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- 18 Jan 2021
- Book
How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems
differences, clearly public entrepreneurs are ultimately responsible to and accountable to voters, citizens, people living in the community. And that’s different from being mainly responsible to private stakeholders and private customers.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 05 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017
of 9,360 U.S. cities found that air pollution predicted six different categories of crime; these analyses accounted for a comprehensive set of control variables (e.g., city and year fixed effects, population, law enforcement) and survived... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
- 26 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 26, 2010
and Erik Hurst Abstract For over three centuries and throughout the globe, people have enthusiastically bought savings products that incorporate lottery elements. In lieu of paying traditional interest to all investors proportional to their balances, these Prize Linked... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 16
the income statement and balance sheet. In addition, the theory allows us to compare and contrast extant GAAP, as produced in a regulated setting, with a GAAP that might arise endogenously as a result of market forces. We conclude that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Aug 2008
- Op-Ed
Google-Yahoo Ad Deal is Bad for Online Advertising
bids. The API is an automated method for efficient computer-to-computer communications—letting an advertiser use software to manage its account automatically. The AdWords API provides a function whereby an advertiser can retrieve its ads,... View Details
- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
New Challenges for Long-Term Investors
choice is a complex issue, and that some conventional wisdom isn't always wise. For example, there are perfectly good reasons why a conservative long-term investor would hold more stocks and bonds than cash instruments such as certificates of deposit. These investors... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
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CFO Letter - Annual Report 2019
important role in the financial health of Harvard University and its ability to, for example, maintain its AAA bond rating. In fiscal 2019, the HBS surplus accounted for just over one-third of Harvard’s $298 million surplus. Concluding... View Details
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Policy - Business & Environment
predicted, 22% of Americans disagree with the statement “The climate change we’re seeing is largely the result of human activity.” [15] Despite these disinformation campaigns, large majorities of Americans across the political spectrum... View Details
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
criteria. They don't consider whether keeping manufacturing at home makes more sense strategically or take into account the impact it might have on their ability to innovate. The result has been an exodus of manufacturing from America,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019
attempts at managing these ”strategic paradoxes” fail because they’re not managed carefully and consistently. (It’s easy to write a great purpose statement or to dream up a new business model but way more difficult to follow through when... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 19
response to, varying market conditions. However, while the problems of balance-sheet liability and revenue recognition, and the related problems of income statement presentation, can be resolved by the application of DV/RV reasoning, this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Annual Report 2016 - Annual Report 2016
and other activities, HBS strengthened its commitment to outstanding teaching, pathbreaking research, and the dissemination of knowledge, while pursuing innovative new initiatives to position the School for leadership in the 21st century. Full Report Financial View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Letters to the Editor
with a sharp pencil. I would urge all of us involved in international trade and tax accounting to do what we can to make the old shell game a game not worth the candle, just as GlaxoSmithKline learned in 2006 to the tune of a $3.4 billion... View Details
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From the Chief Financial Officer - Annual Report 2020
Restricted and unrestricted current use gifts, which accounted for 7 percent of our total revenues in fiscal 2020, will remain integral to the School’s financial health this year. The School’s ability to innovate in its curricula, support... View Details
- 12 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 12
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/511068-PDF-ENG ActionAid International: Globalizing Governance, Localizing Accountability Alnoor Ebrahim and Rachel GordonHarvard Business School Case 311-004 As a global NGO working in 45... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2020
accounted for 17 percent of the School’s total revenues in fiscal 2020, compared with 24 percent of total revenues in fiscal 2019. HBS Online HBSO continued to gain momentum in fiscal 2020, posting its second consecutive operating surplus... View Details
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Unlocking Your Investment Capital
extreme, poorly implemented risk management can lead to the firm's demise. Under Sarbanes-Oxley 404, both the CEO and CFO have to attest with personal liability to the accuracies of the financial statements (including footnotes with... View Details
- 03 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Business History around the World
myself, perceive of business history as playing a central role in enhancing our understanding of key issues in contemporary management and business administration. The book provides a position statement of where we are now, which we hope... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 18 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
New Hires Lose Psychological Safety After Year One. How to Fix It.
answered questions every two years about how comfortable they felt offering their opinions and calling out mistakes of colleagues or superiors on a 5-point scale. For example, clinicians indicated whether they agreed or disagreed with View Details