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- 19 Apr 2016
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April 19, 2016
century's most dynamic and important economies. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/516052-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 216-015 Clare College: Seeking Investment Opportunity in a Financial View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways
Business Administration and author of Creating Value through Corporate Restructuring: Case Studies in Bankruptcies, Buyouts, and Breakups As United States equity markets and corporate balance sheets continue their remarkable comeback from the View Details
- 20 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 20
long-term contracts based on negotiated "benchmark prices" to contracts based on spot prices, usually forcing mining companies to pay for shipping. Second, for Brazil's charismatic president, Lula, a former union leader, Vale's layoffs during the global View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World
Management Badaracco started by researching the experience of entrepreneurs-figuring that if anyone knew what it meant to struggle it was those who started small businesses, half of which fail within the first year. In the wake of the View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 13 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 13, 2016
its structuring stage in 2007, through the adverse periods of the global financial crisis and Arab Spring, until 2012. At this time, Hisham El-Khazindar, co-founder and managing director, had to decide on... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- March 2005 (Revised June 2005)
- Case
Capital Controls in Chile in the 1990s (B)
By: Laura Alfaro, Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Governance Controls; Financial Crisis; Foreign Direct Investment; Currency Exchange Rate; Inflation and Deflation; Demand and Consumers; Interest Rates; Capital; System; Central Banking; Chile
Alfaro, Laura, Rafael M. Di Tella, and Ingrid Vogel. "Capital Controls in Chile in the 1990s (B)." Harvard Business School Case 705-032, March 2005. (Revised June 2005.)
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
growth preventing it from achieving critical mass. Ironically, it was the financial crisis of 2008 that gave the city’s fintech scene the jolt it needed to reach the next level. Suddenly, the big banks had... View Details
- 20 Oct 2022
- News
Lebanon Alumni Host US Ambassador for Dinner and Discussion
explored a number of economic, political, and business issues the country is facing. “Lebanon is at a crucial stage in its history,” says Ingea. “We have presidential elections this month, we have an economic crisis like we’ve never seen... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Arunma Oteh (MBA 1990)
the underserved. “I’ve been blessed, and I believe very strongly in the importance of giving.” Smart money: The Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility, a new World Bank financial program that provides surge funding to prevent a disease... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 26 May 2016
- News
W. James McNerney Jr., MBA 1975
consistently producing strong financial results. “I believe you have to approach things positively. It’s all about the attitude you bring. If you obsess on obstacles, you’ll find obstacles.” “I believe you have to approach things... View Details
- 21 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 21, 2015
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49375 Enabling Versus Controlling-Online Appendix By: Hagiu, Andrei, and Julian Wright Abstract—No abstract available. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49378 Mobile Money... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
leverage and financial fragility for emerging market firms following the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Corporate debt vulnerability indicators during the Asian View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
assistance. There was hope that the Bear rescue would help avert the far-reaching spread of damage into the larger financial world that many policymakers viewed as likely to follow the failure of a major investment bank. This case... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 7
This note briefly reviews the financial crisis in central Europe in late 2008 and summarizes how four central European countries—Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia—have coped with the economic... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- February 2019 (Revised January 2021)
- Case
Quiksilver Inc. and Oaktree Capital Management
By: Kristin Mugford and Mike Harmon
Sports lifestyle company Quiksilver filed for bankruptcy in September 2015. Oaktree is considering an additional investment in the company to facilitate the restructuring.
Students must consider whether Oaktree should invest given the risks of the turnaround... View Details
Keywords: Bankruptcy; Bankruptcy Reorganization; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Acquisition; Restructuring; Debt Securities; Transformation; Decision Making; Borrowing and Debt; Investment Return; Crisis Management; Negotiation; Retail Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Consumer Products Industry; France; United States
Mugford, Kristin, and Mike Harmon. "Quiksilver Inc. and Oaktree Capital Management." Harvard Business School Case 219-097, February 2019. (Revised January 2021.)
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data analysis and metrics tracking. ArcelorMittal and the private sector during the Ebola crisis Spring 2016 | Focus: Healthcare; International Development Team: Sarah Nam and Sisi Pan Description: The Ebola outbreak in 2013-16 devastated... View Details
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Africa - Global Activities 2021
Africa from falling deeper into poverty when disease outbreaks and other macro shocks occurred.” A Pathway to Economic Development The crisis prompted Raji to pivot from her position as a risk advisory consultant at Deloitte & Touche,... View Details
- 21 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research
and financial distress—a mentally toxic combination for many. In fact, almost half of adults in the United States, 45 percent, say that worry and stress related to the coronavirus and the resulting economic downturn are hurting their... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
- 18 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 18
Download working paper: http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/15-033_d218ec59-b694-4f4f-ba4e-0e64b54e4c34.pdf Financial Development and Technology Diffusion By: Comin, Diego, and Ramana Nanda Abstract—We examine the extent to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 20, 2007
model to establish these interrelationships at a firm level. Using publicly available financial data we estimate the six causal effects among sales, inventory, and gross margin. Our results show that sales, inventory, and gross margin are... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace