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- August 2007
- Teaching Note
Creditor Activism in Sovereign Debt: "Vulture" Tactics or Market Backbone (TN)
By: Laura Alfaro and Ingrid Vogel
Teaching Note to 706057.
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- 13 Aug 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Managing the Family Business: Entrepreneurs Needed for Long-Run Success
unproven, borrow resources they can't afford to buy, and build buyers' interest in their activity. Others may see them as risk takers, but good entrepreneurs are actually good at getting other folks to take...
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by Michael J. Roberts
- 2007
- Chapter
Behavioral Corporate Finance: A Survey
By: Malcolm Baker, Richard Ruback and Jeffrey Wurgler
Research in behavioral corporate finance takes two distinct approaches. The first emphasizes that investors are less than fully rational. It views managerial financing and investment decisions as rational responses to securities market mispricing. The second approach...
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Decisions;
Prejudice and Bias;
Debt Securities;
Financial Management;
Price;
Theory;
Investment;
Problems and Challenges;
Behavioral Finance;
Corporate Finance
Baker, Malcolm, Richard Ruback, and Jeffrey Wurgler. "Behavioral Corporate Finance: A Survey." In The Handbook of Corporate Finance, Volume 1: Empirical Corporate Finance, edited by Espen Eckbo. New York: Elsevier/North-Holland, 2007.
- 22 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 22, 2015
Its Debt Debt Management Conflicts Between the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve By: Greenwood, Robin, Samuel Gregory Hanson, Joshua S. Rudolph, View Details
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Carmen Nobel
- 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.)
- 11 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 11, 2006
case:http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=506055 The Barber of Buenos Aires: Argentina's Debt Renegotiation Noel Maurer and Aldo Musacchio 706-034 This case tells...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
firms such as Elliot and Dart as "vultures" or "rouge creditors" who sought to profit on sovereign debt restructurings at the expense of countries suffering economic hardship View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- April 2011 (Revised June 2014)
- Case
Securities Lending After the Financial Crisis
By: Robert C. Pozen and Gayle Hameister
In April 2009, Wendy Jefferson had just returned to her office following a whirlwind day of meetings with her newest client, Star Advisor. Jefferson, a financial services consultant, was eager to dig into the information provided to her and her team about the Star...
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Business Earnings;
Debt Securities;
Financing and Loans;
Investment Funds;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Information
Pozen, Robert C., and Gayle Hameister. "Securities Lending After the Financial Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 311-130, April 2011. (Revised June 2014.)
- Web
Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2017
financial resources, is a longstanding goal of the School. The prospect of entering or returning to the workforce with high levels of education debt can deter strong MBA candidates from applying to HBS and...
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- November 1994
- Case
Electrical Distributors, Inc.
By: David F. Hawkins
The owner of a small electrical supply firm has grown beyond his ability to fund growth with internally generated funds. He seeks a bank loan, which falls short of his needs.
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Financial Management;
Private Equity;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Financing and Loans;
Borrowing and Debt;
Corporate Finance;
Apparel and Accessories Industry
Hawkins, David F. "Electrical Distributors, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 195-149, November 1994.
- 08 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 8
activity between strategic (operating firms) and financial (private equity) acquirers. What are the economic factors that drive either financial or strategic buyers to dominant positions in M&A activity? We introduce View Details
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Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 1
a mix of both. Wherever clubs fall on this spectrum, having a strategy that recognizes the global importance of stars is critical to long-lasting financial success. August 2013 Journal of Finance A Comparative-Advantage Approach to Government View Details
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Carmen Nobel
- July 2006
- Case
Citigroup: Euro Zone Bond Trading (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine, Christopher Bruner and Aldo Sesia
Describes the development and execution of a bond trading strategy by a London-based team of Citigroup eurozone bond traders. The trades, which involved two of Europe's leading electronic trading platforms, gave rise to a European-wide controversy over the traders'...
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- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: Who Has the Power in the Music Industry?
The music industry likes power. Power chords, power ballads, even Towers of Power. The balance of power in the industry, however, has been completely upset with the advent and rapid proliferation of digital music. Who calls the shots...
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- 30 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 30
disproportionately affected by international financial integration. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-012.pdf Nominal versus Indexed Debt: A Quantitative Horse Race Authors:Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk Abstract The...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Exchange: Micro Management
Image by John Ritter In the 50 years since modern microfinance was introduced as a tool to fight poverty, institutions have distributed hundreds of millions of loans to people in developing countries. Such loans are repaid at rates often as high as 98 percent. Those...
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- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
hard to quantify in the time-series. While loan issuance falls in recessions, it is not clear if this is due to demand or supply. We address this question by studying firms' substitution between bank debt View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 9
abstract is unavailable at this time. Download the paper: http://hbr.org/2010/03/bold-retreat/ar/1 Lawsuits and Empire: On the Enforcement of Sovereign Debt in Latin America Authors:Laura Alfaro, Noel...
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Martha Lagace
- 28 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
HBS Latino Student Association Spotlight: Jeffrey Arango (MBA 2025)
beautiful campus, and those same starkly contrasting images come to my mind. They constantly remind me of my purpose here, driven by my family, faith, and friends: to create a more prosperous, equitable,...
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- 22 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Name Your Price. Really.
Pro-self? Furthermore, Santana borrowed a concept from strategic games and socially interdependent decision-making that divides people based on their "social value orientation" (SVO). When faced...
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