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  • 26 Jan 2016
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January 26, 2016

case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/515072-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 213-046 W.R. Grace & Co.: Dealing with Asbestos Torts A manufacturer of building products and specialty chemicals, W.R. Grace & Co. filed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Oct 1996
  • News

No Bull — Nancy E. Havens-Hasty (MBA 1971)

before being asked to head the company's bankruptcy department in 1987. In 1991, she was granted responsibility for the high-yield department as well, and in 1992 became the first female employee elected to the Bear Stearns board View Details
Keywords: Linda Goodspeed
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Introduction 1840s – 1880s General Merchants to Commodities Brokers 1880s – 1920s Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting 1920s – 1960s Investing in Emerging Industries 1850–1968 Lehman Brothers Family Partners 1960s – 2000s Leadership Transitions 2008 View Details
  • 04 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 4

collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 was the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history. The case examines the economics of the off-balance sheet transactions Lehman undertook prior to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 16 Feb 2016
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February 16, 2016

shadows of their external counterparts and how the former organization form has evolved over time. The core competencies underlying the contemporary in-house agency model are analyzed, and the competitive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Oct 2015
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October 6, 2015

Giving: The Role of Risk By: Exley, Christine L. Abstract—Decisions involving charitable giving often occur under the shadow of risk. A common finding is that potential donors... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • July 2002 (Revised March 2003)
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Restructuring Bulong's Project Debt

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Michael Kane
Preston Resources, a small Australian gold mining company, bought the Bulong nickel mine for A$319 million in November 1998 and financed the acquisition by issuing a US$185 million (A$294 million) project bond. At the time, mining had been underway for several months,... View Details
Keywords: Finance; Projects; Restructuring; Bonds; Borrowing and Debt; Business Startups; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Valuation; Mining Industry; Australia
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Esty, Benjamin C., and Michael Kane. "Restructuring Bulong's Project Debt." Harvard Business School Case 203-027, July 2002. (Revised March 2003.)
  • March 2004 (Revised May 2004)
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Governance Reform at MCI

By: Lynn S. Paine and Bridget Gurtler
Richard Breeden proposed corporate governance reforms for MCI. Breeden is a former chairman of the SEC who was a court-appointed "corporate monitor" for the troubled company (formerly WorldCom). The company must adhere to the proposals unless excused by a court order. View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Restructuring; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Business or Company Management; Management Teams
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Paine, Lynn S., and Bridget Gurtler. "Governance Reform at MCI." Harvard Business School Case 304-066, March 2004. (Revised May 2004.)
  • 27 Apr 2021
  • Research & Ideas

New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement

Published Papers Do the Right Firms Survive Bankruptcy? Journal of Financial Economics Samuel Antill “In United States, Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases, firms are either reorganized, acquired, or liquidated. I... View Details
  • 18 Oct 2016
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China, artificial intelligence, and Jim Breyer

A venture capitalist with a career spanning three decades and a net worth of $2.6 billion is certain to have had a few big fish escape his hook over the years. For Jim Breyer (MBA 1987) of Breyer Capital,... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
  • March 2011
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Countrywide plc (CW)

By: Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah L. Abbott
One of the world's leading investors in distressed companies, Oaktree Capital Management is contemplating a "loan to own" investment in the debt f Countrywide plc, a financially troubled residential real estate agent based in the U.K. Only sixteen months earlier,... View Details
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Restructuring; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Assets; Borrowing and Debt; Private Equity; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Investment Portfolio; Crisis Management; Strategy; Valuation; Real Estate Industry; United Kingdom
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Gilson, Stuart C., and Sarah L. Abbott. "Countrywide plc (CW)." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 211-714, March 2011.
  • 07 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 7, 2009

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=809012 Groupe Eurotunnel S.A. (A) Harvard Business School Case 209-062 In the summer of 2006, the chairman and CEO of Eurotunnel Group is faced... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • February 2010 (Revised September 2011)
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Lehman Brothers

By: Tom Nicholas and David Chen
In 2008, the U.S. financial system was in a state of crisis and Lehman Brothers went from a major Wall Street investment bank to an insolvent institution. It was a swift end for a firm that had its beginnings over 150 years prior. What would be the firm's legacy? And... View Details
Keywords: History; Business History; Development Economics; Business Exit or Shutdown; Investment Banking; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Economic Growth; Financial Crisis; Financial Services Industry; United States
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Nicholas, Tom, and David Chen. "Lehman Brothers." Harvard Business School Case 810-106, February 2010. (Revised September 2011.)

