Borrowing and Debt - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Jan 2021
Blog Post

My HBS Student Loan Story: Gorick Ng (MBA 2018)

their student loans. Still, taking-on student debt to finance an MBA is a significant commitment, and we recognize that personal circumstances influence how each student approaches that commitment. To better... View Details

01 Dec 2023
News

Case Study: Staking a Claim

Illustration by Nhung Lê Kate Terry (MBA 2005) knows that no one attends their fifth-grade career fair and comes home hoping to pursue a career in insurance—but that’s exactly where she wound up. “I really fell in love with it,” she says. As cofounder and CEO of... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Insurance Carriers and Related Activities; Finance

23 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

COVID Was Supposed to Increase Bankruptcies. Instead, They've Gone Down.

Consumer bankruptcies usually climb alongside unemployment rates as filers seek to discharge debt and get a fresh start, write the authors of the new working paper Bankruptcy View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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The John H. McArthur Fellowship for Canadian MBA Students - Global

ability. The Initiative also hopes to further remove debt burden considerations from job choice and early career decisions. It is the goal of these generous alumni that future Canadian graduates of Harvard... View Details

16 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

Has COVID-19 Broken the Global Value Chain?

globalization and global value chains. But it does entail paying attention to potential bottlenecks, risk, and diversification of trade partners. Economic policy should also further try to foster local... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

04 Aug 2010
News

A Lonely Crusader

municipal bond insurer, MBIA, is the subject of a new book, Confidence Game. MBIA’s stellar financial performance and rock-solid triple-A rating masked the firm’s growing fragility as it ventured deeper and... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; subprime mortgages; Finance; Real Estate

21 Jan 2022
Blog Post

How HBS Financial Aid Can Help You Meet the Cost of Your MBA

contribute to their education. How to do your part: Build your savings. (Need tips? Check out Harvard’s financial wellness resources.) Explore federal and private student loan options. Students can borrow up... View Details

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Resources for New Alumni - Alumni

to select business research resources that can be useful for career research. Learn more about access to library resources for members of the graduating MBA Class of 2025 who are actively seeking post-grad roles. Stamps Reading Room HBS alumni are eligible for lifelong... View Details

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About - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

in real time, perhaps policy makers can anticipate financial vulnerability and take measures to prevent crises. Harvard faculty have originated measures of investor sentiment in the equity, credit, and... View Details

12 Aug 2019
Research & Ideas

How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities

to decide how. Your job is to make the desired outcomes clear. Outcomes are not just financial either–everything from the culture of your company, the reputation of your products and services, and your brand... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

26 Jul 2011
First Look

First Look: July 26

PublicationsPolicy Bundling to Overcome Loss Aversion: A Method for Improving Legislative Outcomes Authors:Katherine L. Milkman, Mary Carol Mazza, Lisa L. Shu, Chia-Jung Tsay, and Max H. Bazerman Publication:Organizational Behavior... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Globalization - Faculty & Research

; Communication Strategy ; Strategy ; Announcements ; Decisions ; Music Entertainment ; Values and Beliefs ; Borrowing and Debt ; Geographic... View Details

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Alumni Engagement | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Program reduces the educational debt burden for qualifying alumni serving in managerial positions in nonprofits, public sector organizations, or for-profit social enterprises. Alumni Recruiting Organizations interested in hiring HBS... View Details

September 2021 (Revised October 2021)
Case

Dream: Impact Through Real Estate

By: Michael Chu and John Masko

The Canadian city of Toronto had one of the largest housing affordability problems of any city in the developed world. One company trying to address this problem was Dream, one of the largest real estate groups in Canada. In 2021, Dream had just launched a new system... View Details

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01 Dec 2023
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Research Brief: Staying in the Game

negotiating with creditors. Some large companies, meanwhile, rely on that protection to renegotiate their debt obligations and become financially healthier. Of the two types of filings, chapter 7 is the... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

22 Dec 2020
Blog Post

The Forward Fellowship Convinced Me That I Belong at HBS

attend Vanderbilt, and I worked odd jobs on top of that to support myself and my family. I had never taken on debt and did not know how it... View Details

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Awards | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

at least May 1, 2022. Please be aware that your LRAP funds are for the sole purpose of refinancing part of your HBS educational loan debt and may not be diverted to other loans or used for any other purpose.... View Details

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Investing in Emerging Industries | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

“private placement” method that facilitated loans between blue-chip borrowers and private lenders with the assurance of lender safety and rate of return. This method of... View Details

23 Jun 2008
Research & Ideas

Innovative Ways to Encourage Personal Savings

card statement or on a financial dashboard would change the way they manage their money. Such information as currently presented minimizes the appearance of debt burden that families are building. New types of credit card statements might... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

02 Apr 2020
What Do You Think?

What Are Lessons for Leaders from This Black Swan Crisis?

that of Gaetan, who said, “we can prepare to be prepared we should stimulate the use of less debt and more equity and therefore accept a lower return or otherwise fully accept... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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