Financing Risk - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018

2018 Northamption, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing Varieties of Green Business: Industries, Nations and Time By: Jones, G. Abstract—Published at a time of ever-increasing warnings that the pace of climate change and other environmental changes View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

28 Apr 2009
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from the risk that they will live a long time. The funds that individuals contribute to a MIF are invested in a mutual fund. The proceeds from the fund's underlying assets are reinvested until the contributor dies or he turns an age... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Mar 2016
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March 29, 2016

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/315074-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 216-041 The Galaxy Dividend Income Growth Fund's Option Investment Strategies This case is designed to provide an elementary introduction to options and option pricing for beginning... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Jan 2008
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Market Authors:Lauren Cohen, Karl B. Diether, and Christopher J. Malloy Periodical:Journal of Finance 62, no. 5 (October 2007) Abstract Using proprietary data on stock loan fees and quantities from a large institutional investor, we... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

July 2024
Case

Jacqueline Cook at Vendasta: Debating an IPO

By: Reza Satchu, Tom Quinn and Andrew Kosc

In May 2021, after a surge in demand for digital services that prompted high valuations for startups across the Canadian tech sector, Saskatchewan-based Vendasta entered the final stages of the initial public offering (IPO) process. COO Jacqueline Cook had invested her... View Details

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19 Oct 2011
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Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future

On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Construction; Real Estate

18 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

Games, and can earn enough revenue to cover large ongoing costs, their owners—local governments and taxpayers—must pay off the deficits. Summer Olympics stadiums, normally built to seat over 70,000 people, are particularly at risk of... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

24 Sep 2013
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Publications August 2013 Financial Analysts Journal The Low Beta Anomaly: A Decomposition into Micro and Macro Effects By: Baker, Malcolm, Brendan Bradley, and Ryan Taliaferro Abstract—Low beta stocks have offered a combination of low View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Nov 2011
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prevailing research norm. The Role of Finance and Private Investment in Developing Sustainable Cities Author:John D. Macomber Publication:Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 23, no. 3 (summer 2011) Abstract... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Jul 2012
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decreases as functional managers join the executive team suggesting a shift in activities from general to functional managers-a phenomenon we term "functional centralization." Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-059.pdf Accounting, View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Dec 2012
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Lerner, Morten Sorensen, and Per Strömberg Publication:Journal of Finance (forthcoming) Abstract A long-standing controversy is whether LBOs relieve managers from short-term pressures of dispersed shareholders, or whether LBO funds... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

18 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 18

activity and new venture financing is an age old question. Public promotion efforts are controversial, and in most cases they tend to fail. In the United States, debate about the role of government in these areas can be traced back to at... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

March 2024
Case

Nomad: A License to Bank

By: Paul A. Gompers and Pedro Levindo

In late 2023, Lucas Vargas, CEO and co-founder of Nomad, a fintech that offered financial services in the United States for Brazilian residents, had to decide what to do to ensure the company’s continued expansion. Nomad launched its first product, a U.S. digital bank... View Details

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07 Feb 2012
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and how quoted prices might reflect expectations that are hard to justify. Regardless of which valuation method is employed (e.g., residual income, discounted cash flow, multiples), the case provides a platform (i) to map the firm's key success and View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Feb 2009
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Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn

higher risk projects and new ventures. This has a domino effect on the venture capital providers and subsequently on the angel investor community. Each group is concerned that there will not be an investor willing to fund or buy into a... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

15 Jan 2013
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Structure in Small-Scale Finance Authors:Carpena, Fenella, Shawn Cole, Jeremy Shapiro, and Bilal Zia Publication:The World Bank Economic Review Abstract Microfinance, the provision of small individual and business loans, has experienced... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

January 2024
Teaching Note

Frank Cornelissen: The Great Sulfite Debate (A) & (B)

By: Tiona Zuzul

Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 724-391 and 724-398. In 2018, artisanal Italian vineyard Frank Cornelissen was one of the world’s leading natural wine vineyards. Its founder, Frank Cornelissen, faced weather related conditions that forced him to have to decide between... View Details

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12 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

demand and the profitability to engage in exports and R&D, thereby relaxing borrowing constraints and enabling more firms to overcome the fixed-cost hurdle for financing R&D. We decompose the effects of RER changes on productivity... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

January 2024
Supplement

Frank Cornelissen: The Great Sulfite Debate (B)

By: Tiona Zuzul and Susan Pinckney

In 2018, artisanal Italian vineyard Frank Cornelissen was one of the world’s leading natural wine vineyards. Its founder, Frank Cornelissen, faced weather related conditions that forced him to have to decide between staying true to the tenets of the natural wine... View Details