Publications

Educators

13 Jan 2012
News

Inspiration for 'Jerry Maguire' Files for Bankruptcy

28 Aug 2019
News

Sanders’s flawed statistic: 500,000 medical bankruptcies a year

January 2023
Teaching Note

Bankruptcy in the City of Detroit

By: Kristin Mugford and Annelena Lobb

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 215-070. View Details

Keywords: Finance; Restructuring

June 2004 (Revised April 2005)
Background Note

Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Law in Real Estate

By: Arthur I Segel, Jeff Mandelbaum and Armen Panossian

Begins with a brief overview of the bankruptcy process, discussing key debtor protections and the administration of claims against the estate. Discusses the treatment of bankruptcies filed by property owners. Also summarizes the tenant's bankruptcy protections and... View Details

Keywords: Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Real Estate Industry

Educators

22 Nov 2015
News

Ruling From the Shadows

Fast Answer

Bankruptcy asset sales

Results. LSEG Workspace: Click on the Search Tools tab and select M&A. In the Quick Filters section, type Acquisition Techniques into the Add Filters text box, and select Bankruptcy Acquisition from the list View Details

2015
Comment

In the Shadow of the Crowd: A Comment on 'Valve's Way'

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin

There are many ways to exercise authority. Perrow (1986), in his review of March and Simon's Organizations (1958), offers a threefold classification of the ways authority can be exercised in organizations: (1) direct, "fully obtrusive" controls such as giving orders... View Details

Keywords: New Forms Of Organizing; Organizational Forms; Non-hierarchical Organizations; Self-organizing Teams; Boss-less Organizations; Organizational Design; United States

Read Now

December 2003
Article

Bargaining in the Shadow of Takeover Defenses

By: Guhan Subramanian

Keywords: Negotiation; Integration

(With Kristin Mugford) Set in 2013, School Specialty was a financially troubled supplier of educational products to primary and secondary schools in the United States. The company planned to file Chapter 11 in order to address its excessive debt load, but needed to... View Details

January 2005
Case

Managing Failure: American Bankruptcy Law at a Crossroads

By: David A. Moss, Mary Oey and Jonathan Lackow

Introduces the core principles and challenges of bankruptcy law (both individual and corporate) against the backdrop of the early 1970s, when the U.S. bankruptcy system appeared to be failing. With personal bankruptcy filings at record levels and successful corporate... View Details

Keywords: Change; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Policy; Government Legislation; United States

Educators

1988
Article

Shadows in Time: The Perils of Intergenerational Transfers

By: Dutch Leonard

December 2003
Article

The Social Cost of Fraud and Bankruptcy

By: Joseph L. Bower and Stuart C. Gilson

Keywords: Cost; Society; Insolvency and Bankruptcy

Article

Myth and Measurement—The Case of Medical Bankruptcies

By: Raymond Kluender, Carlos Dobkin, Amy Finkelstein and Matthew Notowidigdo

Read Now

winter 2007
Article

Bargaining in the Shadow of PeopleSoft's (Defective) Poison Pill

By: Guhan Subramanian

Keywords: Negotiation; Software; Information Technology Industry

July 1984
Supplement

Braniff International: The Ethics of Bankruptcy (B)

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

03 Oct 2011
News

Kodak's Patent Portfolio, Bankruptcy

May 2008
Article

Coerced Confessions: Self-Policing in the Shadow of the Regulator

By: Jodi L. Short and Michael W. Toffel

As part of a recent trend toward more cooperative relations between regulators and industry, novel government programs are encouraging firms to monitor their own regulatory compliance and voluntarily report their own violations. In this study, we examine how regulatory... View Details

Keywords: Governance Compliance; Law Enforcement; Corporate Disclosure; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Environmental Sustainability; Programs; Power and Influence; Organizations; Decisions; Business and Government Relations; United States