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- October 2011 (Revised March 2015)
- Case
SKS and the AP Microfinance Crisis
By: Shawn Cole and Yannick Saleman
SKS, India's leading microfinance firm, is challenged when politicians declaim microfinance as exploitation of the poor and severely restrict business practices. View Details
Keywords: Microfinance; Government Administration; Policy; Capital Markets; Crisis Management; Poverty; Financial Services Industry; India
Cole, Shawn, and Yannick Saleman. "SKS and the AP Microfinance Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 212-018, October 2011. (Revised March 2015.)
- 2010
- Working Paper
The Economic Crisis and Medical Care Usage
By: Annamaria Lusardi, Daniel Schneider and Peter Tufano
We use a unique, nationally representative cross-national dataset to document the reduction in individuals' usage of routine non-emergency medical care in the midst of the economic crisis. A substantially larger fraction of Americans have reduced medical care than have... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Health Care and Treatment; France; Germany; Great Britain; Canada; United States
Lusardi, Annamaria, Daniel Schneider, and Peter Tufano. "The Economic Crisis and Medical Care Usage." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-079, March 2010.
- September 2010 (Revised July 2012)
- Case
Citigroup 2007: Financial Reporting and Regulatory Capital
By: Suraj Srinivasan, Edward J. Riedl and Sharon Katz
This case introduces 1) financial statements for banks, 2) basic regulatory capital calculations, and 3) actions Citigroup must consider under a scenario of continued losses/fair value declines in 2008 (leading to potential violation of regulatory capital). View Details
Keywords: Fair Value Accounting; Financial Reporting; Financial Statements; Financial Crisis; Capital; Financial Strategy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Banking Industry; United States
Srinivasan, Suraj, Edward J. Riedl, and Sharon Katz. "Citigroup 2007: Financial Reporting and Regulatory Capital." Harvard Business School Case 111-041, September 2010. (Revised July 2012.)
- January 2009
- Case
The Federal Reserve and the Banking Crisis of 1931
By: David A. Moss and Cole Bolton
In early October 1931, in the midst of a global economic depression, the U.S. banking system was in crisis—with bank suspensions running at near record levels. At the same time, the broader economy was sputtering, and U.S. gold reserves had come under severe pressure... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Crisis; Central Banking; Business History; Crisis Management; Banking Industry; United States
Moss, David A., and Cole Bolton. "The Federal Reserve and the Banking Crisis of 1931." Harvard Business School Case 709-040, January 2009.
- 2002
- Chapter
Management Turnover and Financial Distress
By: S. C. Gilson
Gilson, S. C. "Management Turnover and Financial Distress." In Bankruptcy Anthology, edited by Charles Tabb. Cincinnati: Anderson Publishing Company, 2002.
- November 2006 (Revised May 2007)
- Background Note
International Capital Markets and Sovereign Debt: Crisis Avoidance and Resolution
By: Laura Alfaro and Ingrid Vogel
Successive economic crises of the 1990s and early 2000s intensified focus on reform of the "international financial architecture." Because many of these crises involved defaults on sovereign bonds, an important component of the discussion revolved around the... View Details
Alfaro, Laura, and Ingrid Vogel. "International Capital Markets and Sovereign Debt: Crisis Avoidance and Resolution." Harvard Business School Background Note 707-018, November 2006. (Revised May 2007.)
- July 2002 (Revised September 2002)
- Case
Competition in Japanese Financial Markets, 2002 (Abridged)
By: Tarun Khanna
In early 2002, Japan, the world's largest economy, had been mired in a decade-long recession. A range of stimulus packages had failed to work their magic. The "Big Bang" financial deregulation reforms announced in 1998 had not quite produced the economic boom that the... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Financial Markets; Global Strategy; Financial Crisis; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; Japan
Khanna, Tarun. "Competition in Japanese Financial Markets, 2002 (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 703-407, July 2002. (Revised September 2002.)
- 03 Apr 2020
- News
The Small Business Administration Confronts an Historic Crisis
- March 1995
- Case
E. F. Hutton: Cash Management Crisis (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Jane Palley Katz
Paine, Lynn S., and Jane Palley Katz. "E. F. Hutton: Cash Management Crisis (A)." Harvard Business School Case 395-177, March 1995.
- January 2008 (Revised May 2008)
- Case
Subprime Meltdown: American Housing and Global Financial Turmoil
By: Julio Rotemberg
This case focuses on the financial difficulties faced in the U.S. from August to December 2006 as well as their roots in subprime lending. After briefly discussing how mortgages were structured and traded in the pre-1990 period, it describes subprime mortgage lending,... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Central Banking; Financial Markets; Mortgages; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; United States
Rotemberg, Julio. "Subprime Meltdown: American Housing and Global Financial Turmoil." Harvard Business School Case 708-042, January 2008. (Revised May 2008.)
