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TRACE - OTC Corporate Bond Transaction Data | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
connecting via SSH to run programs in SAS, Python, R, or Stata. Related Resources WRDS - Wharton Research Data Services Database AttributesCoverage2002 - CurrentCategories Fixed Income Keywords bond trading convertible debt View Details
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Large-Scale Investment (LSI, MBA Elective Curriculum)
By: Benjamin C. Esty
Large-Scale Investment (LSI) is a case-based course about project finance that is designed for second-year MBA students. Project finance involves the creation of a legally independent project company financed with nonrecourse debt for the purpose of investing in a...
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- November 2011
- Case
Brink's Company: Activists Push for a Spin-off
By: Suraj Srinivasan, Aldo Sesia and Amy Kaser
The case studies the decision of the security services corporation Brink's Company to spin-off its home security division from the rest of the company. The decision followed intense pressure on the company by three activist hedge funds that felt that Brink's was...
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Keywords:
Activist Investors;
Spin-off;
Leveraged Recapitalization;
Debt;
Valuation;
Hedge Funds;
Conglomerates;
Investment Activism
Srinivasan, Suraj, Aldo Sesia, and Amy Kaser. "Brink's Company: Activists Push for a Spin-off." Harvard Business School Case 112-055, November 2011.
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Articles Detailed Chart of Baker Library Corporate Reports Detailed Chart of Baker Library Corporate Reports Bookmark This Detailed Chart of Baker Library Corporate Reports...
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- 1994
- Chapter
International Experiences with Securities Transaction Taxes
By: K. A. Froot and J. Campbell
Keywords:
Corporation Taxation;
Interest Deductibility;
Cost Of Capital;
Corporate Finance;
Accounting;
Borrowing and Debt;
Financing and Loans;
Interest Rates
Froot, K. A., and J. Campbell. "International Experiences with Securities Transaction Taxes." In The Internationalization of Equity Markets, edited by J. Frankel, 277–308. University of Chicago Press, 1994. (Revised from NBER Working Paper No. 4587, December 1993; also featured in The NBER Digest, May 1994.)
- 25 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Chapter 11 Saved the US Economy
and Chapter 11 played a heroic role in helping the country rebound. He outlines these ideas in Coming Through in a Crisis: How Chapter 11 and the Debt Restructuring Industry Are Helping to Revive the US Economy , published in the fall...
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- 2022
- Working Paper
The Issuance and Design of Sustainability-linked Loans
By: Maria Loumioti and George Serafeim
Sustainability-linked loans (i.e., syndicated loans for which pricing is linked to a sustainability performance indicator) have rapidly evolved into a significant private debt product. We find that sustainability-linked lending has been available mostly to borrowers...
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Keywords:
Sustainability;
Sustainability Management;
Credit Products;
Loan Contracts;
Loans;
Corporate Finance;
Credit Risk;
Environment;
ESG;
ESG Ratings;
Climate Change;
Finance;
Borrowing and Debt;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Credit
Loumioti, Maria, and George Serafeim. "The Issuance and Design of Sustainability-linked Loans." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-027, November 2022.
- August 2014 (Revised March 2016)
- Case
Thomas Cook Group on the Brink (A)
By: Benjamin C. Esty, Stuart C. Gilson and Aldo Sesia
Harriett Green, the newly appointed CEO of Thomas Cook Group, faces a daunting set of business and financial challenges at the 171-year old UK travel services company. The company has lost almost £600 million in the last three quarters; has seen its stock price fall...
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Keywords:
Turnaround;
Corporate Restructuring;
Change Leadership;
Female Ceo;
Change Management;
Communication Strategy;
Borrowing and Debt;
Cash Flow;
Cost Management;
Financial Liquidity;
Financial Management;
Executive Compensation;
Leading Change;
Crisis Management;
Value Creation;
Travel Industry;
United Kingdom
Esty, Benjamin C., Stuart C. Gilson, and Aldo Sesia. "Thomas Cook Group on the Brink (A)." Harvard Business School Case 215-008, August 2014. (Revised March 2016.)
- 19 Sep 2011
- News
How to Bring Our Companies' Foreign Profits Back Home
- October 2022 (Revised February 2024)
- Case
Masdar City: Aiming for Sustainable and Profitable Real Estate
By: Boris Vallee and Fares Khrais
Masdar City broke ground in 2008 and was conceived by the Abu Dhabi government to be an international beacon of innovation in sustainable energy and real estate. It was also to be a profitable investment for the government. At first glance, the two goals pulled in...
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Keywords:
Analysis;
Business Growth And Maturation;
Decisions;
Public Sector;
Financial Crisis;
Construction;
Climate Change;
Green Technology;
Borrowing And Debt;
Corporate Finance;
Capital;
Capital Budgeting;
Capital Structure;
Cost Of Capital;
Equity;
REIT;
Financial Management;
Financial Strategy;
Initial Public Offering;
Innovation;
Growth And Development Strategy;
Emerging Markets;
Urban Development;
Middle East;
United Arab Emirates;
Sustainable Cities;
Green Building;
Business and Government Relations;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Financing and Loans;
Real Estate Industry;
Construction Industry;
Energy Industry;
Green Technology Industry;
Abu Dhabi
Vallee, Boris, and Fares Khrais. "Masdar City: Aiming for Sustainable and Profitable Real Estate." Harvard Business School Case 223-036, October 2022. (Revised February 2024.)
