Financials - Publications - Faculty & Research

November 1997
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04 Nov 2015
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Why Does Gender Diversity Improve Financial Performance?

only on paper.” There were several criticisms of the fact that the research identified correlations, not causes. Norman Toy made the point by stressing the especially mischievous nature of the use of correlation in this case. In his words, “One interpretation is that... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

1977
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NOW Accounts: Strategies for Financial Institutions

By: D. B. Crane and Michael J. Riley

Keywords: Financial Institutions; Strategy

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05 Sep 2023
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HBS Names Rupal Gadhia New Head of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid

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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 financial... View Details

October 2018 (Revised January 2019)
Case

The Financial Crisis: Timothy Geithner and the Stress Tests

By: Samuel G. Hanson, Robin Greenwood, David Scharfstein and Adi Sunderam

In February and March 2009, the U.S. economy was in the midst of a terrifying financial and economic crisis. Between the beginning of 2008 and early 2009, four of the 25 largest U.S. financial institutions had failed, and nine of these 25 institutions had taken... View Details

Keywords: Bailout; Regulation; Stress Test; Financial Crisis; History; Economy; Policy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Decision Making; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States

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12 Aug 2020
News

Why Investors Often Lose When They Sue Their Financial Adviser

25 Apr 2014
News

Raising the bar for financial literacy

Nan Morrison (MBA 1987) is intent on making children financially and economically literate. As CEO of the Council for Economic Education (CEE), a New York–based national nonprofit, she trains more than 55,000 teachers nationwide annually,... View Details

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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... View Details

April 1986 (Revised July 1996)
Case

Comdisco, Inc.: Financial Statement Analysis (A)

By: Krishna G. Palepu

Keywords: Financial Statements; Information Technology Industry

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01 Mar 2012
News

School’s Financial Picture Brighter than Expected

HBS finished fiscal year 2011 with a stronger financial performance than expected despite the lingering effects of the recent recession. Revenue for the year July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2011, exceeded the budget by nearly 9 percent,... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

December 13, 2000
Article

More New Financial Instrument Rules Proposed

By: David F. Hawkins

Keywords: Financial Instruments; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms

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01 Mar 2009
News

The Case for Studying Financial History

HISTORY LESSONS: Ferguson shares his views on the global financial crisis with an attentive crowd at the Harvard Book Store in Cambridge. Professor Niall Ferguson, born in Glasgow and educated at Oxford and Cambridge universities, argues... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; federal bailouts; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

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Financial Highlights - Annual Report 2016

Financials Financial Highlights 5-Year Data Summary CFO Letter Financial Highlights Statement of Activity & Cash Flows Consolidated Balance Sheet Supplemental View Details

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Level Playing Fields in International Financial Regulation

Joint work with Alan Morrison, Saïd Business School, Oxford.

We study a model of featuring two economies with adverse selection of and moral hazard by bankers. We demonstrate... View Details

16 Aug 2022
News

HBS to Provide Full-Tuition Scholarships for Students with Greatest Financial Need

04 Jun 2013
News

Can Good Financial Behavior Be Taught In High School?

November 2011
Article

Ownership Structure and Financial Constraints: Evidence from a Structural Estimation

By: Chen Lin, Yue Ma and Yuhai Xuan

This article examines the impact of the divergence between corporate insiders' control rights and cash-flow rights on firms' external finance constraints via generalized method of moments estimation of an investment Euler equation. Using a large sample of U.S.... View Details