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Do the Right Firms Survive Bankruptcy?
By: Samuel Antill
In U.S. Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases, firms are either reorganized, acquired, or liquidated. I show that decisions to liquidate often reduce creditor recovery, costing creditors billions of dollars every year. I exploit the within-district random assignment of...
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Keywords:
Bankruptcy;
Bankruptcy Reorganization;
Recovery Rate;
Structural Estimation;
Roy Model;
363 Sales;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
Antill, Samuel. "Do the Right Firms Survive Bankruptcy?" Journal of Financial Economics 144, no. 2 (May 2022): 523–546.
- April 2016 (Revised December 2019)
- Case
Dan Gilbert: Crazy or Crazy Like a Fox?
Keywords:
Detroit;
Rock Ventures;
Dan Gilbert;
Real Estate;
Buildings and Facilities;
Demographics;
Financial Crisis;
Government and Politics;
Housing;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Real Estate Industry;
United States
Lietz, Nori Gerardo. "Dan Gilbert: Crazy or Crazy Like a Fox?" Harvard Business School Case 216-066, April 2016. (Revised December 2019.)
- December 2013
- Article
Legislating Stock Prices
By: Lauren Cohen, Karl Diether and Christopher Malloy
We demonstrate that legislation has a simple, yet previously undetected impact on stock prices. Exploiting the voting record of legislators whose constituents are the affected industries, we show that the votes of these "interested" legislators capture important...
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Keywords:
Legislator Incentives;
Voting;
Return Predictability;
Lobbying;
Motivation and Incentives;
Government Legislation;
Stocks
Cohen, Lauren, Karl Diether, and Christopher Malloy. "Legislating Stock Prices." Journal of Financial Economics 110, no. 3 (December 2013): 574–595. (Winner of Fama-DFA Prize for the Best Paper Published in the Journal of Financial Economics in Asset Pricing (Distinguished Paper) 2013.)
- August 2011
- Teaching Note
Lessons Learned? Brooksley Born & the OTC Derivatives Market (TN) (A) and (B)
By: Clayton Rose and Sally Canter Ganzfried
Teaching Note for 311-044 and 311-070.
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- November 2010 (Revised February 2011)
- Case
BonneSante S.A.
By: David F. Hawkins
IASB and FASB propose new lease accounting rules and the owner of a French chain of fast food outlets is concerned about the impact on his company's balance sheets.
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Keywords:
Financial Reporting;
International Accounting;
Policy;
Standards;
Leasing;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Retail Industry;
France
Hawkins, David F. "BonneSante S.A." Harvard Business School Case 111-063, November 2010. (Revised February 2011.)
- November 2010 (Revised January 2011)
- Supplement
DoubleClick, Inc.: Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
By: David F. Hawkins
FASB and IASB proposal to require comprehensive income statements.
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- April 2010 (Revised July 2010)
- Background Note
Introduction to Mutual Funds
By: Robert C. Pozen
This note is an excerpt from my book The Mutual Fund Business and is an introduction to mutual funds, contrasted with commercial banks.
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Pozen, Robert C. "Introduction to Mutual Funds." Harvard Business School Background Note 310-117, April 2010. (Revised July 2010.)
- January 2005
- Case
Managing Failure: American Bankruptcy Law at a Crossroads
By: David A. Moss, Mary Oey and Jonathan Lackow
Introduces the core principles and challenges of bankruptcy law (both individual and corporate) against the backdrop of the early 1970s, when the U.S. bankruptcy system appeared to be failing. With personal bankruptcy filings at record levels and successful corporate...
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Moss, David A., Mary Oey, and Jonathan Lackow. "Managing Failure: American Bankruptcy Law at a Crossroads." Harvard Business School Case 705-024, January 2005.
