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  • 01 Jun 2008
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Greed, Gullibility, and Optimism

And the investor was lured into thinking that if the underlying asset was appreciating so quickly, any mistake would be camouflaged by that increase in value. What is your view of proposed remedies, such as freezing interest View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Finance; Management; Real Estate
  • 25 Jan 2012
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Is Tax Reform Viable?

write to the government, and that started me thinking about America’s tax policy. Specifically, I recalled Warren Buffett’s observation that his secretary paid a higher tax rate than he did and that it was hard for him to justify that... View Details
Keywords: Administration of Economic Programs; Government
  • 08 May 2015
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A new view of the cost of equity and capital requirements for banks

lending rates and economic activity. Prevailing economic theory holds that the cost-of-capital effect is negligible in an ideal market. Malcolm P. Baker, the Robert G. Kirby Professor of Business Administration, has investigated this... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2005
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Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper

well-heeled clients. Savings and loans, desperate for high returns, made risky loans a business staple. And the Japanese, buoyed by a strong economy and low interest rates at home, swept in to buy up trophy... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Real Estate
  • 01 Mar 2010
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Slum for Sale

area. Written with the assistance of Namrata Arora, a research associate at the HBS India Research Center, the case considers the potential risks and rewards of approaching an area like Dharavi with a new model in mind: slums as lucrative... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government
  • 01 Mar 2012
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Social Investing Pioneers

principal and a rate of return with a portion of the savings. If the predefined social outcomes are not met, the government owes nothing. “What the social impact bond does is enable a social organization to raise capital for preventive... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance
  • 01 Dec 2009
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An Action Plan for Economic Recovery

confidence in credit rating agencies? The first thing Congress did in 2006 was to boost competition. We now have nine approved rating agencies instead of three. However, if you are a bond issuer and you... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance
  • 01 Dec 1999
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Buffett Preaches Investment Discipline

valuations," Buffett asserted that high interest rates were to blame for keeping the Dow Jones Industrial Average virtually unchanged between 1964 and 1981 despite a 370 percent increase in U.S. GDP during... View Details
  • 05 Aug 2015
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Mobilizing the Public to Fight Corruption

“It’s good governance in your pocket. Very consumer focused,” says Motte-Munoz. “Say you need a driver’s license; the app will tell you where all the DMV offices are and tell you their rating on a corruption basis. “People know there’s... View Details
  • 11 Feb 2021
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Retraining for a Post-COVID Workforce

getting rich, Palandjian said. Investors face a risk if students don’t find jobs and are unable to pay what they owe, but they also get the reward of seeing the good their money is doing, via a quarterly report detailing job-placement... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2003
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Fighting Back from a Knockout

described the rating as “a knockout blow” and vowed that his administration would fight for its constituents and would turn the city around. Declared Laffey, who teaches a college finance course and is a former president and COO of Morgan... View Details
Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government
  • 01 Jun 2009
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Setting the Legislative Agenda

shadow financial system. Create a new system for federal and state regulation of mortgages and other consumer credit products. Create executive pay structures that discourage excessive risk taking. Reform the credit View Details
Keywords: Credit Intermediation and Related Activities; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government
  • 01 Mar 2015
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Ask the Expert: Inside the Fed

Board of Governors to formulate monetary policy, ensuring that its policies take into account conditions in every state and across all economic sectors. Each Reserve Bank is supervised by a nine-member board of directors. With the Federal Reserve potentially poised to... View Details
Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance
  • 01 Mar 2018
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Case Study: On the Record

Despite the renewed interest in vinyl, there were not many manufacturers—less than 20 in the United States—and few had updated their processes or supply chain since the heyday of the late 1970s. In the fast-moving music scene, Kelleher... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 01 Mar 2015
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Faculty Q&A: Less Risk, More Reward

more likely to have an entrepreneur in the family. There are a couple of reasons why that might be, but most of the evidence seems to point to the fact that it’s not about people having the funds to start a business, it’s about the risk... View Details
Keywords: April White; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Private Households; Personal Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance
  • 01 Dec 2002
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Mary Callahan Erdoes

questions early and often. Are bonds a good bet for those who want to reduce their reliance on equities? I have a lot of sympathy for those who are just getting into bonds now, but I still believe they should have a position in investors' portfolios in every business... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
  • 01 Jun 2001
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Making A Difference: HBS Club of Puget Sound Reaches Out to Young Alumni

a month, and as one of its youngest members, Kwiker recognized the need to get more young HBS alumni involved. “I went to the president of the club and told him I was interested in hosting a dinner party for recent HBS graduates,” says... View Details
Keywords: Elena N. Berg
  • 01 Oct 2002
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Lessons in Leadership

Shackleton and the Epic Voyage of the Endurance.” Koehn’s response follows. First, there are many important lessons for business leaders to be found in areas outside business. When we look at enduring works of literature, for example, we find View Details
Keywords: Antarctica
  • 01 Mar 2007
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HBS Alums Help Jailhouse Entrepreneurs Go Straight

Whether it’s an upfront enterprise on Main Street or illegal dealings on Mean Street, competition, risk management, and profitability are primary concerns in both business venues. That’s the theory behind the nonprofit Prison... View Details
Keywords: incarceration; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 01 Jun 2009
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Too Big To Fail

the need to identify and regulate financial institutions that pose systemic risks at the top of its list of critical problems in need of legislative repair, along with limiting leverage and reforming the credit View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; federal bailouts; Credit Intermediation and Related Activities; Finance
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