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- 2010
- Dissertation
Accounting Standards and International Portfolio Holdings: Analysis of Cross-border Holdings Following Mandatory Adoption of IFRS
By: Gwen Yu
Prior literature shows that investors under-invest in foreign firms due to information asymmetry problems. I posit that differences in local accounting standards are a source of the information asymmetry among investors. Using security-level holdings of international... View Details
Keywords: Financial Reporting; International Accounting; Standards; Investment Portfolio; Foreign Direct Investment
Yu, Gwen. "Accounting Standards and International Portfolio Holdings: Analysis of Cross-border Holdings Following Mandatory Adoption of IFRS." Diss., University of Michigan, 2010. (Winner of American Accounting Association. International Accounting Section. Outstanding Dissertation Award presented by American Accounting Association.)
- March 2009 (Revised May 2013)
- Supplement
Kinyuseisaku: Monetary Policy in Japan (B)
By: Laura Alfaro and Akiko Kanno
Toshihiko Fukui, Governor of the Bank of Japan, faced a complex situation in the fall of 2007. An economic recovery had allowed the central bank to abandon its zero interest rate policy, which had been in place for years, and raise rates to 0.5%. The Bank of Japan was... View Details
Alfaro, Laura, and Akiko Kanno. "Kinyuseisaku: Monetary Policy in Japan (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 709-056, March 2009. (Revised May 2013.)
- Article
The Contingent Nature of Public Policy and the Growth of U.S. Commercial Banking
By: Christopher Marquis and Zhi Huang
That public policy affects organizational behaviors is well accepted, but less explored is how these effects may depend on other external environmental factors. We investigate how policy is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition to understand the growth of... View Details
Keywords: Policy; Organizational Culture; Strategy; Commercial Banking; Growth and Development Strategy; United States
Marquis, Christopher, and Zhi Huang. "The Contingent Nature of Public Policy and the Growth of U.S. Commercial Banking." Academy of Management Journal 52, no. 6 (December 2009): 1222–1246. (Runner-up, Academy of Management's Best Published Paper in Organization and Management Theory in 2009. Earlier version distributed as Harvard Business School Working Paper No. 09-025.)
- October 2005
- Case
Portfolio & Partnership
By: G. Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
Explores issues around the portfolio management and partnership behavior in a venture capital setting. View Details
Keywords: Investment Portfolio; Private Equity; Venture Capital; Partners and Partnerships; Financial Strategy
Hardymon, G. Felda, and Ann Leamon. "Portfolio & Partnership." Harvard Business School Case 806-036, October 2005.
- June 2005
- Background Note
Overview of the Japanese Apparel Market
By: Rajiv Lal and Arar Han
Provides an overview of the Japanese apparel market, which was a 13.1 trillion yen industry in 2003, reflecting 5.5% year-over-year shrinkage since 1997, when retailers logged 17.5 trillion yen in sales. Compared to their global counterparts, Japanese apparel shoppers... View Details
Keywords: Trends; Financial Crisis; Trade; Emerging Markets; Sales; Luxury; Competition; Segmentation; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Fashion Industry; Asia; China; Japan; Korean Peninsula
Lal, Rajiv, and Arar Han. "Overview of the Japanese Apparel Market." Harvard Business School Background Note 505-068, June 2005.
- April 2004 (Revised July 2005)
- Case
Offshoring at Global Information Systems, Inc.
This case explores the topic of offshoring high-tech jobs several perspectives. The issues presented include determining the stock price consequences of offshoring, examining the economic consequences of the offshore job to both the transferring and receiving... View Details
Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Offshoring at Global Information Systems, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 204-144, April 2004. (Revised July 2005.)
- March 2009
- Article
Trading Restrictions and Stock Prices
By: Robin Greenwood
Firms can manipulate their stock price by limiting the ability of their investors to sell. I examine a series of corporate events in Japan in which firms actively reduced their float—the fraction of shares available to trade—for periods of one to three months, locking... View Details
Greenwood, Robin. "Trading Restrictions and Stock Prices." Review of Financial Studies 22, no. 3 (March 2009): 509–539.
