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- 17 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility
purpose to orient a company's activities, lend strategic direction, distinguish the company's activities and position, and infuse meaning and motivation into the efforts and activities of employees. Fourth, the purpose of the corporation...
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by Manda Salls
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Path Ahead
example, input from our alumni community—in particular, members of the African American Alumni Association—was critical in helping us develop the Racial Equity Plan and will continue to be essential as we implement it. Additionally, countless alumni stepped up during...
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- 06 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53888 Marketplace Lending: A New Banking Paradigm? By: Vallée, Boris, and Yao Zeng Abstract—Marketplace lending relies on large-scale loan screening by investors, a major deviation from the...
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- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
longer at the beginning or end. Credit Access and Social Welfare: The Rise of Consumer Lending in the United States and France Author:Gunnar Trumbull Publication:Politics and Society 40, no. 1 (2012) Abstract Research into the causes of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers
accuracy of audits. The authors note several reasons why this might be the case: Sociology studies have found that women tend to be better at both perceiving and integrating facts they observe, lending them a greater ability to notice...
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by Michael Blanding
- 21 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government’s Role as Fixer
assets seems to be based on the assumption that banks are the primary originator of new loans. In fact, banks accounted for only 22 percent of the credit extended in the United States. The main cause of reduced lending has been the...
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- 19 Aug 2010
- News
Catchphrases, Mottos, and Cheers
to jump up and lend a helping hand. Of course, he’d fix whatever the problem was. As a result, our section would respond with a “DEEEEEEAAAAAANNNNNN” chant. Sometimes we would even say it after he made a comment on a case in class. 2005E...
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- 26 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019
https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55694 forthcoming Journal of Monetary Economics U.S. Monetary Policy and Emerging Market Credit Cycles By: Bräuning, Falk, and Victoria Ivashina Abstract— Foreign banks’ lending to firms in...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Jun 2019
- News
Reframing Modern Art
ask them to loan you a painting for an exhibit. I imagine that being challenging. In some ways, you're kind of asking them to release this very valuable baby in their collection to you. Murrell: The process of convincing museums to lend...
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- 21 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 21, 2009
new venture, come to terms with YouTube, the leading video-sharing site on the Internet, or maintain a nonexclusive strategy? Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709447 Consumer View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 18 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 18
expenditures, general consumer inability to budget and forecast, bank incentives, and community norms and social capital. Furthermore, using both national data and a natural experiment, we find that access to payday lending seems to lead...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
FY19 Baker Library Annual Report
America project at Harvard Library.Baker Library made its first international loan to the Hong Kong Maritime Museum, lending 17 original items from Special Collections’ China Trade collections for the exhibition The Dragon and the Eagle:...
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- 07 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 7
initial investments in the form of equity, WTI focused primarily on lending money to start-ups, charging them interest and receiving warrants that could later be converted to stock in the case of a liquidity event. Most initial...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 24
external funds. Conditional on issuance of new debt, we interpret firms' switching from loans to bonds as a contraction in bank credit supply. We find strong evidence of substitution from loans to bonds at times characterized by tight View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 7
time. Book link: http://www.e-elgar-business.com/bookentry_main.lasso?id=12519 Small and Medium Firm Lending in Mexico: Lessons and Current Issues Authors:Rodrigo Canales and Ramana Nanda Publication:In Mexico Competitiveness Report 2009,...
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Martha Lagace
- 03 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 3, 2009
Reserve faced several critical decisions. Should they adjust interest rates? Was abandoning the gold standard an acceptable option? Should they lend more freely to the nation's commercial banks? Or would this only ensure the sorts of...
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Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
Ivashina and Zheng Sun Abstract Over the past decade, one of the most important developments in the corporate loan market has been the increasing participation of institutional investors in lending syndicates. As lenders, institutional...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
companies to source capital — the equity markets exited this business for the most part when oil prices fell to such low levels in 1997 and 1998, and banks slowed down their lending as well." "If smaller companies can grow off an...
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- 19 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy
credit went unanswered. So when Mills left SBA to come to HBS, she did the research herself. The resulting 2014 working paper found that small business was experiencing a credit crunch, particularly in lending from banks, despite creating...
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by Michael Blanding
- 31 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 31
oldest and most venerable firms in U.S. finance. Quadriserv's goal was a bold one: to revolutionize the equity securities lending market. While the potential payoff was large, the downside risk was not lost on Greg and the firm's other...
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Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel