria: Assessing Political Risk in a Volatile Environment

By: Aldo Musacchio and Sophus A. Reinert

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Government and Politics; Business and Government Relations; Syria

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October 2023
Article

Laboratory Safety and Research Productivity

By: Alberto Galasso, Hong Luo and Brooklynn Zhu

Are laboratory safety practices a tax on scientific productivity? We examine this question by exploiting the substantial increase in safety regulations at the University of California following the shocking accidental death of a research assistant in 2008.... View Details

Keywords: Economics Of Science; Risk Perception; Safety Regulations; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Working Conditions; Safety; Performance Productivity

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25 Jan 2013
News

The TIME at Davos Debate: The Rewards of Mastering Risk

19 Apr 2021
News

Biggest risks in return to offices: Harvard remote work guru

September 2012
Teaching Note

Kaesong Industrial Complex (A) and (B) (TN)

By: Eric Werker and Dante Roscini

Keywords: Foreign Investment; Country Risk; Bilateral Trade; Special Economic Zones; Risk and Uncertainty; Trade; Foreign Direct Investment

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September 2023 (Revised October 2024)
Case

Forecasting Climate Risks: Aviva’s Climate Calculus

By: Mark Egan and Peter Tufano

In late 2021, Ben Carr, Director of Analytics and Capital Modeling at Aviva Plc (Aviva)—a leading insurer with core operations in the UK, Ireland and Canada,—was preparing for an upcoming presentation before the company's board which included its CEO, Amanda Blanc,... View Details

Keywords: Climate Risk; Climate Finance; Forecasting; Insurance; Risk Measurement; Climate Change; Risk Management; Forecasting and Prediction; Insurance Industry; United States

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29 Jul 2014
Working Paper Summaries

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

Keywords: by Anette Mikes & Amram Migdal

04 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

Is E-commerce at Risk in Apple's Security Dispute with the FBI?

The FBI has ordered Apple’s help unlocking an alleged terrorist’s iPhone. The company has opposed the request and turned to the court of public opinion for help with a verdict. As a House Judiciary Committee hearing gets underway this... View Details

Keywords: Re: Sunil Gupta; Technology

January 2021 (Revised August 2021)
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ByteDance: TikTok and the Trials of Going Viral

By: William C. Kirby and John P. McHugh

In 2020, TikTok became the most valuable start-up ever. The short-form, video-sharing social media platform emerged as the crown jewel of the Chinese technology firm ByteDance, realizing 850 million monthly users and an estimated worth of $180 billion. However, a... View Details