Publications

January 1993 (Revised May 2004)
Case

Laurinburg Precision Engineering

By: William J. Bruns Jr.

A small manufacturer needs additional financing for expansion and production improvements. A bond issue would provide needed funds, and a zero-coupon bond would delay payments until funds provided by operations were available. Present value tables are included. View Details

Keywords: Valuation; Bonds; Financing and Loans; Interest Rates; Manufacturing Industry

August 2010 (Revised March 2012)
Supplement

The Dow Acquisition of Rohm and Haas (C)

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Melissa Barton

The global economy entered a crippling recession in the fourth quarter of 2008 and Dow lost its primary source of funding for its planned acquisition of Rohm and Haas. View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial Crisis; Financing and Loans; Chemical Industry

February 2001 (Revised June 2001)
Case

eSurg (B): Second Round Financing

By: Jay O. Light and Anthony Massaro

An embryonic online medical supplies firm must negotiate a second-round funding. View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Negotiation; Venture Capital; Financing and Loans; Internet; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

Web

Additional Harvard Funding | MBA

These fellowships are administered by the Harvard University Committee on General Scholarships. For further information, visit the Traveling Fellowships section of the Committee on General Scholarships website. (Please note: Traveling Fellowships are generally... View Details

14 Oct 2010
News

Jobs Bill Misses Mark

background helps bring Lerner’s view into focus. Politicians love to talk about how small businesses are the jobs engine of the economy. So passing a bill with small business loan guarantees and tax write-offs for equipment investment... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

25 Feb 2017
Blog Post

3 Reasons I Chose to Attend HBS

been able to take this risk. HBS’s support for entrepreneurship, including the Harvard Innovation Lab and the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship, provides the perfect incubator to explore this path. HBS also offers summer funding options for entrepreneurs and View Details

01 Mar 2018
News

3-Minute Briefing: Lisandra Rickards (MBA 2010)

businesses from startup to scale up. An entrepreneur in the dental equipment business had just serviced a large government contract, which created issues with inventory. He went through our training program, applied for a low-interest View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

19 Apr 2016
First Look

April 19, 2016

link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50837 Covenant-Light Contracts and Creditor Coordination By: Becker, Bo, and Victoria Ivashina Abstract—In 2015, 70% of newly issued leveraged loans had weaker enforcement features,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

February 2001 (Revised June 2001)
Case

eSurg (A): Negotiating the Start-Up

By: Jay O. Light and Anthony Massaro

The founders of an online medical supplies firm must negotiate with an established hospital distributor and a venture capital firm. View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Negotiation; Internet and the Web; Financing and Loans; Business Startups; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

01 Dec 2014
News

Case Study: Growing the Family Business

(Zoonar RF/Thinkstock; iStock) Sweet Kiddles is a new concept in center-based childcare. Unlike traditional centers where parents must commit to fixed full- or part-time schedules, Sweet Kiddles’ flexible scheduling allows families to use the center by the hour or by... View Details

Keywords: childcare; Finance

26 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Behind India’s Economic and Political Woes

conditions, people are scrambling and realizing that it's tough to refinance their debts. For instance, a landlord of an apartment building in Bangalore has a short -term loan in dollars that is being serviced or paid for in rupee... View Details

Keywords: by Zeenat Potia

27 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments

funds at the peak of the crisis), pension liabilities, and a wide range of other loans and liabilities. The total value of explicit loan guarantees is well over $10 trillion. In total, the estimated... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

08 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 8, 2008

the nation's cramped urban centers where vacancy rates held near zero and families often "doubled up" in single-housing units. Hoping to spark a burst of new construction, New York Senator William Calder called for the creation of eleven regional Federal... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

19 Jun 2012
First Look

First Look: June 19

Grain: Jim Teague in Tanzania Karthik RamannaHarvard Business School Case 112-069 Loan officer Jim Teague discovers his agro-processor client has a serious health-code violation just days before a disbursement is due. Proceeding with the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 May 2012
News

Best in Show

$400 loan from the HBS Student Association. Proceeds from ticket sales quickly paid that off, with enough left over to purchase lights for future productions. (The first show premiered in Baker 100, a 400-seat space no longer in... View Details

Article

New Interest in Incentive Financing

By: Samuel Hayes

The article presents the findings of a study on incentive financings as they apply to institutional investors, particularly life insurance company investors. The author made contact with investment officers in 29 insurance companies, and have collected a considerable... View Details

Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Financing and Loans; Institutional Investing

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2010
Working Paper

Who Selected Adjustable-Rate Mortgages? Evidence from the 1989-2007 Surveys of Consumer Finances

We find evidence that households selecting adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) during the recent decade were disproportionately those who were less suspicious or who may have had difficulty understanding complicated ARM features that became commonplace prior to the... View Details

Keywords: Household; Financial Crisis; Mortgages; Personal Finance

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2021
Working Paper

Two Case Studies on the Financing of Forest Conservation

By: Andrew Baxter, Connor Cash, Josh Lerner and Ratnika Prasad

A variety of factors is leading to fresh approaches to the ownership and management of forestland, with an emphasis on the combination of conservation goals and private investments. But the barriers to successfully achieving attractive financial returns and desirable... View Details

Keywords: Financing; Forestry; Environmental Management; Natural Resources; Financing and Loans

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October 1991 (Revised September 2004)
Case

Buying Time

By: William J. Bruns Jr. and Susan Harmeling

A self-contained explanation and simple practice examples to introduce students to the concepts of compound interest, present value loans, bonds, and leases. Necessary present value tables are included. The study questions provide simple exercises to enhance student... View Details

Keywords: Bonds; Financing and Loans; Learning