Small Business Finance - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Apr 2020
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A Way Forward for Small Businesses

25 Jul 2015
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Small businesses turning to online lenders

20 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How Small Businesses Can Survive the Coronavirus Outbreak

worse than the financial crisis,” says Mills, who led the United States Small Business Administration from 2009 to 2013. “Many small businesses... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Service; Food & Beverage

19 May 2015
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Small Business Lending: The World Has Changed

03 Apr 2020
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The Small Business Administration Confronts an Historic Crisis

13 May 2015
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6 Reasons Businesses Are Rejected for Small Business Loans

Harvard Business School Online: Leading with Finance

Leading with Finance is a flexible, 6-week, highly-interactive online course which is designed to provide participants with a thorough understanding of the principles of finance – a toolkit for making smart financial decisions and the confidence to clearly... View Details

15 Oct 2019
Cold Call Podcast

Goldman Sachs’ $500 Million Bet on Small Businesses

Keywords: Re: Leonard A. Schlesinger; Financial Services

March 2022
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The Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program: 2009-2021

By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Julia Kelley

In December 2021, more than a decade after its founding, Goldman Sachs’s 10,000 Small Businesses program was still going strong — and the firm now needed to evaluate potential program modifications to reach a wider group of small business owners. Launched in the... View Details

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06 Sep 2016
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Appreciating the Big Role of Small Businesses

20 Jan 2009
Research & Ideas

Risky Business with Structured Finance

percent of its revenues came from rating structured finance products, versus the 32 percent of revenues generated from its traditional business of rating corporate bonds. A simulation is "still a model... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Financial Services

22 Sep 2014
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Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business

22 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business

(Editor's note: This is the last in a series of four articles based on a Harvard Business School working paper by Karen Mills that analyzes the current state of availability of bank capital for small... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills; Banking; Financial Services

24 Feb 2014
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A Capital Idea for Small Business

Callaghan McGee Photos by Tracy Powell (Editor's Note: Brad McGee passed away in November 2015.) John Callaghan (MBA 1984) and Brad McGee (MBA 1987) became close friends while growing up in the small town of Carmel, NY. Their friendship... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; crowd-funding; online communities; Finance; Finance; Finance

03 Apr 2019
Video

The Bright Future of Small Business in America

24 Apr 2014
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Crowdfunding capital for small business

involved in several startups and knew how difficult it was for small businesses to get funding. McGee passed away in November 2015. A number of crowdfunding platforms had appeared, but none was really set up... View Details

15 Apr 2020
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Millions Of US Small Businesses May Never Reopen

2024
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Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream: How Technology Is Transforming Lending and Shaping a New Era of Small Business Opportunity

By: Karen G. Mills

The second edition of Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream, builds on the groundbreaking 2019 book with new insights on how technology and artificial intelligence are transforming small business lending. This ambitious view covers the significance of... View Details

Keywords: Fintech; AI; AI and Machine Learning; Small Business; Economy; Technology Adoption; Credit; Financing and Loans; Analytics and Data Science

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