Distress - Publications - Faculty & Research

Antonio Weiss (MBA 1994), Adam Chepenik (MBA 2010), Sebastián Negrón-Reichard (JD/MBA 2024) As the senior top official in the US Treasury Department on domestic finance issues, Antonio Weiss (MBA 1994) could see Puerto Rico’s financial meltdown coming, like watching a... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

01 Dec 2009
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One Man Crime Wave

that he had sold several million books about a certain Travis McGee. MacDonald wrote, “I am now thinking of, in the next novel, gifting him McGee with an American Express Credit Card! It would make Poe’s bit about the pit and the pendulum look no more View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; fiction writing; Arts, Entertainment; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Sep 2017
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A Jolt for the African Coffee Industry

private equity fund invests in distressed businesses across sub-Saharan Africa, and Dozie soon found himself responsible for a coffee cherry washing station in the volcanic hills of western Rwanda. Up until that point, Dozie’s only sense... View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg; cafe; Cafe Neo; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

01 Apr 2002
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Insights into Business in Islamic World

business practices include prohibitions on paying or collecting interest, avoidance of any business dealings considered speculative, ensuring that contracts are fair to all parties, and treating distressed businesses with compassion.... View Details

Keywords: Islam; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2008
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Career Services Shifts into High Gear

distress and its ripple effects on job seekers. In late September, MBA Career Services staff also traveled to New York to meet with members of the class who were immediately affected by the meltdown on Wall Street. “We put together a... View Details

01 Dec 2008
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Seth Klarman

a mountain of cash — 40 to 50 percent of Baupost’s $14 billion–plus in assets — for several years, the firm’s recent investments have cut its cash stash in half. Distress selling, it seems, breeds the kind of bargains Klarman lives for.... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

01 Feb 1997
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Leading the Way In Negotiation and Decision Making

To develop more effective approaches, he is looking at chemical-manufacturing safety disputes, pollution permit-trading, redevelopment of distressed urban areas, hazardous waste site location problems, and intracorporate negotiation over... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Dec 2008
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edited by Nicolas P. Retsinas and Eric S. Belsky (Brookings Institution Press and the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University) Increasingly recognized as a vital housing option in the United States, rental housing faces widespread problems, including... View Details

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