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  • 21 Mar 2024
  • Blog Post

SVMP Gave Me the Courage to Fail

vulnerability involved in the process prompted me to reflect and truly determine my motivation and what I hoped to gain from the experience. Throughout the program, we were encouraged to take View Details
  • August 2014
  • Article

Mortgage Convexity

By: Samuel G. Hanson
Most home mortgages in the United States are fixed-rate loans with an embedded prepayment option. When long-term rates decline, the effective duration of mortgage-backed securities (MBS) falls due to heightened refinancing expectations. I show that these changes in MBS... View Details
Keywords: Mortgages; Interest Rates; Volatility
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  • 09 Aug 2018
  • News

Two Million Fake Accounts: Sales Misconduct at Wells Fargo

  • March 2010 (Revised May 2012)
  • Case

Myelin Repair Foundation: Accelerating Drug Discovery Through Collaboration

By: Karim R. Lakhani and Paul R. Carlile
This case presents the Myelin Repair Foundation's accelerated research collaboration model for drug discovery. It highlights the challenges of building a multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional research collaboration that is attempting to create a treatment for... View Details
Keywords: Research and Development; Intellectual Property; Risk and Uncertainty; Strategic Planning; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Health Disorders; Pharmaceutical Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Health Industry
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  • 18 May 2023
  • Video

Rachel Arnett presents "Navigating the Spotlight: Hidden Challenges of Minority Racial-Identity Management"

  • February 1989 (Revised November 1991)
  • Case

Science Technology Co.--1985

By: Thomas R. Piper
The CEO of a U.S. electronics firm is assessing the financial forecasts and the financing plan prepared by the chief financial officer. Given the cyclicality of the industry and the volatility of the firm's performance, the CEO is unsure as to the usefulness of... View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Change Management; Industry Growth; Forecasting and Prediction; Financial Strategy; Volatility; Electronics Industry
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  • 24 Aug 2015
  • News

The Case for Teaching Ignorance

  • 01 Feb 1997
  • News

Doing It Your Way

better than the risk for getting into the Internet." Startup Smarts Previous work experience is often the critical factor in helping an aspiring entrepreneur make the judgment calls necessary to spot and... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso (profiles by Linda Goodspeed, Elaine Gottlieb, Nancy O. Perry, and Judith A. Ross)
  • 23 Apr 2012
  • Research & Ideas

How to Brand a Next-Generation Product

excitement among prospective consumers who value new bells and whistles over small improvements. On the other hand, customers may worry that new features pose the risk of new glitches View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

    Robert C. Merton

    Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

    Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

    Keywords: banking; brokerage; financial services; insurance industry; investment banking industry; retail financial services
    • 24 Sep 2014
    • News

    We Don’t Have to Ditch Capitalism to Fight Climate Change

    • February 2011
    • Supplement

    Carbon Trading Simulation: Black Cement Inc.

    By: Peter A. Coles
    This simulation presents students the opportunity to experience firsthand the economics of carbon markets and permit trading. Each student has private role information about a company he or she manages. The student must make decisions about pollution-reducing... View Details
    Keywords: Market Design; Pollutants; Investment; Price; Profit; Agreements and Arrangements; Decisions; Service Industry; Energy Industry
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    • May 2019
    • Case

    The United States Air Force: 'Chaos' in the 99th Reconnaissance Squadron

    By: Francesca Gino, Jeff Huizinga and Nicole Keller
    In the spring of 2019, Lt. Col. Matthew “Chaos” Nussbaum is nearing the end of his two-year term as commander of the U.S. Air Force's 99th Reconnaissance Squadron. In this position, he has focused the majority of his energy on finding new ways to organize, train, and... View Details
    Keywords: Empowerment; Culture; Innovation; Motivation; Military; Leadership; Organizational Culture; Change; Leading Change; Innovation Strategy; United States
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    • October 2014 (Revised April 2018)
    • Supplement

    Creditor Activism in Sovereign Debt: Argentina vs. Holdout Investors (B)

    By: Laura Alfaro, Gaurav Toshniwal and Hilary White
    Keywords: Argentina; Debt; Debt Crisis; Debt Markets; Debt Repayment; Debt Restructuring; Government Bonds; Government Debt; Law; Default; Sovereign Debt; Sovereign Debt Crisis; Hedge Fund; Hedge Funds; Strategy; Bonds; Bond Risk; Debt Management; Borrowing and Debt; Governance; Macroeconomics; Economics; Economy; Government Legislation; Argentina; Latin America; United States
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    How Institutional Investors Frame Their Losses: Evidence on Dynamic Loss Aversion from Currency Portfolios

    By: Kenneth A. Froot, John Arabadjis, Sonya Cates and Stephen Lawrence
    Currency investors exhibit a tendency to cut risk by pairing both longs and shorts following losses and a weaker tendency to add risk following gains. By differentiating between position level, portfolio level, and aggregate cross-portfolio losses in currency... View Details
    Keywords: Loss Aversion; Decision Choices and Conditions; Currency; Investment; Risk Management; Behavioral Finance
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      Sara L. Fleiss

      Sara Fleiss was the co-founder and co-portfolio manager of Emeth Partners, an emerging markets arbitrage hedge fund.  Prior to founding Emeth, Sara was the lead analyst on the Emerging Markets Equities portfolio at Harvard Management Company (HMC). At HMC, Sara... View Details

      • 12 Apr 2016
      • News

      Equality Takes Work

      • March 2019
      • Article

      Is There a Future for the Gas Network in a Low Carbon Energy System?

      By: Conor Hickey, Paul Deane, Celine McInerney and Brian O' Gallachoir
      This paper evaluates the potential low carbon opportunities for and challenges to the utilisation and financial performance of Ireland's gas distribution network within a series of low carbon scenarios. There has been a limited amount of academic literature published... View Details
      Keywords: Decarbonization; Investment; Risk and Uncertainty; Environmental Sustainability; Demand and Consumers; Energy Industry; Utilities Industry; Republic of Ireland
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      • 09 Oct 2017
      • Research & Ideas

      Fearing Fox News, Democratic-leaning Companies Delayed Negative Announcements

      Fox News has influenced how companies disclose financial news. Legal analyst Gregg Jarrett on the set in 2016. Source: Wikipedia Commons, CC 3.0) The United States presidential election of 2000 took place in a simpler time. The internet was not yet a major news source,... View Details
      Keywords: by Jen Deaderick; Media & Broadcasting
      • August 1990 (Revised February 1991)
      • Case

      Whirlpool Corp.

      By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Sarah D. Hall
      Examines the company's global strategy and potential acquisition of Philips' major domestic appliance operations in Europe in light of increasing trends toward globilization in the major appliance industry. Allows discussions weighing the advantages and risks of... View Details
      Keywords: Acquisition; Joint Ventures; Global Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Risk and Uncertainty; Opportunities; Competitive Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Europe
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