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- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Research Brief: Bankruptcy as a Better—Not Bitter—End
Are big banks using bankruptcy as a bullying tactic? A recent report by the American Bankruptcy Institute suggested that a longtime—and increasingly popular—mechanism in the US code that allows for... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
- March 2009
- Background Note
Note on the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA)
By: Stuart C. Gilson
In 2005, new legislation was passed by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by the President that introduced a number of major amendments to U.S. bankruptcy law, affecting both business and consumer bankruptcies. This legislation, called the Bankruptcy Abuse... View Details
Keywords: Government Legislation; Restructuring; Personal Finance; Laws and Statutes; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Corporate Finance
Gilson, Stuart C. "Note on the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA)." Harvard Business School Background Note 209-133, March 2009.
- December 2003
- Article
The Social Cost of Fraud and Bankruptcy
By: Joseph L. Bower and Stuart C. Gilson
Bower, Joseph L., and Stuart C. Gilson. "The Social Cost of Fraud and Bankruptcy." Harvard Business Review 81, no. 12 (December 2003): 20–22.
- 2023
- Working Paper
Life After Death: A Field Experiment with Small Businesses on Information Frictions, Stigma, and Bankruptcy
By: Shai Benjamin Bernstein, Emanuele Colonnelli, Mitchell Hoffman and Benjamin Iverson
In a randomized control trial (RCT) with U.S. small businesses, we document that a large share of firms are not well-informed about bankruptcy. Many assume that bankruptcy necessarily entails the death of a business and do not know about Chapter 11 bankruptcy, where... View Details
Bernstein, Shai Benjamin, Emanuele Colonnelli, Mitchell Hoffman, and Benjamin Iverson. "Life After Death: A Field Experiment with Small Businesses on Information Frictions, Stigma, and Bankruptcy." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 30933, February 2023.
- Article
Myth and Measurement—The Case of Medical Bankruptcies
By: Raymond Kluender, Carlos Dobkin, Amy Finkelstein and Matthew Notowidigdo
Kluender, Raymond, Carlos Dobkin, Amy Finkelstein, and Matthew Notowidigdo. "Myth and Measurement—The Case of Medical Bankruptcies." New England Journal of Medicine 378, no. 12 (March 22, 2018): 1076–1078.
- 01 Nov 2010
- News
Foreclosure Crisis Provides Opportunity for Bankruptcy Reform
- April 2022
- Supplement
PG&E and the First Climate Change Bankruptcy
By: Stuart C. Gilson
- July 1996 (Revised January 1997)
- Case
Northwest Airlines: Brush with Bankruptcy (D)--June-July 1993
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Davis Dyer
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Schlesinger, Leonard A., and Davis Dyer. "Northwest Airlines: Brush with Bankruptcy (D)--June-July 1993." Harvard Business School Case 897-033, July 1996. (Revised January 1997.)
- July 1996 (Revised January 1997)
- Case
Northwest Airlines: Brush with Bankruptcy (C)--March-June 1993
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Davis Dyer
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Schlesinger, Leonard A., and Davis Dyer. "Northwest Airlines: Brush with Bankruptcy (C)--March-June 1993." Harvard Business School Case 897-032, July 1996. (Revised January 1997.)
- July 1984
- Supplement
Braniff International: The Ethics of Bankruptcy (B)
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Goodpaster, Kenneth E. "Braniff International: The Ethics of Bankruptcy (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 385-002, July 1984.
- 14 Feb 2019
- News
PG&E’s Bankruptcy Shows Blindspots in Green Investing
- September 1997 (Revised June 1999)
- Teaching Note
Bankruptcy and Restructuring at Marvel Entertainment Group, Teaching Note
By: Benjamin C. Esty
Teaching Note for (9-298-059). View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industry
- July 1996 (Revised January 1997)
- Case
Northwest Airlines: Brush with Bankruptcy (A)--November 1992
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Davis Dyer
Deals with Northwest's financial crisis between the fall of 1992 and the following spring. Northwest's leaders face the problem of how to meet an impending $600 million payment on the 1989 LBO loan when the airline had run out of cash. Concludes by outlining options... View Details
Keywords: Air Transportation; Restructuring; Leveraged Buyouts; Crisis Management; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financial Strategy; Financial Crisis; Air Transportation Industry; United States
Schlesinger, Leonard A., and Davis Dyer. "Northwest Airlines: Brush with Bankruptcy (A)--November 1992." Harvard Business School Case 897-030, July 1996. (Revised January 1997.)
- February 2019 (Revised January 2021)
- Case
Quiksilver Inc. and Oaktree Capital Management
By: Kristin Mugford and Mike Harmon
Sports lifestyle company Quiksilver filed for bankruptcy in September 2015. Oaktree is considering an additional investment in the company to facilitate the restructuring.
Students must consider whether Oaktree should invest given the risks of the turnaround... View Details
Keywords: Bankruptcy; Bankruptcy Reorganization; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Acquisition; Restructuring; Debt Securities; Transformation; Decision Making; Borrowing and Debt; Investment Return; Crisis Management; Negotiation; Retail Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Consumer Products Industry; France; United States
Mugford, Kristin, and Mike Harmon. "Quiksilver Inc. and Oaktree Capital Management." Harvard Business School Case 219-097, February 2019. (Revised January 2021.)
- July 2019
- Article
Optimal Capital Structure and Bankruptcy Choice: Dynamic Bargaining vs Liquidation
By: Samuel Antill and Steven R. Grenadier
We model a firm’s optimal capital structure decision in a framework in which it may later choose to enter either Chapter 11 reorganization or Chapter 7 liquidation. Creditors anticipate equityholders’ ex-post reorganization incentives and price them into the ex-ante... View Details
Keywords: Default; Dynamic Bargaining; Capital Structure; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Mathematical Methods
Antill, Samuel, and Steven R. Grenadier. "Optimal Capital Structure and Bankruptcy Choice: Dynamic Bargaining vs Liquidation." Journal of Financial Economics 133, no. 1 (July 2019): 198–224.
- April 2017 (Revised October 2023)
- Supplement
Central European Distribution Corporation: Hostile Takeover, Bankruptcy Makeover
By: Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah L. Abbott
- 09 Feb 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
Cashing Out: The Rise of M&A in Bankruptcy
- July 1996 (Revised January 1997)
- Case
Northwest Airlines: Brush with Bankruptcy (B)--November 1992-March 1993
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Davis Dyer
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Schlesinger, Leonard A., and Davis Dyer. "Northwest Airlines: Brush with Bankruptcy (B)--November 1992-March 1993." Harvard Business School Case 897-031, July 1996. (Revised January 1997.)
- 27 Jun 2017
- News
What corporate bankruptcy can teach us about morality
- 08 Dec 2008
- News