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- January 2008 (Revised May 2008)
- Case
Subprime Meltdown: American Housing and Global Financial Turmoil
By: Julio Rotemberg
This case focuses on the financial difficulties faced in the U.S. from August to December 2006 as well as their roots in subprime lending. After briefly discussing how mortgages were structured and traded in the pre-1990 period, it describes subprime mortgage lending,... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Central Banking; Financial Markets; Mortgages; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; United States
Rotemberg, Julio. "Subprime Meltdown: American Housing and Global Financial Turmoil." Harvard Business School Case 708-042, January 2008. (Revised May 2008.)
- August 2016 (Revised February 2017)
- Case
Songy 2011: Restructuring to Survive (or, Surviving to Restructure?)
By: Charles F. Wu
In 2011, Songy Partners, an Atlanta-based real estate developer, was facing three distressed investments within their portfolio each with distinct sets of challenges. Having weathered a myriad of issues during the global financial crisis that included operational... View Details
Keywords: Real Estate; Distressed Debt; Global Financial Crisis; Foreclosure; Partnership; Partners and Partnerships; Valuation; Global Range; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Property; Financial Crisis; Real Estate Industry; Atlanta
Wu, Charles F. "Songy 2011: Restructuring to Survive (or, Surviving to Restructure?)." Harvard Business School Case 217-012, August 2016. (Revised February 2017.)
- 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
Palepu, Krishna G., Suraj Srinivasan, and Ian Cornell. "New Century Financial Corporation (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 113-002, July 2012.
- August 2015 (Revised February 2019)
- Case
Clare College: Seeking Investment Opportunity in a Financial Crisis
By: David Chambers, Elroy Dimson and Luis M. Viceira
Chambers, David, Elroy Dimson, and Luis M. Viceira. "Clare College: Seeking Investment Opportunity in a Financial Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 216-015, August 2015. (Revised February 2019.)
- 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
- 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
- December 2010
- Article
Management and the Financial Crisis (We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us...)
The financial crisis of 2008-2009 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; Human Capital; Ethics; Policy; Corporate Governance; Financial Crisis; Finance; Business and Shareholder Relations
Sahlman, William A. "Management and the Financial Crisis (We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us...)." Economics, Management, and Financial Markets 5, no. 4 (December 2010): 11–53.
- 1995
- Book
The Global Financial System: A Functional Perspective
By: D. B. Crane, K. A. Froot, Scott P. Mason, André Perold, R. C. Merton, Z. Bodie, E. R. Sirri and P. Tufano
Crane, D. B., K. A. Froot, Scott P. Mason, André Perold, R. C. Merton, Z. Bodie, E. R. Sirri, and P. Tufano. The Global Financial System: A Functional Perspective. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1995.
- 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
Kuemmerle, Walter, James Lee, and Bokeun Jin. "Jinwoong: Financing an Entrepreneurial Firm in the Wake of the Korean Financial Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 803-059, October 2002. (Revised April 2005.)
- 2008
- Book
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
By: Niall Ferguson
Niall Ferguson traces the historical evolution of the financial system, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals on what he calls "Planet Finance." In doing so, he reveals financial history as the essential backstory behind all history, from the... View Details
Keywords: Financial History; Money; Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Investment; Globalization
Ferguson, Niall. The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World. New York: Penguin Press, 2008.
- 2009
- Working Paper
Management and the Financial Crisis (We have met the enemy and he is us...)
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
Sahlman, William A. "Management and the Financial Crisis (We have met the enemy and he is us...)." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-033, October 2009.
- 2011
- Chapter
Asset Allocation by Institutional Investors after the Recent Financial Crisis
By: Robert C. Pozen, Betsy Palmer and Natalie Shapiro
Pozen, Robert C., Betsy Palmer, and Natalie Shapiro. "Asset Allocation by Institutional Investors after the Recent Financial Crisis." In Growing Old: Paying for Retirement and Institutional Money Management after the Financial Crisis, edited by Y. Fuchita, R. Herring, and R. Litan. Brookings Institution Press, 2011.
- 2010
- Working Paper
Surviving the Global Financial Crisis: Foreign Direct Investment and Establishment Performance
By: Laura Alfaro and Maggie Chen
We examine in this paper the differential response of establishments to the global financial crisis, with particular emphasis on the role of foreign direct investment (FDI) in determining micro economic performance. Using a new worldwide dataset that reports the... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; International Finance; Foreign Direct Investment; Local Range; Multinational Firms and Management; Production; Performance Evaluation; Networks
Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie Chen. "Surviving the Global Financial Crisis: Foreign Direct Investment and Establishment Performance." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-110, June 2010.
- 2022
- Chapter
Of Learning and Forgetting: Centrism, Populism, and the Legitimacy Crisis of Globalization
By: Rawi Abdelal
Every order is a bargain with disappointments and trade-offs. Thus is every order an unstable equilibrium. The first era of globalization, circa 1870–1914, created both international prosperity and domestic instability. That instability was fully realized during the... View Details
Keywords: Globalization; Policy; Economic Systems; Balance and Stability; Europe; European Union; United States
Abdelal, Rawi. "Of Learning and Forgetting: Centrism, Populism, and the Legitimacy Crisis of Globalization." In The Downfall of the American Order? edited by Peter J. Katzenstein and Jonathan Kirshner, 105–123. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2022.
- 2020
- Working Paper
Of Learning and Forgetting: Centrism, Populism, and the Legitimacy Crisis of Globalization
By: Rawi Abdelal
Every order is a bargain with disappointments and trade-offs. Thus is every order an unstable equilibrium. The first era of globalization, circa 1870–1914, created both international prosperity and domestic instability. That instability was fully realized during the... View Details
Keywords: Centrism; Populism; Globalization; History; Balance and Stability; Economic Systems; Government and Politics; Learning
Abdelal, Rawi. "Of Learning and Forgetting: Centrism, Populism, and the Legitimacy Crisis of Globalization." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-008, July 2020.
- June 2010
- Teaching Note
The Southeast Bank of Texas in the Financial Crisis (TN)
By: Robert C. Pozen and Benjamin Greff Schneider
Teaching Note for 310141. View Details
- Article
Building Better Boards: The Financial Crisis Revealed Several Areas for Improvement
By: Robert C. Pozen
Pozen, Robert C. "Building Better Boards: The Financial Crisis Revealed Several Areas for Improvement." Accounting Today 25, no. 4 (April 2011).
- 08 Jul 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Surviving the Global Financial Crisis: Foreign Direct Investment and Establishment Performance
Keywords: by Laura Alfaro & Maggie Chen