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- 02 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Explaining China's Crash
seven-year high. The consequences were felt by financial markets everywhere. Q: Given how opaque China’s economy is, does anyone accurately know how deep or lasting this slowdown might be? A: The official numbers must indeed be taken with... View Details
- Web
Policymakers - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
universal measurement and public reporting Link reimbursement to clinical performance using outcome reporting Set accounting standards for meaningful cost reporting in health care Accelerate the bundled... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Sustaining a commitment to the environment
Paul Zofnass (AB 1969, MBA 1973) is a 24/7 environmentalist who embraces the synergy between good business and the conservation of natural resources. In 1990 he founded the Environmental Financial Consulting Group, which provides View Details
- September 2008 (Revised September 2011)
- Background Note
Note: Credit Rating Agencies
The note examines the role of credit rating agencies in capital markets, with emphasis on the role of these agencies in the recent credit crisis and recommendations for change. View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Capital Markets; Credit; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Standards
Fruhan, William E. "Note: Credit Rating Agencies." Harvard Business School Background Note 209-056, September 2008. (Revised September 2011.)
- 21 Jul 2006
- Op-Ed
Enron Jury Sent the Right Message
The most noteworthy message of the Enron trial is that corporate executives can be convicted in a court of law for a pattern of deception that may or may not be illegal. Left unaddressed in the trial were many financial transactions and... View Details
Keywords: by Malcolm S. Salter
- 07 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Personalized Entrepreneurial Finance and Other VC Trends
and believe in. Consider that one of those tools, crowdfunding, is on track to account for more investment money than venture capital itself by 2016, rising from just $880 million in 2010 to an estimated $34 billion by 2015. To understand... View Details
- September 1992 (Revised April 1993)
- Case
General Mills, Inc. 1992: Analyzing an Annual Report
By: William J. Bruns Jr. and Marc H. Zablatsky
Bruns, William J., Jr., and Marc H. Zablatsky. "General Mills, Inc. 1992: Analyzing an Annual Report." Harvard Business School Case 193-043, September 1992. (Revised April 1993.)
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
career in investment banking/investment management are associated with exposure drafts perceived as decreasing accounting "reliability"; and FASB members' affiliations with the Democratic Party are associated with proposing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jul 2003
- Keynote Speech
The Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley and the NYSE Rules on American Corporate Governance
By: W. Carl Kester
- 19 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Inexperienced Investors and Market Bubbles
"Past performance is no guarantee of future results." —standard financial disclaimer Neophyte investors—it is believed—play a role in creating asset price bubbles such as the tech collapse a few years ago. Just think back to the... View Details
- September 2005 (Revised January 2006)
- Supplement
Restating Revenues and Earnings at INVESTools, Inc. (B)
By: Michael D. Kimbrough and F. Warren McFarlan
Kimbrough, Michael D., and F. Warren McFarlan. "Restating Revenues and Earnings at INVESTools, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 106-010, September 2005. (Revised January 2006.)
- September 2005 (Revised January 2006)
- Supplement
Restating Revenues and Earnings at INVESTools, Inc. (D)
By: Michael D. Kimbrough and F. Warren McFarlan
Kimbrough, Michael D., and F. Warren McFarlan. "Restating Revenues and Earnings at INVESTools, Inc. (D)." Harvard Business School Supplement 106-013, September 2005. (Revised January 2006.)
- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
http://www.people.hbs.edu/liyer/BCCI_JEBO_Final_Sept2013.pdf August 2013 Contemporary Accounting Research The Role of Performance Measures in the Intertemporal Decisions of Business Unit Managers By: Bouwens, Jan, Margaret A. Abernethy,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018
companies. Ambuja is a leader in CSR activities and is attempting to quantify its impact, both positive and negative, using the “True Value” framework developed by the global accounting firm KPMG. True Value is an innovation in this area... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Naina Lal Kidwai
Raised in Mumbai and Delhi, Naina Lal Kidwai (MBA ’82) went away to school in Simla, in the Himalayas, and has conducted her career at similarly lofty heights ever since. A Delhi University alumna and the first Indian woman to graduate from HBS, Kidwai joined ANZ... View Details
- August 2010 (Revised December 2010)
- Supplement
Urban Water Partners (A) (CW)
By: Karthik Ramanna and George Serafeim
The case explores a new venture to bring clean water to Tanzanians who otherwise cannot access or afford it. Management has enough money to get their company through August 2010, but needs more capital. An HBS alum is interested in investing in the company;... View Details
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FactSet | Baker Library
FactSet Financial data analysis platform to analyze data from global equity and fixed income markets. Read More Coverage includes data and information on ownership and private equity and venture capital investments. It also includes... View Details
- 22 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business
always been alternative forms of loan capital available, including credit unions, Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), merchant cash advances, equipment leasing and factoring products. “Alternative players have the... View Details
- 21 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 21
cost of capital and in turn the rates available to borrowers. Standard theory predicts that, in perfect and efficient capital markets, reducing banks' leverage reduces the risk and cost of equity but leaves the overall weighted average... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Where Are They Now?
holds the Deloitte & Touche LLP Chair of Accountancy at the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business, looks back at his teaching career at HBS with fondness, he has no regrets about leaving when he did in 1990. “I... View Details