Solved: Role of Capital Market Intermediaries in the Dot-Com Crash of 2000

  1. List all the major players that play an intermediation role between individual investors and entrepreneurs/managers. What is the intended function of each intermediary?
  2. How is each intermediary identified compensated for performing its respective function? Is the compensation arrangement likely to lead to any dysfunctional incentives?
  3. Identify the role each intermediary might have played in the creation of the Dot-Com bubble. Was this behavior related to the potential dysfunctional behavior you identified in question 2?
  4. What do you propose to fix these problems?
Role of Capital Market Intermediaries in the Dot-Com Crash of 2000 case available at https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=28175