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- March 2003
- Article
For the Last Time: Stock Options Are an Expense
By: Zvi Bodie, Robert S. Kaplan and Robert C. Merton
Bodie, Zvi, Robert S. Kaplan, and Robert C. Merton. "For the Last Time: Stock Options Are an Expense." Harvard Business Review 81, no. 3 (March 2003): 62–71. (HBS Reprint #R0303D.)
- 02 Jan 2018
- News
Blockchain 101: the Primer We Still Need
Elmer A. Sperry
A prolific inventor, Sperry was instrumental in creating technological advances in navigation. He invented gyroscopic compasses and stabilizers that became fundamental components for both ships and airplanes. His inventions were adopted...
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Keywords:
Fabricated Goods
- January 1993 (Revised June 1995)
- Case
Arbitrage in the Government Bond Market?
Documents a pricing anomaly in the large and liquid treasury bond market. The prices of callable treasury bonds seem to be inconsistent with the prices of noncallable treasuries and an arbitrage opportunity appears to exist. Permits instructors to introduce the...
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Edleson, Michael E., and Peter Tufano. "Arbitrage in the Government Bond Market?" Harvard Business School Case 293-093, January 1993. (Revised June 1995.)
- 2022
- Working Paper
The Stock Market Value of Human Capital Creation
By: Matthias Regier and Ethan Rouen
We develop a measure of firm-year-specific human capital investment from publicly disclosed personnel expenses (PE) and examine the stock market valuation of this investment. Measuring the future value of PE (PEFV) based on the relation between lagged...
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Regier, Matthias, and Ethan Rouen. "The Stock Market Value of Human Capital Creation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-047, October 2020. (Revised March 2022.)
- Working Paper
Measuring the Perceived Liquidity of the Corporate Bond Market
By: Sergey Chernenko and Adi Sunderam
We propose a novel measure of bond market liquidity that does not depend on transaction data: the strength of the cross-sectional relationship between mutual fund cash holdings and fund flow volatility. Our measure captures how liquid funds perceive their portfolio...
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Chernenko, Sergey, and Adi Sunderam. "Measuring the Perceived Liquidity of the Corporate Bond Market." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 27092, May 2020.
- March 2009 (Revised November 2009)
- Supplement
Washington Mutual's Covered Bonds Courseware
By: Daniel Baird Bergstresser, Robin Greenwood and James Quinn
Washington Mutual issues 6 billion Euro of covered bonds in 2006. The objective of the case is to ask whether these bonds are mispriced in late 2008. The case is set in September 20008, and Washington Mutual is facing considerable distress due to mounting losses on its...
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The Collapse of First Executive Corporation: Junk Bonds, Adverse Publicity, and the Run on the Bank Phenomenon
By: S. C. Gilson, H. DeAngelo and L. DeAngelo
In April 1991, regulators seized the major subsidiaries of First Executive Corporation (FE), an insurer that invested heavily in junk bonds. During the junk bond market turmoil of 1989–1990, adverse publicity fueled a bank run at FE, forcing a $4 billion portfolio...
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Gilson, S. C., H. DeAngelo, and L. DeAngelo. "The Collapse of First Executive Corporation: Junk Bonds, Adverse Publicity, and the Run on the Bank Phenomenon." Journal of Financial Economics 36, no. 3 (December 1994): 287–336.
- December 1991
- Article
Intrinsic Bubbles: The Case of Stock Prices
By: Kenneth A. Froot and M. Obstfeld
Keywords:
Rational Expectations;
Equities;
Fundamentals;
Behavioral Finance;
Price Bubble;
Stocks;
Information;
Asset Pricing
Froot, Kenneth A., and M. Obstfeld. "Intrinsic Bubbles: The Case of Stock Prices." American Economic Review 81, no. 5 (December 1991): 1189–1214. (Revised from NBER Working Paper No. 3091, March 1992. Reprinted in Speculation and Financial Markets, edited by M. Taylor and L. Gallagher. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2001.)
- 2000
- Other Unpublished Work
Private Versus Public Debt: Evidence from Firms that Replace Bank Loans with Junk Bonds
By: S. C. Gilson and J. Warner
- November 1998 (Revised February 1999)
- Case
Bolsa de Valores de Guayaquil (BVG): Reaching Worldwide Investors Through the Internet
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Ramiro Montealegre, Dusya Vera and Karen Barone
The Guayaquil Stock Exchange developed a Web site to provide information about the market in Ecuador. Though the system provided some dynamic information for potential investors and allowed for some transactions to occur via the Internet, it had not at the time of the...
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Keywords:
Stocks;
Foreign Direct Investment;
Emerging Markets;
Internet;
Technology Industry;
Ecuador
Applegate, Lynda M., Ramiro Montealegre, Dusya Vera, and Karen Barone. "Bolsa de Valores de Guayaquil (BVG): Reaching Worldwide Investors Through the Internet." Harvard Business School Case 399-070, November 1998. (Revised February 1999.)
- Article
Sidelined Investors, Trading-Generated News, and Security Returns
By: H. Henry Cao, Joshua D. Coval and David Hirshleifer
Cao, H. Henry, Joshua D. Coval, and David Hirshleifer. "Sidelined Investors, Trading-Generated News, and Security Returns." Review of Financial Studies 15, no. 2 (Summer 2002).
- 10 May 2022
- News
Why Blockchain’s Ethical Stakes Are So High
- Portrait Project
Kaelin Goulet
moment of extreme income inequality, when the "have-nots" suffered disproportionately because of the actions of the "haves." Maybe it was working to develop savings instruments for lower-income communities during an...
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- Portrait Project
Matt Beecher
did nothing to earn. And so, I pray, as did St Francis of Assisi: Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace; Where there is hatred, let me sow Love; Where there is injury, Pardon;Where there is doubt, Faith; Where there is despair,...
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- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Power Couple
Richard Sarnoff (MBA ’87), a group president at Random House, is one forward-looking media exec who has some impressive links to the industry’s past: His great-uncle, former RCA chairman David Sarnoff, was instrumental in developing the...
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- May 1993 (Revised October 1993)
- Case
Wesfarmers Limited.: The Dividend Decision
By: Dwight B. Crane
Crane, Dwight B. "Wesfarmers Limited.: The Dividend Decision." Harvard Business School Case 293-098, May 1993. (Revised October 1993.)
- May 1991
- Background Note
Interpretation and Analysis of Stockholders' Equity
By: David F. Hawkins
Hawkins, David F. "Interpretation and Analysis of Stockholders' Equity." Harvard Business School Background Note 191-143, May 1991.
- 19 Dec 2016
- Blog Post
The Making of An Internship: Impact
into production in 2017. Lily Wu, who joined The Whitney Museum of American Art, was instrumental in prioritizing the resources and initiatives needed to fully execute the museum’s three-year strategic plan. Ahmed Eldemerdash developed...
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Keywords:
All Industries
- June 1995 (Revised May 1996)
- Teaching Note
American Express TRS Charge-Card Receivables and Lehman Brothers and the Securitization of American Express Charge-Card Receivables TN
By: Andre F. Perold and Wai Lee
Teaching Note for (9-293-120) and (9-293-121).
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