Publications

June 2011
Case

Fighting a Dangerous Financial Fire: The Federal Response to the Crisis of 2007-2009

By: David Moss and Cole Bolton

By the summer of 2009, many observers concluded that a catastrophic financial collapse- which seemed all but imminent the previous fall and winter - had been averted. Although the recession had still yet to be declared over and the economy's footing remained far from... View Details

Keywords: Business Cycles; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Financial Crisis; Financial Institutions; Financial Markets; Financial Strategy; Policy; Knowledge Acquisition

2013
Chapter

Monetary Policy Frameworks after the Great Financial Crisis

By: Huw Pill and Frank Smets

July 2012
Case

New Century Financial Corporation (Abridged)

By: Krishna G. Palepu, Suraj Srinivasan and Ian Cornell

After years of rapid growth and stock price appreciation, New Century Financial Corporation, one of the largest subprime loan originators in the U.S., reported accounting problems in early 2007. The resulting liquidity crisis forced the company to file for Chapter 11... View Details

Keywords: Audit Committees; Financial Management; Control Systems; Securities; Loan Evaluation; Accounting; Value; Financial Services Industry; United States

July 2010
Teaching Note

Executive Pay and the Credit Crisis of 2008 (TN) (A) and (B) and The Credit Crisis of 2008: An Overview

By: V.G. Narayanan and Lisa Brem

Teaching Note for 109036, 110005, and 110048. View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Compensation and Benefits; Management Teams

16 Dec 2008
First Look

First Look: December 16, 2008

Economic Leaders, Simon & Schuster, 2008 Abstract Bill Gates is more than the world's most successful capitalist; he's also the world's biggest philanthropist. Gates has approached philanthropy the same way he revolutionized computer... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

November 2008 (Revised April 2009)
Case

E Ink in 2008

By: David B. Yoffie and Renee Kim

In the fall of 2008, E Ink had positioned itself as a leader in electronic ink technology thanks to the launch of several eBook devices such as Amazon's Kindle. Yet E Ink still faced the question of how to turn its technology into a profitable business amid competing... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Profit; Product Positioning; Business Strategy; Competition; Hardware; Technology Industry

November 2004 (Revised January 2005)
Teaching Note

Bahtulism, Collapse, Resurrection? Financial Crisis in Asia: 1997-1998 (TN)

By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel

Teaching Note to (9-798-089). View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Asia

15 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 15, 2008

Guide to Changes 10 Years after the 1995 Bank Crisis Authors:Gustavo A. Del Angel, Stephen Haber, and Aldo Musacchio Abstract After the 1995 crisis, the Mexican banking system experienced significant changes in bank accounting standards.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Mar 2008
First Look

First Look: March 4, 2008

stronger for longer maturities, and (iv) following periods when arbitrageurs have lost money, both supply and the term spread are stronger predictors of excess returns. Download the paper from SSRN.com ($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13806 Household Saving... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

October 2007
Teaching Note

Transforming Korea Inc: Financial Crisis and Institutional Reform (TN)

By: Laura Alfaro and Renee Kim

Teaching Note for 708007. View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Transformation; Policy; Development Economics; Investment Funds; International Finance; Financing and Loans; South Korea

August 2015 (Revised February 2019)
Case

Clare College: Seeking Investment Opportunity in a Financial Crisis

By: David Chambers, Elroy Dimson and Luis M. Viceira

15 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 15, 2008

there is financial data available in the years before and after their initial public offering (IPO), I differentiate between those that have private equity sponsorship (PE-backed firms) and those that do not (non-PE-backed firms). The... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 26, 2008

similar behavior following periods of poor financial performance. In addition to offering promotions more frequently, we find that firms offer deeper price discounts to manage earnings during these periods. Furthermore, our results... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

May 2014
Supplement

Barclays Bank, 2008 - courseware

By: Lucy White

In the midst of the financial crisis, Barclays (the world's 4th largest bank by assets) is forced by UK regulators to raise more capital. Should it take up the UK government's offer to invest, or take funding from investors from the Middle East? Students may price the... View Details

Keywords: Government And Business; Option Contract; Corporate Finance; Bank Capital; Bank Regulation; Finance; Banking Industry; Europe; North and Central America

March 2013 (Revised August 2014)
Case

Indonesia's OJK: Building Financial Stability

By: Lakshmi Iyer and David Lane

In 2013, a new financial services authority, the Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK), took over responsibility for regulating capital markets and non-bank financial institutions in Indonesia. OJK was scheduled to take over bank regulation and supervision from the central... View Details

Keywords: Monetary Policy; Bank Regulation; Financial Market Regulation; Corruption; Bureaucracy; Central Bank Independence; Indonesia; Crime and Corruption; Central Banking; Ethics; Emerging Markets; Financial Markets; Corporate Governance; Financial Crisis; Financial Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Indonesia

October 2002 (Revised April 2005)
Case

Jinwoong: Financing an Entrepreneurial Firm in the Wake of the Korean Financial Crisis

Describes T.P. Lee, the founder and CEO of Jinwoong, a 19-year-old entrepreneurial company in Korea that has grown to become the world's largest manufacturer of camping tents. Labeled by Fortune as one of the most promising entrepreneurs in Asia in 1993, Lee faces some... View Details

Keywords: Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Financial Crisis; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry; South Korea

2011
Chapter

Asset Allocation by Institutional Investors after the Recent Financial Crisis

By: Robert C. Pozen, Betsy Palmer and Natalie Shapiro

Keywords: History; Assets; Resource Allocation; Investment Portfolio; Financial Crisis

20 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 20, 2008

determine how to address this new competitor. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707431 PublicationsJudgment in Managerial Decision Making Authors:Max Bazerman and D. Moore Publication:7th ed. John Wiley and Sons, Inc.,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

2009
Working Paper

Management and the Financial Crisis (We have met the enemy and he is us...)

By: William A. Sahlman

The financial crisis of 2008-9 has revealed that our broad model of corporate governance is broken, independent of the shortcomings in the regulatory system. Managers and boards of directors in scores of systemically important firms failed to protect employees,... View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Governing and Advisory Boards; Ethics; Corporate Governance; Financial Crisis