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Domestic Students | MBA
Stafford Loans and Graduate PLUS Loans: Unsubsidized Stafford Loans Available to qualified students who are U.S. Citizens or U.S. Permanent Residents. They carry a fixed interest rate and a maximum loan... View Details
- July 1996 (Revised June 2001)
- Case
Atlantic Corporation-Abridged
By: Thomas R. Piper
A major paper company is considering acquiring the assets of a company that is threatened by a hostile takeover. The acquisition can be evaluated in terms of industry attractiveness, comparative advantage, and cash-flow analysis. View Details
Keywords: Projects; Cash Flow; Interest Rates; Valuation; Mathematical Methods; Horizontal Integration; Acquisition; Competitive Advantage; Aerospace Industry
Piper, Thomas R. "Atlantic Corporation-Abridged." Harvard Business School Case 297-015, July 1996. (Revised June 2001.)
- 17 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Companies Detangle from Legacy Pensions
interest rates have fallen to historic lows, increasing the funding that companies must set apart to make up for the lower yield on the assets already in place. "Companies have had to increase their... View Details
- September 1992 (Revised November 1993)
- Supplement
Germany in the 1990s: Managing Reunification, Supplement Two
By: George C. Lodge
Designed to be handed out after discussion of Germany in the 1990s: Managing Reunification and its Supplement. View Details
Keywords: Political Elections; Economy; Situation or Environment; Inflation and Deflation; Interest Rates; Central Banking; Integration; Germany; Italy; United Kingdom; Europe
Lodge, George C. "Germany in the 1990s: Managing Reunification, Supplement Two." Harvard Business School Supplement 793-043, September 1992. (Revised November 1993.)
Jeff Goldman
obtain cap-exempt H-1B visas; regular speaker at Harvard, MIT, and Brown; honored for pro bono work by many organizations; highest rating for lawyers; past President of New England Chapter of American Immigration Lawyers Association. My... View Details
- 2023
- Working Paper
Saving and Consumption Responses to Student Loan Forbearance
By: Justin Katz
How do households adjust savings and consumption in response to liquidity from debt relief? I study this question using policy variation induced by federal student loan forbearance in the 2020 CARES Act and an individual-level panel of daily financial transactions
for... View Details
Keywords: Saving; Consumer Behavior; Borrowing and Debt; Interest Rates; Financial Liquidity; Personal Finance; Government Legislation
Katz, Justin. "Saving and Consumption Responses to Student Loan Forbearance." SSRN Working Paper Series, January 2023.
- December 2017
- Response
Reply: Do Powerful Politicians Really Cause Corporate Downsizing?
By: Lauren Cohen, Joshua D. Coval and Christopher J. Malloy
While we commend the initiative of Snyder and Welch (2017), we lay out in this short reply why we remain highly confident in our results and our interpretation thereof. We welcome authors to continue to explore the data for themselves and look forward to the new... View Details
Keywords: Spending; Private Sector; Taxation; Interest Rates; Business and Government Relations; Investment; Employment; Power and Influence
Cohen, Lauren, Joshua D. Coval, and Christopher J. Malloy. "Reply: Do Powerful Politicians Really Cause Corporate Downsizing?" Journal of Political Economy 125, no. 6 (December 2017): 2232–2237.
- 31 Oct 2016
- Research & Ideas
Quantitative Easing Didn’t Ease the Housing Crisis for the Neediest
$76-billion increase in consumption among American homeowners. That’s laudable. When the authors dug deeper, however, they found that while QE freed up funds for those households that were able to take advantage of dramatically lower View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- January 1994
- Exercise
Walt Disney Company's Sleeping Beauty Bonds
Walt Disney Co. issues a 100-year bond. This case describes the terms of the bond and immediate capital market reaction. View Details
Baldwin, Carliss Y. "Walt Disney Company's Sleeping Beauty Bonds." Harvard Business School Exercise 294-034, January 1994.
- 17 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Beyond Pajamas: Sizing Up the Pandemic Shopper
forth. It’s a well-known phenomenon that repurchase rates after the first transaction are lower than repurchase rates after several transactions. In other words, customers who make a few purchases are more... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper
well-heeled clients. Savings and loans, desperate for high returns, made risky loans a business staple. And the Japanese, buoyed by a strong economy and low interest rates at home, swept in to buy up trophy... View Details
- 13 May 2013
- News
Alex Popa, MBA 2007
prime minister’s cabinet before coming to HBS. “Giving shouldn’t be about age,” Popa insists. “It should be about capability and what really matters.” His fellowship gift—to support MBA students with a strong interest in genomic research,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Social Investing Pioneers
principal and a rate of return with a portion of the savings. If the predefined social outcomes are not met, the government owes nothing. “What the social impact bond does is enable a social organization to raise capital for preventive... View Details
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FAQs | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
amount indicated in the LRAP eligibility calculation is the true calculated amount of your student contribution. I have a variable interest rate loan. What happens when rates... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Research Brief: Better to Be Safe with a Sorry
the phone, and a second where he prefaced the ask with, "I'm so sorry about the rain!" The first version produced a successful outcome only 9 percent of the time; the "weather apology" version had a success rate more than five times... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
FAQ
Investing in HBS What Keeps HBS Ahead? You Do! The Personal Touch Donor Spotlight Research With Impact: Changing Global Health Practices Why is this a good time to establish a charitable lead trust? Record low rates used in determining... View Details
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate
staple. And the Japanese, buoyed by a strong economy and low interest rates at home, swept in to buy up trophy properties at almost any asking price. "The total effect of all that money and lack of... View Details
- 31 Mar 2002
- What Do You Think?
Is This the Decade of the Investor?
analysis is substantially valid, it raises some interesting questions about productivity, growth, and investment in the information economy. The first, of course, is whether unusually high rates of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 23 Mar 2023
- News
SVB Crash Analysis
Bank's Failure Say About the State of Finance? Silicon Valley Bank wasn't ready for the Fed's interest rate hikes, but that's only part of the story. In Working Knowledge, HBS professors Victoria Ivashina... View Details
- 13 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Small Businesses Are Worse Off Than We Thought
Luca, whose past research has focused on platform design. For example, Luca and his colleagues reached out to online rating app Yelp several weeks ago to explore ways the company might help small businesses dealing with the crisis. Among... View Details