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Global Industry Bubble Watch - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
Data Global Industry Bubble Watch Download Data Set in Excel View Sector: Consumer Discretionary Consumer Discretionary Consumer Staples Energy Financials Healthcare View Details
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Global Industry Bubble Watch - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
Data Global Industry Bubble Watch Download Data Set in Excel View Sector: Industrials Consumer Discretionary Consumer Staples Energy Financials Healthcare View Details
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Global Industry Bubble Watch - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
Data Global Industry Bubble Watch Download Data Set in Excel View Sector: Utilities Consumer Discretionary Consumer Staples Energy Financials Healthcare Industrials Information...
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Global Industry Bubble Watch - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
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Global Industry Bubble Watch - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
Data Global Industry Bubble Watch Download Data Set in Excel View Sector: Consumer Discretionary Consumer Discretionary Consumer Staples Energy Financials Healthcare View Details
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Global Industry Bubble Watch - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
Data Global Industry Bubble Watch Download Data Set in Excel View Sector: Financials Consumer Discretionary Consumer Staples Energy Financials Healthcare View Details
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Global Industry Bubble Watch - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
Data Global Industry Bubble Watch Download Data Set in Excel View Sector: Materials Consumer Discretionary Consumer Staples Energy Financials Healthcare Industrials Information...
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Global Industry Bubble Watch - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
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- February 2021
- Case
China Rapid Finance: The Collapse of China’s P2P Lending Industry
By: William C. Kirby, Bonnie Yining Cao and John P. McHugh
China’s peer-to-peer (P2P) lending industry had over 3,000 platforms at its height in 2015. China Risk Finance (CRF) was one of the country’s P2P success stories. With over 1 million borrowers using CRF’s platform, it raised $60 million in its 2016 IPO on the New York...
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Keywords:
Financial Services;
P2P Lending;
Government And Business;
Regulation;
Finance;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Strategy;
Financial Services Industry;
China
Kirby, William C., Bonnie Yining Cao, and John P. McHugh. "China Rapid Finance: The Collapse of China’s P2P Lending Industry." Harvard Business School Case 321-124, February 2021.
- May 2010 (Revised January 2012)
- Case
Lincoln Financial Meets the Financial Crisis
By: Robert C. Pozen and Peter Goodspeed Spring
In March of 2009, Lincoln Financial Group's CEO Dennis Glass was facing a difficult decision as to how he would replenish his company's capital, which could quickly fall to dangerously low levels as a result of the financial crisis. Though the cost of raising capital...
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Keywords:
Cost vs Benefits;
Financial Crisis;
Capital;
Private Equity;
Crisis Management;
Business and Government Relations;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Insurance Industry
Pozen, Robert C., and Peter Goodspeed Spring. "Lincoln Financial Meets the Financial Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 310-137, May 2010. (Revised January 2012.)
- April 1987 (Revised August 1987)
- Case
Sears, Roebuck and Co. and the Retail Financial Services Industry (B)
Christiansen, Evelyn T. "Sears, Roebuck and Co. and the Retail Financial Services Industry (B)." Harvard Business School Case 387-182, April 1987. (Revised August 1987.)
- June 2014
- Case
Financial Policy at Apple, 2013 (A)
By: Mihir A. Desai and Elizabeth A. Meyer
By the end of 2013, Apple had $137 billion dollars in cash and marketable securities. This case explores how companies can generate such large amounts of cash and how and if they should distribute it to shareholders, especially in the face of shareholder pressure. In...
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Keywords:
Apple;
Steve Jobs;
Forecast;
Forecasting;
Forecasting And Prediction;
Shareholder Activism;
Share Repurchase;
Dividends;
Financial Ratios;
Preferred Shares;
Cash Distribution;
Corporate Finance;
Borrowing and Debt;
Financial Management;
Financial Strategy;
Technology Industry;
Technology Industry;
United States;
Republic of Ireland
- February 2012 (Revised July 2012)
- Case
China Risk Finance: Riding the Wave of China's Financial Services Industry
By: Regina M. Abrami, Matthew Shaffer and Weiqi Zhang
With China shifting toward a consumer-led growth model, non-bank lending has a critical role to play, but how easy is it to do business in this sector? What are the promises and pitfalls of the industry, and how well is Zane Wang, the case protagonist, navigating them?
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Abrami, Regina M., Matthew Shaffer, and Weiqi Zhang. "China Risk Finance: Riding the Wave of China's Financial Services Industry." Harvard Business School Case 912-417, February 2012. (Revised July 2012.)
