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- 21 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Is a Gap in Small-Business Credit Holding Back the American Economy?
patents per employee than larger firms, and employ more than 40 percent of high-tech workers in America. “Small business owners feel that despite being creditworthy today, banks remain either wary or entirely unwilling to lend to them.”... View Details
- 07 Jul 2016
- News
Creating a Viable Future in Rural Africa
agriculture, poultry production, and savings and lending services. In December 2015, it “graduated” its first three villages in Senegal. “They reached self-sufficiency, which is the holy grail of this work,” says Ruhr, a former corporate... View Details
- Portrait Project
Bhargav Srinivasan
India but raised in Texas, I sometimes felt out of place or alone. Sharp pangs of frustration arose when I had important things to say and nobody to lend an ear. On the rare occasion that I found a willing listener, nerves got the best of... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
MBAs go down the road less traveled to work with entrepreneurs
entrepreneurs with humility and curiosity, and lending our skills, experience, and energy to the task of improving our communities and our economy," says Singer. The team provided advice on everything from operational improvements to... View Details
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Managing and Innovating in Financial Services - Course Catalog
provide credit to them or to facilitate their financial transactions, both lending and payments. In this first module, we will seek to understand the drivers of value in banking. This will involve getting up to speed on understanding bank... View Details
- Portrait Project
Lindsay McGregor
lessons of those years. I gained a newfound determination to help people overcome the obstacles they cannot tackle alone, to give others the benefit of the doubt, and to understand that asking for help can be a strength, not a weakness. Now, I feel privileged when... View Details
- 08 May 2015
- News
A new view of the cost of equity and capital requirements for banks
lending rates and economic activity. Prevailing economic theory holds that the cost-of-capital effect is negligible in an ideal market. Malcolm P. Baker, the Robert G. Kirby Professor of Business Administration, has investigated this... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Imagine an Economy Without Wall Street
out on an entrepreneurial path but was thwarted by the country’s lack of a finance and lending infrastructure. A similar shortcoming in the mortgage and lending industry also delayed his family’s ability to... View Details
- Portrait Project
Sarah Shanfield
lend them her colored pencils. At Thanksgiving, younger cousins shift chairs to be next to her. My adult friends visit home and push their evening departure “just one more hour” to be around her. I read their faces: they are listened to,... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Think globally, crowdfund locally
access community capital to fund growth and improvement projects. "Local Lift is a supplement or replacement to a small business loan," says Sonnier. "We are changing the way small businesses think about raising funds for growth and improvement projects, which will... View Details
- Portrait Project
Tiberius Vadan
with the kiddos! When that 3 a.m. call comes in from a friend in distress, I will stand loyal and lend a helping hand. As a grateful mentee, I will continue to make people like Bob, that HBS '85 who helped me get here, proud of placing... View Details
- Portrait Project
Emily Slota
Then I met Johiron. Johiron was emaciated, living in a shelter of palm leaves in Bangladesh, and surviving by begging for rice. I shadowed her as an intern for Grameen Bank's beggar lending program. And she shared how she'd used a... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Driving economic growth and job creation
capital, supporting more than $100 billion in lending to small businesses during her tenure. Heading up an agency of more than 3,000 employees, she prioritized overhauling and strengthening programs and operations, including streamlining... View Details
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Real Estate Investing - Course Catalog
important part of this section. Success and Failure The last module will reflect an investment committee style organization highlighting key decision-making characteristics that may lead to success or failure. Pedagogical Mix Real estate View Details
- Web
Latin America - Global Activities 2020
entrepreneurs develop their businesses. Of course, while the objective is to find a credit product that is very flexible, you also want to find the sweet spot where the organization is recouping a large portion of the money it is lending... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Road Work
restaurants in the Los Angeles area. But after 25 years, the business went bust, and she relocated the family to her native Mexico when the Salas brothers were 12 years old. It’s a fitting origin story for Camino Financial, an online View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Research Brief: The Fresh Start Effect
rest of life and create an opportunity to make a psychological break from the past, Beshears says. These moments, such as a new calendar year or a birthday, lend themselves to high-level thinking in a way that the average Tuesday just... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 17 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 17
economists and other social scientists as they guide our most important personal and societal decisions. Bank Lending During the Financial Crisis of 2008 Authors:Victoria Ivashina and David S. Scharfstein Publication:Journal of Financial... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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eBook Access
and deliver it to you via email as a PDF. Other Sources for eBooks include: Internet Archive - The Internet Archive now has a 'Controlled Digital Lending' feature. They scan entire (copyrighted) books, and then lend the... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Funding His Purpose
concept proved successful—nonprofits and for-profit social or environmental impact companies did benefit from access to loans—but the model did not. SITAWI did not see the necessary volume in deals to be sustainable as a lender. So Letelier pivoted, turning the... View Details