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- 11 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
Shrinking the Racial Wealth Gap, One Mortgage at a Time
underwriting systems neither approve nor reject. Narrowing the default gap The research team found minority applicants were about 3 percentage points less likely to be approved than white applicants working with the same white loan...
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- 04 Mar 2009
- Op-Ed
Credit is Not the Bogey
afford the payments—indeed, to buyers who have no "rainy day" savings. Underwriting must once again deserve the name. Micro-print contracts must be transparent and protect the consumer. Lenders must take responsibility not just...
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Post-war PR Campaigns Reaching Wide Audiences | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
potential in the new medium of television by underwriting The U.S. Steel Hour, which showcased up-and-coming actors in serious dramas by renowned playwrights. Sponsored messages during the program provided an opportunity for U.S. Steel to...
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- 19 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Expensing Options Won’t Hurt High Tech
companies' market prices. More seriously, however, the claim simply ignores the fact that a lack of cash need not be a barrier to compensating executives. Rather than issuing options directly to employees, companies can always issue them to View Details
- 24 Jul 2018
- Op-Ed
4 Ways Managers Can Exercise Their 'Agency' to Change the World
General Motors was moving toward its vision of zero emissions and zero accidents by investing in electrified, shared, and autonomous vehicles. And while Wells Fargo was creating fraudulent accounts, Bank of America Merrill Lynch became a leader in View Details
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by George Serafeim
- 13 Feb 2015
- News
Lessons in Perseverance
business skills, but the profits go to underwrite scholarships at Deza’s high school in a poor, mountainous region in Peru. “I have such a passion for being a catalyst so others can flourish,” she said. A glimpse of Deza’s style could be...
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- 15 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Lessons Not Learned About Innovation
must contribute to the other. Q: What is the innovation pyramid and how does it work? A: The innovation pyramid is an innovation strategy that works at three levels. The lion's share of the investment underwrites a few big bets at the...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Apr 2015
- Op-Ed
Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths
were unable to provide new loans to underwrite company growth. “The recessionary measures that were taken in Greece were not the cause of the crisis.” Even large companies that could ordinarily rely on public equity or debt markets...
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by George Serafeim
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Early Impact
Gayle Greenhill, for instance, supports community-building and campus cultural events and activities within the MBA Program. And a research fund established by Gisel (MBA 2003) and Omid Kordestani underwrites scholarship and activities at...
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- 15 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Better Business Model for Fighting Cancer
“Maybe you don’t get the perfect answer,” he says, “but for $50,000 you get three-quarters of the way to an answer that otherwise would have cost $500,000.” Or perhaps philanthropists who underwrite a drug’s development could receive...
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- 01 Jun 2011
- News
What’s after Fannie and Freddie?
underwriting standards. In a number of European countries, for example, there are quite strict regulations on down payments; many require 20 percent. I don’t think U.S. policymakers are willing to go that route; the ability to buy a home...
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- 15 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise
the landscape. Q: Another hot topic in the nonprofit world is the idea of creating a for-profit business to help underwrite the cost of operations. Is this the way to go to secure a reliable stream of funds? A: I don't think so. There's a...
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by Roger Thompson
- 02 Mar 2023
- News
Carbon's Second Act
a clear ability to underwrite that project by saying, "I know that if I capture this amount of CO2, I can sell it to the marketplace." So you have this pressure from both sides in that vexing challenge. And if either of those start to...
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- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Balancing the Future Against Today’s Needs
instance—and "go back to the core" because they knew they could make their annual numbers that way. So, when Urquhart recognized an opportunity to grow from underwriting "big-ticket power projects"—the core...
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by Paul Michelman
- 12 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
‘Let the Buyer Beware’ Doesn’t Protect Investors
some PowerPoint slides—a process that Bill Burnham, a former CSFB Internet analyst, calls 'the competitive devaluation of underwriting standards.' But nowhere did the wall between research and banking fall so completely as in Quattrone's...
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by D. Quinn Mills
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Kash Rangan
funds. The venture philanthropy community has some translation work to do. Right now venture philanthropy is only a small part of the landscape. Another hot topic in the nonprofit world is the idea of creating a for-profit business to help View Details
- 08 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 8
underwriting representative for public television and radio stations throughout the United States. When Mr. Williams and his wife, Linda Williams, started NPB in 1996, they had imagined it would grow quickly and be acquired by a larger...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
consumers in seeking care providers, how consumers make decisions about health care, the system-wide effects of increased consumer choice in health care, and the important distinction between patients and consumers. The Risk Underwriters...
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- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
than commonly believed. Using a battery of performance tests, we find that loans securitized before 2005 performed no worse than comparable unsecuritized loans originated by the same bank. Even loans originated by the bank that acts as the CLO View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018
IPO underwriting exhibits seemingly collusive pricing despite its low level of market concentration. Download working paper: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53003 Complex Disclosure By: Jin, Ginger Zhe, Michael Luca, and...
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Dina Gerdeman