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- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Rx for Too Big to Fail
the scourge of too big to fail. One is to break up the largest financial institutions, possibly with a new and improved Glass-Steagall law. The other is to perfect a bankruptcy process for super-sized financial firms so they can fail... View Details
- 2002
- Chapter
Creditor Control in Financially Distressed Firms: The Empirical Evidence
By: S. C. Gilson and M. R. Vetsuypens
Keywords: Insolvency and Bankruptcy
Gilson, S. C., and M. R. Vetsuypens. "Creditor Control in Financially Distressed Firms: The Empirical Evidence." In Bankruptcy Anthology, edited by Charles Tabb. Cincinnati: Anderson Publishing Company, 2002.
- 18 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
GM’s IPO: Back to the Future
On a journey that began 17 months ago, General Motors entered and emerged from bankruptcy to become a private company with Uncle Sam as its largest shareholder. The company reaches another milestone today by offering an initial public... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Q&A: The Post-Pandemic Path
In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Robin Greenwood, the George Gund Professor of Finance and Banking and Anne and James F. Rothenberg Faculty Fellow, saw another catastrophe on the horizon: widespread business failure and a View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Big Deals: Project Finance Helps Mitigate Risk in Large-Scale Investments
mitigation is the use of off-balance sheet project finance instead of traditional, on-balance sheet corporate finance. Consider, for instance, Iridium LLC, a $5.5 billion global satellite communications firm backed by Motorola that filed for View Details
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Video-Coverage of the Financial Crisis | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Introduction 1840s – 1880s General Merchants to Commodities Brokers 1880s – 1920s Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting 1920s – 1960s Investing in Emerging Industries 1850–1968 Lehman Brothers Family Partners 1960s – 2000s Leadership Transitions 2008 View Details
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Manuscript Collections - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School
papers concerning the Cooke bankruptcy that date from 1873 to 1877. Collection Guide Henry Villard Business Papers, 1835–1900 . Baker Library Historical Collections, Harvard Business School. German-born Henry Villard was a journalist,... View Details
- December 2003 (Revised June 2012)
- Case
Irving Tanning
By: Paul W. Marshall and Johanna Regine Naunton Blaxall
Irving Tanning, one of the few remaining U.S. leather tanneries, has successfully emerged from bankruptcy. The CEO is now looking at strategic options for the future of Irving. View Details
Marshall, Paul W., and Johanna Regine Naunton Blaxall. "Irving Tanning." Harvard Business School Case 804-082, December 2003. (Revised June 2012.)
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Corporate Reports Collection | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Introduction 1840s – 1880s General Merchants to Commodities Brokers 1880s – 1920s Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting 1920s – 1960s Investing in Emerging Industries 1850–1968 Lehman Brothers Family Partners 1960s – 2000s Leadership Transitions 2008 View Details
- October 1990
- Article
Troubled Debt Restructurings: An Empirical Analysis of Private Reorganization of Firms in Default
By: S. C. Gilson, J. Kose and L. H. P. Kang
This study investigates the incentives of financially distressed firms to restructure their debt privately rather than through formal bankruptcy. In a sample of 169 financially distressed companies, about half successfully restructure their debt outside of Chapter 11.... View Details
Gilson, S. C., J. Kose, and L. H. P. Kang. "Troubled Debt Restructurings: An Empirical Analysis of Private Reorganization of Firms in Default." Journal of Financial Economics 27, no. 2 (October 1990): 315–353.
- 18 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Big Deals: Financing Large-Scale Investments
instead of traditional, on-balance sheet corporate finance. Consider, for instance, Iridium LLC, a $5.5-billion global satellite communications firm backed by Motorola that filed for bankruptcy in August, 1999, and appears to be worth... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- Web
The Reinvention of Kodak | Information Technology
Featured Case The Reinvention of Kodak The Kodak multimedia case highlights the company's reinvention efforts by its leadership to navigate near bankruptcy and industry disruption from new technology. It explores the resurgence of older... View Details
- December 1991 (Revised February 1992)
- Case
Federated Department Stores, Inc.: Managing in a Hurricane
Describes Federated Department Stores following an important infusion of capital and before its subsequent Chapter 11 filing. The questions include how the company can be managed in a period of financial distress, whether it is possible or desirable to avoid Chapter... View Details
Fenster, Steven R. "Federated Department Stores, Inc.: Managing in a Hurricane." Harvard Business School Case 292-079, December 1991. (Revised February 1992.)
- summer 1991
- Article
Managing Default: Some Evidence on How Firms Choose between Workouts and Chapter 11
By: S. C. Gilson
Gilson, S. C. "Managing Default: Some Evidence on How Firms Choose between Workouts and Chapter 11." Continental Bank Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 4, no. 2 (summer 1991): 62–70.
- 07 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 7
ownership influence Chapter 11 outcomes? To answer these questions, we construct a data set that identifies the entire capital structure for 136 companies filing for U.S. Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection between 1998 and 2009 and that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
Joe C. Thompson, Jr.
Though Southland was quite a successful block ice retailer in the 1920s, when home refrigerators became popular, the company suffered and was forced into bankruptcy in 1932. Seeing the budding success of the retail grocery store business... View Details
Keywords: Retail
- Profile
Roy Ben-Dor
of thinking." New roles In previous summers, Roy has interned with the Paul Hastings law firm on bankruptcies and private equity, and in a management training program with Bridgewater Associates. But this summer, his path takes a... View Details