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- March 2006
- Module Note
Valuing Cross-Border Investments
By: Mihir A. Desai and Kathleen Luchs
Describes a core module in the International Finance course at Harvard Business School. The module explores how valuation differs in an international context and introduces students to the major issues in cross-border valuations: how to value investments in currencies...
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Keywords:
International Accounting;
Currency Exchange Rate;
Investment;
Framework;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Body of Literature;
Risk Management;
Projects;
Valuation
Desai, Mihir A., and Kathleen Luchs. "Valuing Cross-Border Investments." Harvard Business School Module Note 206-125, March 2006.
- 24 Oct 2011
- Other Presentation
The Role of Business in Society: Creating Shared Value
This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's books and articles, in particular, Competitive Strategy (The Free Press, 1980); Competitive Advantage (The Free Press, 1985); "What is Strategy?" (Harvard Business Review, Nov/Dec 1996); and On Competition...
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Porter, Michael E. "The Role of Business in Society: Creating Shared Value." Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Quito, Ecuador, October 24, 2011.
- Article
Informal Family Insurance and the Design of the Welfare State
By: Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch
We study unemployment benefit provision when the family also provides social insurance. In the benchmark case, more generous State transfers crowd out family risk-sharing one-for-one. An extension gives the State an advantage in enforcing transfers through taxes...
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Di Tella, Rafael, and Robert MacCulloch. "Informal Family Insurance and the Design of the Welfare State." Economic Journal 112, no. 477 (February 2002): 481–503.
- Article
Landing the First Job: The Value of Intermediaries in Online Hiring
By: Christopher Stanton and Catherine Thomas
Online markets for remote labor services allow workers and firms to contract with each other directly. Despite this, intermediaries—called outsourcing agencies—have emerged in these markets. This paper shows that agencies signal to employers that inexperienced workers...
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Stanton, Christopher, and Catherine Thomas. "Landing the First Job: The Value of Intermediaries in Online Hiring." Review of Economic Studies 83, no. 2 (April 2016): 810–854.
- 14 Mar 2012
- Other Presentation
The Role of Sports in Society: Creating Shared Value
This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's books and articles, in particular, "Creating Shared Value" (Harvard Business Review, Jan/Feb 2011); "Strategy and Society" (Harvard Business Review, Dec 2006); "What is Strategy?" (Harvard Business Review,...
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Porter, Michael E. "The Role of Sports in Society: Creating Shared Value." International Sport Security Conference, International Centre for Sport Security, Boston/Doha, United States/Qatar, March 14, 2012.
- 25 Oct 2011
- Other Presentation
The Role of Business in Society: Creating Shared Value
This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's books and articles, in particular, Competitive Strategy (The Free Press, 1980); Competitive Advantage (The Free Press, 1985); "What is Strategy?" (Harvard Business Review, Nov/Dec 1996); and On Competition...
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Porter, Michael E. "The Role of Business in Society: Creating Shared Value." Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Guayaquil, Ecuador, October 25, 2011.
- 26 Oct 2011
- Other Presentation
The Role of Business in Society: Creating Shared Value
This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's books and articles, in particular, Competitive Strategy (The Free Press, 1980); Competitive Advantage (The Free Press, 1985); "What is Strategy?" (Harvard Business Review, Nov/Dec 1996); and On Competition...
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Porter, Michael E. "The Role of Business in Society: Creating Shared Value." Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Lima, Peru, October 26, 2011.
- 15 Dec 2011
- Other Presentation
The Role of Business in Society: Creating Shared Value
This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's books and articles, in particular, Competitive Strategy (The Free Press, 1980); Competitive Advantage (The Free Press, 1985); "What is Strategy?" (Harvard Business Review, Nov/Dec 1996); and On Competition...
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Porter, Michael E. "The Role of Business in Society: Creating Shared Value." Dutch Sustainable Trade Initiative Video Conference, Initiatief Duurzame Handel (IDH), New York City, NY, United States, December 15, 2011.
