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- 21 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government’s Role as Fixer
explain what they were doing under the 1991 statute. To hold senior government officials accountable for all bailouts, Congress should extend the 1991 statute to any type of financial institution. Q: How has Congress tried to restore confidence in View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Greed, Gullibility, and Optimism
for those whose adjustable rates have skyrocketed? These are small steps in the right direction, but they do not address the problems of those whose impaired credit is keeping them from refinancing or... View Details
- August 1985 (Revised July 1991)
- Case
Universal Circuits, Inc.
By: Thomas R. Piper
The manager of international finance of a major U.S. electronics company is concerned about the exposure of the firm to changes in exchange rates. Of particular concern is the exposure of operations to changes in real exchange rates. The teaching objectives include: 1)... View Details
Keywords: Credit Derivatives and Swaps; International Finance; Currency Exchange Rate; Business Plan; Risk and Uncertainty; Financial Management; Financial Strategy; Electronics Industry; United States
Piper, Thomas R. "Universal Circuits, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 286-006, August 1985. (Revised July 1991.)
- 04 Aug 2014
- Op-Ed
Why Small-Business Lending Is Not Recovering
Editor's note: This is the second in a series of articles based on a Harvard Business School working paper by Karen Mills that analyzes the current state of availability of bank capital for small business. During the 2008 financial crisis, small businesses were... View Details
- 13 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
Cash and the Woman-Owned Business
private sources, and bank loans.9 Women have made extraordinary progress, but they still have much to learn. In spite of narrowing the debt-financing gap over the past decade, women continue to rely too heavily on personal credit cards,... View Details
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Driving Profitable Growth - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Driving Profitable Growth Course Number 2165 Professor Juan Alcacer Professor Raffaella Sadun Fall; Q2; 1.5 credits 14 Sessions Course Overview Virtually every organization considers growth a critical objective. But... View Details
- 22 Dec 2016
- Op-Ed
The Small Business Administration is a Model for How to Drive Economic Growth
agency—that expands access to credit to small businesses across America with an overall loss rate under 5 percent—should be viewed as a huge asset, as it most certainly was when I joined the agency in 2009... View Details
Keywords: by Karen Mills
- Fast Answer
Industries: financial analytical data and tools
analytical features. Standard & Poor's RatingsDirect (available from Capital IQ) Access to the credit research behind S&P ratings on a wide variety of debt issues from around the world. These... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
A Modest Tax Proposal
corporations from using their foreign profits to build facilities in the United States. Business interests are calling for a so-called tax holiday, in which American corporations would be allowed to transfer their foreign profits to their American bank accounts at a... View Details
- 07 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Debate over Taxing Foreign Profits
to top up the tax bill on lower tax country profits to the U.S. statutory rate and doesn't do this for profits earned in higher tax countries. This system is known as the foreign tax credit system. Third,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
reallocate capital from firms facing low tax rates to those facing high tax rates. Evidence from the worldwide operations of U.S. multinational firms indicates that affiliates in low-tax jurisdictions use trade View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Survey Spotlights HBS Experience
marking a reunion year in 2003 plus graduates of the Class of 2001. The overall response rate was 31 percent. The results of the survey will help the School shape a wide range of programs and activities targeted toward prospective and... View Details
- October 2008
- Teaching Note
Samoa Tala (TN)
By: Joshua D. Coval, Bhagwan Chowdhry and Konark Saxena
Teaching Note for [209053]. View Details
- 03 Apr 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54301 On the Direct and Indirect Real Effects of Credit Supply Shocks By: Alfaro, Laura, Manuel García-Santana, and Enrique Moral-Benito Abstract—We consider the real effects of bank lending... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Sep 2007
- Op-Ed
Building Sandcastles: The Subprime Adventure
blurred vision of the credit rating agencies. Lenders are requiring better credit and more documentation. Brokers are facing governmental regulations. Borrowers must once again... View Details
- 05 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Should Not Do in the Next Banking Crisis
investments that keep them going.” In fact, companies cut their longer-term investments by 10 to 40 percent—an average of 17 percentage points more than shorter-term investments. In financial terms, that carries the same financial impact as if View Details
- 10 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Numbers Talk to People
their credit card, and then they also supplied the bank's address in the billing address fields. This caused the transaction to fail with the credit card processor. Simply removing the "Company"... View Details
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Charitable Gift Annuity - Alumni
Giving Charitable Gift Annuity Giving Charitable Gift Annuity When you establish a charitable gift annuity, you and/or others receive fixed payments for life, and HBS receives the remainder. You can begin receiving payments immediately or defer them to a future date of... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
New Loan Program Signals Breakthrough in MBA Financial Aid
fifteen years; and prepayment option without penalty. Previously, access to private loan programs was generally limited to U.S. citizens and permanent residents with a strong credit history. These loan programs typically required either a... View Details
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Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems Course Number 6440 Senior Lecturer John Dionne Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits Weekly, two-hour classes Project Project/Lecture Series - No Case Studies Enrollment limited... View Details