Swaps - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Jun 2013
Research & Ideas

Advertising Symbiosis: The Key to Viral Videos

raps about the joys and indignities of being a mom. ("I swapped my sexy handbag for a snot-stained sack ") The Fiat 500L makes a cameo appearance, but her life is the focal point. The idea is that moms will share the ad with other moms.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising

03 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster

and a last-minute plan to swap employees between the two companies, the dealer conflicts intensified, KDC market share declined sharply, losses mounted, 2,000 jobs were cut, and ultimately, the venture was dissolved. Subject to more than... View Details

Keywords: by Ron S. Fortgang, David A. Lax & James K. Sebenius

04 Aug 2009
First Look

First Look: August 4

GM, it is burdened with large pension and other retiree liabilities that threaten to push it into bankruptcy. Bauer-Martin is considering using various credit derivatives (credit default swaps, credit-linked notes, credit default swap... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer

Apple boasts that more than one billion songs have been purchased from its iTunes music service. That sounds like a great number—until you consider that an estimated ten million users of Internet-based peer-to-peer (p2p) networks are logged on at any one time to View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Music

26 Jun 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54634 forthcoming Journal of Finance Limited Investment Capital and Credit Spreads By: Siriwardane, Emil N. Abstract—Using proprietary credit default swap (CDS) data, I investigate how... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

23 May 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017

M&A team decided to achieve this goal through targeted transactions or “precision M&A.” By 2014, after examining 20 or so possible deals, the company was in the process of negotiating a multibillion dollar asset swap with... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

02 Oct 2007
First Look

First Look: October 2, 2007

This paper examines the effect of corporate governance on investor reactions to accounting choice in the context of accounting for business combinations. Using a sample of 324 recent stock swap acquisitions I find that, contrary to... View Details