Corporate Finance Ideas at Work Articles
November 15, 2006

A Return to the banker's honor code

Jonathan Knee wants to bring back the traditional values of investment banking's early days -- before junk bonds, LBO funds and the Internet bubble changed everything.

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May 31, 2007

Is the price of money managers too low?

Gur Huberman examines why competition hasn't eliminated profits for money managers, and why mutual funds are still priced well below the value of their profits.

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August 30, 2007

When getting bad news is good news for banks

Rotating loan officers makes them more likely to report bad news about their portfolios, leading to more accurate internal reporting for lenders.

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June 15, 2005

Dutch auctions

Applying lessons from her research on Dutch auction stock repurchases to Google's IPO, Laurie Hodrick explains why she expects to see more firms using the Dutch-auction method to issue shares.

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June 15, 2005

Customer lifetime value

Donald Lehmann discusses Managing Customers as Investments, a new book in which he and coauthor Sunil Gupta explain how to calculate and apply customer lifetime value.

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June 15, 2005

Inherited control and firm performance

In general, CEOs related to a founder or large shareholder of a corporation underperform their peers, but some heirs make effective leaders. Is nepotism always harmful or can it be strategically advantageous?

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October 06, 2005

Bankruptcy codes and default risk

Do different national codes turn bankruptcy into a strategic tool for companies? And how will changes in the U.S. bankruptcy code affect companies' borrowing behavior?

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January 17, 2008

Can a firm's last resort be its stock price's best option?

When market shocks occur, firms that have the financial resources to repurchase their own shares experience less volatility.

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January 17, 2008

Climbing the quality ladder to compete in the global marketplace

Firms in developed countries can compete with those in emerging economies by specializing at the high end of the quality scale.

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