- February 1987 (Revised July 1987)
- Case
Sears, Roebuck and Co. and the Retail Financial Services Industry (A)
Christiansen, Evelyn T. "Sears, Roebuck and Co. and the Retail Financial Services Industry (A)." Harvard Business School Case 387-138, February 1987. (Revised July 1987.)
- August 2017
- Case
Boston Public Schools' Long Term Financial Plan
By: C. Fritz Foley, Victor Wu and F. Katelynn Boland
In the fall of 2016, the senior leadership team of Boston Public Schools prepared a report indicating that costs were expected to grow faster than revenues for many years to come. They faced questions about whether the projections would be believed and about how to...
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Keywords:
Financial Planning;
Education Reform;
Education;
Budgets and Budgeting;
Corporate Finance;
Public Administration Industry;
United States;
Boston
Foley, C. Fritz, Victor Wu, and F. Katelynn Boland. "Boston Public Schools' Long Term Financial Plan." Harvard Business School Case 218-031, August 2017.
- January 2014 (Revised January 2020)
- Case
The Case of the Unidentified Financial Firms
Scharfstein, David. "The Case of the Unidentified Financial Firms." Harvard Business School Case 214-072, January 2014. (Revised January 2020.)
- September 2022
- Article
The Impact of Financial Assistance Programs on Health Care Utilization: Evidence from Kaiser Permanente
By: Alyce S. Adams, Raymond Kluender, Neale Mahoney, Jinglin Wang, Francis Wong and Wesley Yin
Most hospitals have financial assistance programs for low-income patients. We use administrative data from Kaiser Permanente to study the effects of financial assistance on health care utilization. Using a regression discontinuity design based on an income threshold...
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Keywords:
Healthcare;
Utilization;
Financial Assistance;
Health Care and Treatment;
Social Issues;
Poverty;
Health Industry
Adams, Alyce S., Raymond Kluender, Neale Mahoney, Jinglin Wang, Francis Wong, and Wesley Yin. "The Impact of Financial Assistance Programs on Health Care Utilization: Evidence from Kaiser Permanente." American Economic Review: Insights 4, no. 3 (September 2022): 389–407.
- October 1998 (Revised May 1999)
- Case
Commercial Financial Services, Inc.: Securitization of Charged-off Credit Card Receivables
By: Kenneth A. Froot and Ivan G. Farman
Commercial Financial Services (CFS) is a company that buys charged-off credit card receivables, securitizes them, and then attempts to collect on the receivables. The case deals with how the firm makes money and the limits of securitization as an efficient financing...
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Keywords:
Financing;
Asset-back Finance;
Financial Policy;
Securitization;
Credit;
Financial Strategy;
Business Strategy;
Policy;
Financial Services Industry
Froot, Kenneth A., and Ivan G. Farman. "Commercial Financial Services, Inc.: Securitization of Charged-off Credit Card Receivables." Harvard Business School Case 299-023, October 1998. (Revised May 1999.)
- June 1997
- Case
Olympic Financial Ltd.
By: Krishna G. Palepu and Sarayu Srinivasan
Olympic Financial is a sub-prime lender in the auto financing industry. Several other financing companies have been wrought with accounting fraud and business mismanagement. Olympic's debt has been downgraded, and its stock has been denigrated although the company is...
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Keywords:
Business or Company Management;
Crime and Corruption;
Valuation;
Financial Reporting;
Credit;
Financial Services Industry
Palepu, Krishna G., and Sarayu Srinivasan. "Olympic Financial Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 197-081, June 1997.
- June 2014
- Supplement
Financial Policy at Apple, 2013 (B)
By: Mihir Desai and Elizabeth A. Meyer
This case is meant to accompany Financial Policy at Apple, 2013 (A) and details the results of Apple's Q2 2013 earnings call.
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Keywords:
Apple;
Steve Jobs;
Forecast;
Forecasting;
Forecasting And Prediction;
Shareholder Activism;
Share Repurchase;
Dividends;
Financial Ratios;
Preferred Shares;
Cash Distribution;
Corporate Finance;
Borrowing and Debt;
Financial Management;
Financial Strategy;
Technology Industry;
Technology Industry;
United States;
Republic of Ireland
Desai, Mihir, and Elizabeth A. Meyer. "Financial Policy at Apple, 2013 (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 214-094, June 2014.