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- 10 Dec 2014
- News
Lessons for Private Equity Learned From the Last Merger Frenzy
- 23 Nov 2018
- News
Fintech has changed the game in small business lending
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
To Pay Or Not To Pay: Argentina And The International Debt Market
- 17 Nov 2017
- News
Yes, a Corporate Tax Cut Would Increase Investment
- July 2001 (Revised March 2002)
- Case
Progressive Insurance: Disclosure Strategy
By: Amy P. Hutton and James Weber
Progressive Insurance had refused to play Wall Street's earning game. Progressive didn't manage reported earnings nor did management give guidance to analysts. Management then considered taking their unique disclosure strategy one step further to become the first to...
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Keywords:
Earnings Management;
Stocks;
Corporate Disclosure;
Insurance;
Volatility;
Insurance Industry;
United States
Hutton, Amy P., and James Weber. "Progressive Insurance: Disclosure Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 102-012, July 2001. (Revised March 2002.)
- 21 Oct 2016
- News
The barbarian establishment
- 19 May 2020
- News
U.S. Equity Markets Stubbornly Ignore the Doom Everywhere
- November 1996 (Revised July 1997)
- Case
Alexander Plaza
By: Arthur I Segel and William J. Poorvu
In May 1996, Henry Bower, an asset manager for a real estate adviser, Medcem, has to negotiate the details of a lease after signing a letter of intent with a high technology company, Defentek, Inc. Defentek, Inc. is a fast-growing company with limited net worth that is...
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Keywords:
Negotiation Tactics;
Negotiation Preparation;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Financial Services Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
District of Columbia
Segel, Arthur I., and William J. Poorvu. "Alexander Plaza." Harvard Business School Case 897-066, November 1996. (Revised July 1997.)
- 05 Oct 2014
- News
SEC’s new rules give US money market funds a floating feeling
- 09 Jan 2014
- News
Setting out the store
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
http://www.nber.org/confer/2009/EIf09/summary.html The Learning Effects of Monitoring Authors: Dennis Campbell, Marc Epstein, and F. Asís Martínez Jerez Publication: The Accounting Review (forthcoming)...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 2014
- Book
The Integrated Reporting Movement: Meaning, Momentum, Motives, and Materiality.
By: Robert G. Eccles and Michael P. Krzus
The Integrated Reporting Movement explores the meaning of the concept, explains the forces that provide momentum to the associated movement, and examines the motives of the actors involved. The book posits integrated reporting as a key mechanism by which...
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Eccles, Robert G., and Michael P. Krzus. The Integrated Reporting Movement: Meaning, Momentum, Motives, and Materiality. John Wiley & Sons, 2014.
- 2014
- Book
Los Buenos Tiempos Son Éstos: Los efectos de la incursión de la banca extranjera en México después de un siglo de crisis bancarias [These Are the Good Old Days: Foreign Entry and the Mexican Banking System]
By: Stephen Haber and Aldo Musacchio
This book is the Spanish edition of our award winning paper "These Are the Good Old Days: Foreign Entry and the Mexican Banking System." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 18713, January 2013. The book examines the effects of foreign bank entry into Mexico. Foreign banks...
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Keywords:
Banks And Banking;
Mexico;
Commercial Banking;
Foreign Direct Investment;
Competition;
Financial Markets;
Banking Industry;
Mexico
Haber, Stephen, and Aldo Musacchio. Los Buenos Tiempos Son Éstos: Los efectos de la incursión de la banca extranjera en México después de un siglo de crisis bancarias [These Are the Good Old Days: Foreign Entry and the Mexican Banking System]. Mexico City, Mexico: Centro de Estudios Espinosa Yglesias, 2014, Spanish ed. Electronic.
- December 2012 (Revised October 2013)
- Case
Developing the Materiality Matrix at Telefónica
By: Robert G. Eccles, George Serafeim and Asun Cano-Escoriaza
Telefónica, one of the largest telecommunication companies in the world and headquartered in Spain, has been issuing a corporate sustainability report since 2002. In its 2011 Sustainability report, the company included a "materiality matrix," and was one of only five...
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Keywords:
Sustainability;
Sustainability Reporting;
Sustainable Strategy;
CSR;
Corporate Social Responsibility;
Communication Technology;
Environmental Accounting;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Environmental Sustainability;
Telecommunications Industry;
Spain
Eccles, Robert G., George Serafeim, and Asun Cano-Escoriaza. "Developing the Materiality Matrix at Telefónica." Harvard Business School Case 413-088, December 2012. (Revised October 2013.)
- February 2001 (Revised April 2001)
- Case
Merrill Lynch: Integrated Choice (Abridged)
By: F. Warren McFarlan and James Weber
Merrill Lynch, a full-service brokerage firm with $1.5 trillion in client assets, is under attack from both discount and electronic brokerage firms. It responds with Integrated Choice, a suite of products designed to capture clients, from the do-it-yourself investor...
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Keywords:
Investment Banking;
Marketing Strategy;
Distribution Channels;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Financial Services Industry
McFarlan, F. Warren, and James Weber. "Merrill Lynch: Integrated Choice (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 301-081, February 2001. (Revised April 2001.)
- September 2004 (Revised April 2005)
- Background Note
Note on Individual and Corporate Liability
By: Lynn S. Paine
Answers some of the most common questions managers ask about potential corporate and individual liability for corporate misconduct under U.S. law. Describes a few general principles of liability that managers should be aware of. A rewritten version of an earlier note.
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Paine, Lynn S. "Note on Individual and Corporate Liability." Harvard Business School Background Note 305-049, September 2004. (Revised April 2005.)
- 27 Oct 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Achieving Excellence in Nonprofits
evolving in this area? A: Yes, they are, and that is not necessarily a good thing. Financial accountability is an important characteristic of high-performing nonprofits, to be...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- February 2010 (Revised December 2010)
- Case
Lending Club
By: Peter Tufano
A new entrant in the nascent online peer lending space, Lending Club must decide whether or not to register with the SEC. Lending Club provided a platform through which individual borrowers could receive loans funded by individuals who chose to invest in them. The...
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Keywords:
Financial Instruments;
Price;
Personal Finance;
Financing and Loans;
Financial Services Industry
Tufano, Peter, Howell Jackson, and Andrea Ryan. "Lending Club." Harvard Business School Case 210-052, February 2010. (Revised December 2010.)