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Disclosure of potential conflict of interests
By: William R. Kerr
This is a voluntary disclosure of potential conflicts of interest. This is recommended but not currently required of faculty members at Harvard Business School.
During the past three years, I have worked with the following organizations in advisory, board of... View Details
- 2023
- Working Paper
Sovereign Default and the Decline in Interest Rates
By: Max Miller, James Paron and Jessica Wachter
Sovereign debt yields have declined dramatically over the last half-century. Standard explanations, including aging populations and increases in asset demand from abroad, encounter difficulties when confronted with the full range of evidence. We propose an explanation... View Details
- 2024
- Working Paper
Bank Runs and Interest Rates: A Revolving Lines Perspective
By: Falk Bräuning and Victoria Ivashina
Revolving credit is at the core of the banking business. Corporate revolving credit lines are demandable claims; thus, similar to a traditional bank run on deposits, sudden widespread drawdowns on credit lines can be destabilizing to the banking sector. However, we... View Details
Bräuning, Falk, and Victoria Ivashina. "Bank Runs and Interest Rates: A Revolving Lines Perspective." Working Paper, May 2024.
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Club Events Reflect Diverse Student Interests
The breadth of interests and experiences among the School's MBA students can easily be seen when looking at the diversity of student organizations. In addition to the standard business topics of investment banking, marketing, and... View Details
- 2022
- Working Paper
The Fed and the Secular Decline in Interest Rates
In this paper I document a striking fact: a narrow window around Fed meetings fully captures the secular decline in U.S. Treasury yields since 1980. By contrast, yield movements outside this window are transitory and wash out over time. This is surprising because the... View Details
Keywords: United States Treasury; Monetary Policy; Yield Curve; Central Banking; Interest Rates; Valuation
Hillenbrand, Sebastian. "The Fed and the Secular Decline in Interest Rates." Working Paper, January 2022.
- 2012
- Book
Strength in Numbers: The Political Power of Weak Interests
By: Gunnar Trumbull
This book investigates the sources of interest group influence on public policy. Trumbull argues that diffuse groups like consumers are more influential, and industry less influential, than we commonly assume. View Details
Trumbull, Gunnar. Strength in Numbers: The Political Power of Weak Interests. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2012.
- August 2017 (Revised February 2024)
- Teaching Note
Exotic Interest Rate Swaps: Snowballs in Portugal
By: Boris Vallee, Patrick Augustin and Philippe Rich
This case explores a complex swap transaction implemented by Metro do Porto in 2007. It represents an opportunity to study fixed income derivative instruments, such as plain-vanilla swaps and structured swaps, as well as understand the opportunities and challenges of... View Details
- February 1998
- Article
Interest Alignment and Coalitions in Multi-party Negotiation
By: J. Polzer, E. Mannix and M. Neale
Polzer, J., E. Mannix, and M. Neale. "Interest Alignment and Coalitions in Multi-party Negotiation." Academy of Management Journal 41, no. 4 (February 1998): 42–54.
- Research Summary
Andrew Pettigrew's current research interests are:
- Innovative forms of organizing and company performance: a study in Europe, Japan and the USA. View Details
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American Marketing Association. Marketing Communications Special Interest Group Best Paper Award
By: Sunil Gupta
Winner of the 2003 Best Paper Award from the Marketing Communications Special Interest Group of the American Marketing Association for "Long Term Impact of Promotion and Advertising on Consumer Brand Choice" (with Carl Mela and Donald R. Lehmann, Journal of... View Details
- February 1985
- Article
Common and Conflicting Interests in Two-Sided Matching Markets
By: A. E. Roth
Roth, A. E. "Common and Conflicting Interests in Two-Sided Matching Markets." European Economic Review 27, no. 1 (February 1985): 75–96.
- 2019
- Article
Industrie-Holding: Creating a Community of Interest among Swiss 'Multinationals'
By: Sabine Pitteloud
This article focuses on the genesis and evolution of Industrie-Holding, a federation of Swiss multinationals, from 1942 onwards. Thanks to recent donations from the Alusuisse and Hero archives, historians now have access to the minutes of the Industrie-Holding... View Details
Keywords: Business ＆ Government Relations; Multinationals; Lobbying; Business and Government Relations; Multinational Firms and Management; Switzerland
Pitteloud, Sabine. "Industrie-Holding: Creating a Community of Interest among Swiss 'Multinationals'." Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Geschichte = Revue suisse d'histoire 69, no. 3 (2019).
- January 1999
- Background Note
The Professional Pledge and Conflict of Interest
By: Ashish Nanda
It is argued that professionals pledge fiduciary responsibility towards their clients to minimize the occurrence of conflicts of interest, which are socially inefficient. Professional associations are formed to ensure that in their practices, professionals live by... View Details
Nanda, Ashish. "The Professional Pledge and Conflict of Interest." Harvard Business School Background Note 899-177, January 1999.
- July 2021
- Case
New Director Dilemmas: Focusing on Special Interests
By: John J-H Kim
Keywords: Educational Policy And Politics; Education; Policy; Organizational Culture; Interests; Education Industry
Kim, John J-H. "New Director Dilemmas: Focusing on Special Interests." Harvard Business School Case 322-013, July 2021.
- December 10, 2012
- Article
Capping the Deductibility of Corporate Interest Expense
By: Robert C. Pozen and Lucas W. Goodman
Pozen, Robert C., and Lucas W. Goodman. "Capping the Deductibility of Corporate Interest Expense." Tax Notes (December 10, 2012).
- 2023
- Working Paper
The Market for Sharing Interest Rate Risk: Quantities and Asset Prices
By: Umang Khetan, Jane Li, Ioana Neamtu and Ishita Sen
We study the extent of interest rate risk sharing across the financial system using granular positions and transactions data in interest rate swaps. We show that pension and insurance (PF&I) sector emerges as a natural counterparty to banks and corporations: overall,... View Details
Keywords: Interest Rates; Investment Funds; Banks and Banking; Insurance; Investment Banking; Risk and Uncertainty
Khetan, Umang, Jane Li, Ioana Neamtu, and Ishita Sen. "The Market for Sharing Interest Rate Risk: Quantities and Asset Prices." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-052, February 2024.
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Broad Range of Interests Among Nine New Faculty
HENDERSON: After two decades at MIT, she brings her interest in “green business” to HBS. Major technological shifts always pose a challenge to organizations, and Rebecca Henderson (MBA ’85, PhDBE ’88) has spent the last two decades... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- June 1985 (Revised August 1994)
- Background Note
U.S. Government Debt Market and the Structure of Interest Rates, The
Concerns U.S. Government Debt Market and various conventions used to depict the structure of interest rates. View Details
Mason, Scott P. "U.S. Government Debt Market and the Structure of Interest Rates, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 285-186, June 1985. (Revised August 1994.)