Shadow Of Bankruptcy - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

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

08 May 2019
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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

28 Apr 2009
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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

12 Mar 2019
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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

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Law, Management and Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog

9: IP – Copyrights Day 10: Litigation and Litigation Strategy Day 11: Bankruptcy Day 12: Securities Law – What is a Security Day 13: Securities Law – Operating in the Securities Markets Day 14: Regulation of... View Details

01 Dec 2001
News

BOOK: Creating Value through Corporate Restructuring

Bankruptcies, Buyouts, and Breakups. The book is based on the MBA course of the same name that Gilson has taught for the last eight years. It explains exactly how corporate restructuring is done, from the first signs View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Introduction - The Medium - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

against the employee, who feeds the massive machine, while a publicity shot for the Packard Motor Company reveals a striking shadow behind the futurist form of the worker blasting paint. Baker Library |... View Details

01 Jun 2007
News

Up from the Ashes

Someone whose ideas have become so ubiquitous and ingrained that we cannot separate his foundational thoughts from our own.” Remarkably, Schumpeter, an only child with deep and conflicting emotions, produced his sweeping body of... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

03 Jun 2016
News

Again in a Great City

investments in the city do, starting with the lowest point in Detroit’s financial history: In July 2013, the city filed for Chapter 9; it was the largest municipal bankruptcy filing in US history. “Uncertainty is a horrible constraint for... View Details

Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly

01 Dec 2003
News

Rural Renewal

was thoroughly engaging intellectually,” says Reade of her years in the investment business. “We were detectives, piecing together the information to figure out the value of basic businesses.” Ultimately,... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Crop Production; Agriculture

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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

01 Jun 2009
News

Too Big To Fail

regulations to keep up with financial innovation, spurred by technology and globalization of markets, explains Moss. Over time, a huge amount of financial activity migrated away from regulated and... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; federal bailouts; Credit Intermediation and Related Activities; Finance

September 2017 (Revised January 2019)
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FJ Management Inc.

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Matthew G. Preble

In late 2015, Crystal Call Maggelet, president and CEO of FJ Management, is working with her investment committee to help set the company’s strategic direction. Maggelet, daughter of the company’s founder, has led FJ Management since 2009 when she stepped in as CEO... View Details

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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

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Manuscript Collections - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

Historical Society, these papers document the banking house of Jay Cooke & Co. Baker Library’s holdings, which largely concern the activities of the firm in bankruptcy after... View Details

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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

29 Jan 2008
First Look

First Look: January 29, 2008

PSF staff, that's time well spent. Third, choice assignments are in short supply, which limits the number of learning opportunities available for associates. Good alternatives include shadowing senior... View Details