- February 1997 (Revised October 2002)
- Case
Mexico (C): Reform and Crisis, 1987-1995
By: Huw Pill
Describes the evolution of the Mexican economy and its relation with the international capital markets in the period leading up to the Peso crisis of December 1994. Emphasizes the role of "Washington consensus" policies in stimulating the inflows, and the inability of...
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Keywords:
Globalized Economies and Regions;
Capital Markets;
Financial Crisis;
Macroeconomics;
Mexico
Pill, Huw. "Mexico (C): Reform and Crisis, 1987-1995." Harvard Business School Case 797-050, February 1997. (Revised October 2002.)
- April 1996 (Revised April 1998)
- Case
Cleveland Turnaround (B), The: Building on Progress (1989-1996)
By: James E. Austin and Andrea L Strimling
Traces the Cleveland community's efforts to move the city from economic, social, and political crisis in the late 1970s into revitalization and progress in the 1980s and 1990s. Special attention is given to the role of business leaders and the public-private...
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Keywords:
Leading Change;
Economic Growth;
Business and Community Relations;
Financial Crisis;
Cleveland
Austin, James E., and Andrea L Strimling. "Cleveland Turnaround (B), The: Building on Progress (1989-1996)." Harvard Business School Case 796-152, April 1996. (Revised April 1998.)
- 14 Feb 2024
Virtual HBS Information Session for Claflin University
Calling all Claflin University students! This virtual information session will outline the enriching journey of the HBS MBA program, the admissions process, and financial aid journey.
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- 26 May 2015
- News
Breaking down barriers
During her career at Morgan Stanley, Lauren Wagner Boyman (MBA 2006) helped revolutionize the industry by enabling financial advisors to use social media. (Published May 2015)
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- May 1991 (Revised December 1994)
- Case
State of Connecticut Municipal Swap
By: Andre F. Perold
The state of Connecticut wants to raise $325 million of long-term fixed-rate debt. One alternative is to do this synthetically--issue long-term variable rate debt and enter into an interest rate swap. The case is a vehicle for analyzing various floating rate structures...
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Keywords:
Borrowing and Debt;
Credit Derivatives and Swaps;
Interest Rates;
Taxation;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Risk and Uncertainty;
New England
Perold, Andre F. "State of Connecticut Municipal Swap." Harvard Business School Case 291-024, May 1991. (Revised December 1994.)
- 1990
- Book
Banks as Multinationals
By: G. Jones
This comparative and international study looks at the origins and business strategies of multinational banks using empirical research from the United States, Japan, Europe and Australia. The authors survey the evolution of multinational banks over time, and suggest a...
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Keywords:
Banks and Banking;
Framework;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Growth and Development;
Surveys;
Research;
Business Strategy;
Japan;
Europe;
United States;
Australia
Jones, G., ed. Banks as Multinationals. London: Routledge, 1990.
- 24 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Want People to Save More? Send a Text
Dina Pomeranz's interest in helping people build a savings cushion for difficult economic times emerged during a summer internship in Cameroon, where a woman she lived with shared how worried and anxious she was about her financial...
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by Kim Girard
- 12 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018
practices is important for understanding financial decision-making of households in dire circumstances as well as for setting appropriate consumer protection policies. We conduct a simple experiment in three sites in which we paid off...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 30, 2015
the potential for non-traditional gender role models to gradually erode gender inequality in homes and labor markets. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49311 Customers and Investors: A Framework for Understanding View Details
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Carmen Nobel
- 06 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
New Advanced Browse Feature
We want your feedback on a new way for readers to "drill down" into HBS Working Knowledge articles. Called Advanced Browse, this capability allows you to search for articles that meet multiple criteria simultaneously. Let's say you're interested in articles...
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Orbis | Baker Library
Orbis A global private company comparison database containing millions of company data points. Read More ORBIS, a global company database, is unique in breadth of geographies and extent of companies covered as well as the availability of private company View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
A New Platform for Alumni Engagement
to disrupt the financial sector to materially improve financial services, including expanding access to financial products to underserved communities through the use of new...
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April White