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- August 2008
- Supplement
Iceland (B): Redefining Aaa-Rated Sovereigns
By: Aldo Musacchio
In May of 2008, a team of sovereign debt analysts at Moody's had to decide whether to downgrade the country's sovereign long-term debt from Aaa to Aa1 or lower. Investor sentiment toward Iceland had changed radically in March, and the Moody's team was fearful that the...
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Sovereign Finance;
Financial Crisis;
Borrowing and Debt;
Currency;
Financial Condition;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Iceland;
European Union
Musacchio, Aldo. "Iceland (B): Redefining Aaa-Rated Sovereigns." Harvard Business School Supplement 709-012, August 2008.
- August 2008 (Revised October 2010)
- Case
Iceland (A)
By: Aldo Musacchio
In May of 2008, a team of sovereign debt analysts at Moody's had to decide whether to downgrade the country's sovereign long-term debt from Aaa to Aa1 or lower. Investor sentiment toward Iceland had changed radically in March, and the Moody's team was fearful that the...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Financial Crisis;
Borrowing and Debt;
Currency;
Financial Condition;
Sovereign Finance;
European Union;
Iceland
Musacchio, Aldo. "Iceland (A)." Harvard Business School Case 709-011, August 2008. (Revised October 2010.)
- 16 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 16, 2007
http://vig.prenhall.com/catalog/academic/product/0,1144,0131732811-TOC,00.html How Globalization Passed Its Peak Authors:Rawi Abdelal and Adam Segal Periodical:Foreign Affairs, January/February 2007 Read a preview:...
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Martha Lagace
- 11 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 11, 2008
welfare-enhancing reforms, on the ability of firms and households to write contracts, and on the ability of citizens to enforce their basic rights. How Does Investor Sentiment Affect the Cross Section of...
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Martha Lagace
- 20 Apr 2015
- Blog Post
India Conference 2015
The India conference is an annual event organized by Harvard students. The conference has in the past focused on a plethora of issues related to India. Though the structure of the conference has remained constant in the past, the content was always fine-tuned to...
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- 24 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017
October 2017 Management Science The Size of the LGBT Population and the Magnitude of Anti-Gay Sentiment Are Substantially Underestimated By: Coffman, Katherine Baldiga, Lucas C. Coffman, and Keith M. Marzilli Ericson Abstract—We...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Dec 2013
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: What Warren Buffett Saw in Newspapers
In 2012, legendary investor Warren Buffett made a bid to buy a troubled Southeastern US newspaper business just three years after declaring that his influential holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, would no longer invest in newspapers...
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- 26 Mar 2020
- Blog Post
The Road Untraveled: VC Perspectives on COVID-19
hearing from leading investors on managing through these turbulent times. There is a lot of uncertainty, and sentiment will likely continue to evolve over the coming weeks and months. Hopefully, listeners...
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- 16 Jun 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Does Diversification Create Value in the Presence of External Financing Constraints? Evidence from the 2008-2009 Financial Crisis
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by Venkat Kuppuswamy & Belén Villalonga
- Web
Faculty & Research
founder and CEO of U.K. startup Matillion, faced a decision about which term sheet to accept for the lead investor in his company’s $35 million Series C financing round. Would the connections and opportunities offered by Silicon...
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- 21 Nov 2023
- Research & Ideas
Employee Negativity Is Like Wildfire. Manage It Before It Spreads.
called emotional contagion. Goldenberg’s past research shows that negative sentiments tend to spread faster than positive ones on social media, particularly when expressed by public figures. Achieving a sense of calm On an individual...
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by Kristen Senz
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Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
Greenwood & Samuel G. Hanson Robin Greenwood and Samuel G. Hanson describe a methodology to measure sentiment in the market for US Corporate Credit More Info Equity Market Sentiment By: Malcolm P. Baker &...
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Compensation Committees
governmental rules, and navigate public sentiment Ensure that the compensation structure promotes the desired corporate culture Address external factors influencing compensation strategies Compete effectively for top talent in today's...
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Students on the Job Market - Doctoral
ownership are more likely to be culturally inconsistent. Leveraging local public sentiment towards social movements as an instrument, I show that organizational culture inconsistency has a negative effect on firm value and profitability....
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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
it has increasingly been recognized that investor beliefs play an important role in driving the credit cycle. In "A Model of Credit Market Sentiment", Robin Greenwood, Sam Hanson and Lawrence Jin (of Caltech) develop a model to explore...
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About - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
in real time, perhaps policy makers can anticipate financial vulnerability and take measures to prevent crises. Harvard faculty have originated measures of investor sentiment in the equity, credit, and...
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Impact Investing | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
financial performance, but also show how it makes a positive contribution to society.” This statement reflects an increasingly broad-based sentiment that asset owners should include ESG and impact criteria in their investment process....
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- 18 Aug 2022
- Op-Ed
Your Best Employees Are Burning Out: A Framework for Retaining Talent
While gains were focused at the executive and investor levels, these cuts fostered a transactional relationship between businesses and their workers. So, it should be a shock to no one that in recent years, the power dynamic has switched...
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by Hise Gibson and MaShon Wilson
- Web
Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research
lives of people and their societies. Rather, some organizations would be better off measuring shorter-term outputs or individual outcomes. Funders such as foundations and impact investors are better positioned to measure systemic impacts....
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Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
the world's premier barometer of investor sentiment and market volatility. Go To Database Access Access method WRDS Access notes Harvard University faculty, students (including MBA students) and researchers...
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