    Jacob H. Schiff

    Originally trained in brokerage under his father’s tutelage, Schiff joined Kuhn, Loeb and Company at a time when the firm was seeking to exit the shadow of JP Morgan. Under Schiff’s leadership, Kuhn, Loeb... View Details
    Keywords: Finance
    • April 2011 (Revised March 2013)
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    BANEX and the No Pago Movement (B)

    By: Shawn Cole and Baily Blair Kempner
    This case examines Grassroots Capital's decision of whether or not to continue investing in a Bolivian microfinance bank that is suffering financial distress. View Details
    Keywords: Decisions; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Microfinance; Investment; Government and Politics; Crisis Management; Risk and Uncertainty; Financial Services Industry; Bolivia
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    Cole, Shawn, and Baily Blair Kempner. "BANEX and the No Pago Movement (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 211-102, April 2011. (Revised March 2013.)
    • August 2016 (Revised February 2017)
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    Songy 2011: Restructuring to Survive (or, Surviving to Restructure?)

    By: Charles F. Wu
    In 2011, Songy Partners, an Atlanta-based real estate developer, was facing three distressed investments within their portfolio each with distinct sets of challenges. Having weathered a myriad of issues during the global financial crisis that included operational... View Details
    Keywords: Real Estate; Distressed Debt; Global Financial Crisis; Foreclosure; Partnership; Partners and Partnerships; Valuation; Global Range; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Property; Financial Crisis; Real Estate Industry; Atlanta
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    Wu, Charles F. "Songy 2011: Restructuring to Survive (or, Surviving to Restructure?)." Harvard Business School Case 217-012, August 2016. (Revised February 2017.)
    • September 2006 (Revised January 2008)
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    Providian Financial Corporation

    By: John R. Wells
    On October 3, 2005, Washington Mutual acquired Providian Financial Corporation, the ninth-largest credit card issuer in the U.S., for $6.5 billion. At the time, Providian had approximately 10 million customer relationships and a balance of $18.6 billion. For some... View Details
    Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Restructuring; Customer Relationship Management; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Credit Cards; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Financial Services Industry; United States
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    Wells, John R. "Providian Financial Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 707-446, September 2006. (Revised January 2008.)
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    Introduction 1840s – 1880s General Merchants to Commodities Brokers 1880s – 1920s Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting 1920s – 1960s Investing in Emerging Industries 1850–1968 Lehman Brothers Family Partners 1960s – 2000s Leadership Transitions 2008 View Details
    • 19 Sep 2011
    • Research & Ideas

    Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers?

    Froot, "all this is interesting and useful because it's a microcosm for the larger financial sector, made up of banks and shadow banks. We have a huge institutional setup for bearing these sorts View Details
    Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Financial Services
    • 2024
    • Working Paper

    Creditor-on-Creditor Violence and Secured Debt Dynamics

    By: Samuel Antill, Neng Wang and Zhaoli Jiang
    Secured lenders have recently demanded a new condition in distressed debt restructurings: competing secured lenders must lose priority. We model the implications of this “creditor-on-creditor violence” trend. In our dynamic model, secured lenders enjoy higher priority... View Details
    Keywords: Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Debt Securities; Conflict and Resolution
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    Antill, Samuel, Neng Wang, and Zhaoli Jiang. "Creditor-on-Creditor Violence and Secured Debt Dynamics." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 32823, August 2024. (Reject & Resubmit, Review of Financial Studies.)
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