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  • 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
  • 30 Jun 2015
  • First Look

First Look: June 30, 2015

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=46138 Forthcoming Accounting Review An Analysis of Self-reported Anticorruption Efforts By: Healy, Paul M., and George Serafeim Abstract—We use Transparency International's ratings of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 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
  • 25 Jul 2012
  • News

Movie Magic

swipe of a credit card. “Automated retail sounds better,” suggests Gregg Kaplan (MBA 1997). Recruited by McDonald’s to help start new businesses within the fast-food giant, in 2002 Kaplan oversaw the installation of six kiosks in... View Details
Keywords: vending machines; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; General Merchandise Stores; Retail Trade
  • 10 Aug 2011
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis

When Standard & Poor's Rating Services lowered its long-term sovereign credit rating on the United States from AAA to AA+ on August 5, it was a shot heard 'round the world.... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 10 Oct 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017

flow of small business credit fell, interest rates rose, fewer businesses expanded, unemployment rose, and wages fell from 2006 to 2010. While the flow of credit recovered... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • January 1987 (Revised November 1991)
  • Case

R.J. Reynolds International Financing

By: W. Carl Kester and William B. Allen
Reynolds must source a substantial portion of the financing of its Nabisco acquisition in offshore bond markets. Morgan Guaranty has proposed a yen/dollar dual currency Eurobond that could be hedged into dollars. This structure is compared to Eurodollar Bonds, Euroyen... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Capital Markets; Currency Exchange Rate; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Bonds; Financing and Loans
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  • 19 May 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Why Privacy Protection Notices Turn Off Shoppers

By now, it’s an expected right-of-passage. As you enter credit card information for an online purchase, up pops two familiar words: “Privacy Notice.” Does seeing those words make you more confident about the transaction, knowing that the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail
  • Web

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
  • Web

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
  • 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
Keywords: by Nicolas P. Retsinas; Banking; Construction; Real Estate
  • 22 Mar 2011
  • First Look

First Look: March 22

  PublicationsForward: The Future of Consumer Credit and Mortgage Finance Authors:Nicolas P. Retsinas and Eric Belsky, eds. Publication:Brookings Institution Press and Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, 2011 Abstract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Crisis Leadership - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

the 1920s Research Links Site Credits Crisis Leadership: Waltham Watch Company, 1837–1957 Financial crises place extraordinary demands on business leaders. Surges in bankruptcy rates testify to the hazards... View Details
  • 15 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 15

we find significant price differences between institutional investors' tranches and banks' tranches on the same loans, even though they share the same underlying fundamentals. Increasing demand pressure causes the interest rate on... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 Mar 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Sophisticated Investors May Be Harming Fintech Lending Platforms

Zeng found, is the amount of information available about loan applicants. When platforms share a lot of information about applicants with potential investors—data such as income, debt level, and credit history, and even whether the loan... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Banking; Financial Services
  • 01 Mar 2009
  • News

Just Keep Our Money

preparers at H&R Block, banks, and credit unions has worked to determine the appeal when people are offered the opportunity to instantly direct a portion of their tax refund to savings. We have found, after working with about 25,000... View Details
Keywords: Peter Tufano; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government
  • Web

Investment analyst reports (equity research reports) | Baker Library

choose Morningstar) Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage (for equity analysis) Standard & Poor's Ratings Direct within Capital IQ (for credit analysis) Value Line Related Help View all Learn with Baker Library:... View Details
  • 09 Nov 2010
  • First Look

First Look: November 9, 2010

  PublicationsDid Increased Competition Affect Credit Ratings? Authors:Bo Becker and Todd Milbourn Publication:Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract The credit View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Aug 2012
  • First Look

First Look: August 14

countries, but by firms realizing a higher spread (i.e., a greater difference in operating performance and borrowing cost) when more domestic credit is available. Also, we find that firms partially substitute trade View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne