Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (2,488) Arrow Down
Filter Results: (2,488) Arrow Down Arrow Up

Show Results For

Show Results For

← Page 6 of 2,488 Results →
  • Web

Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2017

comprising 33 percent of HBP’s total annual revenues. Executive Education The Executive Education group delivered strong financial results in fiscal 2017. The group continued to leverage the new facilities... View Details
  • Web

Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2016

Financials Supplemental Financial Information 5-Year Data Summary CFO Letter Financial Highlights Statement of Activity & Cash Flows Consolidated Balance Sheet Supplemental... View Details
  • August 2013 (Revised November 2015)
  • Case

Prudential Financial - General Motors Pension Risk Transfer: Back to the Future?

By: Luis M. Viceira and Emily A. Chien

In November 2012, Prudential Financial and General Motors closed on a $25.1B pension risk transfer (PRT) transaction, the largest of its kind to date by an order of magnitude both in the U.S. market and globally. In exchange for an in-kind transfer of $25.1B in... View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Asset Management; Insurance; Retirement; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry
Related
  • 13 Dec 2018
  • Blog Post

"I Wanted to Move from Analyzing Results to Creating Them": Cynthia Samanian, MBA 2012

Cynthia says, "but preferred to be on the side of figuring out what products could be. I wanted to move from analyzing results to creating them." At HBS, Cynthia immersed herself in entrepreneurial coursework and club... View Details
  • Web

Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2014

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

Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2017

Financials Supplemental Financial Information 3ms page 2 of 2 Expenses The School’s total operating expenses for fiscal 2017 were $731 million, up by $27 million, or nearly 4 percent, from $704 million for... View Details
  • Web

Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2020

Financials Supplemental Financial Information 8ms page 1 of 2 Revenues HBS funds its operations with cash from three primary sources: MBA tuition and fees; earned income from Harvard Business Publishing... View Details
  • November 2023
  • Article

When Executives Pledge Integrity: The Effect of the Accountant's Oath on Firms' Financial Reporting

By: Jonas Heese, Gerardo Pérez Cavazos and Caspar David Peter
We study the effect of executives’ pledges of integrity on firms’ financial reporting outcomes by exploiting a 2016 regulation that requires holders of Dutch professional accounting degrees to pledge an integrity oath. We identify chief executive officers (CEOs) and... View Details
Keywords: Integrity; Financial Reporting; Accounting; Earnings Management
Related
  • 2010
  • Article

The Effect of Financial Development on the Investment Cash Flow Relationship: Cross-Country Evidence from Europe

We investigate financing constraints in a large cross-country data set covering most of the European economy. Firm-level investment sensitivity to cash flow is used to identify financing constraints. We find that the sensitivities are significantly positive, on... View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development; Development Economics; Investment; Cash Flow; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Relationships; Economy; Financial Markets; Business Subsidiaries; Capital Markets; Assets; Financing and Loans; Europe
Related
  • 24 Oct 2008
  • Working Paper Summaries

Signaling Firm Performance Through Financial Statement Presentation: An Analysis Using Special Items

Keywords: by Edward J. Riedl & Suraj Srinivasan
  • 2012
  • Working Paper

Can Implicit Regulation Change Financial Market Behavior? Evidence from Spitzer's Attack on Market Timers

By: Charles C.Y. Wang
This paper explores a natural experiment setup from the 2003-2004 mutual fund scandals to evaluate the effectiveness of implicit regulation on financial markets behavior. On average, buy-and-hold investors lost 218 basis points annually from 1998 to 2002 to market... View Details
Keywords: Financial Markets; Market Timing; United States
Related
  • Web

Supplemental Financial Information II - Annual Report 2020

Financials Supplemental Financial Information II 7ms page 2 of 2 Expenses Executive Education, HBP, and HBSO operating costs, as well as the School’s faculty research costs, cut across multiple expense line... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2008
  • News

No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis

How did we get into this mess, and how do we fix it? Those were the key questions that three separate expert panels — two convened by HBS and one by Harvard University — addressed for standing-room-only audiences in late September as the nation’s View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson;Martha Lagace; deregulation; moral hazard; the middle class; Finance
  • July 2010 (Revised June 2012)
  • Background Note

Note: Regulation of Hedge Fund Managers in the U.K. Before and After the Global Financial Crisis

By: Robert C. Pozen and Melissa Anne Hammerle
This note will examine the regulatory framework for hedge funds in the United Kingdom (UK) before and after the financial crisis of 2008. First, it will discuss European Union (EU)-level regulation that applies to the UK as an EU member state. Second, it will discuss... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Investment Funds; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Laws and Statutes; Business and Government Relations; Financial Services Industry; European Union; United Kingdom
Related
  • 24 Apr 2014
  • News

Recasting environmentalism as a smart financial investment

global mission, Tercek says that viewing nature through the lens of basic business principles can lead to win-win opportunities—investments in nature that produce good business results and good environmental outcomes. (Published April... View Details
  • Article

The Big Five Personality Traits, Material Values, and Financial Well-being of Self-described Money Managers

By: Grant Edward Donnelly, Ravi Iyer and Ryan Howell
Previous research has linked personality traits, material values, and money management to savings, debt, and compulsive buying. To extend previous research, four online surveys examined the Big Five personality traits and material values of those who manage their money... View Details
Keywords: Values; Personality; Well-being; Personal Characteristics; Values and Beliefs; Personal Finance; Money
Related
  • Web

Myth Busting: Financial Aid for 2+2 Students - MBA

Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st... View Details
  • Web

Five Year Data Summary - Financial Report 2015

Financials 5-Year Data Summary Statement of Activity & Cash Flows Consolidated Balance Sheet Supplemental Financial Information Financial Data IN MILLIONS for the Fiscal Year... View Details
  • January 2008
  • Article

Innovation Killers: How Financial Tools Destroy Your Capacity to Do New Things

By: Clayton M. Christensen, Stephen P. Kaufman and Willy C. Shih
Most companies aren't half as innovative as their senior executives want them to be (or as their marketing claims suggest they are). What's stifling innovation? There are plenty of usual suspects, but the authors finger three financial tools as key accomplices.... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Innovation and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Business and Shareholder Relations; Prejudice and Bias; Value Creation
Related
  • Web

Supplemental Financial Information II - Annual Report 2019

Financials Supplemental Financial Information II 3ms page 2 of 2 Expenses Executive Education, Publishing, and Online operating costs, as well as the School’s faculty research costs, cut across multiple... View Details