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- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
bonds, roles of board members, calculation of an employee stay-put bonus pool, subcontractor and vendor communication, and reputational issues around bankruptcy or closure of a closely held family business. Analytical tools include... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 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
- June 1991 (Revised May 1992)
- Case
Cumberland Worldwide Corp. (B)
Cumberland has been in Chapter 11 for 18 months and is trying to formulate a plan of reorganization that will satisfy a variety of claimants. Teaching objective: valuation and negotiation issues. View Details
Moore, Ronald W. "Cumberland Worldwide Corp. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 291-082, June 1991. (Revised May 1992.)
- Web
Law, Management and Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog
9: IP – Copyrights Day 10: Litigation and Litigation Strategy Day 11: Bankruptcy Day 12: Securities Law – What is a Security Day 13: Securities Law – Operating in the Securities Markets Day 14: Regulation of the Securities Market Module... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
BOOK: Creating Value through Corporate Restructuring
Bankruptcies, Buyouts, and Breakups. The book is based on the MBA course of the same name that Gilson has taught for the last eight years. It explains exactly how corporate restructuring is done, from the first signs of concern until the last deal is completed. An... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- Web
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
- 02 Dec 2014
- Blog Post
Building a Consumer-Centric Strategy: Highlights from the Marketing & CPG Club’s Conference
featured 3 keynotes, 6 panels, a networking lunch and cocktail hour. As thought leaders in marketing, our keynotes delivered powerful presentations about how their company’s execute a consumer-centric strategy: Michael Moynihan of LEGO shared the story of LEGO’s... View Details
- June 2013
- Supplement
Parmalat Uruguay (A) & (B) (Video Supplement)
By: Jim Sharpe
This is the Video Supplement for Parmalat Uruguay (A) & (B) (HBS Cases #807103 and 807119). View Details
Keywords: Global Business; Turnaround; Distressed Debt; Bank Loans; Bank Debt; Search; Acquisitions; Cash Flow Analysis; Liquidation; Careers; Unions; Government And Business; Acquisition; Borrowing and Debt; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Operations; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Uruguay
Sharpe, Jim. "Parmalat Uruguay (A) & (B) (Video Supplement)." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 813-727, June 2013.
- June 1991 (Revised July 1993)
- Case
Sunbeam Oster Co., Inc.
By: Steven R. Fenster
Japonica Partners, an investment firm, is trying to determine whether there is any unseen value in Sunbeam Oster Co., Inc., a Chapter 11 debtor. If there is, Japonica must consider the means by which they can acquire control of a company in Chapter 11. View Details
Fenster, Steven R. "Sunbeam Oster Co., Inc." Harvard Business School Case 291-052, June 1991. (Revised July 1993.)
- 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
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
“Speed Trap” Can Snare Companies
Nelson Repenning of MIT draws on firsthand observations of the meteoric rise and ultimate bankruptcy of a disguised Web-based company referred to as Notes.com. Using information gathered at management meetings during the company's brief,... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton
- 18 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 18, 2008
reported accounting problems in early 2007. The resulting liquidity crisis forced the company to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. According to the Bankruptcy Examiner assigned to investigate New... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Article
Weak Corporate Insolvency Rules: The Missing Driver of Zombie Lending
By: Bo Becker and Victoria Ivashina
"Zombie lending"—lending to less-productive firms at subsidized rates—can help banks with misaligned incentives in the short run, but it prolongs economic downturns. We propose that inefficient resolution of insolvency is a significant contributor to this problem. We... View Details
Keywords: Zombie Credit; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financing and Loans; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation
Becker, Bo, and Victoria Ivashina. "Weak Corporate Insolvency Rules: The Missing Driver of Zombie Lending." AEA Papers and Proceedings 112 (May 2022): 516–520.
- April 2007 (Revised June 2008)
- Background Note
USG
By: Elie Ofek and Kerry Herman
Serves as a background note for purposes of class discussion around next-generation innovation at USG. Describes the company, its products, and competitors. Of relevance is the fact that it recently filed for Chapter 11 due to litigation over asbestos-related claims.... View Details
Ofek, Elie, and Kerry Herman. "USG." Harvard Business School Background Note 507-073, April 2007. (Revised June 2008.)
- March 2006 (Revised April 2006)
- Case
International Place (A): Boston Real Estate Playoff
First International Place, one of Boston's premier office buildings, was the subject of a control contest in 2005, as the New York real estate firm Tishman Speyer purchased the mortgage on the property through a sealed bid auction process and then sought to foreclose... View Details
Goetzmann, William N., and Irina Tarsis. "International Place (A): Boston Real Estate Playoff." Harvard Business School Case 206-088, March 2006. (Revised April 2006.)
- 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