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- 18 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
Evolution in Entertainment: A Recap of the 2019 Entertainment & Media Conference
ByteDance, F1, Audible, CNN, ABC, HBO, WME, Fox, Lionsgate, Netflix, Hemisphere Capital, and MRC built on each others’ thoughts in answering moderator and student questions. Professors Henry McGee and Professor Anita Elberse were View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports
- October 1992 (Revised December 1992)
- Supplement
Salomon and the Treasury Securities Auction: 1992 Update
By: Dwight B. Crane
Briefly summarizes the events that transpired after the investment bank Salomon Brothers revealed that it had repeatedly violated the rules governing the auction of new U.S. Government securities. Includes a description of the violations, the management shake-up that... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Financial Instruments; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States
Crane, Dwight B. "Salomon and the Treasury Securities Auction: 1992 Update." Harvard Business School Supplement 293-057, October 1992. (Revised December 1992.)
- December 1989
- Article
Organizational Changes and Value Creation in Leveraged Buyouts: The Case of O.M. Scott & Sons Company
By: George P. Baker and Karen Wruck
Baker, George P., and Karen Wruck. "Organizational Changes and Value Creation in Leveraged Buyouts: The Case of O.M. Scott & Sons Company." Journal of Financial Economics 25 (December 1989).
- 04 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Global Poverty
networks, product packaging, and financing instruments to meet the needs and requirements of very poor customers. As members of the School's Global Poverty Project (GPP), Kash Rangan, John Quelch, and other faculty members have studied... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 06 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Popular Stock Metric That Can Lead Investors Astray
What if a bedrock method that investors have relied on for decades to find cheap-but-promising stocks to buy low and sell high no longer works well? The book-to-market ratio has been used since at least the Great Depression to identify undervalued stocks. But it has... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 04 Sep 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Investing Outside the Box: Evidence from Alternative Vehicles in Private Capital
- 2020
- Guest Column
Learning from Lehman: Lessons for Today
By: Laura Comstock, Michael Holland and Peter Tufano
Comstock, Laura, Michael Holland, and Peter Tufano. "Learning from Lehman: Lessons for Today." Analysis Group Forum (2020), 9–14.
- November 2006 (Revised June 2007)
- Teaching Note
Conflict on a Trading Floor (TN) (A) and (B) (LCA)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Aldo Sesia
- August 2001
- Technical Note
Technical Note on Expectations
Reviews the mathematics of expectations embedded in a company's current stock price and the related (whole) enterprise value. Begins by showing how the current stock price can be compounded forward to arrive at an expectation one or more years in the future. Describes... View Details
Baldwin, Carliss Y. "Technical Note on Expectations." Harvard Business School Technical Note 902-055, August 2001.
- November 1994 (Revised March 1995)
- Background Note
Capital Projects as Real Options: An Introduction
By: Timothy A. Luehrman
Introduces a framework for evaluating corporate investment projects as call options. Presumes readers are familiar with basic option pricing and basic capital budgeting rules. Explains the motivation for viewing projects as options; presents a mapping between a capital... View Details
Luehrman, Timothy A. "Capital Projects as Real Options: An Introduction." Harvard Business School Background Note 295-074, November 1994. (Revised March 1995.)
- 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.)
- March 2009 (Revised October 2009)
- Teaching Note
Washington Mutual's Covered Bonds (TN)
By: Daniel Baird Bergstresser and Robin Greenwood
Teaching Note for [209093]. View Details
- February 2006
- Case
Fraikin SA
By: W. Carl Kester, Vincent Marie Dessain and Monika Stachowiak
Provides an example of a so-called "whole business" securitization. In early 2004, Fraikin, France's leading industrial vehicle rental company, compares several alternatives for refinancing a large bridge loan within a year. Presents three primary options: a classic... View Details
Keywords: Debt Securities; Transportation; Renting or Rental; Transportation Industry; Service Industry; France
Kester, W. Carl, Vincent Marie Dessain, and Monika Stachowiak. "Fraikin SA." Harvard Business School Case 206-090, February 2006.
- November 1999 (Revised June 2001)
- Case
Seitel, Inc.
By: David F. Hawkins
The company's accounting for its seismic data library is questioned. Teaching Purpose: Inventory accounting. View Details
Keywords: Stock Shares; Financial Statements; Business Earnings; Financial Reporting; Stock Options; Mathematical Methods; Accounting Industry
Hawkins, David F. "Seitel, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 100-022, November 1999. (Revised June 2001.)
- October 1994
- Background Note
Note on Crude Oil and Crude Oil Derivatives Markets
By: Andre F. Perold, Wai Lee and Kuljot Singh
Briefly describes the crude oil markets and common derivatives contracts written on oil. The contracts are oil forward and futures contracts, and over-the-counter oil price swaps. View Details
Keywords: Non-Renewable Energy; Futures and Commodity Futures; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Contracts; Energy Industry
Perold, Andre F., Wai Lee, and Kuljot Singh. "Note on Crude Oil and Crude Oil Derivatives Markets." Harvard Business School Background Note 295-053, October 1994.
- January 1994
- Exercise
Walt Disney Company's Sleeping Beauty Bonds
Walt Disney Co. issues a 100-year bond. This case describes the terms of the bond and immediate capital market reaction. View Details
Baldwin, Carliss Y. "Walt Disney Company's Sleeping Beauty Bonds." Harvard Business School Exercise 294-034, January 1994.
- Profile
Ann Chao
instrument is popular, ninety percent of all players quit by age fifteen. "In sports," Ann observes, "the social connectivity helps people stay. But in music, that social aspect isn't as accessible. We don't get that bigger... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Innovative Loan Fund Yields Big Returns
she declares. “The School’s enthusiasm was instrumental in bringing other schools around.” Andy O’Brien, chief of operations at HBS, says the loan-fund projects would have been the right thing to do even if the economics had been less... View Details
- 30 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds
On August 31, 2016, many investors celebrated the 40th birthday of one of the world’s most successful financial instruments: the mutual index fund, created by Vanguard founder John C. Bogle. Index funds, which automatically track an index of stocks such as the S&P... View Details
- 2020
- Working Paper
Corporate Leadership and Creditor Recovery Rates: Evidence from Executive Gender
By: Clarissa Hauptmann, Syrena Shirley and Anywhere Sikochi
We examine the relationship between the gender of executives and corporate creditor recovery rates. Using 2,288 defaulted debt instruments, we find that female executives are associated with higher creditor recovery rates. Our findings are robust to tests that correct... View Details
Keywords: Executive Gender; Default; Recovery Rates; Debt; Corporate Bonds; Conservatism; Leadership; Gender; Borrowing and Debt; Bonds; Risk Management
Hauptmann, Clarissa, Syrena Shirley, and Anywhere Sikochi. "Corporate Leadership and Creditor Recovery Rates: Evidence from Executive Gender." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-087, February 2020.