Public Finance - Publications - Faculty & Research

1977
Other Unpublished Work

Indexing Social Security: An Analysis of the Issues

10 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Counting Up the Effects of Sarbanes-Oxley

firms to go private, but research shows these were primarily organizations that were smaller, less liquid, and more fraud-prone. "Yes, SOX may have cut off public market financing to these companies,... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Accounting; Banking

Fast Answer

Sustainability in VCPE & Investing

This is a part of Baker Library's Sustainability Research Guide. Background Readings Private Equity and Venture Capital’s Role in Catalyzing Sustainable Investment A paper from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a... View Details

24 Jul 2013
Op-Ed

Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In

and new construction. On the other hand, well-managed public-private partnerships, where the private sector funds, builds, and operates key public infrastructure, can shift the capital requirement from municipalities to the private... View Details

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

26 Nov 2013
News

Care.com, a Site for Caregivers, Aims at Wall Street

Keywords: Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade

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Corporate Finance: Corporate Financial Operations (CFO) - Course Catalog

should appeal to students who want to work as part of senior leadership teams, particularly finance executives; as strategy consultants or investment bankers who advise organizations; or as private equity, View Details

25 Aug 2022
News

The Exchange: The Road Ahead for Crypto

losses in June. Will crypto overcome the challenges on the road to mainstream adoption? What’s standing in its way? HBS faculty members Charles C.Y. Wang, who has written about public firms’ investments in, and accounting for,... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Finance; Finance

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Madeleine Smith Archives | Social Enterprise

Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services View Details

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Investment Strategies - Course Catalog

investment banking, private equity, venture capital, and corporate finance. However, many students have found that a thorough understanding of public capital markets and the business of investment management is valuable in a wider set of... View Details

01 Sep 2014
News

Research Brief: A $1.6 Trillion Rainy-Day Fund?

always sets the accurate worth of a company—that so-called misvaluation is merely an illusion perceived by managers. But to him that point is an academic one. “Ultimately,” he says, “company managers are making these [cash policy] decisions, not View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs

01 Feb 2013
News

Growth Strategy Has Double Bottom Line

playbook, but it has cultivated an additional source of revenue: the sale of conservation easements. Lyme Timber buys pieces of land targeted by conservation groups such as the Nature Conservancy and the Trust for Public Land, which pay... View Details

Keywords: Louisa Rigali; Finance; Finance; Finance; Finance

February 2010
Supplement

Valuing Visa? Priceless (CW)

By: Peter Tufano

Students must determine whether or not Visa, which had an IPO one month prior, is a good investment. The case provides an overview of multisided platform businesses and the payments industry in general. Visa's business model and economics are reviewed. View Details

Keywords: Credit Cards; Initial Public Offering; Valuation; Multi-Sided Platforms; Microeconomics

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09 Oct 2015
News

Balancing Progress and Preservation

technical assistance to preservation efforts across the state, and dedicating more than $40 million to hundreds of restoration projects. Among other initiatives, its public campaigns have helped stabilize the south side of Ellis Island,... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Finance; Finance

January 2010 (Revised October 2011)
Case

The Congressional Oversight Panel's Valuation of the TARP Warrants (A)

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin

The Congressional Oversight Panel wants to value the warrants issued to the government in connection with the TARP investments of 2008, in order to increase the transparency of options repurchases. The case describes the methodology used to value the warrants. Students... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Asset Pricing; Financial Instruments; Investment; Business and Government Relations; Mathematical Methods; Valuation; Public Administration Industry; Public Administration Industry; United States

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1976
Report

Financial Crisis in the Social Security System

By: Robert S. Kaplan

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Insurance; Public Sector

Citation

01 Jun 2009
News

Too Big To Fail

functioning as a fully public and transparent body. By contrast, he noted, the Fed is not an entirely public institution, and while it can offer liquidity to troubled firms through loans, “many actual... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; federal bailouts; Finance; Finance

01 Dec 2004
News

One-on-One with William H. Donaldson

emerged after the booming 1990s and the resulting public uproar that forced Congress to pass the Sarbanes-Oxley Act were eerily similar to the period leading up to the market crash of 1929. Coming out of that, the president of the New... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance; Finance; Finance