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05 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

Reinventing the Dowdy Savings Bond

moderate-income families. Low-risk and low-profile, savings bonds have been around for decades, offering the dual benefit of funding the national debt while acting as a savings vehicle for millions of Americans. In "Reinventing... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Financial Services

11 Oct 2016
First Look

October 11, 2016

Wenxin, and Jesse Schreger Abstract—Nominal debt provides consumption-smoothing benefits if it can be inflated away during recessions. However, we document empirically that countries with more countercyclical inflation, where nominal... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Dec 2021
Blog Post

Cynthia Carroll, MBA 1989

earnings grew 23 percent and debt was reduced. The life of any CEO of a multibillion-dollar company involves long hours, and given that Anglo American has a presence in 43 countries, Carroll spends more than half of her time traveling. A... View Details

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Managing International Trade and Investment - Course Catalog

between financial firms and states in sovereign debt markets, and Chinese firms on the “belt and road.” The final module looks at firms in contexts of change and uncertainty. Here, we consider the profound changes to the global business... View Details

February 1991
Case

Burlington Northern: The ARES Decision (B)

By: Julie H. Hertenstein and Robert S. Kaplan

The ARES team formally proposes that Burlington Northern implement the ARES system. The project meets resistance. In light of financial restructuring and high level of debt, executives wonder whether the company can afford ARES. Weak links during the ARES development... View Details

Keywords: Accounting Audits; Restructuring; Cost vs Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Borrowing and Debt; Capital Budgeting; Projects; Technology Adoption; Service Industry

January 2004 (Revised June 2004)
Case

Innovation at the Treasury: Treasury Inflation-Protection Securities (A)

By: Kenneth A. Froot, Peter A. Hecht and Christopher Edward James Payton

In 1997, the U.S. Treasury was deciding whether to proceed with a proposal to issue inflation-indexed bonds. This case explores the challenges facing innovation in the financial markets as the Treasury tries to determine whether to introduce Treasury... View Details

Keywords: Inflation; Innovation; Federal Government; Securities; Debt Securities; Risk Management; Bonds; Investment Portfolio; Capital Markets; Inflation and Deflation; Government and Politics; Innovation and Invention; United States

April 2010
Teaching Note

Groupe Ariel S.A.: Parity Conditions and Cross-Border Valuation (Brief Case)

By: Timothy A. Luehrman and James Quinn

Teaching Note for 4194 View Details

Keywords: Exchange Rates; Securities Analysis; Project Evaluation; Debt Securities; Analysis; Currency Exchange Rate; Performance Evaluation; Projects; Capital Budgeting

19 Jul 2016
First Look

July 19, 2016

in press Journal of Systems and Software Technical Debt and System Architecture: The Impact of Coupling on Defect-related Activity By: MacCormack, Alan, and Daniel J. Sturtevant Abstract—Technical debt is... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

spring 2006
Article

All's Fair in Love, War, & Bankruptcy: Corporate Governance Implications of CEO Turnover in Financial Distress

By: Ethan S. Bernstein

Prior discussions of management turnover during financial distress have examined bankrupt and non-bankrupt firms as distinct groupings with little overlap. Separately investigating rates of turnover in-bankruptcy and out-of-bankruptcy, without a direct comparison... View Details

Keywords: CEO Turnover; Bankruptcy; Restructuring; Shadow Of Bankruptcy; Borrowing and Debt; Credit; Financing and Loans; Corporate Governance; Finance; Theory; Markets; United States

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March 1998 (Revised August 1999)
Case

Band of Angels, The

"The Band of Angels" is a well-organized but independent group of wealthy entrepreneurs. This case details the principles and processes used by the band and offers two perspectives from entrepreneurs who have been financed. View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Borrowing and Debt; Venture Capital; Perspective

08 Aug 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

Parmigiano-Reggiano, Jane Austen, and Other Things You Didn't Know About Finance

Unlearned? Corporate Debt in Emerging Markets Emerging markets are contending with a worrisome slowdown in economic growth accompanied by the build-up of corporate debt. Is Greed Ruining Private Equity Firms? In a first-ever look at the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

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Our Work Together | About

she articulated will inspire the work of the University for years to come. We owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to Alan—someone I admire deeply—for his service to the University as Interim President. I hope you will join me in thanking... View Details

October 2008
Teaching Note

Samoa Tala (TN)

By: Joshua D. Coval, Bhagwan Chowdhry and Konark Saxena

Teaching Note for [209053]. View Details

Keywords: Currency Exchange Rate; Risk Management; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Microfinance; Strategy; Borrowing and Debt; Currency; Cash Flow; Samoa

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Venture Capital and Private Equity - Course Catalog

Associates How and why investors structure deals How PE firms add value How investors screen and choose investments Getting a deal through the Investment Committee Role of debt providers and where incentives overlap and diverge Different... View Details

01 Oct 2002
News

Andrew H. Tisch

after he graduated from HBS, when Loews bought Bulova in 1979. “Although Bulova had a strong brand name,” he explains, “we soon realized it was losing out to its Japanese competitors in technology, styling, quality, marketing, and service.” With View Details

24 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

Financial Meltdowns Are More Predictable Than We Thought

household debt were growing quickly. That combination is “a natural signal of an outward shift in the supply of credit, which then sows the seeds of its own destruction,” the researchers write in their working paper Predictable Financial... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services

January 2009 (Revised June 2010)
Case

Lyons Document Storage Corporation: Bond Math

By: William J. Bruns Jr.

In 2009 a recent MBA must analyze the possible refunding of bonds issued in 2000 when interest rates were much higher. She must consider the possible consequences of repurchasing company bonds outstanding using cash that might be obtained by issuing new bonds at a... View Details

Keywords: Financial Accounting; Quantitative Analysis; Securities; Debt Securities; Bonds; Cash Flow; Mathematical Methods; Accounting; Interest Rates