Bonds - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Dec 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018

activity. When our measure is high, safe bonds fall in value and risky assets rally, forecasting a boom in investment. Risk appetite is closely linked to investors’ expectations of future risk and rises following positive macroeconomic... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

05 Apr 2016
First Look

April 5, 2016

to drive shareholder value by improving operating performance. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/216003-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 216-043 ICICI Bank and the Issue of Long Term Bonds No abstract... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne

07 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Exit Interview: HBS Dean Kim Clark

alumni seem to have stronger ties to HBS than do alums of other grad schools. Why is that? A: The strength of their bonds grows out of the first-year experience, that crucible of learning. But the School can't take those personal ties for... View Details

Keywords: by HBS Alumni Bulletin Staff

13 Jun 2017
News

Finding Common Ground

to think about something outside its narrow interests is very difficult.” Similarly, activists and government regulators are also immersed in the worldview of their own environments. “There’s bonding in running down the other and in... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

01 Jun 2006
News

Profiles from the Class of 2006

Soldiers Field with a common bond to the School and to each other. To mark their collective achievement, here’s a look at six who represent the diversity and the varied ambitions of the Class of 2006. Sacasha Brown Immigrants’ daughter,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Margie Kelley;Lewis I. Rice;Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

26 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018

end of the yield curve. Using data from 26 countries, the yield spread between 30-year and 10-year government bond yields is negatively related to the ratio of pension assets (in funded and private pension and life insurance arrangements)... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

14 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

Impact Reporting & Investment Standards (IRIS). And social impact bonds that use private investment to support government and nonprofit projects are now coming from the United Kingdom to the United States—Massachusetts might be one of... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

March 2021 (Revised April 2021)
Case

Making Impact Investing Markets: IFC (A)

By: Shawn A. Cole, John Masko and T. Robert Zochowski

In 2017, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) faced the first big investment decision in its new Scaling Solar project. Founded in 1956, IFC was an international investment body with national governments as shareholders, whose mission was to promote economic... View Details

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30 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 30

business and financial challenges at the 171-year old UK travel services company. The company has lost almost £600 million in the last three quarters, has seen its stock price fall from 230 pence to a low of 8.8 pence in the past two years, and had seen its View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Mar 2023
News

Carbon's Second Act

of kind of chemically bonding hydrogen and moving hydrogen in a safer and much more affordable way than moving hydrogen around as an explosive compressed gas, and therefore kind of enable green hydrogen as a fuel and as a feedstock for... View Details

01 Dec 2014
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014

Alumni Books Dual Momentum Investing: An Innovative Strategy for Higher Returns with Lower Risk by Gary Antonacci (MBA 1978) (McGraw-Hill) Antonacci explains his investing method, which combines U.S. stock, non-U.S. stock, and aggregate View Details

11 Oct 2016
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October 11, 2016

debt. We propose that monetary policy credibility explains the currency composition of sovereign debt and nominal bond risks in the presence of risk-averse investors. In our model, low credibility governments inflate during recessions,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Jul 2013
Op-Ed

Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In

fund them in advance, there's trouble ahead. They will soon pay higher interest rates on their municipal bonds and ultimately may face a financial crisis like the current one in Detroit. That's not what the doctor ordered. The Long View... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber, Robert C. Pozen, Eric D. Werker & Benjamin Kennedy; Auto

13 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

Negotiating Challenges for Women Leaders

should get paid?" or say, "I'm having a rough struggle with this and that." There is not the same kind of emotional bond across gender. It's obviously difficult to have tight emotional bonds... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

18 May 2015
Research & Ideas

Advertisers Get Serious About Playing With Their Brands

became the marker," Deighton says. These days, marketing mavens realize that social media is best at building emotional bridges with consumers, done by inviting them to be part of the process. And so they are hard at work inventing playful games and other activities to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Advertising

Profile

Deborah A. Farrington

with whom they were investing. The art of mentoring and advising clients struck a chord and she stayed four years before deciding it was finally time to maneuver toward her own firm. Back in New York, the HBS bond was rekindled.... View Details

15 Jun 2021
News

Case Study: Inside Story

father signed on as Saga’s first and second testers. “It was mandatory for them to enroll because, more than anything, I wanted their memories saved,” she says. And while the whole startup experience can often be a lonely one for the entrepreneur, building Saga has... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information

08 Aug 2018
News

Getting Life Back in Balance

and prepared to return home with a new perspective. The bonds forged during this experience remain, as the group stays in contact. Gower notes that the one-on-one coaching that he and the other participants received with an experienced... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

10 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

Celebrating 'The Men and Women of the Corporation' 40 Years Later

the opportunity for other roles. And there were more factors on the opportunity side that had to do with what kinds of networks you had access to and whether you bonded over socio-emotional issues or task issues, each of which had a... View Details

Keywords: by Robin J. Ely

29 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 29, 2008

respect and understanding. The result? A healthy, productive bond that enables you both to excel. Gabarro and Kotter provide valuable guidelines for building this essential relationship—including strategies for determining how your boss... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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