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- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Bridging Domains
frequently arise in growth markets,” she says. The Mehras view their 30th Reunion gift as a way to give back to an institution that has played an important role in their lives. Both received financial aid as undergraduates and have... View Details
- 17 Nov 2016
- News
Rent the Runway Sets Up Shop at Neiman Marcus
a job right now, why don’t you just go for it?” Mr. Gold recalls advising her. “Three months later she’d raised, like, $3 million.” Ms. Hyman invited him to join her board, but he worried about a conflict of interest. “I declined and it was View Details
- 06 Nov 2014
- News
Building a Startup Community Beyond Commencement
includes the provost and the Harvard school deans), making the case that the project’s model—open to startups employing a graduate of any Harvard school—would offer the kind of cross disciplinary collaboration sought by the “One Harvard” movement. The board agreed,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Braving an Insecure New World
value most—corporate IP, personal data, and financial data. And that same privacy is a necessary condition for innovation—consider IP safeguards or reasonably secure communications. Putting limits on privacy or innovation sets up a false... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Noted & Quoted
“We simply can’t call it capitalism if the biggest financial institutions enjoy a guarantee from the taxpayer that if they go bust, or risk going bust, they’ll be bailed out. That has to change.” — Professor Niall Ferguson, responding to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Rx for Too Big to Fail
In the wake of the financial crisis and the massive federal response, it has become fashionable to declare that “too big to fail is too big to exist.” Powerful lawmakers and popular commentators regularly endorse this notion, promising to... View Details
- Career Coach
Jonathan Shepherd
Jonathan is CPD's Corporate Relations Director overseeing principal investing: VC/PE, investment management and real estate. Since 2007, he has coached thousands of students & alumni and forged recruiting relationships with hundreds of firms across these... View Details
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- 13 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
Cash and the Woman-Owned Business
would-be partners are not convinced that women have the necessary financial skills and management savvy. These assumptions are based on several different, but closely related, stereotypes about women, money, and View Details
- 19 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy
Smarter Policy” to help provide evidence on matters of small-business financing—looking in particular about whether and how the financial crisis created a credit gap for small businesses. Despite gathering information, however, the... View Details
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John D. Nichols
Though not a name brand, Illinois Tool Works, a manufacturer of component industrial parts, has been recognized by Wall Street and Fortune for superior financial and management performance. Much of that credit is due to Nichols. He... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
Arthur G. Gaston
Gaston first established Booker T. Washington Burial Insurance Company to offer health and life insurance to black families to help them secure eloquent and respectable funeral services. Upon that success, BTW continued to grow, adding View Details
Keywords: Finance
- Career Coach
Warren Radtke
Warren (Kellogg '60) is a HBS Career and Professional Development Consultant and a Confidential Advisor to C-Suite Executives and Entrepreneurs. He has held executive positions in public and privately held companies as well as in the nonprofit sector. In addition to... View Details
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IFC: Italy; Tradition and Innovation - Course Catalog
3:10PM-5:10PM. Travel Dates : Arrive, Monday, January 6; Depart Friday, January 17 Course Fee: $3,500 Immersive Field Courses : IFCs require a firm commitment and carry a financial obligation. Financial aid... View Details
- February 1986 (Revised November 1992)
- Case
Novo Industri A/S--1981
By: W. Carl Kester and Glynn Ferguson
This small but rapidly growing Danish biochemical company must choose among several financing opportunities that include a convertible Eurobond, a rights offering in Denmark and an issue of new common shares in the United States. The case involves a broad range of... View Details
Keywords: Capital Markets; Cost of Capital; Bonds; Stock Shares; Financing and Loans; Globalization; Biotechnology Industry; Chemical Industry; Denmark; United States
Kester, W. Carl, and Glynn Ferguson. "Novo Industri A/S--1981." Harvard Business School Case 286-084, February 1986. (Revised November 1992.)
- February 2010
- Case
Saginaw Parts Co. and the General Motors Corp. Credit Default Swap
This two-page case demonstrates how to unbundle the cost of credit extensions from product prices by observing the price of a credit default swap. It also explores how credit default swaps work, and how trade creditors are treated under U.S. bankruptcy law. Finally it... View Details
Keywords: Trade; Credit; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Laws and Statutes; Risk Management; Auto Industry; United States
Fruhan, William E. "Saginaw Parts Co. and the General Motors Corp. Credit Default Swap." Harvard Business School Case 210-056, February 2010.
- 2000
- Other Unpublished Work
New Trading Practices and the Short-run Predictability of the S&P 500: Market Volatility and Investor Confidence, Report to the Board of Directors of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
By: André Perold
- 27 Apr 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
Corporate Leadership and Creditor Recovery Rates: Evidence from Executive Gender
- December 1978 (Revised April 1980)
- Case
U.S. Bank Lending in Mexico
By: George C. Lodge
Lodge, George C. "U.S. Bank Lending in Mexico." Harvard Business School Case 379-078, December 1978. (Revised April 1980.)
- March 1994 (Revised June 1995)
- Background Note
Interest Rate Derivatives
By: Peter Tufano
Introduces and explains the six major interest rate derivative products: swaps, forward rate agreements, Eurodollar futures, bond options, caps/floors/collars, and swap options. View Details
Tufano, Peter, and Jon Headley. "Interest Rate Derivatives." Harvard Business School Background Note 294-095, March 1994. (Revised June 1995.)