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- 22 Dec 2016
- Op-Ed
The Small Business Administration is a Model for How to Drive Economic Growth
working on as the head of the SBA and what I continue to write about today—access to capital. SBA’s flagship loan programs are made through more than 3,000 banks, where the private sector picks “winners and losers” and the government... View Details
Keywords: by Karen Mills
- 15 Sep 2015
- News
Easing the Costs of Saving a Child
less so. Taylor contributed to a not-for-profit to help pay airfare to bring orphans to the United States for month-long summer vacations with prospective adopting families. The program ran so well, he doubled his loan the following year.... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
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The overarching goal of my research is to produce works that are influential and informative to both academics and practitioners in the field of operations management. To accomplish this, I collaborate with industry partners who provide knowledge about their field,... View Details
- 28 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sophisticated Investors May Be Harming Fintech Lending Platforms
must address a major design problem: Sophisticated investors have been gaming the system by applying specialized screening tools to scoop up the choicest loans with the lowest default rates, leaving less experienced investors with less... View Details
- 07 Nov 2018
- News
A Market-Based Approach to Solving the World’s Water Crisis
enabled access to water and sanitation for more than 14 million people, delivering more than $1 billion in loan capital to those living in poverty. (Published November 2018) View Details
- 04 Aug 2014
- Op-Ed
Why Small-Business Lending Is Not Recovering
banks, both large and small, from ever fully returning to the small business market. Cyclical Factors Linger From The Recession In the recent recession small-business sales were hit hard and may still be soft, undermining their demand for View Details
- 03 Apr 2019
- Book
Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business
firm with fewer than 500 employees, in my book I focus on three kinds: sole proprietorships, Main Street businesses, and suppliers. All three groups seek financing from loans and have traditionally used banks as their source. Of the 30... View Details
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International Students | MBA
International Students Student Loans 101 We expect that most students will take out a loan to fund their MBA, in combination with need-based Harvard Business School (HBS) Scholarships, fellowship awards,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Exchange: Micro Management
Image by John Ritter In the 50 years since modern microfinance was introduced as a tool to fight poverty, institutions have distributed hundreds of millions of loans to people in developing countries. Such View Details
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Domestic Students | MBA
Domestic Students Student Loans 101 We expect that most students will take out a loan to fund their MBA, in combination with fellowship awards, external scholarships, and savings. Domestic students can apply... View Details
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3.5 Withdrawals, Leaves of Absence, & Return of Federal/Title IV Funding | MBA
3.5 Withdrawals, Leaves of Absence, & Return of Federal/Title IV Funding For details, please refer to Section 1.11 - Leaves of Absence . Students receiving financial assistance will typically have their assistance adjusted consistent with the change in charges.... View Details
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FAQs | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
See Eligibility for details on loans, income and assets, and employment. What if I have access to another loan repayment assistance program? HBS requires that you participate in both programs if possible. This allows you to pay off your... View Details
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Merit-Based Admissions, Need-Based Aid | MBA
investment, HBS students meet the remaining cost of their MBA using personal savings, a student loan, and/or outside funding. Employer sponsorship and loans are considered outside scholarships for financial aid purposes. Students who... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Courting the Poor
procedure for credit approval, using nontraditional metrics to enable customers with lower, less easily established incomes (a pushcart vendor, for example) to make purchases. “Their loan repayment rates are the envy of the world, and the... View Details
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Buy Now, Pay Later: The Usurer's Grip (1912)
production of The Usurer’s Grip , a fifteen-minute silent film about a family man who falls into the clutches of a loan shark, only to be redeemed by a paternalistic businessman who directs him to the nearest Credit Union for a View Details
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3.2 Financial Aid | MBA
if eligible . Students borrowing federal loans are required to complete promissory notes and student loan entrance counseling. If the amount of their loan exceeds the balance... View Details
- 22 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business
always been alternative forms of loan capital available, including credit unions, Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), merchant cash advances, equipment leasing and factoring products. “Alternative players have the... View Details
- 09 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation
savings and home equity loans, bank loans have been the critical source of capital for small businesses," Mills says. When Mills arrived at SBA in 2009, the nation was in recession, and lending to small businesses was at a... View Details
- 19 Nov 2019
- Op-Ed
Gender Bias Complaints against Apple Card Signal a Dark Side to Fintech
to make loan and underwriting decisions, as the Apple Card situation illustrates, the potential for discrimination grows. “When lending relies on algorithms to make loan and underwriting decisions, as the... View Details
- 21 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Is a Gap in Small-Business Credit Holding Back the American Economy?
relative availability of credit is the Federal Reserve's Senior Loan Officer Survey (SLOS). This survey shows that demand for small business loans tightened significantly in 2009 and began loosening slightly... View Details