Shadow Of Bankruptcy - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

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 Jun 2010
First Look

First Look: June 2

downstream party's optimal sales effort and, as a consequence, lead to different order quantities. We provide a formal characterization of both effects, insight into how these effects interact, and information on which conditions the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Portrait Project

John Regan

of an excellent education in a free society. Yet I couldn't see those things through the suffocating shadow of severe depression. One evening, while waiting to meet someone for... View Details

18 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

GM’s IPO: Back to the Future

bankruptcy reorganization on June 1, 2009. What are some of the key issues the company faces? Three Harvard Business School faculty members--Joseph Bower, an authority on general management; Vineet Kumar, a... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto

Portrait Project

Emily Slota

Then I met Johiron. Johiron was emaciated, living in a shelter of palm leaves in Bangladesh, and surviving by begging for rice. I shadowed her as an intern for Grameen Bank's beggar lending program. And she... View Details

20 Jul 2020
Blog Post

Minorities Who 'Whiten' Job Resumes Get More Interviews

whitening. Some even said they purposely left in racial references as a way of sniffing out employers that might not welcome minorities. One student said, “If blackness put a shadow over all (my resume),... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

03 Feb 2015
First Look

First Look: February 3

telecom company. At the time, Jazztel was near bankruptcy and needed a capital injection to finish the year. Over the next 10 years, Fernández Pujals led the restructuring of Jazztel's debt, reached an... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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R. G. Dun & Co. Credit Reports | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Introduction 1840s – 1880s General Merchants to Commodities Brokers 1880s – 1920s Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting 1920s – 1960s Investing in Emerging Industries 1850–1968 Lehman Brothers Family Partners 1960s – 2000s Leadership Transitions 2008 View Details

03 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?

In September 2008, Lehman Brothers went under—the largest bankruptcy in American history. But that was just the beginning of the story. What followed was the Great Recession, a gargantuan financial crisis... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Banking; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate

01 Dec 2008
News

A Force for Good

Fouraker’s Deanship (1970 to 1980), in particular, McArthur held a range of increasingly important administrative positions. He also took on a highly unusual outside-world assignment as a Trustee in View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings

15 Oct 2020
Blog Post

Celebrating Latinx Heritage Month at HBS

consequences of the bankruptcy soon became very clear – we lost our home, our cars, and practically any other valuable possession. Beyond shaping my ability to face trying situations, my upbringing also... View Details

08 May 2019
News

Fellowships Enable Students to Broaden Their Impact

understand the human side of education, and after shadowing principals in different schools, Agarwal became one of Success Academy’s leadership fellows. He started by teaching... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Jun 2010
News

M.I.A. Boards

Illustration by Dan Page In a company as large, complex, and prestigious as Lehman Brothers, one would expect to have found seasoned, astute, well-informed directors to oversee the managers and the risks the firm undertook with shareholders’ money. Yet when Lehman... View Details

Keywords: John Gillespie;David Zweig; Finance

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2021 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Democracy Robert Livingston How Seeking and Speaking the Truth About Racism Can Radically Transform Individuals and Organizations Sarah Kaplan and Danielle Allen , Rotman School of Management and Harvard University The View Details

12 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019

Abstract—Objectives: To apply time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC) methodology to determine emergency medicine physician documentation costs with and without scribes. Methods: Two research assistants shadowed attending physicians... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

Portrait Project

Kristie Gan

that I live with to this day. I never knew what would trigger my next attack. The world was vast, yet suddenly dangerous. With the shadow of fear cast over me, I lost that childlike curiosity to discover... View Details

20 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 20, 2008

areas of strong moral opposition, science is often able to develop in the shadow of the law, with the market eventually compelling both moral concerns and legal prohibitions to... View Details