- Research Summary
Corporate Debt, Firm Size and Financial Fragility in Emerging Markets
By: Laura Alfaro
The post-Global Financial Crisis period shows a surge in corporate leverage in emerging markets and a number of countries with deteriorated corporate financial fragility indicators (Altman’s Z-score). Firm size plays a critical role in the relationship between... View Details
- September 2022
- Case
BancoSol: Financial Inclusion in the Perfect Storm
By: Michael Chu and Carla Larangeira
In the pandemic, financial inclusion icon BancoSol faces a government-mandated year-long deferral of all loan payments, followed by the sudden Covid death of its CEO. In a Bolivia mired in political turmoil following a failed presidential election, with clients not... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Crisis Management; Management Succession; Business Strategy; Innovation Leadership; Risk and Uncertainty; Financing and Loans; Restructuring; Financial Services Industry; Latin America; Bolivia
Chu, Michael, and Carla Larangeira. "BancoSol: Financial Inclusion in the Perfect Storm." Harvard Business School Case 323-023, September 2022.
- 2010
- Book
The Squam Lake Report: Fixing the Financial System
In the fall of 2008, fifteen of the world's leading economists-representing the broadest spectrum of economic opinion-gathered at New Hampshire's Squam Lake. Their goal: the mapping of a long-term plan for financial regulation reform. The Squam Lake... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Financial Markets; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Government Relations
Scharfstein, David S., as part of the Squam Lake Working Group. The Squam Lake Report: Fixing the Financial System. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2010.
- 26 Aug 2010
- News
Income Inequality and Financial Crises
- March 2023 (Revised March 2024)
- Case
The Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy: Settling the Opioid Crisis
By: Kristin Mugford, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Susan Pinckney
How to get to a fair outcome for claimants in the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy given its significant role in the U.S. opioid crisis. View Details
Keywords: Regulation; Ethics; Fairness; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Government Legislation; Courts and Trials; Laws and Statutes; Lawsuits and Litigation; Legal Liability; Crime and Corruption; Negotiation Offer; Negotiation Participants; Negotiation Style; Product Design; Product Development; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Trust; Government and Politics; Law; Negotiation; Operations; Ownership; Marketing; Social Psychology; Health Care and Treatment; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States
Mugford, Kristin, Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Susan Pinckney. "The Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy: Settling the Opioid Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 223-060, March 2023. (Revised March 2024.)
- February 1997 (Revised February 2002)
- Case
Mexico (A): From Stabilized Development to Debt Crisis
By: Huw Pill
Describes the evolution of the Mexican economy from 1945 to 1982. Describes the import-substituting industrialization strategy pursued in the aftermath of World War II. Discusses briefly why this failed in the late 1960s and then analyzes the change of strategy toward... View Details
Pill, Huw. "Mexico (A): From Stabilized Development to Debt Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 797-096, February 1997. (Revised February 2002.)
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Addressing The Financial Security Gap
The pandemic has served as a wake-up call on many fronts, but to Anne Ackerley (MBA 1988), managing director and head of the Retirement Group at BlackRock, it has focused a particular spotlight on the retirement crisis in the United... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- Web
Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
around the world, the authors show that the combination of rapid credit and asset price growth over the prior three years is associated with a 40% probability of entering a financial crisis within the next... View Details
- August 2012 (Revised November 2012)
- Case
Bonne Chance
With a competitor nipping at his heels, his bank reluctantly covering his recent overdraft, Jacob Zimmerman is considering expanding his Midwestern retail jewelry business by bringing on the new Swatch watch line to augment his high end Rolex offerings. Only 14 weeks... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Management; Entrepreneurs; Financial Crisis; Crisis Management; Bank Loan; Entrepreneurial Finance; Turnarounds; Negotiation; Liquidation; Entrepreneurship; Retail Industry; Fashion Industry; United States
Sharpe, Jim, and John O. Whitney. "Bonne Chance." Harvard Business School Case 813-049, August 2012. (Revised November 2012.)
- 2020
- Working Paper
Of Learning and Forgetting: Centrism, Populism, and the Legitimacy Crisis of Globalization
By: Rawi Abdelal
Every order is a bargain with disappointments and trade-offs. Thus is every order an unstable equilibrium. The first era of globalization, circa 1870–1914, created both international prosperity and domestic instability. That instability was fully realized during the... View Details
Keywords: Centrism; Populism; Globalization; History; Balance and Stability; Economic Systems; Government and Politics; Learning
Abdelal, Rawi. "Of Learning and Forgetting: Centrism, Populism, and the Legitimacy Crisis of Globalization." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-008, July 2020.