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  • 2015
  • Working Paper

Cashing Out: The Rise of M&A in Bankruptcy

By: Stuart Gilson, Edith Hotchkiss and Matthew Osborn
The use of M&A in bankruptcy has increased dramatically in recent years, leading to concerns that the Chapter 11 process has shifted toward excessive liquidation of viable firms. In this paper, we argue that the rise of M&A has blurred traditional distinctions between... View Details
Keywords: M＆A; Chapter 11; Distress; Bankruptcy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Insolvency and Bankruptcy
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  • June 2013
  • Article

Issuer Quality and Corporate Bond Returns

By: Robin Greenwood and Samuel G. Hanson
We show that the credit quality of corporate debt issuers deteriorates during credit booms, and that this deterioration forecasts low excess returns to corporate bondholders. The key insight is that changes in the pricing of credit risk disproportionately affect the... View Details
Keywords: Quality; Bonds; Forecasting and Prediction; Credit
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  • September 2005 (Revised September 2006)
  • Case

ICICI's Global Expansion

By: Tarun Khanna and Ramana Nanda
Follows the decision by ICICI (one of India's largest banks) to expand internationally in June 2001. View Details
Keywords: Emerging Markets; Global Strategy; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; India
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  • July 2002 (Revised March 2005)
  • Case

Kendall Square Research Corporation (A) (Abridged)

By: William J. Bruns Jr. and F. Warren McFarlan
Kendall Square Research was a small competitor in the supercomputer industry. Sales grew rapidly in 1992 and early 1993, and the company sold stock to the public for the first time. Analysts forecasted higher earnings for 1993, then the company's revenue recognition... View Details
Keywords: Revenue Recognition; Standards; Accounting Audits; Computer Industry
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  • April 2000 (Revised December 2001)
  • Case

AirTex Aviation

By: Brian J. Hall and Carleen Madigan
Two young and inexperienced MBAs buy a virtually bankrupt company. They design a decentralized control system organized around profit centers. As a case in control systems, there is ample detail for a discussion of design issues, control of independent profit centers,... View Details
Keywords: Air Transportation; Management Systems; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Air Transportation Industry
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  • April 1997
  • Case

Pricing for Profit: The UK Credit Card Industry in the Late 1980s (A)

Describes the United Kingdom credit card industry in the late 1980s, which was really three businesses: a cashless transaction business for merchants, a cashless transaction business for card holders, and a credit business for card holders. At the time of the case,... View Details
Keywords: Credit Cards; Price; Decision Making; Game Theory; United Kingdom
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  • Profile

Sekou Calliste

something on the news in the morning that's the subject of a case in the afternoon. We're already examining issues such as the EU's response to the Greek crisis, the coming 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The global financial crisis?... View Details
  • 29 Dec 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Read Our Most Popular Research Stories of 2019

them—and all soon-to-be managers—make the shift. These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership At the height of the 2008 financial crisis, these four corporate leaders stepped forward—and changed how we think of leadership forever.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 May 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Howard Stevenson on the Lessons of the Internet Era

nice," Stevenson quipped. In the new world order, Stevenson said, here are the keys: Hire great people; take a pass on the mediocre Understand and use technology Think globally Don't believe your own financial PR Happiness is a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Mar 2019
  • Blog Post

Leadership Fellow Ming Min Hui: Figuring Out Her Mission

recognized that Leadership Fellows is great for this kind of work – everyone benefits. The organization gets financial support from HBS for the first-year salary, and a pipeline of talent they wouldn’t have access to themselves. Students... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
  • Profile

Ben Steiner

banks were getting sweetheart deals. I applied the financial modeling skills I learned at HBS to determine fair value. From the legal side, I worked on complicated analyses of congressional rules and contract law to understand the... View Details
  • 03 Nov 2021
  • Blog Post

Alumni Viewpoints: Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

Aveeram WindBeing Responsible Towards the Environment Is a Great Financial Investment+Jennifer Tisdel Schorsch (MBA 1992) President, Water.orgIntegrate Water Strategy into Business Strategy+Michael Skelly (MBA 1991) CEO, Grid UnitedRise... View Details
  • 01 Oct 1996
  • News

Working Behind the Scenes — Alan F. Horn (MBA 1971)

movie business. It was perspective he needed this past year, in particular, as Castle Rock, suffering through a string of financially disappointing pictures (including City Hall and even the critically acclaimed The Shawshank Redemption),... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
  • 01 Jun 1997
  • News

Thomas C. Høegh

by Messrs. Arafat and Peres. Given his artistic bent, why did Høegh enroll at HBS? "I see myself as a catalyst," he explains. "Having both an artistic and a financial background makes it easier for me to bring brilliant people together... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
  • 01 Jun 1997
  • News

Carla Small

counseling. We were the pioneers in a brand-new field," says Small, whose own family expanded three years ago, when she and her husband, Bob, had their son, Brendan. Eventually feeling the need for "a broader business perspective, more analytic skills, and more View Details
Keywords: Linda Goodspeed
  • 01 Jun 2009
  • News

Entrepreneur’s Rwandan Start-Up Gets HBS Support

we estimate a $115 million loss in GDP a year in Rwanda alone.” SHE picked Rwanda as its first business site because it is one of the fastest-growing economies in Africa. The organization already has global reach. Scharpf recently hopped from New York to San Francisco... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance
  • 01 Jun 2002
  • News

Up to the Challenge: Martin Gonzalez - Quiet Courage

to contribute financially to his family back home. Gonzalez has given much thought to the concept of leadership, in sports and in business, and describes it as “the glue for different opinions.” “Leaders need to listen and to value what... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; courage; sports; illness; cancer; international students; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

    Edmund T. Pratt, Jr.

    After working in financial management for the Kennedy administration, Pratt worked his way up the executive ladder at Pfizer to become CEO. Pratt focused the company on research and development, eventually expanding Pfizer into 140... View Details
    Keywords: Healthcare
    • Web

    WRDS - Wharton Research Data Services | Baker Library

    of Use . Learn More Finding a Time Series of Financial Data in Compustat Finding a Time Series of Stock Prices in CRSP Finding Historical Financial Statements with Compustat Finding CUSIPs in CRSP Still need... View Details
    • 16 Feb 2022
    • News

    Holding Business to Account

    financial return and social change on behalf her clients. Following Walden’s acquisition, she founded Boston Common Asset Management, in 2003. By the fall of 2020, Boston Common had $3 billion under management and a mission to be, as... View Details