Publications

10 Mar 2015
First Look

First Look: March 10

with data about the relative importance of courses and (2) to provide faculty with information about how to improve the curriculum and best advise students. The most salient result is that students were strongly advised to study View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni

reduction to less than full-time, termination, change in employment location to outside of Africa, or change in employer. Application Process for Joiners To be considered for the GO Fellowship, you must complete and submit the online application . Via the online... View Details

05 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Six Ways to Build Trust in Negotiations

had handled the account to find out the concerns Impress had had before the conflict escalated. She arranged to offer Impress a few perks in a new contract as a show of good faith. She asked the president of another RLX client, who knew... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra

23 Dec 2014
First Look

First Look: December 23

itself (to send a useful signal to constituencies); c) avoiding (or making) statements that inflame (or mollify) the other side's internal opponents; d) helping the other side attractively frame the deal for Level II acceptability; e)... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Demonstration Policy | About

Demonstration Policy This policy outlines guidance and requirements for and restrictions on demonstrations and other forms of dissent on the Harvard Business School campus. It complements the University-Wide Statement on Rights and... View Details

18 Nov 2015
Research & Ideas

Who Really Determines CEO Salary Packages?

Effects on the Design of Executive Compensation Contracts. The answer could help to explain why CEO salaries tend to be very high across the board. “There’s always been this black box surrounding what happens in the boardroom,” says Gallani, an assistant professor in... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consulting

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

2022 Annual Report From The Dean Key Metrics Financials PDF Downloads Financials From the CFO Financial Highlights Statement of Activity & Cash Flows Consolidated Balance Sheet Supplemental Financial Information Financials From the CFO... View Details

08 Jul 2019
Research & Ideas

Are Paywalls Saving Newspapers?

coauthors, Ho Kim of the University of Missouri, St. Louis, and Reo Song of California State University, Long Beach, analyzed 79 print media firms using 10 years of circulation and subscription price data (from publishers’ statements to... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Journalism & News; Media & Broadcasting

12 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

Using the Law to Strategic Advantage

enough about the general practice of management that they can communicate effectively with the management team. A lawyer who can't read an income statement or understand the rudiments of strategy is far less able to help the non-lawyers... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Legal Services

May 2022
Case

Maestro Pizza: Coming in Hot!

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Fares Khrais

Maestro Pizza opened its first store in 2013 after its founder, Khalid Al Omran, recognized an opportunity in Saudi Arabia to offer high quality pizza at affordable prices. The business grew rapidly and under the radar at first, but soon enough caught the attention of... View Details

25 May 2011
HBS Case

QuikTrip’s Investment in Retail Employees Pays Off

"The store is staffed knowing how long it takes to perform the various tasks," Ton says, explaining that employees frequently initiate a team-based, mutually accountable approach to their work. "It's not uncommon for them... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail

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General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

University Press, 2000). Krishna G. Palepu : Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements (South-Western College Publishing, 1996), with Victor L. Bernard and Paul M. Healy, won the 1999 American View Details

January 2017
Case

The Six CEOs of Tyco International Ltd.

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth

In September 2016, Johnson Controls, Inc. completed the acquisition of Tyco International PLC, a $9.9 billion business with operating profits of $884 million. The purchase consideration was $14.4 billion. Although the deal was billed as a merger, Ireland-based Tyco... View Details

Keywords: Tyco; Dennis Kozlowski; Edward Breen; Fire Safety; Fire Protection; Security; Packaging; Securities And Exchange Commission; Fraud; Accounting; Accounting Audits; Earnings Management; Financial Statements; Goodwill Accounting; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Business Divisions; Business Exit or Shutdown; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Headquarters; Business Model; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Restructuring; Crime and Corruption; Engineering; Applied Optics; Chemicals; Construction; Metals and Minerals; Ethics; Finance; Cash Flow; Public Equity; Stock Options; Financing and Loans; Initial Public Offering; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Location; Geographic Scope; Global Range; Globalized Firms and Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Disclosure; Health Care and Treatment; Business History; Executive Compensation; Selection and Staffing; Courts and Trials; Lawfulness; Lawsuits and Litigation; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Strategy; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Consolidation; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Horizontal Integration; Value; Chemical Industry; Construction Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Electronics Industry; Energy Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Mining Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Semiconductor Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Utilities Industry; Republic of Ireland; Switzerland; Bermuda; United States; New Hampshire

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The Challenge of Color - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center

of print publications. Adopting color offered another way to make a bold photographic statement in a print publication.” 10 As photograph historian Sally Stein writes, however, “So long as the linkage between colors and commodities... View Details

August 2020
Supplement

Luckin Coffee (B): Revelations of Fraud

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Karen Elterman

This case describes revelations of fraud at Luckin Coffee, beginning with an anonymous report in January 2020 and continuing with the company’s admission in April 2020 that it had inflated its revenues by 2.2 billion RMB ($310 million), almost half its reported... View Details

Keywords: Fraud; Corporate Misconduct; Business Earnings; Financial Statements; Financial Condition; Stocks; Financial Management; Profit; Revenue; Price; Food; Lawfulness; Crime and Corruption; Food and Beverage Industry; Technology Industry; Asia; China

14 Apr 2022
Op-Ed

Let’s Move Forward from COVID—Without Forgetting What We’ve Learned

generation. Assess the organization. The next step is for leaders to collect perspectives about how the organization fell short of its stated values or mission statement in the pre-COVID and current-COVID era. The organization can conduct... View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

2023 Annual Report From The Dean Key Metrics Financials PDF Downloads Financials From the CFO Financial Highlights Statement of Activity & Cash Flows Consolidated Balance Sheet Supplemental Financial Information Financials From the CFO... View Details

27 Jun 2011
Research & Ideas

Recovering from the Need to Achieve

start (S) doing," and then asking those same people to hold you accountable for what they included on the list. More honest, no-holds-barred conversations with bosses and direct reports are also part of recovery, he adds. Finally,... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

September 2001
Background Note

Financial Reporting Environment, The

By: Paul M. Healy, Amy P. Hutton, Robert S. Kaplan and Krishna G. Palepu

Provides a framework for understanding the role of financial reporting and various intermediaries as mechanisms for reducing both adverse selection and moral hazard problems in capital markets. Financial reports reduce adverse selection by providing basic information... View Details

Keywords: Financial Reporting; Financial Statements; Capital Markets; Venture Capital; Corporate Disclosure; Conflict of Interests