- 1998
- Working Paper
Value Creation and Destruction in the Management of Organizations
- 1999
- Working Paper
The Value of Augmenting and Excluding - Chapter 12
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Kim Clark
- April 2006
- Background Note
Legal Aspects of Management: Increasing and Capturing the Value of Knowledge Assets
Describes the third module of the Harvard Business School MBA second-year elective course Legal Aspects of Management. This module deals with the way in which intellectual property rights--as protected by patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets--enable firms...
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Bagley, Constance E. "Legal Aspects of Management: Increasing and Capturing the Value of Knowledge Assets." Harvard Business School Background Note 806-137, April 2006.
- 2011
- Book
Fair Value Measurements Answer Book
By: H. David Sherman
Save time and eliminate uncertainties with the Fair Value Measurements Answer Book (formerly the FAS 157 Answer Book), the most comprehensive and authoritative resource for getting quick and accurate information about the adoption, planning, and implementation of ASC...
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Sherman, H. David. Fair Value Measurements Answer Book. Chicago, IL: CCH Incorporated, 2011.
- 1993
- Chapter
The Adjustment of Stock Prices to New Information
By: Eugene F. Fama, Lawrence Fisher, Michael C. Jensen and Richard J. Roll
Fama, Eugene F., Lawrence Fisher, Michael C. Jensen, and Richard J. Roll. "The Adjustment of Stock Prices to New Information." In Strategic Issues in Finance, edited by Keith Wand. Butterworth-Heinemann, 1993. (Previously published in International Economic Review, Vol. 10 (Feb. 1969) and Investment Management: Some Readings, J. Lorie and R. Brealey, Eds (Praeger Publishers, 1972))
- December 1994
- Background Note
Note on Estimating the Value of the "IT Asset" Part II
By: Richard L. Nolan
Nolan, Richard L. Note on Estimating the Value of the "IT Asset" Part II. Harvard Business School Background Note 195-199, December 1994.
- December 1994
- Background Note
Note on Estimating the Value of the "IT Asset" Part I
By: Richard L. Nolan
Nolan, Richard L. Note on Estimating the Value of the "IT Asset" Part I. Harvard Business School Background Note 195-197, December 1994.
- 04 Mar 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
The Determinants of Individual Performance and Collective Value in Private-Collective Software Innovation
- September 1997 (Revised October 1997)
- Case
Information at the World Bank: In Search of a Technology Solution (B)
By: W. Earl Sasser and Josep Valor
Acting on his vision to make the World Bank a knowledge institution, bank President Wolfensohn announces the creation of an Information and Knowledge Management Council and an Information Solutions Group, headed by a newly nominated CEO, Mohamed Muhsin. This case...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Information Technology;
Knowledge Management;
Management Teams;
Information Management;
Banks and Banking;
Banking Industry
Sasser, W. Earl, and Josep Valor. "Information at the World Bank: In Search of a Technology Solution (B)." Harvard Business School Case 898-054, September 1997. (Revised October 1997.)
- March 2008 (Revised February 2009)
- Case
Transparent Value LLC
By: Sharon P. Katz, Krishna G. Palepu and Aldo Sesia, Jr.
Leading index company Dow Jones recently signed a license and joint marketing agreement with Transparent Value LLC, the creator of a new fundamentals-based valuation methodology. The agreement allowed Dow Jones to offer a family of indexes based on the Transparent...
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Keywords:
Asset Management;
Stocks;
Price;
Performance Expectations;
Mathematical Methods;
Valuation
Katz, Sharon P., Krishna G. Palepu, and Aldo Sesia, Jr. "Transparent Value LLC." Harvard Business School Case 108-069, March 2008. (Revised February 2009.)
- 2015
- Chapter
Information Technology and the Distribution of Economic Activity
By: Shane Greenstein, Avi Goldfarb and Chris Forman
Greenstein, Shane, Avi Goldfarb, and Chris Forman. "Information Technology and the Distribution of Economic Activity." In The Changing Frontier: Rethinking Science and Innovation Policy, edited by Adam Jaffe and Benjamin Jones. University of Chicago Press, 2015.
- 2001
- Chapter
Learners or Lemmings: The Nature of Information Cascades
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Learners or Lemmings: The Nature of Information Cascades." In Wharton on Making Decisions, edited by Stephen J. Hoch, Howard Kunreuther, and Robert E. Gunther, 273–286. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2001.