- 2005
- Working Paper
Can Mutual Fund Managers Pick Stocks? Evidence from Their Trades Prior to Earnings Announcements
By: Malcolm Baker, Lubomir Litov, Jessica Wachter and Jeffrey Wurgler
We consider measures of stock-picking skill of mutual fund managers based on the earnings announcement returns of the stocks that they hold and trade. Relative to standard approaches, this approach focuses on an especially informative subset of the returns data,... View Details
Keywords: Stocks; Asset Management; Business Earnings; Forecasting and Prediction; Competency and Skills
Baker, Malcolm, Lubomir Litov, Jessica Wachter, and Jeffrey Wurgler. "Can Mutual Fund Managers Pick Stocks? Evidence from Their Trades Prior to Earnings Announcements." NBER Working Paper Series, No. w10685, February 2005. (First Draft in 2004.)
- Student-Profile
Yueran Ma
growing up also had a major influence on my interests in finance. I travelled with my family in China, and everywhere I saw firms and entrepreneurs struggling to raise funding as the financial system was riddled with frictions and... View Details
- 2010
- Other Unpublished Work
Why Takeover Vulnerability Matters to Debtholders
By: Joan Farre-Mensa
Recent work documents that firms that are more vulnerable to takeover have higher borrowing costs. This paper investigates the reasons behind this stylized fact. My results show that firms with few antitakeover defenses face a higher cost of debt because lenders are... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Borrowing and Debt; Cost; Equity; Banks and Banking; Investment Portfolio; Risk Management; Agreements and Arrangements; Business and Shareholder Relations; Conflict and Resolution
Farre-Mensa, Joan. "Why Takeover Vulnerability Matters to Debtholders." 2010.
- December 2004
- Article
Market Valuation and Merger Waves
By: Matthew Rhodes-Kropf and S. Viswanathan
Does valuation affect mergers? Data suggest that periods of stock merger activity are correlated with high market valuations. The naïve explanation that overvalued bidders wish to use stock is incomplete because targets should not be eager to accept stock. However, we... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Valuation; Market Transactions; Value; Cash; Stocks; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Bids and Bidding; Market Design; Stock Shares; Accounting Audits; Performance Evaluation
Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew, and S. Viswanathan. "Market Valuation and Merger Waves." Journal of Finance 59, no. 6 (December 2004): 2685–2718.
- 10 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 10
organizations that adopt it within a highly scrutinized regulatory environment but absent in a direct regulatory threat. The Quest for the 'Holy Grail' of Integrated Financial and CSR Reporting Authors:Robert Eccles and Michael Krzus... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 12
debt for firms in the vicinity of financial distress. We show that this ruling increased the likelihood of equity issues, increased investment, and reduced firm risk, consistent with a decrease in debt-equity conflicts of interest. The... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Web
Executive Education Courses - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
responsible for overseeing care delivery Financial executives who direct cost management for health care delivery organizations HR executives from large organizations who manage health care for employees, collaborate with health care... View Details
- 27 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Take Responsibility for Rising Stars
companies' rising stars. Pittsburgh-based Mellon Financial, a 136-year-old financial institution, had long required the heads of its major business units to give presentations to the board. But in 2002, CEO Marty McGuinn saw potential... View Details
- 15 Sep 2015
- Blog Post
On the Road: HBS in Israel
applicants understand that HBS has really generous financial aid packages. Clearest, simplest advice from the alumni panel? Apply to HBS! What advice would you give to prospective students? Keep doing what you’re doing—gaining meaningful... View Details
- Web
Harvard Business School
recruitment of Black students possible, "not something that most deans would have done in that environment in 1968," Lillian Lincoln Lambert (MBA '69), remembered. 20 He also established a fellowship program providing financial support... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Steady as She Goes
customers interact with our team and how our team members view themselves. Celebrating that has become an important part of our year.” The events of 2020 meant putting aside financial concerns temporarily and focusing on community needs.... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Herzlinger on Health Care: Revolution in Evolution
from their income taxes. Third, the government should make sure that everyone buys health insurance, regulate health insurers to ensure honesty and financial stability, and monitor the quality of information, just as the SEC does for the... View Details