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- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper
well-heeled clients. Savings and loans, desperate for high returns, made risky loans a business staple. And the Japanese, buoyed by a strong economy and low interest rates at home, swept in to buy up trophy properties at almost any asking... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Your Fullest Self
Kickstarted by a $50,000 loan from classmate Kate Lazaroff-Puck, Winters has raised $2 million in venture capital to date and will open Upgrade’s first bricks-and-mortar store in Houston next month. “The journey of starting a business and... View Details
- 25 Aug 2016
- News
Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues
financing any other project—sourcing deals, doing all the same types of due diligence. However, unlike other microlending efforts, there is one other value that must be assessed: whether a loan has an impact that will aid people at the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
@Soldiers Field
Photos by Susan Young Photos by Susan Young An Instagram-worthy sculpture in the shape of a cartoon speech bubble—and large enough to double as a bench—is one of four new campus art installations, on loan from prominent contemporary... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
FAQ
they are awarded a loan package first and then the fellowship amount is determined. Financing the MBA Sample One-Year Budget, Class of 2013 $18,390 Expected Student Contribution - Calculated based on student’s prior earnings and personal... View Details
- 14 Oct 2010
- News
Jobs Bill Misses Mark
background helps bring Lerner’s view into focus. Politicians love to talk about how small businesses are the jobs engine of the economy. So passing a bill with small business loan guarantees and tax write-offs for equipment investment... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969
developed a loan guarantee program for Palestinian banks that enables them to increase the size of the loans they make to small and medium-sized businesses. “The views of businesspeople in the region tend to... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Increasing Access and Expanding Opportunity
provided additional support to students and helped them with career exploration. The third is post-graduation. HBS’s career support programs—including those providing supplemental income or loan repayment assistance—help students pursue... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
After the Fall
Lovett-Learned Professor of Business Administration In mid-2007, corporate lending began to decrease—a trend that accelerated during the banking panic in the fall of 2008, with new loans to large borrowers falling 47 percent during the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Courting the Poor
procedure for credit approval, using nontraditional metrics to enable customers with lower, less easily established incomes (a pushcart vendor, for example) to make purchases. “Their loan repayment rates are the envy of the world, and the... View Details
- 26 Nov 2019
- News
Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream
Mills asked, “How do we keep this piece of the economy vibrant?” As Mills’s research demonstrates, small business lending hadn’t changed in 50 to 100 years. Traditional banks failed to deliver a positive customer experience and struggled to profitably make small-dollar... View Details
- 04 Sep 2014
- News
Our focus was to get drug companies to invest money in ALS
He can no longer walk, talk, or swallow, but Avi Kremer (MBA 2007) won’t let that slow down his pursuit of a cure for ALS, a progressive neurodegenerative disease. As founder of Prize4Life, the nonprofit he launched in 2006 with HBS classmates and professors, Kremer... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
LME Fund Makes HBS Dreams a Reality
early 1980s, needy students typically got loans through banks. But too often that financial burden compelled them to take only high-paying jobs upon graduation. The fellowships free them from that constraint; the students who have enjoyed... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Microfinance's Big Payoff: Michael Chu and ACCION International
short-term business loans to the self-employed poor. Chu, a native of China, grew up in Montevideo, Uruguay. After graduating from Dartmouth and HBS, he held senior management positions with several firms, including The Boston Consulting... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Tradition and Outreach at HBS Club de France
monthly luncheons, guided visits to major art shows, and the annual Management Prize award ceremony. Since the late 1980s, notes Executive Director Marie-Hélène de Rancher, the club has been instrumental in securing loans for French... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
The Hard Way
building. Her banker, however, refused to loan her all the money she needed. That should not have come as a surprise given that her school’s enrollment would fill only three of the twelve floors, and Russo had no plans to sublet the rest... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Feedback
how to help with student loan debt postgraduation and helped initiate the idea of proactive scholarships in advance of taking on student debt. He was comfortable with people of all walks of life and was one of the best listeners I have... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Nimble, Quick, and Adaptable
Entrepreneurs-in-Residence; fellowship programs; and a need-based loan reduction program for graduating students pursuing an entrepreneurial venture. The Harvard i-lab likewise offers skill-building workshops on everything from legal... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
The Eyes Have It: Business Plan Winners Pursue Global Vision
margin of about one dollar to repay the loan and earn a profit. The LCAE team is in the process of selecting countries in which to operate, examining factors such as market size, regulation, and access to suitable microfinance... View Details
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- 25 Mar 2016
- News
Putting Faith in a Good Education
become an aruaba, ‘a woman who goes to work in a business suit,’ in the West African language Twi,” says Crane, founder of Edify, a nonprofit that provides micro-enterprise loans to faith-based schools in Africa and Latin America. “I’m... View Details