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    Financial StrategyRemove Financial Strategy →

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    • 29 Jan 2019
    • Research & Ideas

    'Green Bonds' May Be Our Best Bet for Environmental Damage Control

    by Michael Blanding

    The popularity of green bonds as a way to finance environmentally friendly projects is on the upswing, say Malcolm Baker and George Serafeim. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 22 Jan 2019
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Corporate Sustainability: A Strategy?

    by Ioannis Ioannou and George Serafeim

    Between 2012 and 2017, companies within most industries adopted an increasingly similar set of sustainability practices. This study examines the interplay between common and strategic practices. This dynamic distinction helps for understanding whether and how sustainability practices can help companies establish a competitive advantage over time.

    • 15 Jan 2019
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Creation and Evolution of Entrepreneurial Public Markets

    by Shai Bernstein, Abhishek Dev, and Josh Lerner

    Since 1990, new stock exchanges geared toward fast-growing, entrepreneurial companies have proliferated around the world. This analysis shows that exchanges in countries with better shareholder protection allowed younger and less profitable companies to raise more capital. These markets alone cannot boost entrepreneurial activity but need enabling institutions.

    • 20 Dec 2018
    • Cold Call Podcast

    Using Fintech to Disrupt Eastern Bank from Within

    Re: Karen Mills

    When Eastern Bank decided to battle a threat from new competitors, it hired a fintech executive to set up Eastern Labs and start innovating. Karen Mills discusses her case study on what happened next. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 19 Nov 2018
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Lazy Prices

    by Lauren Cohen, Christopher J. Malloy, and Quoc Nguyen

    The most comprehensive information windows that firms provide to the markets—in the form of their mandated annual and quarterly filings—have changed dramatically over time, becoming significantly longer and more complex. When firms break from their routine phrasing and content, this action contains rich information for future firm stock returns and outcomes.

    • 15 Nov 2018
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Do Fire Sales Create Externalities?

    by Sergey Chernenko and Adi Sunderam

    This paper contributes to our understanding of the role of large institutional investors in securities markets, providing evidence that the structure of the mutual fund industry increases the risks of costly "fire sales."

    • 13 Jun 2017
    • Research & Ideas

    Why Global Investments Are Still a Good Bet

    by Michael Blanding

    International markets often move together, so does a global investment portfolio even make sense anymore? Luis Viceira still sees plenty of advantages in looking beyond home markets. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 01 Sep 2016
    • Cold Call Podcast

    Behind Apple's Tax Situation, an Unprecedented Financial Policy

    Re: Mihir A. Desai

    The European Union recently hit Apple with a $14.5 billion tax bill, but that’s hardly the first or worst financial challenge the technology giant has faced. Mihir Desai explains the financial wiring behind the inventors of the iPhone. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 05 Oct 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    What Companies Should Not Do in the Next Banking Crisis

    by Michael Blanding

    Following the banking meltdown of 2008, many struggling companies in Spain did what they shouldn’t have: sacrificed their future for short-term gain. Professor Claudia Steinwender calls it the Groucho Marx Criterion. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

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