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  • October 2020
  • Case

HOPE and Transformational Lending: Netflix Invests in Black Led Banks

By: John D. Macomber and Janice Broome Brooks
Following the killing of George Floyd on Memorial Day in 2020, the large US corporation Netflix elected to make a "transformational deposit" of $10 million into Hope Credit Union (HCU), a small Black led community development finance institution (CDFI) based in... View Details
Keywords: Banking; Rural Entrepreneurship; Economic Development; Black Entrepreneurs; Economic Growth; Credit; Banks and Banking; Entrepreneurship; Rural Scope; Development Economics; Race; Investment; Decision Making; Banking Industry
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  • August 2006
  • Article

Investor Sentiment and the Cross Section of Stock Returns

By: Malcolm Baker and Jeffrey Wurgler
We examine how investor sentiment affects the cross-section of stock returns. Theory predicts that a broad wave of sentiment will disproportionately affect stocks whose valuations are highly subjective and are difficult to arbitrage. We test this prediction by... View Details
Keywords: Behavioral Finance; Stocks; Investment Return; Forecasting and Prediction; Motivation and Incentives; Risk and Uncertainty; Volatility
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  • July 1997
  • Teaching Note

U.S. Bank of Washington (TN)

By: W. Carl Kester
Teaching Note for (9-292-057). View Details
Keywords: Financing and Loans; Cash Flow; Financial Statements; Business Subsidiaries; Commercial Banking; Managerial Roles; Banking Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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  • September 1999
  • Case

CIBC Corporate and Investment Banking (B): 1992-1997 (Condensed)

By: Joseph L. Bower and Michael Raynor
From 1992 to 1997, CIBC CEO Al Flood and head of investment banking John Hunkin integrate the struggling investment bank Wood Gundy with CIBC's corporate bank. The impact and interaction of organization design, compensation schemes, and communication initiatives are... View Details
Keywords: Investment Banking; Banks and Banking; Mergers and Acquisitions; Organizational Design; Business Plan; Communication; Banking Industry
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  • 15 Nov 2020
  • News

Podcasts Engage New Audiences with HBS

academics, researchers, and practitioners who have been inspired and taught by the late Professor Clayton Christensen. Each week on “After Hours,” Youngme Moon, the Donald K. David Professor of Business Administration, Mihir Desai, the Mizuho View Details
  • 01 Dec 2006
  • News

2006 MBAs Go to Work

$134,438 for the Class of 2005. Another uptick was measured in the number of graduates entering the financial services industry, with a shift from 36 percent to 42 percent. Kierstead observes that the Class of 2006 is the first to... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 01 Dec 2002
  • News

Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao Advises New MBA Students on Business Values

of United Way of America a decade ago after financial scandals and executive wrongdoing had shaken public trust in the charity taught her valuable leadership lessons. “Restoring financial integrity to the... View Details
  • Student-Profile

Elliot Tobin

accounting—“something more real-world oriented,” he says. Research Elliot’s research focuses on ESG (environmental, social, governance) initiatives and how corporations can do good in the world even when doing so causes a decrease in the company’s View Details
  • Web

The Formula - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections

Introduction Prelude to the Option Pricing Model The Formula The Spread and Adoption of Option Pricing Models The Significance and Consequences of Financial Models Selected Bibliography Lenders to the Exhibit Additional Information About... View Details
  • Web

Consolidated Balance Sheet - Annual Report 2017

Financials Consolidated Balance Sheet 1ms Assets IN MILLIONS for the Fiscal Year ended June 30... 2017 2016 2015 Cash $ 80 $ 61 $ 62 Current Use Reserves 145 103 125 Receivables, Loans, & Other Assets 177 178 150 Invested Funds Endowment... View Details
  • 28 Feb 2022
  • News

Equal Partner

Fund. It focuses on innovative tech startups founded by women of color and inclusive teams. For Aditya, such startups are both a smart financial opportunity and an essential investment in the future. “Creating the opportunity for... View Details
  • 07 Apr 2017
  • News

Transforming the “Misery Towns” of Buenos Aires

When economist Horacio Rodríguez Larreta (MBA 1993) was elected mayor of Argentina’s capital in 2015, he promised to address conditions in the city’s slums, which house about a quarter million of the city’s 3 million people. A recent article in the View Details
Keywords: Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government
  • 01 Sep 2014
  • News

Groundswells

remembered always,” the distinguished financier and philanthropist asserted, “that the standard of excellence which must be maintained comes not simply from the outside of the buildings, but from the work and training on the inside.”... View Details
Keywords: George F. Baker III; Read Estate Development
  • 01 Jun 2005
  • News

Ideas: Books

institutions ranging from Wall Street, to law and business schools, to the AFL-CIO examining the responsibilities of “gatekeepers” — corporate directors, regulators, auditors, lawyers, investment bankers, and journalists. They find that market pressures too often have... View Details
Keywords: Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Chandler

    Sanford I. Weill

    on strong execution and delivery of services, stock-based incentive compensation plans, and skillful blending of complimentary strengths and weaknesses, has helped to achieve his mission of building a brand name financial services... View Details
    Keywords: Finance

      Truman K. Gibson

      In 1943, Gibson became head of Supreme Life Insurance, which had $53.8 million in industrial insurance policies in force. Gibson ushered in a solid seven years of growth and financial stability. Gibson’s sales force used a “mass... View Details
      Keywords: Finance
      • 01 Jun 2006
      • News

      NFL Players Hit the Books

      focused on topics such as financial analysis and valuation, marketing, business plans, and tax issues. This is the second year HBS has worked with the NFL and the NFL Players Association to deliver such a program. View Details
      Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
      • 17 Jun 2008
      • First Look

      First Look: June 17, 2008

      loans to small firms and those with more "soft information"—particularly in states with weak legal enforcement of financial contracts. However, decentralized banks are also more responsive to the competitive environment when... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • 20 Jul 2010
      • First Look

      First Look: July 20

      contained in the mandatory transitional documents required by International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 1 (2005). We find significant negative abnormal returns for firms reporting negative earnings reconciliation. Although the... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • 12 Sep 2016
      • News

      HBS Alumni Startups Are Raking in VC Funds

      are 13 “unicorns”—firms with valuations over $1 billion. The article also cites a report in the Financial Times that 28 percent of recent HBS graduates had started companies, often while employed with other firms. Read the complete... View Details
      Keywords: Finance