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  • April 2009 (Revised September 2011)
  • Case

Before the Fall: Lehman Brothers 2008

By: Clayton S. Rose and Anand Ahuja
This case examines Lehman Brothers in the months preceding its collapse. Following the announcement of a huge and unexpected second quarter loss, the CFO was removed from her post after only seven months in the job. This case explores the challenges faced by a firm... View Details
Keywords: Communication Strategy; Financial Crisis; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financial Management; Financial Markets; Crisis Management; Trust; Financial Services Industry
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  • February 2010
  • Teaching Note

Saginaw Parts Co. and the General Motors Corp. Credit Default Swap (TN)

By: William E. Fruhan
Teaching Note for [210056]. View Details
Keywords: Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Law; Cost of Capital; United States
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    Joe C. Thompson, Jr.

    Though Southland was quite a successful block ice retailer in the 1920s, when home refrigerators became popular, the company suffered and was forced into bankruptcy in 1932. Seeing the budding success of the... View Details
    Keywords: Retail
    • 02 Apr 2013
    • First Look

    First Look: April 2

    in the north of Spain, physically separated from it by the Pyrenees Mountains. Presents the history of the region-highly prosperous at the turn of the 20th century but nearing... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • November 2010 (Revised September 2015)
    • Case

    American International Group - 2010

    By: Jay W. Lorsch and Melissa Barton
    The AIG Board underwent significant restructuring after the company was bailed out by the U.S. government in September 2008 in the midst of the financial crisis. View Details
    Keywords: Financial Crisis; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Business and Government Relations; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Teams; Restructuring; Financial Services Industry
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    • 10 Nov 2003
    • Research & Ideas

    The Hard Numbers on Social Investments

    percent had been acquired, and 6 percent had experienced an IPO. The incidence of bankruptcy in these social purpose companies was not unlike traditional early stage companies, but the percentage (15... View Details
    Keywords: by Manda Salls
    • 19 Dec 2017
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017

    forthcoming Economic Journal (Royal Economic Society) Increasing the Electoral Participation of Immigrants: Experimental Evidence from France By: Pons, Vincent, and Guillaume Liegey Abstract—Improving the political participation View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • 28 Apr 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: April 28, 2009

    in its mortgage portfolio. Following investment bank Lehman Brother's Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection filing in mid-September, the price of Washington Mutual's covered bonds has fallen to 75 per 100 View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • Portrait Project

    Martin Eston

    generations of my family, whose sacrifice and perseverance afforded me a world of opportunity. I will be open. Out of optimism for anybody who is one kindred spirit away from... View Details
    • 21 Nov 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    It Matters That Your CEO Doesn't Know Much About Sales

    CEOs need to roll up their sleeves and learn more about the customer-facing sides of their businesses, like sales. Source: AlexBrylov Let’s face it: To most C-suite executives, sales processes are often an afterthought or a somewhat... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding
    • 29 Jun 2007
    • First Look

    First Look: June 29, 2007

    push prices closer to the fundamentals. Bargaining in the Shadow of PeopleSoft's (Defective) Poison Pill Author:Guhan Subramanian Publication:Harvard Negotiation Law Review (winter 2007) Abstract This... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 26 Jul 2022
    • Blog Post

    Driving Change in Education-to-Employment

    changes among employers, which is why I was excited by the specific offer to work on these two projects at Year Up. Finally, I want to shadow and learn from Year Up’s leaders, who include Gerald Chertavian, founder and CEO and HBS Class... View Details
    • 05 Sep 2007
    • First Look

    First Look: September 5, 2007

    secondary art market and increasingly strong competitors. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808027 A Strategic Perspective on Bankruptcy Harvard Business School Note 407-035 Provides an... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 13 Nov 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: November 13

    multi-currency capital structure with both senior, secured bank loans and junior bonds. PCP has to decide whether to push for bankruptcy in a European court, or to push for out of court renegotiations. The... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 01 Dec 2008
    • News

    No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis

    middle class.” Consumers Need More Protection Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Warren is a bankruptcy and commercial law expert and co-author of The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Mothers and... View Details
    Keywords: Roger Thompson;Martha Lagace; deregulation; moral hazard; the middle class; Finance
    • 05 Aug 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: August 5

    universities and private companies to develop technologies important to Danish industry. We assess the effect of a unique mediated funding scheme that combines project grants with active facilitation and conflict management on firm... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • February 2010 (Revised September 2011)
    • Case

    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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    • 22 Jan 2013
    • First Look

    First Look: Jan. 22

    significantly decreases the likelihood of bankruptcy by up to 2.7 times (270%) four years after funding application. Selection also increases the average level of employment by... 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
    • 10 Apr 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: April 10

    relational contracts (i.e., informal agreements sustained by the shadow of the future). We argue that one of the reasons these practices may be difficult to copy is that... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel