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  • February 1984 (Revised November 1993)
  • Case

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.--1983

Reviews changes in Du Pont's debt policy from 1965 to 1982. This period ended with a dramatic increase in Du Pont's debt level attendant upon the merger with Conoco. Students are asked to develop a new debt policy for Du Pont in the 1980s. View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Policy; Borrowing and Debt
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Glauber, Robert R. "E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.--1983." Harvard Business School Case 284-062, February 1984. (Revised November 1993.)
  • 29 May 2020
  • Op-Ed

How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents

COVID-19 is creating unprecedented strains on food security worldwide. The United Nations' World Food Programme warns that the pandemic could almost double the number of people facing food crises in low- and middle-income populations to... View Details
Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Agriculture & Agribusiness
  • 16 May 2017
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First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16

no legal duty to protect or serve the companies whose shares they own; they are shielded by the doctrine of limited liability from legal responsibility for those companies’ debts and misdeeds; they may buy... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
  • October 2021
  • Article

Fintech Borrowers: Lax Screening or Cream-Skimming?

By: Marco Di Maggio and Vincent Yao
Personal credit is the fastest-growing segment of the consumer credit market, mainly driven by fintech lenders' staggering expansion. We study this market using a unique individual-level data, which covers most of the top fintech and traditional lenders, and provides... View Details
Keywords: Fintech; Lending; Consumer Finance; Credit History; Self-control; Present Bias; Financing and Loans; Personal Finance; Credit; Behavior
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Di Maggio, Marco, and Vincent Yao. "Fintech Borrowers: Lax Screening or Cream-Skimming?" Review of Financial Studies 34, no. 10 (October 2021): 4565–4618. (LEAD ARTICLE and EDITOR'S CHOICE.)
  • March 2011
  • Article

Institutional Demand Pressure and the Cost of Corporate Loans

By: Victoria Ivashina and Zheng Sun
Between 2001 and 2007, annual institutional funding in highly leveraged loans went up from $32 billion to $426 billion, accounting for nearly 70% of the jump in total syndicated loan issuance over the same period. Did the inflow of institutional funding in the... View Details
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Financial Crisis; Credit; Debt Securities; Financing and Loans; Interest Rates; Investment
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Ivashina, Victoria, and Zheng Sun. "Institutional Demand Pressure and the Cost of Corporate Loans." Journal of Financial Economics 99, no. 3 (March 2011): 500–522.
  • 2019
  • Working Paper

Do Banks Have an Edge?

By: Juliane Begenau and Erik Stafford
Overall, no! We show that the level and time series variation in cash flows for most bank activities are well matched by capital market portfolios with similar interest rate and credit risk to what banks report to hold. Ignoring operating expenses, bank loans earn high... View Details
Keywords: Banks; Market Efficiency; Bank Capital; Bank Debt; CAPM; Banking; Bank Deposits; Bank Funding Advantage; Leverage; Maturity Transformation; Replicating Portfolio; Efficiency; Banks and Banking; Capital Markets; Performance Evaluation; Performance Efficiency; Banking Industry; United States
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Begenau, Juliane, and Erik Stafford. "Do Banks Have an Edge?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-060, January 2018. (Revised October 2019.)
  • 21 Dec 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government’s Role as Fixer

guarantee 90 percent, rather than 100 percent, of debt offerings by banks and thrifts. Further, Congress should not extend beyond 2013 the higher limits on FDIC deposit insurance. The previous limits covered... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Banking; Financial Services
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Managing International Trade and Investment - Course Catalog

creates opportunities and constraints for transnational firms, for example examining Shell in 1990s-2000s Russia, Google in Europe, battles between financial firms and states in sovereign View Details
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Venture Capital and Private Equity - Course Catalog

Associates How and why investors structure deals How PE firms add value How investors screen and choose investments Getting a deal through the Investment Committee Role of debt... View Details
  • January 2005 (Revised December 2005)
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KAMCO and the Cross-Border Securitization of Korean Non-Performing Loans

Covers the first international nonperforming loan securitization done in Korea. The CEO of KAMCO is trying to dispose of a portfolio of nonperforming commercial loans that the organization acquired from a number of banks. A group of investment bankers have proposed... View Details
Keywords: Debt Securities; Decision Choices and Conditions; Capital Markets; Financing and Loans; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Financial Services Industry; South Korea
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Chacko, George C., Jacob Hook, Vincent Dessain, and Anders Sjoman. "KAMCO and the Cross-Border Securitization of Korean Non-Performing Loans." Harvard Business School Case 205-037, January 2005. (Revised December 2005.)
  • October 1991 (Revised January 2002)
  • Case

