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- 23 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Forgiving Medical Debt Won't Make Everyone Happier
no impact on overall financial wellbeing or mental health. In fact, those who received debt relief were less likely to repay their other outstanding medical bills. Researchers found no impact on credit use and access or financial distress... View Details
- Blog
Inside the Learning: The Impact of a Personal Case
Every executive who applies to the HBS Advanced Management Program (AMP) is likely facing some business challenges that keep them up at night. Issues on their mind might be anything from a tough strategic decision or distressing financial... View Details
- Web
Turnarounds and Transformation - Course Catalog
transformation. Secondly, it would be important for investors dealing with distressed organizations needing restructuring or significant performance improvement. Finally, it will be of value to those who expect to support or interface... View Details
- 07 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Pursuing a Deadly Opportunity
predatory behavior to obtain donations, it did not attract less educated or less affluent donors, the researchers observe in the paper. There was a higher instance of donors who died from cancer, however, which raises the question of whether or not the parties involved... View Details
- 30 Jan 2017
- News
HBS Deans' Message on White House Travel Ban
Faculty George F. Baker Professor of Administration Das Narayandas Senior Associate Dean, External Relations and Harvard Business Publishing Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration Dear members of the HBS community, As a first generation-immigrant to... View Details
- 18 May 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Anjali Vaidya (MBA 2010)
mobile one. Uber and other apps have made the mobile device a remote control for life (think of how distressing it is when your battery runs out!). The pace of innovation here makes it incredibly exciting to be a part of this industry.”... View Details
- 02 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 2, 2009
selective invite-only criteria for new members, would MCBRE be able to continue to grow? Should growth even be a goal? Purchase this case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=309105 Note: Restructuring Distressed... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Four Promoted to Full Professor
publications, including the Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial Economics, Financial Analysts Journal, and Journal of Applied Corporate Finance. His paper "Investing in Distressed Situations" received the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
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
- 24 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 24
creditors of the struggling bank. The decision takes place just one day after CIT was denied access to the Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program (TLGP). This case provides a platform for discussing what constitutes a good attractive View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 12 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 12
America's Largest Foreclosure faculty namesHarvard Business School Case 211-106 In July 2010, William Ackman, the founder of Pershing Square, is considering a potential new opportunity: the acquisition of the distressed Stuyvesant Town... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Psychology, Pathology, and the CEO
In recent years, I have been inside nearly two dozen turnaround situations, in various stages of progress, in which new leaders were bringing distressed organizations back from the brink of failure and setting them on a healthier course.... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 12 Feb 2016
- Op-Ed
The Real Jobs Tragedy in the US: We've Lost the Skills
domestic skills market is far more relevant to the future of American workers than potential job losses through expanded trade with other Pacific-rim nations. Signs of distress The long-term structural decline of American jobs began well... View Details
- 26 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Behind India’s Economic and Political Woes
thoughts on the rising price of onions in India? A: This is very bad news for the incumbent government, since the price of onions is a harbinger of electoral distress. It is a bellwether consumer price in India, given its status as a consumer staple, and it indicates... View Details
Keywords: by Zeenat Potia
- 02 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2017
Elizabeth Baily Wolf discusses a technique to reframe distress as passion. . The Three Types of Leaders Who Create Radical Change Every successful social movement requires three distinct leadership roles: the agitator, the innovator, and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Dana Hoffmann
rental process, he suggested, is inefficient and distressing and ready for a technology-based makeover. Hoffmann was intrigued enough to spend much of the next year learning about the rental industry, talking to property managers, large... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Rural Renewal
redesigned in a manner that would make Martha Stewart proud — and also gives an outsider a hint that she’s not exaggerating. During her New York days, Reade specialized in buying and selling firms that had gone bankrupt or were in financial View Details
- 21 May 2018
- Blog Post
Harnessing The Power of Collaboration to Create Opportunity in Chicago
donated to nonprofits, Accion Chicago is a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to build communities through entrepreneurship. We all know that small business is the growth engine of any economy. This is even more true for distressed... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 15 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking E-Leadership
Easy Answers, it's important to regulate the level of distress or disruption that people feel. If you make them feel too much pressure, they'll be unable to perform the adaptive work you're asking them to do. Updated advice: Be only as... View Details
Keywords: by Melissa Raffoni
- 18 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Embracing Activism for Social Change
small businesses confronting unprecedented challenges, she and classmate Amina Edwards (MBA 2020) launched “MBAs Fight COVID-19” to match distressed business owners with students offering pro bono consulting help. “MBAs across the country... View Details