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- 2019
- White Paper
Impact-Weighted Financial Accounts: The Missing Piece for an Impact Economy
By: George Serafeim, T. Robert Zochowski and Jennifer Downing
Reimagining capitalism is an imperative. We need to create a more inclusive and sustainable form of capitalism that works for every person and the planet. Massive environmental damage, growing income and wealth disparity, stress, and depression within developed...
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Keywords:
Impact-Weighted Accounts;
IWAI;
Background;
Economic Systems;
Economy;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Measurement and Metrics;
Financial Statements
Serafeim, George, T. Robert Zochowski, and Jennifer Downing. "Impact-Weighted Financial Accounts: The Missing Piece for an Impact Economy." White Paper, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, September 2019.
- 21 Mar 2014
- Blog Post
East Asia MBA Market Update
Over the past several months I have engaged with organizations across East Asia regarding job opportunities for MBA candidates. While economic growth has slowed in the region, the job market is still good overall for MBA graduates and...
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- 15 Feb 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Can Financial Innovation Solve Household Reluctance to Take Risk?
- Fast Answer
Resources for Investment Management and Financial Analysis
firms Key members of the management team Investment bank league tables Bloomberg
Current and historical financial information on individual equities, stock market indices, fixed-income... View Details
Current and historical financial information on individual equities, stock market indices, fixed-income... View Details
- 2007
- Working Paper
Investor Sentiment in the Stock Market
By: Malcolm Baker and Jeffrey Wurgler
Real investors and markets are too complicated to be neatly summarized by a few selected biases and trading frictions. The "top down" approach to behavioral finance focuses on the measurement of reduced form, aggregate sentiment and traces its effects to stock returns....
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- Web
Financial Highlights - Annual Report 2017
Financials Financial Highlights 1ms Operating revenues grew 5.1 percent to $800 million, while operating expenses increased 3.8 percent to $731 million. The largest revenue growth drivers were Executive...
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- June 2016 (Revised May 2017)
- Case
FANUC Corporation: Reassessing the Firm's Governance and Financial Policies
By: Benjamin C. Esty, Nobuo Sato and Akiko Kanno
In February 2015, Daniel Loeb (a U.S.–based activist investor) announced his firm had a large investment in FANUC Corporation, a leading producer of industrial robots and software for machine tools. Loeb was demanding that the Japanese firm change its financial and...
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Keywords:
Hedge Funds;
Economic Policy;
Investments;
Government Policy;
Deregulation;
Financial Management;
Valuation;
Investment Funds;
Policy;
Corporate Governance;
Macroeconomics;
Investment Activism;
Change Management;
Financial Strategy;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Japan;
United States
Esty, Benjamin C., Nobuo Sato, and Akiko Kanno. "FANUC Corporation: Reassessing the Firm's Governance and Financial Policies." Harvard Business School Case 216-042, June 2016. (Revised May 2017.)
- July 2012
- Article
The Real Consequences of Market Segmentation
By: Sergey Chernenko and Adi Sunderam
We study the real effects of market segmentation due to credit ratings using a matched sample of firms just above and just below the investment-grade cutoff. These firms have similar observables, including average investment rates. However, flows into high-yield mutual...
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Keywords:
Segmentation;
Credit;
Investment;
Investment Funds;
Quality;
Markets;
Measurement and Metrics;
Business Ventures
Chernenko, Sergey, and Adi Sunderam. "The Real Consequences of Market Segmentation." Review of Financial Studies 25, no. 7 (July 2012): 2041–2069. (Winner of the RFS Young Researcher Prize 2012.)
- 26 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Market Research in a Recession
Editor's Note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge....
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by John Quelch
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Strategists analyze market forces—great strategists also look beyond the market
approach is not enough to ensure extraordinary financial performance, according to Felix Oberholzer-Gee, the Andreas Andresen Professor of Business Administration and Senior Associate Dean, Chair, MBA Program. He has defined a broader...
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- 18 Nov 2016
- Blog Post
CPD Global Market Update: Singapore
As a global financial hub, one of the largest ports in the world and the gateway to Southeast Asia, opportunities are abundant for MBAs in Singapore. On a recent trip there, I found a vibrant start-up scene that is not only supported by...
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All Industries
- March 2016 (Revised August 2018)
- Case
JPMorgan Chase after the Financial Crisis: What Is the Optimal Scope of the Largest Bank in the U.S.?
By: David Collis and Ashley Hartman
When Jamie Dimon took over as CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPMorgan Chase) in 2005, he reaffirmed the commitment to pursue a "universal bank" strategy—providing a full range of products and services to both retail and wholesale clients. Yet the merits of the universal...
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Keywords:
Scope;
Regulatory Reforms;
Universal Banking;
Synergy;
Optimization;
Simplification;
Finance;
Strategy;
Business Strategy;
Financial Crisis;
Consolidation;
Corporate Strategy;
Diversification;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Financial Services Industry;
Financial Services Industry
Collis, David, and Ashley Hartman. "JPMorgan Chase after the Financial Crisis: What Is the Optimal Scope of the Largest Bank in the U.S.?" Harvard Business School Case 716-448, March 2016. (Revised August 2018.)
- 10 Dec 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Market Reaction to the Adoption of IFRS in Europe
- 03 Dec 2015
- Op-Ed
How "New Nuclear" Power Could Save the Planet—If Regulators Would Allow It
progress in all forms of nuclear power is impossible. We need to challenge that belief. The barriers to rapid progress in next-generation nuclear power are certainly not technical and probably not even economic. The greatest barriers today are in outdated nuclear View Details
- Fast Answer
Industries: financial analytical data and tools
Where can I find aggregate data on specific industries? An increasing number of databases are now available on the market to support the financial data analytical needs of bankers and View Details
- 2008
- Working Paper
Financial Development, Bank Ownership, and Growth. Or, Does Quantity Imply Quality?
By: Shawn A. Cole
In 1980, India nationalized its large private banks. This induced different bank ownership patterns across different towns, allowing credible identification of the effects of bank ownership on financial development, lending rates, and the quality of intermediation, as...
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Keywords:
Economic Growth;
Credit;
Banks and Banking;
Interest Rates;
State Ownership;
Private Ownership;
Banking Industry;
India
Cole, Shawn A. "Financial Development, Bank Ownership, and Growth. Or, Does Quantity Imply Quality?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-002, July 2008.
- July 2010 (Revised December 2011)
- Background Note
Marketing Analysis Toolkit: Pricing and Profitability Analysis
By: Thomas J. Steenburgh and Jill Avery
Pricing is one of the most difficult decisions marketers make and the one with the most direct and immediate impact on the firm's financial position. This toolkit will introduce the fundamental terminology and calculations associated with pricing and profitability...
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Keywords:
Forecasting and Prediction;
Price;
Profit;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Marketing Strategy;
Demand and Consumers;
Measurement and Metrics;
Strategic Planning;
Mathematical Methods;
Retail Industry
Steenburgh, Thomas J., and Jill Avery. "Marketing Analysis Toolkit: Pricing and Profitability Analysis." Harvard Business School Background Note 511-028, July 2010. (Revised December 2011.)
- Web
Financial Highlights - Annual Report 2020
Financials Financial Highlights 1ms Operating revenues decreased 7 percent to $861 million, while operating expenses increased 1 percent to $831 million. HBS Online revenue increased year over year, Harvard...
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