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    Bank Capital and the Growth of Private Credit

    We show that business development companies (BDCs)—closed-end funds that provide a significant share of nonbank loans to middle market firms—are very well capitalized according to bank capital frameworks. They have median risk-based capital ratios of about 36% and,... View Details
    • April 2014
    • Article

    Can an 'Ethical' Bank Support Guns and Fracking?

    By: Christopher Marquis and Juan Almandoz
    A case study is presented on business ethics and bank management. The situation facing the president of a community bank established to operate as a green business and to consider ethical issues of bank loans when it is considering an application for a large commercial... View Details
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    Marquis, Christopher, and Juan Almandoz. "Can an 'Ethical' Bank Support Guns and Fracking?" R1404L. Harvard Business Review 92, no. 4 (April 2014): 123–127.
    • 20 Apr 2009
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Corporate Misgovernance at the World Bank

    Keywords: by Ashwin Kaja & Eric Werker
    • 2025
    • Working Paper

    Bank Financing of Global Supply Chains

    By: Laura Alfaro, Mariya Brussevich, Camelia Minoiu and Andrea Presbitero
    Finding new international suppliers is costly, so most importers source inputs from a single country. We examine the role of banks in mitigating trade search costs during the 2018–2019 U.S.-China trade tensions. We match data on shipments to U.S. ports with the U.S.... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Institutions; International Finance; Trade; Credit; United States; Asia
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    Alfaro, Laura, Mariya Brussevich, Camelia Minoiu, and Andrea Presbitero. "Bank Financing of Global Supply Chains." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 33754, May 2025.
    • 02 Oct 2013
    • News

    Bad-Loan Revival Unburdens Banks

    • April 1996 (Revised August 2005)
    • Case

    Jedi Bank

    By: William J. Poorvu and John H. Vogel Jr.
    Major Insurance Co. is a $15 billion insurance company that is an active, multi-family mortgage leader. This case is part of a negotiation game simulation that also includes Sunshine Villas, Silver Lane Apartments, and Jason Bosworth. View Details
    Keywords: Mortgages; Interest Rates; Financing and Loans; Property; Negotiation Tactics; Management; Banking Industry; Banking Industry
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    Poorvu, William J., and John H. Vogel Jr. "Jedi Bank." Harvard Business School Case 396-327, April 1996. (Revised August 2005.)
    • October 2018
    • Case

    African Bank Investments Limited (A)

    By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
    Less than a year after joining the board of African Bank Investments Limited (ABIL), the newest director finds himself in difficult discussions with other directors about removing the struggling company’s CEO. The case is set in South Africa in mid-2014 as shares in... View Details
    Keywords: Ethics; Personal Finance; Corporate Accountability; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Crisis Management; Insurance; Leadership; Management; Risk Management; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Africa; South Africa
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    Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "African Bank Investments Limited (A)." Harvard Business School Case 319-052, October 2018.
    • 2025
    • Working Paper

    Bank Capital and the Growth of Private Credit

    By: Sergey Chernenko, Robert Ialenti and David Scharfstein
    We show that business development companies (BDCs), a significant source of private credit, are very well capitalized according to bank capital frameworks. These types of private credit funds have median risk-based capital ratios of about 36%, which is 26 percentage... View Details
    Keywords: Financing and Loans; Capital; Credit; Financial Institutions
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    Chernenko, Sergey, Robert Ialenti, and David Scharfstein. "Bank Capital and the Growth of Private Credit." Working Paper, June 2025.
    • 30 Jun 2013
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    Accounting rule change undermines US banks

    • March 2010 (Revised January 2012)
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    Bank of America-Merrill Lynch

    By: Guhan Subramanian and Nithyasri Sharma
    In September 2008, as Lehman Brothers struggled to survive, John Thain, CEO of Merrill Lynch, realized that his bank was also on the brink of failure. Throughout the weekend of September 13–14, 2008, Thain successfully negotiated a deal with Ken Lewis, CEO of Bank of... View Details
    Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial Crisis; Financing and Loans; Negotiation Deal; Business and Government Relations; Banking Industry; United States
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    Subramanian, Guhan, and Nithyasri Sharma. "Bank of America-Merrill Lynch." Harvard Business School Case 910-026, March 2010. (Revised January 2012.)
    • Fall 2012
    • Article

    Foreign Entry and the Mexican Banking System, 1997-2007

    By: Stephen Haber and Aldo Musacchio
    What is the impact of foreign bank entry on the pricing and availability of credit in developing economies? The Mexican banking system provides a quasi-experiment to address this question because in 1997 the Mexican government radically changed the laws governing the... View Details
    Keywords: Banks and Banking; Ownership; Foreign Direct Investment; Laws and Statutes; Developing Countries and Economies; Banking Industry; Mexico
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    Haber, Stephen, and Aldo Musacchio. "Foreign Entry and the Mexican Banking System, 1997-2007." Economía 13, no. 1 (Fall 2012): 13–37.
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    Choosing the Right Student Loan | MBA

    private loan options, you may want to start with your current bank or credit union, or (for international students) loans in your home country. Many domestic students borrow... View Details
    • October 2018
    • Supplement

    African Bank Investments Limited (B)

    By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
    Less than a year after joining the board of African Bank Investments Limited (ABIL), the newest director finds himself in difficult discussions with other directors about removing the struggling company’s CEO. The case is set in South Africa in mid-2014 as shares in... View Details
    Keywords: Ethics; Personal Finance; Corporate Accountability; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Crisis Management; Insurance; Leadership; Management; Risk Management; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Banking Industry; Africa; South Africa
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    Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "African Bank Investments Limited (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 319-053, October 2018.
    • 03 Jan 2007
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Banking Deregulation, Financing Constraints and Entrepreneurship

    Keywords: by William Kerr & Ramana Nanda; Banking
    • July 1990
    • Background Note

    Note on Acquiring Bank Credit

    By: Amar Bhide and Howard H. Stevenson
    Outlines the issues and alternatives faced by start-up businesses in attracting bank credit. The topics covered are how to lay the groundwork for establishing a banking relationship, selecting a bank, preparing an application, and negotiating a loan. View Details
    Keywords: Business Startups; Credit; Financing and Loans; Management; Negotiation; Relationships
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    Bhide, Amar, and Howard H. Stevenson. "Note on Acquiring Bank Credit." Harvard Business School Background Note 391-010, July 1990.
    • 30 Nov 2016
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    'Fintech' fast-cash loans are like 'wild west' for small businesses

    • July 2011
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    The Private Equity Advantage: Leveraged Buyout Firms and Relationship Banking

    By: Victoria Ivashina and Anna Kovner
    This paper examines the impact of leveraged buyout firms' bank relationships on the terms of their syndicated loans. Using a sample of 1,590 loans financing private equity sponsored leveraged buyouts between 1993 and 2005, we find that bank relationships are an... View Details
    Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Private Equity; Banks and Banking; Financing and Loans; Interest Rates; Investment Return; Relationships; Banking Industry; Banking Industry
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    Ivashina, Victoria, and Anna Kovner. "The Private Equity Advantage: Leveraged Buyout Firms and Relationship Banking." Review of Financial Studies 24, no. 7 (July 2011): 2462–2498.
    • October 2010 (Revised November 2010)
    • Case

    The Export-Import Bank of the United States

    By: C. Fritz Foley and Matthew Johnson
    In the fall of 2009, Fred Hochberg, chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im), and his team struggled to find a way to help finance the sale of Boeing aircraft to Emirates. Ex-Im responds to the challenges in the credit market with an innovative... View Details
    Keywords: Trade; Credit; Financing and Loans; International Finance; Banking Industry; United States
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    Foley, C. Fritz, and Matthew Johnson. "The Export-Import Bank of the United States." Harvard Business School Case 211-032, October 2010. (Revised November 2010.)
    • 2011
    • Working Paper

    What Do Development Banks Do? Evidence from Brazil, 2002-2009

    By: Sergio G. Lazzarini, Aldo Musacchio, Rodrigo Bandeira-de-Mello and Rosilene Marcon
    While some authors view development banks as an important tool to alleviate capital constraints in scarce credit markets and unlock productive investments, others see those banks as conduits of cheap loans to politically connected firms that could obtain capital... View Details
    Keywords: Cost of Capital; Credit; Equity; Banks and Banking; Financing and Loans; Investment; Government and Politics; Data and Data Sets; Resource Allocation; Markets; Performance; Banking Industry; Brazil
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    Lazzarini, Sergio G., Aldo Musacchio, Rodrigo Bandeira-de-Mello, and Rosilene Marcon. "What Do Development Banks Do? Evidence from Brazil, 2002-2009." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-047, December 2011.
    • December 1961 (Revised January 1994)
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    First National Bank of Westhaven (A)

    By: Samuel L. Hayes III
    Concerns a loan that has gone bad. View Details
    Keywords: Financing and Loans; Failure; Banking Industry
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    Hayes, Samuel L., III. "First National Bank of Westhaven (A)." Harvard Business School Case 262-005, December 1961. (Revised January 1994.)
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