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  • 28 Oct 2009
  • Lessons from the Classroom

HBS Begins Teaching Consumer Finance

dovetailed nicely with my role as senior associate dean for Planning and University Affairs. Q: It would seem that the timing was perfect given the many consumer credit and View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Financial Services; Education
  • 31 Oct 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Quantitative Easing Didn’t Ease the Housing Crisis for the Neediest

Another tool to stimulate a distressed economy has made its way into the playbooks of central banks across the world. With quantitative easing, known as QE for short, a central bank makes it easier to borrow money by buying long-term... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

    Christine A. Hefner

    The daughter of Playboy founder Hugh M. Hefner, Christine was responsible for the elimination of the company’s massive debt and the dramatic restructuring of the organization. Hefner eliminated a number of... View Details
    Keywords: Publishing & Print Media

      Abe Plough

      In 1908, with $125 borrowed from his father, Plough formed Plough, Incorporated by selling Antiseptic Heating Oil door to door. Over the next 65 years, Plough transformed his company from a small manufacturer of toiletries to a... View Details
      Keywords: Healthcare
      • 12 Aug 2014
      • First Look

      First Look: August 12

      provider" offering financing solutions including debt and equity, investment banking, brokerage, and asset management services to clients in the infrastructure sector.... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

        DeWitt Wallace

        After his idea for a magazine with condensed articles for time starved readers was rejected by several New York publishers, Wallace borrowed money from his family and launched Reader’s Digest from his... View Details
        Keywords: Publishing & Print Media
        • 17 Mar 2009
        • First Look

        First Look: March 17, 2009

        extremely encouraging, questions about raising his next venture round and the overall environment has made him question the wisdom of this plan. This case provides students an opportunity to explore the true cost of venture View Details
        Keywords: Martha Lagace
        • September 1999 (Revised November 1999)
        • Case

        Maxwell Shoe Company, Inc.

        By: Krishna G. Palepu
        This case examines analysts' claim that Maxwell's stock was undervalued. View Details
        Keywords: Debt Securities; Stocks; Valuation; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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        • 07 Aug 2007
        • First Look

        First Look: August 7, 2007

        financing proposals to pursue. A straight equity issue will dilute his principal shareholders' ownership, but seems like the safer alternative in an industry that is notorious for its high failure rate. On the other hand, a convertible View Details
        Keywords: Martha Lagace
        • 13 Mar 2018
        • First Look

        March 13, 2018

        import-intensive. Motivated by these facts, we build a dynamic model in which real depreciations raise the cost of importing intermediates but increase demand and the profitability to engage in exports and... View Details
        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
        • 20 Dec 2011
        • First Look

        First Look: December 20

        limited managers' incentives to take actions favoring equity over debt for firms in the vicinity of financial distress. We show that this ruling increased the likelihood of equity issues, increased investment, View Details
        Keywords: Carmen Nobel

          Samuel I. Newhouse

          At the age of 26 with $600 borrowed from his relatives, Newhouse bought his first local newspaper, the Staten Island Advance. Over the next five decades, Newhouse would amass a communications giant including a collection of 22 local... View Details
          Keywords: Publishing & Print Media
          • 29 Mar 2016
          • First Look

          March 29, 2016

          debt crisis of the 1980s, the Washington Consensus era, and reform efforts in the 2000s. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/711040-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 816-065 The... View Details
          Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
          • Web

          Baker for Alumni | Baker Library

          Baker for Alumni The Baker Library team partners with alumni throughout their learning journey. We strive to provide comprehensive services and resources to alums to support career and professional... View Details
          • Web

          Supplemental Financial Information | Annual Report 2024

          operating costs in fiscal 2024, consistent with fiscal 2023. Debt Service Three pools of funding—gifts, unrestricted reserves of internally generated cash, and the strategic use of View Details
          • 09 Sep 2008
          • First Look

          First Look: September 9, 2008

          influence the companies being rated. We focus on corporate environmental ratings, the primary purpose of which is to help investors select "socially responsible" and avoid "socially irresponsible" companies. We... View Details
          Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
          • 01 Oct 1998
          • News

          New Loan Program Signals Breakthrough in MBA Financial Aid

          Corporation, a subsidiary of Citibank, that allows MBA students to borrow funds through a customized version of Citibank's private CitiAssist program. Citibank will be granted preferred lender status with MBA students at HBS, although... View Details
          • August 1988 (Revised July 1996)
          • Case

          Colt Industries

          Colt Industries is a conglomerate that is considering undertaking a leveraged recapitalization. The deal would involve a large one-time dividend to stockholders, which would be financed by over $1 billion in new debt. Unlike in an leveraged buyout, however, public... View Details
          Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Equity; Economic Growth; Ownership Stake; Stocks; Borrowing and Debt; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Financial Strategy
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          • 07 Feb 2017
          • First Look

          First Look at New Research: February 7

          Valley, California, Western Technology Investment (WTI) specialized in a hybrid form of debt and equity financing for early-stage companies. Like traditional venture capital View Details
          Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
          • 31 May 2016
          • First Look

          May 31, 2016

          consider the possibility that the risk anomaly represents mispricing and develop its implications for corporate leverage. The risk anomaly generates a simple tradeoff theory: at zero leverage, the overall cost of capital falls as leverage... View Details
          Keywords: Sean Silverthorne