Publications

March 25, 2011
Article

Heretic Reality: Mortgage Interest Deduction Needs to be Slashed

By: Robert C. Pozen

Keywords: Interest Rates; Mortgages

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February 2000 (Revised March 2004)
Case

Signature Security: Providing Alarm Systems for the Countries Down Under

Signature Security, an entrepreneurial company, was created to roll up the electronic security industry in Australia and New Zealand. Signature was created by a team of experienced U.S. managers. Original financing was provided by Clairvest, a Canadian merchant bank.... View Details

Keywords: Management Succession; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Australia; New Zealand

January 1999 (Revised March 2004)
Case

Absolute Sensors

Absolute Sensors is a new spin-off from a scientific consulting firm. Collins and his team must address issues such as: what market(s) to target, how and from whom to raise money, and to what extent they should engage in manufacturing their products. View Details

Keywords: Strategic Planning; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Technology Industry; Consulting Industry

Educators

February 1977
Case

Available Finance Corp.

By: Jay O. Light

Keywords: Financing and Loans; Credit; Financial Services Industry

2011
Chapter

Toward a Three-Tier Market for U.S. Home Mortgages

By: Robert C. Pozen

This chapter analyzes the various forms of federal programs to support home mortgages–both government-insured mortgages and privately issued mortgages purchased by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. It argues that there will be a third tier of home mortgages created by the... View Details

Keywords: Law; Mortgages

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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

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Financial Services

April 1992 (Revised February 1994)
Case

Czechoslovakia's Privatization: The Fund Phenomenon

By: Samuel L. Hayes III

Keywords: Privatization; Financing and Loans; Slovakia; Czech Republic

Article

Financing Constraints, Home Equity and Selection into Entrepreneurship

By: Thais Laerkholm Jensen, Søren Leth-Petersen and Ramana Nanda

We exploit a mortgage reform that differentially unlocked home equity across the Danish population and study how this impacted selection into entrepreneurship. We find that increased entry was concentrated among entrepreneurs whose firms were founded in industries... View Details

Keywords: Mortgage Reform; Home Equity; Financing Constraints; Entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurship; Mortgages; Denmark

01 Jun 2010
News

How Green Was My (Silicon) Valley

Doerr’s VC firm, Kleiner Perkins, has invested have received government tax credits, contracts, and loan guarantees. But Doerr distinguishes himself from past practitioners of the energy influence game in Washington. “I have referred to... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

07 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

How to Help Small Businesses Survive COVID's Next Phase

through a few months, when normalcy would resume. The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)—government-funded forgivable loans designed to help businesses pay their employees—would help them weather the storm. Six months later, there’s still... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Food & Beverage; Service

February 2012 (Revised July 2012)
Case

China Risk Finance: Riding the Wave of China's Financial Services Industry

By: Regina M. Abrami, Matthew Shaffer and Weiqi Zhang

With China shifting toward a consumer-led growth model, non-bank lending has a critical role to play, but how easy is it to do business in this sector? What are the promises and pitfalls of the industry, and how well is Zane Wang, the case protagonist, navigating them? View Details

Keywords: Financing and Loans; Business Startups; Financial Services Industry; China

Educators

March 1991 (Revised July 1996)
Background Note

Sources of Financing for New Nonprofit Ventures

Designed to help nonprofit entrepreneurs design fund-raising strategies that are appropriate for their specific organizations. Discusses the major fund-raising alternatives, including foundations, corporations, government sources, wealthy individuals, and the public,... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Financing and Loans

Educators