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- 10 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis
When Standard & Poor's Rating Services lowered its long-term sovereign credit rating on the United States from AAA to AA+ on August 5, it was a shot heard 'round the world. Stock markets plummeted, investors covered their eyes,...
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by Staff
- 06 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products?
is enough interest to go further? Which is the better strategy for young innovators? What are the pros and cons of each? Can the risks be measured and mitigated? “The pitch or spec dilemma touches any independent inventor looking to sell...
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- 01 Dec 2009
- News
An Action Plan for Economic Recovery
financial products are systemically risky, like credit default swaps. What would you do? My proposal is just the opposite of the Treasury’s. I would put the Fed in charge of risk monitoring because that’s...
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- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
the importance of risk management and oversight. Robert C. Merton, the John and Natty McArthur University Professor, similarly expressed concern about the unintended consequences of change on Wall Street, closing with the assertion that...
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- 04 Aug 2014
- Op-Ed
Why Small-Business Lending Is Not Recovering
Editor's note: This is the second in a series of articles based on a Harvard Business School working paper by Karen Mills that analyzes the current state of availability of bank capital for small business. During the 2008 financial crisis, small businesses were...
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- 01 Dec 2019
- News
INK: Big News for Small Business
have a life-threatening cash crunch. But if it were to happen, they would have more options to borrow at affordable rates. Fintech is going to create more access for everyone, across the board, including women and minority-owned businesses that are often not...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- Web
Independent Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Post An Independent Project Independent Projects provide second-year HBS students with the opportunity to earn academic credit while they apply their skills to the real-world challenges facing organizations. Under faculty supervision,...
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Corporate Finance: Corporate Financial Operations (CFO) - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Corporate Finance: Corporate Financial Operations (CFO) Course Number 1416 Professor C. Fritz Foley Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits28 SessionsExamQualifies for Management Science Track Credit Career Focus This course provides a...
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- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Rx for Too Big to Fail
there is a real risk of oversimplifying the problem. If tough rhetoric becomes a substitute for tough regulation, we will — tragically — miss our best shot at a financially stable future. There are plenty of good reasons to crack down on...
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- 02 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Paul’s Sabbatical Story: Hypothesis-testing by sabbaticals
Taking extended leave wasn’t a new idea for Paul Luning (MBA 2011), it was more of a family tradition: his parents credit their extended honeymoon as a defining moment in their lives. Paul took time off when he could, by studying abroad,...
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- 13 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
Cash and the Woman-Owned Business
not invest sufficient capital in their own businesses. Either: a) They can't. b) They won't. 2. Women lack fundamental business skills and experience: a) They do not have strong math skills. b) They have little or no relevant financial experience. 3. Women are bad...
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- 09 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation
better assess risk and make more accurate lending decisions. "One of the reasons that lending to small businesses is so costly is that it's very difficult to assess credit risk," Mills says....
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Cities, Structures, and Climate Shocks - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Cities, Structures, and Climate Shocks Course Number 1487 Senior Lecturer John Macomber Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits27 SessionsFinal ExamFormerly “Sustainable Cities and Climate Adaptation”Qualifies for Management Science Track View Details
- May 2005 (Revised January 2006)
- Case
Ticonderoga: Inverse Floating Rate Bond
Presents a simple interest hedging exercise. A hedge fund is considering an investment in a structured fixed--income product: an inverse floating-rate bond, or inverse floater, designed by a U.S. investment bank. The hedge fund's normal policy is to hedge interest rate...
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Risk and Uncertainty;
Credit Derivatives and Swaps;
Bonds;
Investment Funds;
Interest Rates
Chacko, George C., and Anders Sjoman. "Ticonderoga: Inverse Floating Rate Bond." Harvard Business School Case 205-113, May 2005. (Revised January 2006.)
- 31 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 31, 2007
collection on an American consumer and how credit agencies share the information to determine proper credit risk and worthiness of a consumer. The American system as defined in...
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Martha Lagace
- 27 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Buy big, sell small
cofounder of ApnaKlub, a wholesale digital platform that helps kirana owners aggregate their buying power and access credit tools and other services. “These are micro businesses that run on tight margins. If shopkeepers run out of...
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- 06 Dec 2011
- Op-Ed
Greater Fiscal Integration Best Solution for Euro Crisis
increase in borrowing cost, paralleling that of their respective sovereigns, while their collateral is decreasing in value. Since the amount of leverage in the system is still high, equity valuations and capital ratios are squeezed. The result is both a weak financial...
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by Dante Roscini
- 08 Mar 2016
- Blog Post
6 Discoveries I Made About HBS
wasted a lot of time feeling like I was behind. 2. Second year is a great time to take some risks Make EC year work for you, and take the risks you want to take. There are tons of resources (financial and...
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- 29 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Are First-Time Buyers Left Out of Real Estate’s Rebound?
single-family homes. But all things considered, there is evidence that we may have turned the corner. Q: How successful have been the Obama Administration's efforts to loosen credit for individual homebuyers? A: It is, of course, much...
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- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Seth Klarman
all-consuming. He makes time for family and outside pursuits. As his three children grew, he coached his daughters’ soccer teams and attended his son’s recitals. And he is deeply committed to a number of philanthropic causes. Klarman recently took time to discuss...
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