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  • 18 Nov 2021
  • Op-Ed

5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation

Without leaving the hallways of their public high school, dozens of students from the economically distressed city of Newburgh, New York, have earned associate’s degrees in cybersecurity, arming them with in-demand skills and preparing... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
  • 29 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 29, 2008

housing option in the United States. Yet government policies and programs continue to grapple with widespread problems, including affordability, distressed urban neighborhoods, poor-quality housing stock, concentrated poverty, and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Jul 2010
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation

the needs of legitimate users of derivates with systemic protections. In addition, it provides greater clarity as to how troubled non-bank financial institutions can fail. We should, however, be wary of the claim that the government will no longer bail out View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 08 May 2012
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First Look: May 8

thought (versus conscious thought) would reduce frequency of intrusions from an analogue trauma film. Participants viewed a distressing film and were subsequently instructed to think about the film deliberately (conscious thought), to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 27 Oct 2009
  • First Look

First Look: October 27

economic climate of the time. Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/810054-PDF-ENG Citigroup's Exchange Offer (A) Robin Greenwood and James QuinnHarvard Business School Case 210-009 Citigroup faced considerable View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 Jan 2007
  • First Look

First Look: January 30, 2007

positions, which creates price pressure in the securities held in common by distressed funds. A similar phenomenon exists among funds experiencing large inflows: their tendency to expand existing positions creates positive price pressure... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 May 2016
  • First Look

May 10, 2016

led to the distressed sale of the firm in 1996. This essay offers new source material about the actions at both Encarta and Britannica, and it offers a novel interpretation of events. Britannica’s management did not misperceive the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 03 Mar 2008
  • First Look

First Look: March 4, 2008

and Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, 2007 Abstract Rental housing is increasingly recognized as a vital housing option in the United States. Yet government policies and programs continue to grapple with widespread problems, including... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 17, 2006

Activism in Sovereign Debt: "Vulture" Tactics or Market Backbone Harvard Business School Case 706-057 The role of distressed debt funds, also known as "vulture funds," in sovereign debt restructuring was a hotly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Dec 2013
  • First Look

First Look: December 10

global leader in the auto parts industry and to develop into a broad business conglomerate. Beginning in 1994, when it first began its operations in the United States, Wanxiang started to expand its role as a parts supplier into a discerning acquirer of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Jan 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 11

economic distress of the communities in which they produce and sell? It doesn't have to be this way, say Porter, of Harvard Business School, and Kramer, the managing director of the social impact advisory firm FSG. Companies could bring... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 4

This case explores the opportunity to purchase the condominium management business of a distressed real estate developer by Advantage Partners, a leading Japanese private equity firm. The case explores investment structuring, bidding... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Aug 2009
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First Look: August 18

costs, in a financially distressed organization. Purchase this note: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/809161-PDF-ENG Oprah Winfrey Harvard Business School Case 809-068 The case explores the entrepreneurial journey of Oprah Winfrey,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 7, 2009

and a large fraction of its debt has come to be held by U.S.-based hedge funds that specialize in investing in distressed companies. Finally, Eurotunnel's business is extremely challenging to value and is faced with significant... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 31 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 31, 2009

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709489 WL Ross and Plascar Harvard Business School Case 209-091 How can distressed investors take advantage of the procedures governing an international bankruptcy? Wilbur L.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019

of countries with deteriorated corporate financial fragility indicators (Altman’s Z-score). Firm size plays a critical role in the relationship between leverage, firm fragility, and exchange rate movements in emerging markets. While the relationship between firm... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 20 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 20

concerned about water reliability and the need for additional infrastructure to provide long-term water security to the region. If convinced that the water problem would be resolved, then Woolf should move quickly to purchase more land, which was currently available at... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 8, 2008

distressed bonds. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208111 The Xiamen PX Project: The Rule of Contract or Citizens in China Today Harvard Business School Case 808-123 This case examines the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019

which is hard to explain by the traditional leverage tradeoff with financial distress that emphasizes downside risk. The results are robust to a variety of specification choices and control variables. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 24 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018

Amidst the duality of success and distress in his life, Gossett forged a meaningful life path, marked by resilience and perseverance. In 2006, his desire to make an even greater impact led him to create the Eracism Foundation. Eracism was... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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