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- February 2024
- Teaching Note
Data-Driven Denim: Financial Forecasting at Levi Strauss
By: Mark Egan
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 224-029. Levi Strauss & Co. (“Levi Strauss”) partnered with the IT services company Wipro to incorporate more sophisticated methods, such as machine learning, into their financial forecasting process starting in 2018. The decision to... View Details
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Admissions & Financial Aid - MBA
JD/MBA Harvard Law School Admissions & Financial Aid Admissions Prospective students interested in the JD/MBA joint degree program apply to HLS and HBS separately and must be admitted independently by each. HBS applicants interested in... View Details
- January 1994
- Background Note
Note on Financial Programming Over Long Horizons
By: Timothy A. Luehrman
Introduces students to financial programming as a way to incorporate concepts and tools from modern corporate finance theory into a framework for managing over long horizons. Particular attention is paid to corporate capital budgeting and investment processes. View Details
Luehrman, Timothy A. "Note on Financial Programming Over Long Horizons." Harvard Business School Background Note 294-087, January 1994.
- December 1989
- Article
Management Turnover and Financial Distress
By: S. C. Gilson
Gilson, S. C. "Management Turnover and Financial Distress." Journal of Financial Economics 25 (December 1989): 241–262.
- June 2016 (Revised March 2017)
- Case
Prudential Financial and Asset-Liability Management
By: Mark S. Seasholes, Adi Sunderam, Luis M. Viceira and Emily A. Chien
Seasholes, Mark S., Adi Sunderam, Luis M. Viceira, and Emily A. Chien. "Prudential Financial and Asset-Liability Management." Harvard Business School Case 216-076, June 2016. (Revised March 2017.)
- January–February 2007
- Article
Simple Steps to Financial Security
By: Blythe J. McGarvie
McGarvie, Blythe J. "Simple Steps to Financial Security." Shattered: Breaking the Glass Ceiling (January–February 2007).
- July 19, 2011
- Article
Retirement Challenges for Financial Advisers
By: Robert C. Pozen
Pozen, Robert C. "Retirement Challenges for Financial Advisers." Registered Rep (July 19, 2011).
- 13 Oct 2008
- News
Financial Crisis: Confidence-and Some Cautions
- 26 Aug 2010
- News
Income Inequality and Financial Crises
- 04 Aug 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Private Equity and Financial Fragility During the Crisis
- February 1999 (Revised October 1999)
- Background Note
Note on Physician Compensation and Financial Incentives
By: Richard M.J. Bohmer and Melanie M Harshbarger
A review of the use and effectiveness of financial incentives in changing physician behavior. View Details
Keywords: Change; Finance; Compensation and Benefits; Performance Effectiveness; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives
Bohmer, Richard M.J., and Melanie M Harshbarger. "Note on Physician Compensation and Financial Incentives." Harvard Business School Background Note 699-151, February 1999. (Revised October 1999.)
- Winter 2013
- Article
Mandatory IFRS Adoption and Financial Statement Comparability
By: Francois Brochet, Alan Jagolinzer and Edward J. Riedl
This study examines whether mandatory adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) leads to capital market benefits through enhanced financial statement comparability. UK domestic standards are considered very similar to IFRS (Bae et al., 2008),... View Details
Keywords: IFRS; Comparability; Private Information; Insider Trading; Ethics; Standards; Financial Statements
Brochet, Francois, Alan Jagolinzer, and Edward J. Riedl. "Mandatory IFRS Adoption and Financial Statement Comparability." Contemporary Accounting Research 30, no. 4 (Winter 2013): 1373–1400.
- 19 May 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Mandatory IFRS Adoption and Financial Statement Comparability
- 1997
- Chapter
Bank-Based versus Market-Based Financial Systems
By: Brian J. Hall and David E. Weinstein
- February 2002
- Background Note
Note on Commercial Real Estate Financial Market
By: Arthur I Segel and Melissa Yin-Yin Lam
Discusses the recent history of the commercial real estate financial market (pre-1990s-2001). Looks at the shift to more conventional capital markets for commercial real estate debt. View Details
Segel, Arthur I., and Melissa Yin-Yin Lam. "Note on Commercial Real Estate Financial Market." Harvard Business School Background Note 802-165, February 2002.
- February 1992
- Background Note
Note on Financial Instrument Disclosure
By: David F. Hawkins
Hawkins, David F. "Note on Financial Instrument Disclosure." Harvard Business School Background Note 192-085, February 1992.
- 2012
- Working Paper
Mexico's Financial Crisis of 1994-1995
By: Aldo Musacchio
This paper explains the causes leading to the Mexican crisis of 1994-1995 (known as "The Tequila Crisis"), and its short- and long-term consequences. It argues that excessive enthusiasm on the part of foreign investors, not based on Mexico's fundamentals, and weak... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Foreign Direct Investment; Banks and Banking; Government and Politics; Currency Exchange Rate; Banking Industry; Mexico
Musacchio, Aldo. "Mexico's Financial Crisis of 1994-1995." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-101, May 2012.
- February 1993 (Revised December 1994)
- Exercise
Corporate Financial Management: Options Exercises
By: Timothy A. Luehrman
This case presents four exercises designed to introduce students to applications of option pricing and decision-tree analysis to real corporate investment problems. Two of the four problems involve decision trees and two involve option pricing. Students should be... View Details
Luehrman, Timothy A. "Corporate Financial Management: Options Exercises." Harvard Business School Exercise 293-095, February 1993. (Revised December 1994.)
- 2011
- Working Paper
Top Executive Background and Financial Reporting Choice
By: Francois Brochet and Kyle Travis Welch
We study the role of executive functional background in explaining management discretion in financial reporting. Taking goodwill impairment as our reporting setting, we focus on top executives (CEOs and CFOs) whose employment history includes experience in investment... View Details
Keywords: Financial Reporting; Goodwill Accounting; Experience and Expertise; Decision Choices and Conditions; Managerial Roles; Agency Theory
Brochet, Francois, and Kyle Travis Welch. "Top Executive Background and Financial Reporting Choice." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-088, February 2011. (Revised November 2011.)