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  • 01 Jun 2009
  • News

Setting the Legislative Agenda

shadow financial system. Create a new system for federal and state regulation of mortgages and other consumer credit products. Create executive pay structures that discourage excessive risk taking. Reform... View Details
Keywords: Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs
  • 02 Aug 2016
  • First Look

August 2, 2016

same behaviors described as “random behaviors.” Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51401 Financial Regulation in a Quantitative Model of the Modern Banking System By: Begenau, Juliane, and Tim Landvoigt... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Jun 2013
  • First Look

First Look: June 11

and the growth of shadow banking. While recognizing some of the benefits of professional asset management, we are skeptical about the marginal... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 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... View Details
Keywords: David Moss; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs
  • 22 Jul 2014
  • First Look

First Look: July 22

traditional commercial banks in the context of their coexistence with shadow banks. While both types of intermediaries create safe "money-like" claims, they go about... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 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,... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 18 Nov 2008
  • First Look

First Look: November 18, 2008

which fueled a financial crisis in the U.S. and beyond. The case study examines New Century's business model and accounting practices and focuses on the role of management, audit committee, and external auditors in the problems at New... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 May 2012
  • First Look

First Look: May 15

and monetize their sites, all in shadow of a deeply entrenched incumbent. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/912009-PDF-ENG Tequila Mobile SA Hanna Hałaburda, Jerzy Surma, and Aldo... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • December 2006 (Revised January 2007)
  • Case

Restructuring Navigator Gas Transport Plc

By: C. Fritz Foley
How should creditors pursue their claims in a multi-jurisdiction bankruptcy? David Butters, Managing Director at Lehman Brothers, negotiates a restructuring of Navigator Gas Transport, a shipping company that is headquartered in Switzerland, incorporated in the Isle of... View Details
Keywords: Management Teams; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Complexity; Capital Structure; Restructuring; International Finance; Law; Ship Transportation; Shipping Industry; Switzerland; Isle of Man
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  • 17 Mar 2015
  • First Look

First Look: March 17

  Publications March 2015 Journal of Financial Economics Banks as Patient Fixed-Income Investors By: Hanson, Samuel G., Andrei Shleifer, Jeremy C. Stein, and Robert W. Vishny Abstract—We examine the business model View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2009
  • News

Big Bailouts, Little Debate

The truth is, this mess is as bewildering to policymakers and professional observers as everyone else. But there is one kind of story that I have struggled to get into print — not because of censorship or... View Details
Keywords: Charles Duhigg; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs
  • 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
Keywords: Insolvency and Bankruptcy; United States
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  • 10 Feb 2015
  • First Look

First Look: February 10

Corporation, must decide whether to push JAL group, Japan's largest airline, into bankruptcy or to act as a sponsor in an out-of-court restructuring. The bankruptcy of JAL... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2005
  • News

One-on-One with Peter Cuneo

mentions a tireless vigilante: the Punisher. What is the motive behind Marvel’s decision to begin producing its own films? Creative control and a greater portion of the potential profits. When we came out of... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; comic books; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises
  • 23 Feb 2018
  • Working Paper Summaries

Trade Creditors' Information Advantage

Keywords: by Victoria Ivashina and Benjamin Iverson
  • 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
Keywords: Negotiation; Valuation; Restructuring; Insolvency and Bankruptcy
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  • 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
Keywords: Crisis Management; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Retail Industry
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  • 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
Keywords: Valuation; Mortgages; Auctions; Insolvency and Bankruptcy
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  • 07 Apr 2015
  • First Look

First Look: April 7

the role of trading in bankruptcy. We find that trading during the case leads to higher concentration of ownership, particularly among debt claims that are eligible to vote on the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Feb 2021
  • Blog Post

I Found My Future at HBS and You Can Too

perceived place in the world lurked in the shadows of my mind. Rather than frame my success as a fighter pilot as evidence of my worthiness, I compared my life experience to... View Details