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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 debt issues that played key roles in the economic crisis that hit... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
The Class of 1977
others. I view my volunteer efforts as a way to perpetuate the University as a renewable resource that will benefit others for generations to come.” is partner and national director of China for Ernst & Young. Born and raised in Hong... View Details
Keywords: Desmond Wong
- Web
Timeline - Race, Gender & Equity
bankruptcy or bad debts 1985 USDA approves the sale of the first genetically altered organism 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act prohibits employers with more than three employees from discriminating against anyone (except... View Details
- 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... View Details
- 08 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 8
activity between strategic (operating firms) and financial (private equity) acquirers. What are the economic factors that drive either financial or strategic buyers to dominant positions in M&A activity? We introduce debt market... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Oct 2013
- News
Moving the Needle
private debt and equity options. That position took her on a trip to Kenya this summer to search for investment opportunities—including microfinance, sustainable agriculture, clean cook stoves, and urban sanitation—viewing them through a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Big Bailouts, Little Debate
everyone to own a home, and so homeownership became a national obsession, fertilizing the roots of this mess. I’ve spent a lot of time asking people why some of the most important decisions received such little discussion. Here’s the most... 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
- 05 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 5, 2006
American multinational firms respond to politically risky environments by adjusting their capital structures abroad and at home. Foreign subsidiaries located in politically risky countries have significantly more debt than do other... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Nov 2024
- Op-Ed
How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis
African people, businesses, and nations are becoming increasingly stressed by climate-related perils like droughts, river flooding, extreme heat, and rising sea levels. This is leading not only to the destruction of assets but also... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Globalization Revisited
interview with Levitt conducted by HBS professor emeritus Stephen A. Greyser, was shown at the colloquium. See article) Virtually all colloquium participants acknowledged a debt to Levitt, pointing to elements of his 1983 article that... View Details
- 08 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 8, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208088 Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDOs) Harvard Business School Note 208-113 This lesson integrated Merton's (1974) contingent claims model of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Rival Visions
captured the redoubt. Hamilton, sword in hand and the first person to leap into the fray, could not have written a better script or carried it off with more élan. It was the perfect culmination of his time in the army, and it made him a legitimate View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Dean Clark Reflects on the School’s Key Initiatives
remarkable. We then work equally hard to make sure the students we want can come to Soldiers Field. The prospect of graduating with high levels of debt can narrow our applicant pool and restrict the career paths of our graduates, so we... View Details
- 12 Apr 2017
- Blog Post
2+2er Pursues HBS/HKS Joint Degree
six-figure debt burden left me feeling uneasy. Shortly thereafter, I learned that HBS has an incredibly generous and equitable financial aid program. They operate under the assumption that all the students they admit are equally... View Details
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
of hospitals, and to contrast these concerns with national patient safety initiatives. Data Sources. Primary data include semi-structured interviews with frontline staff and 1732 staff identified operational failures at 20 U.S. hospitals... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 16, 2016
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/715440-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 714-031 U.S. Government Debt and the Debate over a Balanced Budget Amendment In the first decade of the 21st century, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 May 2023
- Blog Post
Choosing To Be Optimistic about Climate Change
raised from private sources of equity and debt financing. According to Mark Carney, United Nations Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance, the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero has resources to... View Details
- 14 Nov 2019
- Book
Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History
Turkey’s economic development story has always been something of a black box for scholars to understand, perhaps in part because many of the most successful business enterprises there have been in family hands and largely closed to public scrutiny. The authors of a new... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Four Promoted to Full Professor
environment. He has written on a broad range of restructuring topics, including corporate bankruptcy and debt workouts, tracking stock, equity spin-offs, corporate downsizing, bank mergers, and employee buyouts. Currently, he is studying... View Details