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    Managing the Liquidity Crisis

    Companies are scrambling for cash in the wake of the pandemic. Unfortunately, for structural reasons they are unlikely to get the cash they need from their traditional lenders, even though the financial system is in relatively good shape and there are reserves of... View Details

    • June 2024
    • Case

    Tremblant Capital: Launching an Active ETF

    By: Robin Greenwood, Luis M. Viceira and Robert Ialenti
    The case highlights deliberations led by Brett Barakett, CEO and chief investment officer of Tremblant Capital, just months prior to launching an actively managed ETF, Tremblant Global (TOGA). However, his team continued to have reservations around the launch. On the... View Details
    Keywords: Asset Management; Investment Funds; Product Launch; Risk and Uncertainty; Financial Services Industry
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      Cameron Deal

      Cameron studies health economics and economic history, with a focus on LGBTQ populations and inequality. His research has specifically examined health risk and access disparities, youth homelessness, intergenerational mobility, and the effects of health policies on... View Details

      • February 2011 (Revised July 2013)
      • Case

      A123 Systems: Power. Safety. Life.

      By: Richard H.K. Vietor
      A123 Systems, the largest manufacturer of lithium ion batteries in North America, is producing and selling batteries for electric vehicles in China and electric buses in Europe and America. It just opened two plants in Michigan, partially funded by a grant from... View Details
      Keywords: Business or Company Management; Diversification; Machinery and Machining; Renewable Energy; Transportation; Management Skills; Corporate Finance; Auto Industry; Battery Industry
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      • April 2009
      • Case

      SAP AG: Orchestrating the Ecosystem

      By: Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani
      Business ecosystems require careful orchestration and strategic choices regarding make/buy/partner decisions and membership access. This case examines the strategic and technological issues related to managing SAP's thriving ecosystem of user communities, software... View Details
      Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Organizational Structure; Partners and Partnerships; Business Strategy; Technology Industry
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      • 01 Apr 2022
      • News

      Can Supply Chain Disruptions Lead To a Recession?

      • June 2023
      • Case

      Accounting for Loan Losses at JPMorgan Chase: Predicting Credit Costs

      By: Jonas Heese, Jung Koo Kang and James Weber
      The case examines the accounting for loan losses at a large bank, how a bank sets its Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses (ALLL) on its financial statements. ALLL, and the rules that set them, determine when banks would and would not extend loans, which significantly... View Details
      Keywords: Accounting Standards; Accrual Accounting; Financial Statements; Financial Reporting; Banks and Banking; Financing and Loans; Banking Industry; United States
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      • 16 Oct 2014
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Government Debt Management at the Zero Lower Bound

      Keywords: by Robin Greenwood, Samuel G. Hanson, Joshua S. Rudolph & Lawrence H. Summers
      • 19 Mar 2013
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Carry Trade and Exchange-Rate Regimes

      Keywords: by Laura Alfaro & Fabio Kanczuk
      • January 1993 (Revised November 1997)
      • Case

      BayBank Boston

      In 1992, the Federal Reserve released a study of mortgage lending patterns in Boston. It concluded that even when credit factors were taken into account, black and Hispanic applicants experienced higher rejection rates. Richard Pollard, chairman of BayBank Boston, had... View Details
      Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Ethics; Race; Mortgages; Banking Industry; Boston
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      • 2009
      • Simulation

      Finance Simulation: M&A in Wine Country: No. 3289.

      By: Timothy A. Luehrman and W. Carl Kester
      In this simulation, students play the role of CEO at one of three publicly-traded wine producers: Starshine, Bel Vino, or International Beverage. Each player evaluates merger and/or acquisition opportunities among the three companies and then determines reservation... View Details
      Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Negotiation; Valuation; Value Creation; Food and Beverage Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
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      • August 2024 (Revised November 2024)
      • Case

      No Labels and the 2024 Presidential Insurance Plan

      By: Robert F. White and Tom Quinn
      After observing record voter dissatisfaction with the choices in the 2024 U.S. presidential election—Democratic nominee President Joe Biden and Republican nominee and former President Donald Trump—the bipartisan nonprofit No Labels decided to reserve ballot access in... View Details
      Keywords: Disruption; Forecasting and Prediction; Lawsuits and Litigation; Failure; System Shocks; Political Elections; Motivation and Incentives; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; United States
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      • 2013
      • Working Paper

      Redrawing the Lines: Did Political Incumbents Influence Electoral Redistricting in the World's Largest Democracy?

      By: Lakshmi Iyer and Maya Reddy
      In 2008, the boundaries of national and state electoral constituencies in India were redrawn for the first time in three decades. We use detailed demographic and electoral data to construct measures of the extent of redistricting in a given constituency. We find the... View Details
      Keywords: Political Elections; India
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        How Quantitative Easing Works: Evidence on the Refinancing Channel

        When LSAPs are needed the most, simply bending the yield curve through purchasing government debt is not effective for stimulating the mortgage market (a key sector of the economy for the transmission of monetary policy). Purchasing mortgage-backed... View Details

        • February 2017 (Revised June 2017)
        • Case

        ExxonMobil: Business as Usual? (A)

        By: George Serafeim, Shiva Rajgopal and David Freiberg
        Climate change was becoming an important societal and business issue as more governments were introducing climate change related regulations and investors became increasibly worried about stranded assets within oil and gas firms. In September 2016, the U.S. Securities... View Details
        Keywords: Oil ＆ Gas; Oil Prices; Oil Companies; Asset Impairment; Predictive Analytics; Sustainability; Environmental Impact; Innovation; Disclosure; Accounting; Valuation; Climate Change; Renewable Energy; Environmental Sustainability; Financial Reporting; Energy Industry
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        • July 2024
        • Article

        JUE Insight: Infrastructure and Finance: Evidence from India's GQ Highway Network

        By: Abhiman Das, Ejaz Ghani, Arti Grover, William Kerr and Ramana Nanda
        We use data from Reserve Bank of India to study the impact of India's Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) highway project on finance-dependent activity. Loan volumes increase by 20-30% in districts along GQ and are stronger in industries more dependent upon external finance.... View Details
        Keywords: Highways; Finance; Development; Infrastructure; Banks and Banking; Transportation Networks; Financing and Loans; Growth and Development; India
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        • November 2024
        • Technical Note

        Is a Single-Family Office Right for You?

        By: Christina R. Wing, George Jackoboice and Justin Huang
        Twenty years ago, the term “family office” was used infrequently and often reserved for the most storied families such as the Rockefellers or the Kennedys. Now, “family office” is on the tip of the tongue of every investor, wealth manager, and company. However, the... View Details
        Keywords: Family Office; Family Business
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        • November 1996
        • Case

        Del Webb Corporation (C), The

        By: Jay W. Lorsch and Samanta Graff
        Dion and the other Del Webb directors were open to having Industrial Equity Pacific (IEP) and Webcott Holdings representation on the board. The IEP representative was perceived as reserved and lacking in sophistication. Cotter of Webcott, however, struck the directors... View Details
        Keywords: Crisis Management; Management Succession; Strategic Planning; Governing and Advisory Boards; Horizontal Integration; Conflict Management
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        • December 2013 (Revised March 2024)
        • Case

        Breaking Bad (the Rules): Argentina Defaults, Inflates (and Grows), 1997–2015

        By: Rafael Di Tella and Fernanda Miguel
        In late October 2011, after losing 1 billion of dollar reserves in one month, the Argentine government began imposing a series of currency controls, limiting the ability to buy foreign currency. As of October 2011, Argentina's tax collection agency AFIP had been... View Details
        Keywords: Default; Inflation; Inflation and Deflation; Currency; Governance Controls; Argentina
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        • June 1980 (Revised December 1992)
        • Case

        Parker House (B)

        The management of Boston's historic Parker House, owned by Dunfey Hotels, has received a request from a tour wholesaler to book a large number of rooms at the hotel during summer and fall 1980. This booking is tied to bookings at two other Dunfey hotels that need this... View Details
        Keywords: Product Positioning; Segmentation; Accommodations Industry; Boston
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