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petition is submitted). Faculty Selection : In addition to submitting a petition in my.Harvard, students must email their resume and a statement of interest to the contact person or survey link listed in the "Class Notes" section of the... View Details

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08 Nov 2016
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November 8, 2016

reduce risk, though the effectiveness depends upon the role of capital structure in volatility. To address this question, we build a statistical model of equity volatility that accounts for leverage. Our approach blends Merton’s insights... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 May 2010
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economic obstacle of time and place by connecting excess supply (of physician capacity) with excess demand (for patient care). Could this model be adapted to other industries, such as legal and accounting services? Alternatively, should... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Sep 2011
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of Arts and Sciences, 2011 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Book: http://www.amacad.org/pdfs/challenges.pdf Information Risk and Fair Values: An Examination of Equity Betas Authors:Edward J. Riedl and George Serafeim Publication:Journal of View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 May 2019
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Investor Lawsuits Against Auditors Are Falling, and That's Bad News for Capital Markets

Investors rely on corporate auditors to keep impartial watch on the accounting practices of the companies they invest in. Historically, investors have not been shy about launching litigation when they believed auditors did not do enough... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Accounting; Accounting

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Community Values - MBA

Community Values Community Values At Harvard Business School we believe that leadership and values are inseparable. The teaching of ethics here is explicit, not implicit, and our Community Values of mutual respect, honesty and integrity, and personal View Details

William A. Sahlman

William Sahlman is a Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

Mr. Sahlman received an A.B. degree in Economics from Princeton University (1972), an M.B.A. from Harvard University (1975), and a Ph.D. in Business... View Details

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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online

principles to illuminate financial statements and unlock critical insights into business performance and potential. Explore how managers, Wall Street analysts, and entrepreneurs leverage accounting to drive... View Details

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Organize Care Around Medical Conditions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

unified financial structure which ideally is a unified profit and loss statement IPUs routinely measure outcomes, costs, care processes, and patient experience using a common platform, and accept joint View Details

27 Sep 2018
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Religion in the Workplace: What Managers Need to Know

Phillips appealed, the US Supreme Court took the case. Almost 100 organizations filed amicus briefs with the court, weighing in on one side of the issue or the other. “This isn’t about a cake,” Craig said in a statement before the Supreme... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage; Apparel & Accessories

July 2021
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'Why I Blew the Whistle': Mauro Botta v. PwC

By: Aiyesha Dey, Jonas Heese and Sarah Mehta

Set in April 2021, this case tells the story of Mauro Botta, a senior manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). In 2016, Botta filed a whistleblower claim with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, alleging that PwC had failed to fulfill its obligations to remain... View Details

Keywords: Accounting Audits; Financial Reporting; Financial Statements; Ethics; Fairness; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Governance; Corporate Governance; Accounting Industry; United States; California; San Jose

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Browse All topics Accounting Audits (3) Accounting (119) Acquisition (20) Activity Based Costing and Management (2) Adaptation (7) Adoption (3) Advertising Campaigns (6) Advertising (77) Agency Theory (3)... View Details

11 Aug 2009
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First Look: August 11, 2009

two days in the future do not show this want/should pattern, and we discuss a potential explanation. Signaling Firm Performance Through Financial Statement Presentation: An Analysis Using Special Items Authors:Edward J. Riedl and Suraj... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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student statements made in class. Commercial Videotaping & Photography Commercial videotaping and still photography on the Harvard Business School campus and within its buildings by outside agencies is not allowed without permission from... View Details

23 Jan 2023
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After High-Profile Failures, Can Investors Still Trust Credit Ratings?

Credit ratings play an essential role in global finance by assessing whether borrowers can meet their debt obligations. Agency analysts study data from financial statements to make initial assessments about bond issuers, which include... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

Dutch Leonard

Herman B. ("Dutch") Leonard is Eliot I. Snider and Family Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and the George F. Baker, Jr. Professor of Public Sector Management at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. In... View Details

Keywords: education industry; federal government; health care; nonprofit industry; state government

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statement. Even though it already had a clear business strategy and longstanding culture of empowering its employees, creating a nine-word purpose statement proved transformational. This was particularly true during the pandemic, when... View Details

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Becoming a Board Member - Alumni

your value statement to align with the board's focus and organization's needs. + – Highlight Relevant Expertise Board experience - for-profit or non-profit Fundraising experience Industry knowledge and contacts M&A experience IPO... View Details

01 Nov 2020
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Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness

normal times. ""I know you're doing the best you can." This statement is, with few exceptions, true. In scores of first-person accounts and on social media, people are reporting they are working harder than... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Susan Seligson

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