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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

14 May 2013
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First Look: May 14

activity, using hitherto little studied U.S. Treasury data. The CDFI Fund grants increase lending at credit unions by 3%. For every dollar awarded, 45 additional cents are loaned out to borrowers in the first year, View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Frederic N. Schwartz

Schwartz orchestrated Bristol-Myers' growth as a multinational health and beauty care provider ushering in ten consecutive years of market value appreciation. He oversaw the successful acquisition of Clairol View Details

Keywords: Healthcare

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Consolidated Balance Sheet - Financial Report 2018

2016 Deposits, Advances, & Other $ 82 $ 69 $ 76 Deferred Revenue 181 150 126 Other Debt Owed to University 27 26 24 Building Debt 55 64 71 Total Liabilities $ 345 m. $ 309 m. $ 297 m. Net Assets IN MILLIONS... View Details

29 Jul 2013
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Opening New Markets for Black South African Winemakers

warnings that it was dangerous for foreigners to enter the township. Along with good food, camaraderie, and jazz, she discovered some fabulous wines with an added, rare distinction: they were produced by black South African vintners.... View Details

Keywords: wine; wine making; wine importing; Food and Beverage Stores; Food and Beverage Stores; Food and Beverage Stores; Food and Beverage Stores

James J. Ling

Ling was a maverick in the development of the conglomerate business model, building in 14 years the 14th largest industrial corporation in the United States. A major risk taker, Ling extensively used debt to sustain parent company growth... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

01 Dec 2011
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Letters to the Editor

Later, however, I realized that the women might not actually be in the military: the varied salutes and the microphones gave it away. I was guessing it was part of the HBS Show, which I was in as a partner to Paul Wylie (MBA 2000). View Details

Keywords: HBS Show; Personal and Laundry Services; Personal and Laundry Services; Personal and Laundry Services; Personal and Laundry Services

01 Dec 2002
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The Campaign for Harvard Business School

Two years into The Campaign for Harvard Business School, there is notable success to report. Giving to the School is at an all-time high — annual and reunion gifts and pledges topped $94 million in fiscal... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

02 Apr 2015
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Digital Initiative Summit: Freeing Patient Data to Enable Innovation

being engaged and given incentive to change. I don't know what tool or technology could be used for that, but anything that improves communication between and with providers, that kind of standardization,... View Details

Keywords: Re: Karim R. Lakhani; Health

Erwin C. Uihlein

tenure, all done without any debt financing. Because of Uihlein’s success, Schlitz was the United States’ second largest producer of beer in the 1950s and 1960s. View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

Frederick D. Underwood

When Underwood took over management of the Erie Railroad in 1901, it was barely surviving. Though its owner, JP Morgan had brought the company’s debt within a manageable range, the road itself had suffered much deterioration. Undertaking... View Details

Keywords: Transportation

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Creating Value Through Corporate Restructuring - Course Catalog

debt financing, including the rights of secured creditors, subordination agreements, and debt covenants. By understanding how to fix a “sick” capital structure, students will... View Details

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Raamin Mostaghimi

for in full with a year in poverty in a camp in southwestern Pakistan, with a night huddled under a blanket in the bed of a Toyota Hilux fleeing from the bullets of the Iranian border patrol, and with four years sewing baby clothes View Details

02 May 2016
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Can Brian Shortsleeve Fix the MBTA’s Budget Woes?

The Boston Globe has a long feature on Brian Shortsleeve (MBA 2001), the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s (MBTA) new chief administrator. The piece notes Shortsleeve’s challenge: $5.5 billion in debt View Details

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Consolidated Balance Sheet - Annual Report 2014

Year {FY} ended June 30... 2014 2013 2012 Deposits, Advances, & Other 60 56 53 Deferred Revenue 88 85 65 Other Debt Owed to University 27 23 23 Building Debt 85 91 99 total liabilities $ 260 m. $ 255 m. 240... View Details

08 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 8

including assessing charges for insuring against losses. Without such a comprehensive assessment and improvement plan, boards cannot do their jobs, and the system will remain as subject to calamitous events... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Apr 2014
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Transforming the lives of the needy across Pakistan

thousands of small nonprofits in Pakistan that were doing amazing work on the ground remained undiscovered by mainstream donors. Borrowing from his private equity training, Wasim employed a metrics-driven approach to selecting the best... 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

18 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

Leading Innovation is the Art of Creating ‘Collective Genius’

miles from Burbank, California, to Emeryville, near San Francisco, setting the systems up over a weekend. The move worked and the studio hit both deadlines. The book cites short-term innovation, in the decision to View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

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

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