Butler Lumber Company

By: Thomas R. Piper
The Butler Lumber Co. is faced with a need for increased bank financing due to its rapid sales growth and low profitability. Students must determine the reasons for the rising bank borrowing, estimate the amount of borrowing needed, and assess the attractiveness of the... View Details
Keywords: Commercial Banking; Financial Crisis; Borrowing and Debt; Financial Strategy; Financing and Loans; Capital Structure; Forecasting and Prediction
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Piper, Thomas R. "Butler Lumber Company." Harvard Business School Case 292-013, October 1991. (Revised January 2002.)
  • October 2024
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Racial Disparities in the Paycheck Protection Program

By: Sergey Chernenko and David Scharfstein
Using a large sample of Florida restaurants, we document significant racial disparities in borrowing through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and investigate the causes of these disparities. Black-owned restaurants are 25% less likely to receive PPP loans.... View Details
Keywords: Discrimination; Paycheck Protection Program; Economic Injury Disaster Loans; Bank Lending; Nonbank Lending; Banks and Banking; Financing and Loans; Prejudice and Bias; Race
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Chernenko, Sergey, and David Scharfstein. "Racial Disparities in the Paycheck Protection Program." Art. 103911. Journal of Financial Economics 160 (October 2024).
  • June 2015 (Revised July 2016)
  • Case

Gilbert Lumber Company

By: Steven Rogers and Kenneth Cooper
The Gilbert Lumber Co. is faced with a need for increased bank financing due to its rapid sales growth and low profitability. Students must determine the reasons for the rising bank borrowing, estimate the amount of borrowing needed, and assess the attractiveness of... View Details
Keywords: Commercial Banking; Financial Crisis; Borrowing and Debt; Financial Strategy; Financing and Loans; Capital Structure; Forecasting and Prediction
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Rogers, Steven, and Kenneth Cooper. "Gilbert Lumber Company." Harvard Business School Case 315-137, June 2015. (Revised July 2016.)
  • 2010
  • Working Paper

Regulating for Legitimacy: Consumer Credit Access in France and America

By: J. Gunnar Trumbull
Theories of legitimate regulation have emphasized the role of governments either in fixing market failures to promote greater efficiency or in restricting the efficient functioning of markets in order to pursue public welfare goals. In either case, features of markets... View Details
Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Credit; Financial Markets; Personal Finance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business History; Business and Government Relations; Welfare; France; United States
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Trumbull, J. Gunnar. "Regulating for Legitimacy: Consumer Credit Access in France and America." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-047, November 2010.
  • January 1983 (Revised February 1988)
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Hospital Corp. of America (A)

By: W. Carl Kester
HCAs ratio of debt to total capital is approaching 70%, jeopardizing its single-A bond rating. Students must determine an appropriate target debt ratio for HCA in light of its growth objectives, its acquisition strategy and its changing regulatory environment. View Details
Keywords: Situation or Environment; Capital Structure; Health Care and Treatment; Borrowing and Debt; Health Industry; Tennessee
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Kester, W. Carl. "Hospital Corp. of America (A)." Harvard Business School Case 283-053, January 1983. (Revised February 1988.)
  • April 2025
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The Impact of Minority Representation at Mortgage Lenders

By: W. Scott Frame, Ruidi Huang, Erica Jiang, Yeonjoon Lee, Will Liu, Erik J. Mayer and Adi Sunderam
We study links between the labor market for loan officers and access to mortgage credit. Using novel data matching the (near) universe of mortgage applications to loan officers, we find that minorities are significantly underrepresented among loan officers. Minority... View Details
Keywords: Household Finance; Demographic Economics; Financial Institutions; Diversity; Prejudice and Bias; Mortgages; Personal Finance
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Frame, W. Scott, Ruidi Huang, Erica Jiang, Yeonjoon Lee, Will Liu, Erik J. Mayer, and Adi Sunderam. "The Impact of Minority Representation at Mortgage Lenders." Journal of Finance 80, no. 2 (April 2025): 1209–1260.
  • 13 Apr 2017
  • News

Bros Don’t Let Bros Lend Money

  • 01 Aug 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1

find that during the 2008 financial crisis, PE-backed companies increased investments relative to their peers, while also experiencing greater equity and debt inflows. The effects are stronger among... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • February 2016
  • Supplement

Financing Curtis LLP

By: Nikolaos Trichakis
This is a follow-up to "Curtis LLP: A Case on Cases," HBS case No. 616-049. It explores the challenges facing debtors when dealing with borrowing firms that have operational flexibility. View Details
Keywords: Management; Operations; Borrowing and Debt; Financial Services Industry
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Trichakis, Nikolaos. "Financing Curtis LLP." Harvard Business School Supplement 616-050, February 2016.
  • 08 Aug 2017
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First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017

Barry Abstract—Many markets, including the markets for IPOs and debt issuances, are syndicated, in that a bidder who wins a contract will often invite competitors to join a syndicate that will fulfill the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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