Debt Financing - Publications - Faculty & Research

James R. Kuse

Mortgaging his home in 1984, Kuse, along with a few other executives from Georgia Pacific, financed a leveraged buy-out to create Georgia Gulf Corporation, a major producer of specialty chemical products. Under his leadership, Kuse not... View Details

Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial

Web

Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2017

increased by $2 million from the prior year to $75 million, reflecting planned expansion in these activities across the School. Debt Service HBS finances major capital projects with a mix of three sources of... View Details

01 Mar 2008
News

An American Odyssey

is that it is explicitly about race, and the magnitude of the social debt is very large in dollar terms.” In the latest of his several books, Lift the Hood, due out this year, America addresses the problems of unjust enrichment and of... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Lawrence Fouraker; Finance; Finance; Finance

Article

The Economic Consequences of Bankruptcy Reform

By: Tal Gross, Raymond Kluender, Feng Liu, Matthew J. Notowidigdo and Jialan Wang

A more generous consumer bankruptcy system provides greater insurance against financial risks but may also raise the cost of credit. We study this trade-off using the 2005 Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (BAPCPA), which increased the costs of... View Details

Keywords: Bankruptcy; Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention And Consumer Protection Act; Borrowing and Debt; Credit

Citation

Read Now

Web

Supplemental Financial Information - Financial Report 2018

prior year to $75 million, reflecting planned expansion in these activities across the School. Debt Service HBS finances major capital projects with a mix of three sources of funding. The most important... View Details

Web

Supplemental Financial Information II - Annual Report 2019

campus-wide catering costs and royalty fees. Debt Service HBS finances major capital projects with a mix of three sources of funding. The most important sources are gifts and unrestricted reserves of... View Details

Web

Bankers, Financiers, and Statesmen - Coin and Conscience

by N. Smith, June 10, 1793. 22.5 x 17.5 cm F gb4 x Gresham is known as the founder of the Royal Exchange and of Gresham College, London. As the royal financial agent in Antwerp, he was shrewd in discharging the debts of the crown, and... View Details

28 Mar 2018
Research & Ideas

Sophisticated Investors May Be Harming Fintech Lending Platforms

Zeng found, is the amount of information available about loan applicants. When platforms share a lot of information about applicants with potential investors—data such as income, debt level, and credit history, and even whether the loan... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Banking; Financial Services

27 Jun 2016
Working Paper Summaries

Fiscal Rules and Sovereign Default

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk; Banking

26 Jan 2021
Research & Ideas

A New Way to Cut Credit Card Debt: Pay Off One Purchase at a Time

A novel approach to repaying debt could help consumers free themselves from crushing credit card balances faster, according to new research. Rather than asking borrowers to make payments toward their total balances, Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Financial Services

March 2009 (Revised April 2010)
Supplement

UBS and Auction Rate Securities (C)

By: Daniel Baird Bergstresser, Shawn A. Cole and Siddharth Bhaskar Shenai

Supplement to 209119 and 209131 View Details

Keywords: Debt Securities

Citation

Purchase

March 2009 (Revised October 2011)
Supplement

UBS and Auction Rate Securities (B)

By: Daniel Baird Bergstresser, Shawn A. Cole and Siddharth Bhaskar Shenai

Supplement to 209119 View Details

Keywords: Debt Securities

Citation

Purchase

16 Jul 2021
Op-Ed

For Entrepreneurs, the Benefits of Slowing Down

class=infogram-embed data-id=_/UddyZtUFxQwXnFZ7mkNa][/div] I was reminded of the value of slowing down during the last few days by one of my founders who is in the midst of closing a massive financing at a "unicorn" valuation. The company... View Details

Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang

15 May 2007
First Look

First Look: May 15, 2007

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-078.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsAid, Debt Relief, and Trade: An Agenda for Fighting World Poverty (A) Harvard Business School Case 707-029 At the 2005 Group of Eight summit, world leaders agreed to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Aug 2006
First Look

First Look: August 15, 2006

Working PapersOptimal Reserve Management and Sovereign Debt Authors:Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk Abstract Most models currently used to determine optimal foreign reserve holdings take the level of international View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Fast Answer

Fixed Income Research: bond data, ratings, and reports

around the world, including public finance and structured finance issues. Provides S&P credit ratings and detailed reports explaining these credit recommendations. Moody's Academic Sign up... View Details

01 Aug 2016
Working Paper Summaries

The Costs of Sovereign Default: Evidence from Argentina

Keywords: by Jesse Schreger and Benjamin Hebert

February 1988 (Revised May 1988)
Background Note

Note on Debt-Equity Conversions in Latin American Countries

By: Ray A. Goldberg

Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Equity; Development Economics; Latin America

Citation

Find at Harvard

02 Jun 2011
What Do You Think?

Is it Time for a National Bankruptcy?

nation's debt? they are the ones who chose the representatives." As an alternative to insolvency, forgiveness of debt combined with other measures had appeal for several respondents. Yadeed Lobo, while entertaining the idea of... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

June 2002
Background Note

Convertible Securities

This case covers the general characteristics of convertible securities and briefly discusses their history, investors, issuers, and method of valuation. View Details

Keywords: Debt Securities

Citation

Educators

Purchase