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  • 26 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 26, 2008

similar behavior following periods of poor financial performance. In addition to offering promotions more frequently, we find that firms offer deeper price discounts to manage earnings during these periods. Furthermore, our results... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Jul 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018

But while corporate political actions such as lobbying can have a greater impact on environmental quality, they are ignored in most current sustainability metrics. It is time for these metrics to be expanded to critically assess firms... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • July 2012
  • Article

The Real Consequences of Market Segmentation

By: Sergey Chernenko and Adi Sunderam
We study the real effects of market segmentation due to credit ratings using a matched sample of firms just above and just below the investment-grade cutoff. These firms have similar observables, including average investment rates. However, flows into high-yield mutual... View Details
Keywords: Segmentation; Credit; Investment; Investment Funds; Quality; Markets; Measurement and Metrics; Business Ventures
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  • 13 Jan 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Are Companies Actually Greener—or Are They All Talk?

Most companies now account for social good in their financial reports in some way, but with regulation scattershot and evolving, it’s complicated for investors to assess so-called ESG reports. The disclosures, known as Environmental, Social, and Governance reports,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • February 2018 (Revised August 2019)
  • Case

The Rise Fund: TPG Bets Big on Impact

By: Vikram S. Gandhi, Caitlin Reimers Brumme and Sarah Mehta
It is March 2017, and TPG, a global alternative investment firm with $74 billion assets under management, has recently launched its inaugural impact-investing fund—the $2 billion Rise Fund. In an effort to “take the religion out of impact investing,” Maya Chorengel,... View Details
Keywords: Impact Investing; Impact Measurement; Equity; Investment; Measurement and Metrics; Financial Services Industry; California; San Francisco
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Market Heterogeneity and Local Capacity Decisions in Services

By: Dennis Campbell and Frances X. Frei
We empirically document factors that influence how local operating managers use discretion to balance the tradeoff between service capacity costs and customer sensitivity to service time. Our findings, using data from one of the largest financial services providers in... View Details
Keywords: Customer Satisfaction; Cost; Standards; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Performance Capacity; Performance Productivity; Financial Services Industry; United States
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  • 2008
  • Working Paper

Consequences of Voluntary and Mandatory Fair Value Accounting: Evidence Surrounding IFRS Adoption in the EU Real Estate Industry

By: Karl A Muller III, Edward J. Riedl and Thorsten Sellhorn
We examine the causes and consequences of European real estate firms' decisions to provide investment property fair values prior to the required disclosure of this information under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). We find evidence that investor... View Details
Keywords: Fair Value Accounting; Financial Reporting; International Accounting; Corporate Disclosure; Standards; Real Estate Industry; European Union
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  • Web

Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

Better Way to Measure Social Impact By: Robert S. Kaplan and Constance Spitzer September 26, 2024 | Article | Harvard Business Review Digital Articles All impact investors report the financial returns from their funds and investments, and... View Details
  • Web

Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online

Introduction to Credential of Readiness (CORe) CORe INCLUDES Business Analytics, Economics for Managers, Financial Accounting, + final exam Save $1,790 with this 3-course bundle 3 Courses Credential of Readiness (CORe) $2,650 Next 12-week... View Details
  • 11 Apr 2012
  • Research & Ideas

The High Risks of Short-Term Management

Companies that manage for short-term gain rather than long-term growth have been blamed for everything from popularizing celebrity CEOs to causing a significant chunk of the current financial crisis. Now new research findings suggest that... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services
  • Web

The Role of Leaders - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

all constituencies Maintain discipline around the strategy, in the face of many distractions Decide which industry changes, technologies, and customer needs are relevant, and how to tailor responses to the company's strategy Measure progress against the strategy using... View Details
  • Web

HBS - PDF Downloads

2023 Annual Report From The Dean Key Metrics Financials PDF Downloads PDF Downloads Download Key Metrics Download Financials View Details
  • Web

Alternative Investments Course | HBS Online

yourself Who Will Benefit Early-Career Financial Services Professionals Aspiring Finance or Investment Professionals Non-Finance Professionals Gain a competitive edge by developing actionable skills in the alternative investments field... View Details
  • 08 May 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 8, 2018

forthcoming Management Science Evidence of Upcoding in Pay-for-Performance Programs By: Bastani, Hamsa, Joel Goh, and Mohsen Bayati Abstract—Recent Medicare legislation seeks to improve patient care quality by financially penalizing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Oct 2020
  • Research & Ideas

The Dark Side of Fintech Borrowing

fintech lenders harvest deeper insight into those borrowers that banks typically reject after running a standard credit check. Fintech lenders claim to consult additional metrics like utility bills or rent payments to identify... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services; Financial Services
  • 19 Jul 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Why Government 'Nudges' Motivate Good Citizen Behavior

reviewed every paper that was focused on that success metric and that was published in a top academic journal in the last 15 years. Analyzing the results, they didn’t always find that nudges were the most effective ways of moving the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • Web

Business for Social Impact | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

This multimedia case fo... A Better Way to Measure Social Impact By: Robert S. Kaplan and Constance Spitzer September 26, 2024 | Harvard Business Review Digital Articles All impact investors report the financial returns from their funds... View Details
  • 16 Jul 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

It’s never been easy to make money in the restaurant industry. A highly fragmented sector dominated by 70 percent independent owners and operators, the average restaurant’s annual revenue hovers around $1 million and generates an operating profit of just 4-5 percent. A... View Details
Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage
  • Web

Health Care - Faculty & Research

non-financial reward. The analysis yields three main findings. First, non-financial rewards are more effective at eliciting effort than either financial rewards or the volunteer contract and are also the most cost-effective of the four... View Details
  • 05 Jun 2009
  • What Do You Think?

What Does Slower Economic Growth Really Mean?

bad . Quantitative metrics serve as best indicators when they are based on qualitative platforms." Along this line, Ken Ackerman reminded us that "Growth is a product of confidence we spend too little time measuring the mood of... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Financial Services; Financial Services; Financial Services