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- April 2019 (Revised December 2021)
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Sears: The Demise of an American Icon
By: Kristin Mugford and Sarah L. Abbott
In 2019, ESL Investments’ $5.2 billion offer to purchase Sears Holdings out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy, was accepted, despite opposition from the company's unsecured creditors and other parties. ESL, which was led by Eddie Lampert, had acquired a stake in Sears following... View Details
Keywords: Bankruptcy; Reorganization; Bonds; Restructuring; Business Divisions; Transformation; Fairness; Borrowing and Debt; Credit; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Corporate Governance; Motivation and Incentives; Retail Industry; United States
Mugford, Kristin, and Sarah L. Abbott. "Sears: The Demise of an American Icon." Harvard Business School Case 219-106, April 2019. (Revised December 2021.)
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Buy Now, Pay Later: Home Finance
HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Introduction Credit in Pre-Industrial Society Credit and the... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
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L.E. Simmons
who has achieved lofty financial success in his professional career while remaining firmly grounded in solid business wisdom. The second oldest of four brothers who grew up in rural Kaysville, Utah - all of whom went on to earn MBAs at Harvard - Simmons View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
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Marketing Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Kasturi Rangan : Winner of the 2014 Case Centre Award in the Economics, Politics and Business Environment Category for his case with Sunru Yong, "Alpen Bank: Launching the Credit Card in Romania" (HBS Case 104-559). 2013 Julian De Freitas... View Details
- 15 Dec 2023
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Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem
Clubs News Clubs News Webinar illuminates broad array of business opportunities across Africa On December 5th, the HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) hosted ‘Doing Business in Africa: From Opportunity to Action’, a webinar panel of HBS alumni who shared... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
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Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online
self-determine and self-report continuing education credits earned from external sources. CFA Institute members are encouraged to self-document such credits in their online Professional Learning tracker.... View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
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The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)
me, both my mother and father are great bosses to work for, and we share a very good working relationship! All of our roles are clearly defined and separated, wherein we don’t step on each other’s toes but still steer the ship together! I must give all the View Details
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Leading Successful Digital Transformation
be doing. It is the same with digital technology. A natural reaction of most companies is to protect the status quo and find ways to avoid or discredit the new technology. Apple Pay, digital currency, decentralized finance, cryptocurrency and many such innovations were... View Details
- 15 Sep 2022
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6 Things to Know About Sustainability at HBS
VP of Sustainability, and get involved with the annual Climate Symposium. Sustainability is more than Environmentalism HBS has been expanding its integration of social equity and environmental justice into the campus’ sustainability work, including targeting LEED... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
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Hiroshi Mikitani, MBA 1993
credit cards, online shopping, banking, and the Rakuten Golden Eagles baseball team. With 10,000 employees worldwide, Rakuten currently has a market capitalization of approximately $14 billion. It is the number one e-commerce company in... View Details
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Modern Capitalism: Mergers and Syndicates - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School
nineteenth century-and one that historians refer to as the second industrial revolution. Mass Distribution Site Credits Henry Villard to C. E. Bretherton, February 19, 1881, in Railroad Leaders 1845—1890, The Business Mind in Action ,... View Details
- 26 May 2016
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Mary Callahan Erdoes, MBA 1993
be a banker. We work with major endowments, foundations, and countries that entrust us with their money. We assist millions of people every single day—to buy their first home, get their first credit card, or pay for college. I have a... View Details
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Investment analyst reports: banks included in library research
href="https://www.library.hbs.edu/find/databases/lseg-workspace#" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">LSEG Workspace Credit Suisse* Global LSEG Workspace Deutsche Bank* Global LSEG Workspace DNB Markets Norway LSEG Workspace... View Details
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More Information | HBS Online
How it works Learning Experience Our programs are designed to bring the Harvard Business School classroom to you. Find out how. Certificates, Credentials & Credits We offer multiple ways to learn vital business concepts. Discover which... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
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Turkish Delight
fascinating. After that, I became very interested in diplomacy.” Byford, whose publication credits include Foreign Affairs and Washington Monthly, is currently kicking around a few book ideas of his own as he continues to build his... View Details
- 26 Jun 2023
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ClimateCAP 2023 & ClimateCAP Fellowship
Fellowship. What is it and what impact do you hope to have? My ClimateCAP project is a venture idea I am building with a friend at MIT Sloan (whom I met in Kenya!). Our venture, NetaCarbon, aims to democratize access to the carbon market by digitizing and streamlining... View Details
- 29 Nov 2017
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How to Succeed in Business (According to a 15th Century Trade Merchant)
and falsity lurk.” Part of the Baker Library collection: Account book of the Monte di Pietà (a charitable credit institution) in Rome, 1574-1643. Credit: Baker Library To be a good merchant, in other words, you first had to be a good... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
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The Intersection of Public Relations and Photography | 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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Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School
the 1920s Research Links Site Credits Introduction Financial crises have happened before, and - if history is any guide - they will happen again. One year after the subprime mortgage crisis, this Baker Library Historical Collections... View Details
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Poor’s Manual: The Rise of Business Analysts - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School
of Standard and Poor’s, which provides research and analysis of company stock and bonds. Management Mass Distribution Site Credits Henry Varnum Poor, Poor’s Manual of the Railroads of the United States , New York: H. V. & H. W. Poor,... View Details