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  • March 2013
  • Article

Why 'Fair Value' Is the Rule: How a Controversial Accounting Approach Gained Support

By: Karthik Ramanna
For the past two decades, fair-value accounting—the practice of measuring assets and liabilities at estimates of their current values—has been on the ascent. This marks a major departure from the centuries-old tradition of keeping books at historical cost. It also has... View Details
Keywords: Fair Value; FASB; Finance; Politics; Financial History; Accounting; Fair Value Accounting; Financial Reporting; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States
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Ramanna, Karthik. "Why 'Fair Value' Is the Rule: How a Controversial Accounting Approach Gained Support." Harvard Business Review 91, no. 3 (March 2013).

    Are We On the Verge of Another Financial Crisis?


    In 2008, a collapse in housing prices triggered a global financial crisis. John Macomber, a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School, believes history may be about to repeat itself — this time caused by our failure to acknowledge and confront the perils... View Details
    • 29 Sep 2008
    • Research & Ideas

    Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel

    Harvard Business School faculty members, looking at the U.S. financial crisis from a variety of disciplines, urged caution and prudent analysis in a recent panel discussion. The discussion titled "Turmoil on the Street: Fathoming the... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services
    • 23 Apr 2014
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Corporate Financial Policies in Misvalued Credit Markets

    Keywords: by Jarrad Harford, Marc Martos-Vila & Matthew Rhodes-Kropf; Financial Services; Financial Services
    • November 2003 (Revised July 2014)
    • Case

    'Walking on a Tightrope': Maintaining London as a Financial Center

    By: Geoffrey Jones and Meghan Gallagher-Kernstine
    Focuses on the development of London as a leading international financial center and the difficulties it faces maintaining its status. Examines London's history as a financial center from Roman times to the present day. London's position in the 19th century rested on... View Details
    Keywords: International Finance; Geographic Location; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business History; Status and Position; Financial Services Industry; Europe; London
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    Jones, Geoffrey, and Meghan Gallagher-Kernstine. "'Walking on a Tightrope': Maintaining London as a Financial Center." Harvard Business School Case 804-081, November 2003. (Revised July 2014.)
    • 26 Sep 2017
    • News

    Understanding finance in the context of art, history and humanity

    • 16 Jan 2018
    • Blog Post

    How Can I Prepare to Apply for Financial Aid at HBS?

    While the financial aid process begins after you’ve been accepted at HBS, there is a lot you can do in the months (and even years) beforehand to put yourself in the best position to access funding. HBS will help you meet your full View Details
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    Business Investment in Education in Emerging Markets Since the 1960s

    By: Valeria Giacomin, Geoffrey Jones and Erica Salvaj
    This article examines non-profit investments by business in education in emerging markets between the 1960s and the present day. Using a sample of 110 interviews with business leaders from an oral history database, the study shows that more than three-quarters of such... View Details
    Keywords: Economic History; Oral History; Education; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Business History; Emerging Markets; Reputation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Education Industry; Africa; Asia; Latin America; Middle East; India; Chile; Colombia; Sri Lanka; Kenya
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    Giacomin, Valeria, Geoffrey Jones, and Erica Salvaj. "Business Investment in Education in Emerging Markets Since the 1960s." Business History 63, no. 7 (September 2021): 1113–1143.
    • 18 Aug 2011
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Non-Audit Services and Financial Reporting Quality: Evidence from 1978-1980

    Keywords: by Kevin Koh, Shivaram Rajgopal & Suraj Srinivasan; Accounting
    • 12 Aug 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    Why Investors Often Lose When They Sue Their Financial Adviser

    assistant professor of finance at Harvard Business School. When they do find out, they often want to sue, but they can’t. Financial services companies require customers to waive their right to litigate and instead resolve their disputes... View Details
    Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services
    • 01 Mar 2009
    • News

    Faculty Responds to Financial Crisis

    Financial System, Professor David Moss’s course on the history of financial panics. It draws parallels to the current crisis. Consumer Finance, jointly taught by HBS professor... View Details
    Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
    • 26 Aug 2010
    • News

    Income Inequality and Financial Crises

    Keywords: Prof. David Moss; income inequality; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government
    • Web

    History | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

    and pursues an action research agenda with practitioners, which results in multiple papers and course notes, a project-based field course, and a case-based course module on the mobilization of financial resources for social change. 2010... View Details
    • 19 Sep 2018
    • News

    How Close Are We To Another Financial Collapse?

    • 07 Apr 2011
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Consequences of Financial Innovation: A Counterfactual Research Agenda

    Keywords: by Josh Lerner & Peter Tufano
    • October 2018 (Revised January 2019)
    • Case

    The Financial Crisis: Timothy Geithner and the Stress Tests

    By: Samuel G. Hanson, Robin Greenwood, David Scharfstein and Adi Sunderam
    In February and March 2009, the U.S. economy was in the midst of a terrifying financial and economic crisis. Between the beginning of 2008 and early 2009, four of the 25 largest U.S. financial institutions had failed, and nine of these 25 institutions had taken... View Details
    Keywords: Bailout; Regulation; Stress Test; Financial Crisis; History; Economy; Policy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Decision Making; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States
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    Hanson, Samuel G., Robin Greenwood, David Scharfstein, and Adi Sunderam. "The Financial Crisis: Timothy Geithner and the Stress Tests." Harvard Business School Case 219-038, October 2018. (Revised January 2019.)
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    Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

    research here . Related Themes: Global Crisis & Debt Data, Stabilization Policy & Regulation More Info Reforming LIBOR and Other Financial Market Benchmarks By: Darrell Duffie & Jeremy C. Stein JAN 2015 Duffie and Stein review the View Details
    • 08 Oct 2012
    • Research & Ideas

    The Immigrants Who Built America’s Financial System

    establishing the struggling young country's financial system. In The Founders and Finance: How Hamilton, Gallatin, and Other Immigrants Forged a New Economy, Thomas McCraw, the Isidor Straus Professor of Business View Details
    Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services; Financial Services
    • 22 Jun 2009
    • Research & Ideas

    “Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms

    Here's a really scary thought. Now that the federal government has poured hundreds of billions of dollars into saving financial institutions deemed "too big to fail," hasn't it implicitly guaranteed similar largesse for all such... View Details
    Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Financial Services; Financial Services
    • 08 Jun 2023
    • News

    Three Alumni Clubs Celebrate Leadership, Community, and History over Dinner

    alum Andrew Tobias (MBA 1972) presented the John C. Whitehead Social Enterprise Award to conservation power couple Paul J. Zofnass (MBA 1973), founder of the Environmental Financial Consulting Group, and his wife, Renee E. Ring, COO of... View Details
    Keywords: Margie Kelley
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