- November 2000 (Revised December 2000)
- Case
Loewen Group Inc., The
By: Stuart C. Gilson and Jose Camacho
A publiclytraded funeral home and cemetery consolidator faces imminent financial distress. The company has aggressively grown through use of debt. Restructuring the debt is potentially very costly to creditors, shareholders, suppliers, and other corporate stakeholders....
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Keywords:
International Accounting;
Restructuring;
Capital Structure;
Cost of Capital;
Debt Securities;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Crisis Management;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Service Industry
Gilson, Stuart C., and Jose Camacho. "Loewen Group Inc., The." Harvard Business School Case 201-062, November 2000. (Revised December 2000.)
- 14 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 14
money demand could explain up to approximately half the growth of ABCP in the mid-2000s. Publisher's link: http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/money_20140929_6871f5d1-2375-4716-a7c5-8b94d7541b54.pdf Working Papers Government View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/Do%20Analysts%20Add%20Value%20When%20They%20Most%20Can_d87e063a-a7e0-44e2-83fe-a1999565b7f0.pdf Coming Through in a Crisis: How Chapter 11 and the Debt Restructuring Industry Are Helping to...
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Sean Silverthorne
- February 1991 (Revised July 1994)
- Case
Tom Paine Mutual Life Insurance Company
A junior portfolio manager at a major life insurance company must choose among various public and private debt alternatives in connection with the funding of a new Guaranteed Investment Contract. The case serves as an introduction to life insurance companies as...
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Moore, Ronald W. "Tom Paine Mutual Life Insurance Company." Harvard Business School Case 291-030, February 1991. (Revised July 1994.)
- June 2018
- Case
Burton Sensors, Inc.
By: William E. Fruhan and Wei Wang
Burton Sensors presents a realistic situation where a small, rapidly growing, and profitable temperature sensor original equipment manufacturer (OEM) reaches its debt capacity and seeks equity financing to sustain high growth. The president of the company must decide...
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Keywords:
Financing and Loans;
Acquisition;
Investment;
Financial Strategy;
Decision Choices and Conditions
Fruhan, William E., and Wei Wang. "Burton Sensors, Inc." Harvard Business School Brief Case 918-539, June 2018.
- July 2005 (Revised December 2005)
- Case
General Motors U.S. Pension Funds
By: Luis M. Viceira and Helen Tung
In June 2003, General Motors Corp. (GM) successfully marketed the largest corporate debt offering in U.S. history, worth $17.6 billion. The offering included $13.6 billion worth of debt denominated in dollars, euros, and pounds and $4 billion dollars denominated in...
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Keywords:
Decisions;
Bonds;
Investment Return;
Policy;
Borrowing and Debt;
Corporate Finance;
Auto Industry;
United States
Viceira, Luis M., and Helen Tung. "General Motors U.S. Pension Funds." Harvard Business School Case 206-001, July 2005. (Revised December 2005.)
- August 2006
- Article
Predicting Returns with Managerial Decision Variables: Is There a Small-Sample Bias?
By: Malcolm Baker, Ryan Taliaferro and Jeffrey Wurgler
Many studies find that aggregate managerial decision variables, such as aggregate equity issuance, predict stock or bond market returns. Recent research argues that these findings may be driven by an aggregate time-series version of Schultz's (2003, Journal of Finance...
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Keywords:
Prejudice and Bias;
Fairness;
Managerial Roles;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Equity;
Bonds;
Financial Markets;
Investment;
Capital Markets;
Borrowing and Debt;
Investment Return
Baker, Malcolm, Ryan Taliaferro, and Jeffrey Wurgler. "Predicting Returns with Managerial Decision Variables: Is There a Small-Sample Bias?" Journal of Finance 61, no. 4 (August 2006): 1711–1730. (Section V of "Pseudo Market Timing and Predictive Regressions, NBER Working Paper Series, No. 10823, contains additional analyses.)
Daniel W. Green
Daniel Green is an assistant professor of business administration in the Finance Unit. He teaches the Finance II course to MBA students.
Professor Green’s research focuses on corporate finance, capital markets, and financial intermediation. His current... View Details
- March 1992 (Revised June 1992)
- Case
Thermo Electron Corp.
George Hatsopoulos, CEO at Thermo Electron Corp., is considering whether to issue shares in a subsidiary via an initial public offering (IPO). The company has developed an unusual corporate structure in which subsidiaries fund new ventures by raising debt and equity in...
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Keywords:
Financial Management;
Business Subsidiaries;
Resource Allocation;
Valuation;
Organizational Structure;
Business Headquarters;
Initial Public Offering;
Capital Structure;
Capital Markets;
Financial Strategy;
Corporate Finance;
Semiconductor Industry;
Technology Industry
Baldwin, Carliss Y. "Thermo Electron Corp." Harvard Business School Case 292-104, March 1992. (Revised June 1992.)
- April 2021 (Revised July 2023)
- Case
The Turnaround at Ford Motor Company
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Olivia Jung
This case describes the corporate turnaround of the Ford Motor Company under the charismatic leadership of Alan Mulally. Ford was in deep trouble in the early 2000s as its prices and debt ratings plummeted and employee morale suffered. In 2006, the company anticipated...
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Keywords:
Turnaround;
Transformation;
Restructuring;
Organizational Culture;
Leading Change;
Performance Improvement;
Auto Industry;
North America
Edmondson, Amy C., and Olivia Jung. "The Turnaround at Ford Motor Company." Harvard Business School Case 621-101, April 2021. (Revised July 2023.)