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- 05 Dec 2016
- Blog Post
5 Pieces of Advice for Applying to HBS
savings and instead utilize a combination of financial aid, scholarships, and loans to get themselves through the program. HBS has an incredible need-based financial aid program; over $36 million dollars is awarded to students each year.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Case Study: Citizen Buffett
"Buffett's Bid for Media General's Newspapers," a new case study for Esty's first-year Finance course. Buffett's motivation is only one of the many factors that Media General's president and CEO, Marshall Morton, has to weigh in the case. Eight days from a deadline to... View Details
- 1 Jul 2007
- Conference Presentation
The Secret of Commercial Microfinance's Sustainability: Turning Social Workers into Bankers or Bankers into Social Workers? Neither
By: Julie Battilana and Silvia Dorado
Keywords: Microfinance
Battilana, Julie, and Silvia Dorado. "The Secret of Commercial Microfinance's Sustainability: Turning Social Workers into Bankers or Bankers into Social Workers? Neither." Paper presented at the European Group for Organizational Studies Colloquium, European Group for Organizational Studies, July 01, 2007.
- 13 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Small Businesses Are Worse Off Than We Thought
federal help.” A significant number of survey-takers said they would not apply for government loans because they anticipated problems with accessing the funds due to red tape and distrust in the government to forgive the loans. “The low... View Details
- 08 Mar 2017
- News
Helping vets become resident landlords
Reed Benet (MBA 1991) is founder and CEO of HeroHomes.com, an online organization that helps military veterans secure no-money-down VA loans to purchase and live in small multifamily homes for housing themselves and income purposes. In... View Details
- 19 May 2020
- News
Exploring the Economics of a Pandemic; Alumni Forums Draw Closer Online
virtual conversation with 50 HBSAAA members. The hour-long session focused on ways black business owners can shore up their finances in anticipation of a long period of economic uncertainty, and included advice on how to apply for loan... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
associated with risky lending in the corporate loan market by examining the performance of individual loans held by CLOs. We employ two different datasets that identify loan... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Nancy M. Barry, MBA 1975
microfinance institutions and banks in developing countries that make small loans to low-income women-and in some instances, men-so that they can build their own business and move beyond poverty. A customer in The Gambia, for example,... View Details
Charles E. Mitchell
Under Mitchell’s presidency, National City Bank was converted into a modern retail banking organization and a world-wide banking empire with offices from London to Singapore. He popularized checking accounts for individuals and pioneered personal View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 20 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Misgovernance at the World Bank
According to the study, each developing country on the intergovernmental aid organization's Board of Executive Directors receives a significant boost in loans and grants—effectively a doubling of their funding, equivalent to a $60 million... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Greed, Gullibility, and Optimism
phenomenon in the United States. In the years leading up to the Great Depression and World War II, there was a very high percentage of recent immigrants in the United States, and home ownership was beyond the means of most. Before World War II, the term of a home View Details
- 15 Jun 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Slack Time and Innovation
- 2015
- Mimeo
Market Power in Mortgage Lending and the Transmission of Monetary Policy
By: David S. Scharfstein and Adi Sunderam
We present evidence that high concentration in mortgage lending reduces the sensitivity of mortgage rates and refinancing activity to mortgage-backed security (MBS) yields. We isolate the direct effect of concentration and rule out alternative explanations in two ways.... View Details
Keywords: Mortgage Lending; Market Power; Monetary Policy Transmission; Mortgages; Banking Industry; United States
Scharfstein, David S., and Adi Sunderam. "Market Power in Mortgage Lending and the Transmission of Monetary Policy." April 2015. Mimeo.
- April 2006
- Case
Promise (B): Navigating an Entrepreneurial Consumer Finance Company in Japan's Financial Establishment
Supplements the Promise: Building a Consumer Finance Company in Japan case. View Details
Kuemmerle, Walter. "Promise (B): Navigating an Entrepreneurial Consumer Finance Company in Japan's Financial Establishment." Harvard Business School Case 806-139, April 2006.
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Capitalizing the Corner Shop
simplified the application process, asking business owners for only a bank statement as part of their mobile-based loan application, and delivering funds to successful applicants within 48 hours. “The joke we crack is that with most... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- Web
External Funding | MBA
External Funding We encourage you to explore all external funding options, above and beyond any scholarships you receive from HBS. You can apply up to $30,000 (total for 2 years) from outside scholarship sources to reduce your student View Details
- 06 Apr 2016
- News
Two HBS Students Are Changing Lending in Southeast Asia
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Righting the Ship
a contractor’s inability to complete a project. The solution there lay in an innovative loan program: “If you look at your crystal ball and it looks like you’re not going to execute? Okay, fine. We’ll loan... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=308078 Leveraged Loans 2007 Harvard Business School Case 208-145 The leveraged loan market was in a crisis during the summer of 2007, following... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace