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- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
recessions, it is not clear if this is due to demand or supply. We address this question by studying firms' substitution between bank debt and non-bank debt (public bonds) using firm-level data. Any firm...
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Sean Silverthorne
- August 1997 (Revised February 1999)
- Case
Argentina's YPF Sociedad Anonima (D): The International Platform
By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Carin-Isabel Knoop
In March 1995, YPF (the former Argentine state-owned oil and gas utility, privatized in late 1993) acquired the Dallas-based Maxus Energy Corp., one of the world's largest independent oil and gas exploration companies. YPF's first acquisition is nearly bankrupt, with...
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Mergers and Acquisitions;
Globalization;
Borrowing and Debt;
Privatization;
Managerial Roles;
Energy Industry;
Argentina;
Texas
Yoshino, Michael Y., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Argentina's YPF Sociedad Anonima (D): The International Platform." Harvard Business School Case 398-005, August 1997. (Revised February 1999.)
- August 2014 (Revised March 2016)
- Case
Thomas Cook Group on the Brink (A)
By: Benjamin C. Esty, Stuart C. Gilson and Aldo Sesia
Harriett Green, the newly appointed CEO of Thomas Cook Group, faces a daunting set of business and financial challenges at the 171-year old UK travel services company. The company has lost almost £600 million in the last three quarters; has seen its stock price fall...
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Turnaround;
Corporate Restructuring;
Change Leadership;
Female Ceo;
Change Management;
Communication Strategy;
Borrowing and Debt;
Cash Flow;
Cost Management;
Financial Liquidity;
Financial Management;
Executive Compensation;
Leading Change;
Crisis Management;
Value Creation;
Travel Industry;
United Kingdom
Esty, Benjamin C., Stuart C. Gilson, and Aldo Sesia. "Thomas Cook Group on the Brink (A)." Harvard Business School Case 215-008, August 2014. (Revised March 2016.)
- 22 Apr 2015
- Op-Ed
Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths
News about the Greek economy continues on the front page of every major newspaper, as the country continues its six-year struggle to reenergize its economy. On Friday, Eurozone finance ministers will decide whether to release emergency...
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by George Serafeim
- February 1991
- Case
Burlington Northern: The ARES Decision (B)
By: Julie H. Hertenstein and Robert S. Kaplan
The ARES team formally proposes that Burlington Northern implement the ARES system. The project meets resistance. In light of financial restructuring and high level of debt, executives wonder whether the company can afford ARES. Weak links during the ARES development...
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Accounting Audits;
Restructuring;
Cost vs Benefits;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Borrowing and Debt;
Capital Budgeting;
Projects;
Technology Adoption;
Service Industry
Hertenstein, Julie H., and Robert S. Kaplan. "Burlington Northern: The ARES Decision (B)." Harvard Business School Case 191-123, February 1991.
- December 1999 (Revised November 2001)
- Background Note
Note on Private Equity Securities, A
By: G. Felda Hardymon and Josh Lerner
Provides an overview of the primary securities used in private equity, their structures, and the economic motivation behind their designs.
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Hardymon, G. Felda, and Josh Lerner. "Note on Private Equity Securities, A." Harvard Business School Background Note 200-027, December 1999. (Revised November 2001.)
- 17 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Faculty Comment on Crisis in Japan
with the task of fashioning an appropriate fiscal response. Bold recovery plans would seem to be in order, but how that response is financed holds great import for Japan's economic future. With government deficits equaling 10% of GDP, and...
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Re: Multiple Faculty
- 26 Feb 2020
- News
Phoenix Rising
assets—which Greece has had a wealth of in recent years. Indeed the last decade has been rough on the country, to vastly understate the impact of a sovereign debt crisis that nearly kneecapped the entire eurozone. A succession of three...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 24 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Financial Meltdowns Are More Predictable Than We Thought
increased the odds of a crisis to 40 percent." “Previous authors had shown that there was some ability to predict financial crises,” says Hanson, a professor of business administration in the HBS Finance Unit. “But we were surprised by...
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- 25 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Planning for Surprises
benefit. The area of decision bias has grown as an important lens of analysis in many areas of business, from finance to marketing to negotiations. We also believe that cognitive biases explain why we allow predictable surprises to occur....
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by Martha Lagace
- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
Harvard Business School Case 214-027 ISS A/S: The Buyout Provides the opportunity to value a leveraged buy-out and to examine the nature and extent of a company's responsibilities to its bondholders. Here, the context is a "going private" transaction in...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
the predictions of the neoclassical model; and (3) public debt flows are negatively correlated with growth only if government debt is financed by another sovereign and not by...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 30
short-term volatility of inflation-indexed bond returns do not invalidate the basic case for these bonds, that they provide a safe asset for long-term investors. Governments should expect inflation-indexed bonds to be a relatively cheap form of View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 18 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Identify Emerging Market Opportunities
count on raising debt or equity capital locally to finance their operations. Like investors, creditors don't have access to accurate information on companies. Businesses can't easily assess the...
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- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Made in the USA
funding for improved wastewater treatment. “Securing debt financing for industrial development in a rural environment is never easy. If the venture fails, whatever’s left will not have much resale value,”...
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- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Letters
Corruption, Poverty, and Global Finance Thank you for your excellent article about global poverty in the March Bulletin. I’m delighted to see these issues getting more attention. This year marks the 45th year of my involvement in the...
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- 20 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 20
12, 2012, BH Media Group, a subsidiary of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, announced an offer to buy Media General's (MEG) newspaper division for $142 million in cash and provide debt financing to the...
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Anna Secino
- April 2012 (Revised August 2013)
- Teaching Note
Parmalat Uruguay (A) & (B)
By: Paul W. Marshall and Jim Sharpe
This teaching note is for cases Parmalat Urguguay A & B.
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- 29 Jul 2013
- News
Opening New Markets for Black South African Winemakers
greater impact through entrepreneurship. Bill Sahlman's Entrepreneurial Finance course helped me gain the self-awareness that maybe this was more of a personality fit than I thought." Cuffe owes another debt...
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- February 2008 (Revised November 2011)
- Case
The International Monetary Fund in Crisis
By: Rawi Abdelal, David Moss and Eugene Kintgen
When Dominique Strauss-Kahn became the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund in late 2007, he faced a number of significant changes. The organization had lost much of its legitimacy over the previous decade, and countries seemed increasingly reluctant to...
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History;
Globalized Economies and Regions;
Problems and Challenges;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Borrowing and Debt;
Government and Politics;
Financial Institutions;
Business Strategy;
Macroeconomics;
Financial Services Industry
Abdelal, Rawi, David Moss, and Eugene Kintgen. "The International Monetary Fund in Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 708-035, February 2008. (Revised November 2011.)