Small Business Loans - Publications - Faculty & Research

May 2020
Teaching Note

Talismark

By: Richard S. Ruback, Royce Yudkoff and Ahron Rosenfeld

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 211-097. Talismark negotiated waste hauling contracts for small and medium size companies. Its owners, Charles Muszynski and Marshall Staiman, were able to grow the business by more than 30% per year since it was founded, but believed... View Details

Keywords: Small Business; Small Business Administration; Infrastructure; Restructuring; Business Processes; Information Management; Sales; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Wastes and Waste Processing

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Clara Wu Tsai and Brooklyn Loan Innovation (B)

By: Archie Jones, Mathieu Davis, Mourya Mamidala and Max Hancock

This (B) case provides an update on “Clara Wu Tsai and Brooklyn Loan Innovation (A)” View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Social Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Banks and Banking; United States; New York (city, NY)

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24 Mar 2020
Working Paper Summaries

Free Riding in Loan Approvals: Evidence From SME Lending in Peru

Keywords: by Irani Arraiz, Miriam Bruhn, Benjamin N. Roth, Claudia Ruiz-Ortega, and Rodolfo Stucchi

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Buying a Small Business Pt1: General (For HBS Alumni)

by Jim S. Sharpe, Entrepreneur in Residence at the Arthur Rock Center, Harvard Business School. His blog on search and running SME’s covers rich materials. Buying Existing Business – a website by... View Details

22 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Forgiving Student Loan Debt Leads to Better Jobs, Stronger Consumers

because they have a deep and long-lasting effect.” About the Author Dina Gerdeman is senior writer at Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. Angela Sun, a Boston-based graphic designer, created the charts above. [Image: Rawpixel] What... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Loan Assistance Programs - Alumni

Careers Careers Loan Assistance Programs HBS offers a variety of career support programs for eligible students and new alumni that provide financial assistance for those who choose careers in which starting salaries are lower than those... View Details

17 Jun 2015
News

There’s a Shakeup in Small Business Loans: Expert Advice on Finding Your Way

14 May 2019
News

Fintech is changing small business lending. Here’s what it means for your business.

16 Mar 2018
News

Fundbox Wants to Be Paypal for Small Businesses.

01 Jun 1997
News

Carla Small

counselor at a children's center confirmed her interest in family care but also made her realize that she preferred to approach the field "from a business angle." In 1988, she left Leo Burnett to follow her heart. View Details

Keywords: Linda Goodspeed

19 Aug 2016
News

Lending a Hand to Small Businesses in Emerging Markets

inclined to make the type of small business loans—just $5,000 for working capital or $20,000 for machinery—that can help grow developing economies. In its first six years, Entrepreneurial Finance Lab... View Details

January 2021
Case

PhaseNext: A Minority-Owned Small Business Restaurant Franchisee Confronts COVID-19

By: Michael S. Kaufman

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28 Aug 2014
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Government Can Do More to Unfreeze Small Business Credit

31 Aug 2024
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Expert Steps to Evaluate and Purchase a Small Business

25 Jun 2017
News

Gutting this Dodd-Frank rule will hurt America's small businesses

Winter 2022
Article

Determinants of Small Business Reopening Decisions After COVID Restrictions Were Lifted

By: Dylan Balla-Elliott, Zoë B. Cullen, Edward L. Glaeser, Michael Luca and Christopher Stanton

The COVID-19 pandemic led to dramatic economic disruptions, including government-imposed restrictions that temporarily shuttered millions of American businesses. We use a nation-wide survey of thousands of small business owners to establish three main facts about... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19; Demand Forecasting; Reopening; Health Pandemics; Government Administration; Small Business

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31 Jan 2025
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New York, Boston Alumni Volunteer to Boost Small Businesses

When the HBS Club of New York (HBSCNY) launched its Small Business Partnership Initiative (SBPI) in 2020, its goal was to simply help small View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

October 2013 (Revised November 2013)
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Blackstone and the Sale of Citigroup's Loan Portfolio

By: Victoria Ivashina and David Scharfstein

The credit boom that preceded the 2007-2009 financial crisis led to several lending practices that exposed banks to large risks. In particular, when the financial crisis unraveled, there were several billion dollars' worth of leveraged buyout (LBO) loans that were... View Details

Keywords: Restructuring; Private Equity; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Financial Markets; Investment; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry

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