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Patricia Bilden on the occasion of Philip's 25th Reunion to encourage students from the US Armed Forces to pursue an MBA at HBS. Philip served in the US Army Reserve as a military intelligence officer for 10 years, during which time he received his MBA. He graduated... View Details

31 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 31, 2009

opportunity to bid for debt and equity claims on Plascar Industria e Comercio Ltda., the Brazilian subsidiary of the bankrupt global auto components company Collins & Aikman Corp. In evaluating this opportunity, students must analyze... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 9

http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/709495-PDF-ENG Wal-Mart's Use of Interest Rate Swaps Harvard Business School Case 108-038 "Wal-Mart's Use of Interest Rate Swaps" recounts Wal-Mart's use of interest rate swaps to hedge the fair value of its fixed-rate... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Feb 2002
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How To Do Business in Islamic Countries

"For instance, if you invested in an Islamic mutual fund, among those industries which would be barred from representation as funds would be the gambling industry. But gambling also relates to futures; it relates to currency hedging;... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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About - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

historical database of banking, stock market, and currency crises with data on over 60 countries back to 1800. Please visit our data page for visualizations and data downloads, organized by topic. You may also be interested in the Harvard... View Details

25 Jan 2010
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A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy

there's in fact no alternative to foreigners buying our assets, either debt or equity. As I said, if you're earning $100,000 and you're spending $106,000, you're going to have to borrow or draw down your... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 2001
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How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company

managers face here are many and varied. In a bankruptcy restructuring, for example, one obvious objective is to reduce the firm's overall debt load. However, cancellation of debt creates equivalent taxable... View Details

Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson

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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

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Research - Private Capital Project

financial and non-financial sectors in 115 economies over the period 1940–2014, we document the following evidence that corporate debt plays a key role in explaining boom-bust cycles, financial crises, and slow... September 2023 Case... View Details

05 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018

traditional question of how the inflow of foreign workers affects native employment and earnings to explore effects on innovation and productivity, wage inequality across skill groups, the behavior of multinational firms, firm-level... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

15 Jan 2019
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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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Speeding Up the Trade: Clippers and Steamships - A Chronicle of the China Trade

of the China Trade Introduction Doing Business with China Augustine Heard & Co. The Canton Trade Commodities & Currencies Treaty Ports & Compradors Clippers & Steamships Exploring Trade Links Chinese Competition Expatriate Traders... View Details

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Globalization - Faculty & Research

is a high propensity for earnings management. Overall, these findings suggest that country factors explain mean reversion in accounting returns and are therefore relevant for firm valuation. Article Spanning the Institutional Abyss: The Intergovernmental Network and... View Details

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Eligibility | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

following: US federal student aid (e.g., Perkins, GradPLUS, Stafford) US state programs (e.g., MEFA, VSAC, etc.) Foreign national, state, and provincial educational loan schemes Educational loans from a bank or credit union (e.g., HUECU,... View Details

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Faculty - Creating Emerging Markets

Fuhr Robert Brozin Victoria Ivashina Lovett-Learned Professor of Business Administration Anne and James F. Rothenberg Faculty Fellow Unit Head, Finance Research Interests : bank debt , corporate finance , financial distress , financial... View Details

24 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 24

2012. The projections appeared contrary to Hayman Capital's views on Japan, where the fund had built a bearish position. Japan had the world's highest debt burden, whether expressed as a percentage of GDP or government revenue. Guided by... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Buy Now, Pay Later &mdash Easy Payments: The Rise of Installment Selling

in installments is an ancient one. In 1641, when the Pilgrims consolidated the “heavy burthens” they owed London creditors, they arranged to pay their debts in four annual “estallments.” 18 But it was mechanization and the mass production... View Details

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After the Opium War: Treaty Ports and Compradors - A Chronicle of the China Trade