Credit Expansion - Publications - Faculty & Research

Jack I. Straus

Having joined the company immediately after graduation from college, Jack Straus was the driving force behind Macy’s expansion in the mid-1900s. In addition to expanding the stores through numerous acquisitions, he adjusted the company’s... View Details

Keywords: Retail

05 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Watching for the Next Economic Downturn? Follow Corporate Debt

widespread distress: Corporate credit quality and growth, says Harvard Business School Professor Victoria Ivashina. “It's only in the US in 2007 and 2008 that we observed the highest fraction of the non-performing loans coming from... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

25 Jul 2012
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Movie Magic

swipe of a credit card. “Automated retail sounds better,” suggests Gregg Kaplan (MBA 1997). Recruited by McDonald’s to help start new businesses within the fast-food giant, in 2002 Kaplan oversaw the installation of six kiosks in... View Details

Keywords: vending machines; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; General Merchandise Stores; Retail Trade

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Industrial Life Photograph Collection - Photography Collections - Historical Collections

Collections Site Credits Industrial Life Photograph Collection, ca. 1920-1941 It mows your floors , ca. 1936. Bigelow-Sandford Carpet Company. Mss: 1412 1920-1941 B979 58 boxes, approx. 2,100 photographs Collection Guide The Human Factor:... View Details

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Lessons in Economics | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

the Corporate Image Gary Works Photograph Album Resources Research Links Films & TV Bibliography From the Director Site Credits Special Collections Search Exhibition Introduction The Founding of U.S. Steel and the Power of Public Opinion... View Details

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Introduction - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

The Competition McKim, Mead & White The Campus Emerges Concrete Symbols The Dedication Building the Campus Research Links Bibliography Archival Collections Digital Resources Site Credits Introduction “It seems to be an Aladdin-like... View Details

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Films & TV | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

the Corporate Image Gary Works Photograph Album Resources Research Links Films & TV Bibliography From the Director Site Credits Special Collections Search Exhibition Introduction The Founding of U.S. Steel and the Power of Public Opinion... View Details

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The Coming of Managerial Capitalism - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog The Coming of Managerial Capitalism Course Number 1122 Professor Tom Nicholas Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits 27 Sessions Exam Career Focus For MBAs who want to study the past and present to help guide their thinking about... View Details

11 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 11

residential mortgages. This expansion was itself fueled by the development of non-bank credit intermediation (or "shadow banking"). Whether the growth of the financial sector has been socially... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Introduction - The Collection - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Davenport were doggedly systematic in amassing images that illustrated workers in a variety of manufacturing operations. They also gathered expansive views of factory exteriors and research laboratories, as well as close-ups of equipment... View Details

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Entrepreneurial Sales 101: Founder Selling - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Entrepreneurial Sales 101: Founder Selling Course Number 1655 Senior Lecturer Mark Roberge Senior Lecturer Lou Shipley Fall; Q2; 1.5 credits 14 Sessions Paper/Project Senior Lecturer Mark Roberge Senior Lecturer Lou... View Details

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Archival Collections - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

The Competition McKim, Mead & White The Campus Emerges Concrete Symbols The Dedication Building the Campus Research Links Bibliography Archival Collections Digital Resources Site Credits Archival Collections Baker Library Historical... View Details

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Harvard Business School

Archival Collections Bibliography Site Credits Visiting the Exhibit Influencing the HBS Curriculum Student Pioneers The Value of Business Education The Golden Age of Black Business AASU Early Years & Influence AASU Founders Core Demands &... View Details

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Launching Global Ventures - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Launching Global Ventures Course Number 1645 Senior Lecturer DJ DiDonna Assistant Professor Ebehi Iyoha Spring; Q4; 1.5 credits 13 sessions Paper Overview Launching Global Ventures explores how founders and leaders turn... View Details

06 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 6

controlling family, when the borrower has a higher degree of informational opacity, a lower credit rating, and a lower potential for being propped up, when the loan facility is subject to more credit risk,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Aug 2016
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August 9, 2016

reframing distress as passion can improve observers' impressions of the expresser. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51433 Credit-Induced Boom and Bust By: Di Maggio, Marco, and Amir Kermani Abstract—Can a View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2011
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America the Unequal

surveyed approved of some inequality, but their ideal was far more equal than the current level. Why then, given the consensus on this more equal America, are Americans not clamoring for wealth redistribution? First, the expansion of... View Details

Keywords: income disparity; class mobility

09 Jan 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 9, 2018

estimate their direct and indirect effects on real activity. Credit supply shocks have sizable direct and downstream propagation effects on investment and output throughout the period but no significant impact on employment during the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Apr 2018
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New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018

during the expansion period. Downstream propagation effects are comparable or even larger in magnitude than direct effects. The results corroborate the importance of network effects in quantifying the real effects of View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne