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- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
substantial variation across lenders, even within a particular setting. This paper exploits a plausibly exogenous change in the liability structure offered by a microfinance program in India, which shifted from individual to group liability lending. We find evidence... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Flood of Picassos Threatens to Water Down the Art Market
intermediary raises concerns about who will end up owning the famous pieces, and whether or not those owners will be artistic benefactors willing to lend them to museums for the benefit of the public good. "There is huge value in... View Details
- 03 Sep 2014
- What Do You Think?
Who Should Choose Your Boss?
workers are satisfied with their jobs. Other data suggest that the malaise extends far beyond the US. It lends importance to the question: Who should choose your boss? What do you think? To Read More: Ben Cheng, Michelle Kan, Gad Levanon,... View Details
- 24 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 24
an Experiment with Commercial Bank Loan Officers Authors:Shawn Cole, Martin Kanz, and Leora Klapper Abstract This paper uses a series of experiments with commercial bank loan officers to test the effect of performance incentives on risk-assessment and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jun 2011
- What Do You Think?
Is it Time for a National Bankruptcy?
workout. Would Euro zone agencies and lawmakers, acting on behalf of lending banks, have to take drastic action to force Greece's government to impose new laws and collect the taxes? This would be a blow to democracy, but would it be a... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 28 Jul 2016
- Op-Ed
Where is TripAdvisor for Doctors?
behavior as their doctors' interventions. POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES So, creating review sites around the medical profession has built-in challenges. But do some medical specialties lend themselves more than others to online reviews? Say I... View Details
- 26 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019
case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/819038-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 516-005 BancoSol and Microfinance in Bolivia BancoSol, a microfinance bank headquartered in La Paz, Bolivia, was forced to adjust its lending strategy and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1
alternative coding of variables. In two-stage models we also find that prominent venture capitalists might help their portfolio companies by steering them to effective technology strategies, in this case active participation in the IETF, and not simply by View Details
- 28 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Microfinance: A Way Out for the Poor
International, was a pioneer in the evolution of microfinance. It began in 1961 as a sort of pre-Peace Corps program working on community development with the poor in Latin America. In the 1970s it experimented with and developed a View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 22 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Reading the Financial Crisis Warning Signs: Credit Markets and the 'Red-Zone'
downside. Now, they can be related. The times when you're excited about the future also may be times when you're less worried about things failing. Yet, they're different phenomena. So, why is it that people were willing to do so much View Details
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
exemption. They originated as small, cooperative institutions with an emphasis on uncollateralized consumer lending to the unbanked working-classes. Over time, credit unions have evolved into a wide range of sizes, though compared to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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
- 25 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Chapter 11 Saved the US Economy
financing, new lenders are given priority in the capital structure. This is a critical incentive because it spurs banks and other creditors to lend to companies in Chapter 11 by giving them senior status, effectively letting them stand in... View Details
- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
incentives on risk assessment and lending decisions. We first show that while high-powered incentives lead to greater screening effort and more profitable lending, their power is muted by both deferred compensation and the limited... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments
didn't happen. Big companies with cash didn't spend it. Banks with cash didn't lend it. Small businesses didn't attract capital and thus didn't help reduce unemployment. Europeans were paralyzed by debt crises and transportation shutdowns... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 22 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 22
Focuses on the decisions made post-fire and the rebuilding process and eventual bankruptcy of the company. Also outlines creditors' struggle to decide whether to lend Feuerstein additional funds to enable him to regain control of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 12, 2006
technology or by the requirements of incentives and efficiency. I'll first consider a range of examples, from slavery and indentured servitude (which once were not as repugnant as they now are) to lending money for interest (which used to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
Big Infrastructure May Not Always Produce Big Benefits
Kerr: This is important because it means that these are not loans that were taken out to pay for the GQ itself. These are loans in the private sector alongside the roads that are developing. Nanda: This allowed us to understand what was happening to View Details
- 20 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways
powerful economic incentive to lend to companies in Chapter 11. (Although American did not need such debtor-in-possession financing, United and Delta together raised almost $3.5 billion in DIP financing in their bankruptcies.) Chapter 11... View Details
- 19 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Political Turmoil and Mexico’s Economy
maintained his control in part by creating a banking system that functioned more as a kind of investment club, Maurer says. Local businessmen would agree to lend each other money to finance one another's companies, while also selling... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna