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- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Research Brief: Better to Be Safe with a Sorry
positives, including likability and trust. In one of the studies, Brooks and her fellow researchers had a man approach 65 people in Philadelphia's busy 30th Street Station railway hub on a rainy day View Details
- 04 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 4
act like debt during "normal times" but would convert to create capital should the bank hit a "triggering event." How should these instruments be designed? Can they be made attractive for both the bank View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 18, 2008
growth, stagnant GDP growth, and high public debt. As of early 2007, the country's global competitiveness has plummeted and its debt remains well above the level allowed by the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2010
- News
Back to Glass-Steagall?
President Obama shocked Wall Street recently with his proposal to cut down to size too-big-to-fail banks by imposing new rules to separate commercial and investment activities. Specifically, Obama would prohibit banks that take customers... View Details
William G. McGowan
McGowan built a $4 billion telecommunication business that defeated the AT&T monopoly. Acting as a self-employed consultant, McGowan rescued MCI by paying off its debts and created a lean competitor to... View Details
Keywords: Communications
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 only paid off the View Details
Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
Francis B. Davis Jr.
In 1928, United States Rubber lost $10 million due to the collapse of the world crude rubber market. Taking over the helm in 1929, Davis reorganized the company, putting in place a multi-divisional organizational structure. Davis reduced the company’s View Details
Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
- 12 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 12, 2007
arises from a major economic, social, and institutional breakdown that jeopardizes the subsidiary's existence. Argentina defaulted on it sovereign debt and devalued the peso by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 24
PublicationsBarriers to Household Risk Management: Evidence from India Authors:Shawn A. Cole, Xavier Giné, Jeremy Tobacman, Petia Topalova, Robert M. Townsend, and James Vickery Publication:American Economic Journal: Applied Economics... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Identify Emerging Market Opportunities
framework—that lets executives map the institutional contexts of any country. Economics 101 tells us that companies buy inputs in the product, labor, and capital markets and sell their outputs in the... View Details
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Buy Now, Pay Later: Research Links - Visual Collections
Manuscript Collections Printed Collections Visual Collections Secondary Resources Credits Bleichroeder Print Collection The Bleichroeder Print Collection includes many images relating to credit including portraits of moneylenders, allegorical treatments of View Details
Henry R. Kravis
Kravis, along with his partners Kohlberg and Roberts, was instrumental in legitimizing the use of leveraged buy-outs for underperforming organizations. Kravis did not just specialize in orchestrating LBOs, he constantly pushed the... View Details
Keywords: Finance
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Consolidated Balance Sheet - Financial Report 2015
Advances, & Other $ 64 60 56 Deferred Revenue 110 88 85 Other Debt Owed to University 26 27 23 Building Debt 78 85 91 Total Liabilities $ 278 m. $ 260 m. $ 255 m. Net Assets IN MILLIONS for the Fiscal Year... View Details
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Consolidated Balance Sheet - Annual Report 2017
2015 Deposits, Advances, & Other $ 69 $ 76 $ 64 Deferred Revenue 150 126 110 Other Debt Owed to University 26 24 26 Building Debt 64 71 78 Total Liabilities $ 309 m. $ 297 m. $ 278 m. Net Assets IN MILLIONS... View Details
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Consolidated Balance Sheet - Annual Report 2016
ended June 30... 2016 2015 2014 Deposits, Advances, & Other $ 76 64 60 Deferred Revenue 126 110 88 Other Debt Owed to University 24 26 27 Building Debt 71 78 85 Total Liabilities $ 297 m. $ 278 m. $ 260 m.... View Details
- 08 Nov 2016
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November 8, 2016
it was all debt finance) or by accepting larger chunks of capital from a major global bank and a private equity firm, getting them much closer to the threshold but at the cost of significant dilution (35%)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Policies | Baker Library
Policies Access, Use, & Borrowing Policies Information on how to visit and use Baker Library's spaces and materials. Accessibility We welcome all users View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Short Takes
logic exactly backwards," he says. "The conventional wisdom in Washington is that tougher bankruptcy laws will discourage consumers from borrowing and thus keep them from filing. In our view, stricter rules... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 14 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 14, 2010
debt and challenges in its restructuring. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/210081-PDF-ENG Remaking Singapore Michael E. Porter, Boon-Siong Neo, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 7, 2008
Financially Constrained Authors:Shawn A. Cole, Peter Tufano, and John Thompson Publication:Chap. 2 in Borrowing to Live: Consumer and Mortgage Credit Revisited, 65-91.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace