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- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2015
corporations before striking out on their own, the authors wondered why the billionaires’ former employers couldn’t hang on to them and why most big companies are unable to create as much new value as the billionaires. The key is what the...
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- 02 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 2
the effect of mandatory sustainability reporting on corporate disclosure practices. Specifically, we examine regulations mandating the disclosure of environmental, social, and governance information in...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Aug 2009
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First Look: August 18
Accounting Studies (forthcoming) Abstract Over the past 30 years, there have been significant changes in the distribution of earnings (cross-sectional variation has increased, with increasing left skewness) as well as in corporate payout...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
From the Editors
have created an enduring record of the School's intellectual engagement in historic events. In their regular reports on social gatherings, curriculum developments, building dedications, and retirements, they have also helped to foster a...
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Deborah Blagg
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Introduction - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA...
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- 01 Sep 2015
- News
State of the Unions
A McDonald’s employee takes part in a March protest calling for unionization and higher minimum wages for fast-food workers. (© David Eulitt/TNS/ZUMA Wire) In May, thousands of McDonald’s employees swarmed the company’s Oak Brook, Illinois, headquarters to let their...
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- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Knowing the Score
campaign—still one of the most creative promotions any network has ever produced about itself—and the methodology behind it. ESPN has had many corporate owners over the years, and the famous edict of Watergate’s “Deep Throat” to “follow...
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- 15 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise
like we got X donations, and we took care of 1,000 children at a cost of $80 a child, which is less than $120 a child spent by comparable organizations. Even that amount of reporting would be very useful, but it is not the norm. By and...
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by Roger Thompson
- 29 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Star Power! How to Win in Professional Services
to question, debate, and even oppose initiatives with which they disagree—and often do so. Corporate CEOs also tend to deal with their shareholders periodically and at a distance. True, they have to talk with analysts at least quarterly,...
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by Jay W. Lorsch & Thomas J. Tierney
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Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements - Course Catalog
strategy execution, performance, financial prospects, and value. The primary emphasis is on the analysis of public companies, but the framework and tools are also relevant to private enterprises. This course is particularly valuable to students seeking a career in...
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- 08 Jul 2002
- What Do You Think?
Have We Carried the Concept of Alignment Too Far?
Summing Up Don't throw out alignment while fighting greed and ignorance in corporate governance Respondents to this month's column have spoken: The cause of investor mistrust of management is not the concept of alignment; it is, among...
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by James Heskett
- 08 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 8
PublicationsConcentrating on Governance Authors:Dalida Kadyrzhanova, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Publication:Journal of Finance (forthcoming) Abstract This paper develops a novel trade-off view of corporate governance. Using a simple model...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Are the Olympics a Catalyst for China Reforms?
earlier pledge to give reporters covering the Olympics unfettered access to the Web. At the same time, it accused the Bush administration of politicizing the Games after the United States criticized China's policies on human rights. We...
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by Sean Silverthorne
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Law, Management and Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog
and other materials including excerpts from judicial opinions, statutes, news reports and analysis, and actual deal documentation. Most of the classes will run the usual 80 minutes although a few sessions may be merged for deep dives into...
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- 10 Mar 2015
- News
Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
gamer, the coder, the hacker—all stereotypically male. Recent statistics give some truth to that image. In 2014, Google reported that 7 out of every 10 of its then 48,600 employees were men. The number was even higher among its engineers...
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April White
- 16 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 16
& Private Equity: A Casebook, 5th edition provides an understanding of the ways in which private equity groups work. The casebook builds an understanding of the key distinctions in the industry and reviews and applies key ideas of View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
Companies, Cultures and the Transformation to the Transnational
businesses were often treated as a portfolio of investments rather than an integrated worldwide business. Such cultural influences were very evident in Lever Brothers and later Unilever, where the important overseas operations were managed by an inner circle of trusted...
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- 26 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 26
environmental performance. Several voluntary programs have arisen to encourage suppliers to report this information in a standardized manner, but the information companies report might misrepresent their...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 7, 2009
multinational firms requires a similar fortitude. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-107.pdf Corporate Misgovernance at the World Bank Authors:Ashwin Kaja and Eric Werker Abstract We test for evidence of View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 19 Jul 2016
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July 19, 2016
propensity to punish crime in our sample, where most crimes are not reported to the regulator, relative to samples in studies investigating punishment of perpetrators in cases investigated by U.S. regulatory authorities. Punishment...
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Sean Silverthorne