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    Camille J. Douglas

    CAMILLE J. DOUGLAS is a Lecturer at Harvard Business School and a Lecturer and Senior Fellow at Harvard University Graduate School of Design in their inaugural Master of Real Estate (MRE) degree program. She was an Adjunct Professor in Finance and... View Details

    • 31 Jul 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: July 31

    reviews, to reward top achievers and put low performers on notice. The practical challenges of applying this system are illustrated in three brief vignettes. In the first two, students can assume the role of a manager charged with... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • February 2006
    • Case

    Fraikin SA

    By: W. Carl Kester, Vincent Marie Dessain and Monika Stachowiak
    Provides an example of a so-called "whole business" securitization. In early 2004, Fraikin, France's leading industrial vehicle rental company, compares several alternatives for refinancing a large bridge loan within a year. Presents three primary options: a classic... View Details
    Keywords: Debt Securities; Transportation; Renting or Rental; Transportation Industry; Service Industry; France
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    • February 1982 (Revised June 1990)
    • Case

    Massey-Ferguson Ltd.—1980

    By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Scott P. Mason
    Massey Ferguson began fiscal year 1981 in default on $2.5 billion of outstanding debt. The company's future depends on the ability of lenders, the governments of Canada and Ontario, and management, to agree on a refinancing plan. The case reviews Massey's performance... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Condition; Financial Markets; Financing and Loans; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financial Strategy; Borrowing and Debt; Corporate Finance; Canada
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    Finance - Faculty & Research

    mechanism that amplifies interest rate volatility. I find strong support for these predictions in the time series of US government bond returns. 2014 Working Paper Financial Repression in the European Sovereign Debt Crisis By: Bo Becker... View Details
    • 22 Dec 2020
    • Blog Post

    The Forward Fellowship Convinced Me That I Belong at HBS

    didn’t believe I fit the bill as the all-ambitious corporate guru that I imagined all HBS students to be (hilarious in retrospect). With encouragement from my friends and professors, I decided to apply anyway, and wow, am I happy I did. I... View Details
    • 28 Oct 2009
    • Lessons from the Classroom

    HBS Begins Teaching Consumer Finance

    management, financial markets, private equity, venture capital, financial engineering (which I also coteach), and a host of other topics. Retail financial services are also occasionally the subject of cases in other areas. But we didn't have a course that would help... View Details
    Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Financial Services; Education
    • 16 Jan 2018
    • Blog Post

    How Can I Prepare to Apply for Financial Aid at HBS?

    any were received for those three years. 6. Work on improving your credit score (if applicable)A portion of our students take on debt as part of their plan to finance an MBA. If you are a View Details
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    HBS - The year in Review

    plays in addressing the world’s most complex challenges and opportunities. Reimagining management education for the 21st century across all of the School’s educational programs. Students Arrive Approximately 8,200 applicants sought a... View Details
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    Loan Reduction - Entrepreneurship

    Loan Reduction ROCK CENTER LOAN REDUCTION PROGRAM The Rock Center Loan Reduction Program helps to reduce the educational debt repayment burden for a limited number of graduating student founders committed to... View Details
    • 15 Jan 2019
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019

    Business School Case 719-417 National Australia Bank: Looking Out for the Customer After learning that most defaults were due to health, job, or marital problems, National Australia Bank revised its debt collection department to shift... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
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    Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

    Master it and you will be in a better position to make your company a massive success. But how do you finance a new venture? In this note, I will try to help answer this question by addressing the following topics: Types of funding. The two major types of startup... View Details
    • September 1992 (Revised March 1998)
    • Case

    Japan Confronts an Interdependent World

    By: George C. Lodge
    Traces the evolution of Japan's economic strategy from 1972 to 1992. Describes the collapse of the Japanese stock market in the spring of 1992, raising the question: Is this the end of Japan's miraculous growth? To help students consider that question, the case... View Details
    Keywords: Policy; Financial Markets; Information Technology; System Shocks; Borrowing and Debt; Financial Crisis; Government and Politics; Growth and Development; Situation or Environment; Japan; United States
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    HBS - Key Metrics

    2023 Annual Report From The Dean Key Metrics Financials PDF Downloads Key Metrics Financials (in millions) 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 Revenues $1,067 $966 $805 $861 $925 Expenses 1,003 908 779 831 821 Net Operating Surplus 64 58 26 30 104 Capital Investments 31 43 22 43... View Details
    • 21 Nov 2022
    • Research & Ideas

    Buy Now, Pay Later: How Retail's Hot Feature Hurts Low-Income Shoppers

    offer the short-term loans to consumers. And it’s no wonder: Consumers using the payment method often spend more than they would with a credit card, according to new research by Harvard Business School professors Marco Di Maggio and Emily Williams, and HBS doctoral... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Retail; Financial Services; Technology
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    2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

    cohorts that came before you. How do they spend their time? What brings you – and them – life satisfaction? Hear about the MBA course — Crafting Your Life — that Professor Perlow recently introduced to help students live consistently with... View Details
    • 04 Sep 2001
    • Research & Ideas

    Is Government Just Stupid? How Bad Decisions Are Made

    decision making. These barriers are: Do no harm. Their gain is our loss. Competition is always good. Support our group. Live for the moment. No pain for us, no gain for them. The antidote? An approach used in the business schools, whereby View Details
    Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman, Jonathan Baron & Katherine Shonk
    • January 2009 (Revised October 2011)
    • Case

    Barack Obama and the Bush Tax Cuts (A)

    By: Matthew C. Weinzierl and Eric D. Werker
    As his inauguration approached, President-elect Obama faced a financial sector meltdown, a costly bailout, and massive government deficits. With the economy in recession, interest rates near zero, and joblessness on the rise, Obama needed to decide whether, and how... View Details
    Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Crisis; Borrowing and Debt; Financial Management; Policy; Government Administration; Taxation; United States
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    • 06 Aug 2020
    • Blog Post

    My HBS Financial Aid Story: Why I Chose to Invest in My Future

    My first thought after getting accepted to HBS was, “I can’t believe I got in! I need to call my mom!” The second was, “How am I going to pay for this?” I grew up thinking debt was unequivocally bad. Many people in my life discussed View Details
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    Alumni Engagement | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

    Program reduces the educational debt burden for qualifying alumni serving in managerial positions in nonprofits, public sector organizations, or for-profit social enterprises. Alumni Recruiting Organizations interested in hiring HBS... View Details