2008 Financial Crisis - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 12, 2008

problems in the renovation of the 27-floor, 60,000 square meter complex. The WTC owners, two Dutch financial institutions, had hired TvT in 1995 to advise how to best handle their property's underperformance, which stood 20% empty and had... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 9, 2008

future existed. It seemed odd to Mustafa that finding a financial partner capable of providing tens, even hundreds of millions of dollars to reshape an industry was proving to be remarkably easy, while finding a single individual capable... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 22, 2008

borrowers in the London market, we challenge the traditional view that gold-standard adherence worked as a credible commitment mechanism that was rewarded by financial markets with lower borrowing costs. We demonstrate that in the poor... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 7, 2008

Financially Constrained Authors:Shawn A. Cole, Peter Tufano, and John Thompson Publication:Chap. 2 in Borrowing to Live: Consumer and Mortgage Credit Revisited, 65-91. Washington: Brookings Institution Press, View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 5, 2008

clear differences in investor protections and financial development around the world today (La Porta et al., 1998, 1999 and passim). This paper examines the persistence of the effects of legal origins by examining new estimates of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 30, 2008

payments affects criminal activity. Analysis of daily reported incidents of major crimes in twelve U.S. cities reveals an increase in crime over the course of monthly welfare payment cycles. This increase reflects an increase in crimes that are likely to have a direct... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 26, 2008

decided to evaluate strategic alternatives due to financial difficulties. Parks Capital must now decide whether to acquire U.S. Retail, to fund ACCM so it acquires U.S. Retail, or to sit on the sidelines. Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 26, 2008

a government, were gaining prominence across the globe, especially with their recent investments in troubled U.S. financial firms that had suffered significant losses from the subprime mortgage crisis. Yet SWFs were viewed with suspicions... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 1, 2008

of potential funding sources to solve social problems, much of it stemming from an intergenerational transfer of wealth and new wealth from financial and high-tech entrepreneurs. Download the paper:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 28, 2008

(0.74%). Even after controlling for filers' demographic factors and self-revealed savings intent, the likelihood of tax-site savings was 5.5 percentage points higher at treatment sites as compared with control sites. In contrast to the take up of many View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 1, 2008

which, as the former parent of Delphi, has agreed to fund a portion of the massive pension and retiree health care liabilities that Delphi incurred when it separated from GM in a prior spin-off. The company has also had to seek significant View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 29, 2008

case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=108011 PublicationsOvercoming the Saving Slump: How to Increase the Effectiveness of Financial Education and Saving Programs Author:Annamaria Lusardi, ed.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Jun 2008
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First Look: June 3, 2008

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=308078 Leveraged Loans 2007 Harvard Business School Case 208-145 The leveraged loan market was in a crisis during the summer of 2007, following many years of low realized... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 8, 2008

was an essential ingredient in the success of the transformation. The case ends with a review of changes in financial performance, employee attitudes and customer satisfaction. The case describes the important role that the human... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

19 Nov 2009
Working Paper Summaries

Management and the Financial Crisis (We Have Met the Enemy and He is Us …)

Keywords: by William A. Sahlman

16 Jun 2010
Working Paper Summaries

Does Diversification Create Value in the Presence of External Financing Constraints? Evidence from the 2008-2009 Financial Crisis

Keywords: by Venkat Kuppuswamy & Belén Villalonga

18 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 18, 2008

other reasons. Implications for the link between religion and pro-social behavior are discussed. No PDF is available at this time. Cases & Course MaterialsExecutive Pay and the Credit Crisis of 2008... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

April 2010
Case

The Credit Crisis of 2008: An Overview

By: V.G. Narayanan, Fabrizio Ferri and Lisa Brem

This case examines the causes and consequences of the credit crisis of 2008 from a national and global perspective and explores the actions taken and proposed by the U.S. and European governments. View Details

Keywords: Credit; Financial Crisis; Crisis Management; Risk Management; Globalized Economies and Regions; Global Strategy; Mortgages; Performance Effectiveness; Financial Services Industry; United States

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01 Mar 2009
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HBS Posts Strong Results in 2008

the cycle and beginning it anew. Total revenue for fiscal 2008 increased by $46 million to $451 million, up 11.4 percent from the previous year. Executive Education and HBP revenues rose by a combined $26 million to $245 million, and... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

April 2009 (Revised September 2011)
Case

Before the Fall: Lehman Brothers 2008

By: Clayton S. Rose and Anand Ahuja

This case examines Lehman Brothers in the months preceding its collapse. Following the announcement of a huge and unexpected second quarter loss, the CFO was removed from her post after only seven months in the job. This case explores the challenges faced by a firm... View Details

Keywords: Communication Strategy; Financial Crisis; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financial Management; Financial Markets; Crisis Management; Trust; Financial Services Industry

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