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- 18 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Bias of Wall Street Analysts
begun investigating the impact of accounting method choices in cross-border investments. Ann Cullen: After the scandals of the past few years, the potential for brokerage research deception is obviously something the Securities and... View Details
- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
When Reputation Trumps Regulation
governance. But in both cases regulatory oversight has little to do with the outcome. Professor Siegel recently participated in this Q&A. Ann Cullen: You make the case that the SEC has been unable to be the world's enforcement agency... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 01 May 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Lose from Forced Disclosure
March 2006; and "Aggregation, Precision, and Contracting with a Long-Horizon Agent in a Multi-Task Setting," a HBS Working Paper from April 2006. Ann Cullen: How did you get interested in this topic? Romana Autrey: Career... View Details
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Unlocking Your Investment Capital
down. In this e-mail Q&A, Merton discusses the non-financial executive as risk manager, value-added versus passive risks, and the effective use of credit-default swaps. Ann Cullen: What are the dangers of managers delegating and not... View Details
- 18 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Time to Rethink the Corporate Tax System?
ultimately harm shareholders, and the role boards of directors play in making sure their companies stay within the rules. Ann Cullen: How has the way corporations view taxation changed? Mihir A. Desai: There is growing evidence that the... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 21 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Europe Wrote the Rules of Global Finance
developing countries. His article, "Writing the Rules of Global Finance: France, Europe, and Capital Liberalization," appeared in the Review of International Political Economy in February 2006. Ann Cullen: How did you become... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 14 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Big Money for Big Projects
road improvement project built through the heart of the city. Ann Cullen: The Big Dig in Boston is coming to completion. In terms of project financing, what are your thoughts on this project? Was there a better way to finance the project... View Details
- 16 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Adam Smith, Behavioral Economist?
discuss her research and the enduring power of Adam Smith's ideas. Ann Cullen: How did you and your coauthors come to be interested in this lesser known publication of Adam Smith? Nava Ashraf: Several years ago while taking a graduate... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 08 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
A Bold Proposal for Investment Reform
For companies to redeem credibility with investors, argue Harvard Business School professors Paul Healy and Krishna Palepu, "fundamental and even radical reforms must be made to the way America's markets process the flows of information between consumers and... View Details
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
The U.S. Patent Game: How to Change It
what's wrong and how to fix it. Ann Cullen: How did you come to write this book with Adam B. Jaffe? What sparked your interest in this research? Josh Lerner: Adam and I have done research, together and separately, over the past decade on... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 17 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Rating Fund Managers by the Company They Keep
Many tools for rating the performance of mutual funds and their managers rely heavily on past performance. But what about the future? Now comes a system devised by Randolph B. Cohen and Joshua D. Coval of Harvard Business School, and Lubos Pastor of the University of... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
New Challenges for Long-Term Investors
School's MBA and doctoral programs. He discusses the findings and implications of his research with HBS Working Knowledge. Ann Cullen: You point out that historically some assets might look riskier than they actually are and some might... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 06 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Best Place for Retirement Funds
preferentially locate these bonds inside of their 401(k). Getting this decision right, while not a pure arbitrage, is as close to one as most investors will ever see." We talked with Bergstresser about his research and what personal investors can take away from... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Surveying the VC Landscape
Corporate cutbacks could stall R&D and hinder innovation, argues Harvard Business School professor Josh Lerner. In this Q&A, Lerner looks over the state of the venture capital industry and its relationship with innovation. Cullen: In your paper, Boom and Bust... View Details
- August 2009 (Revised February 2011)
- Background Note
Managing Organizational Human Capital: Research Resources
By: Boris Groysberg and Ann Cullen
This technical note provides a list of library resources for researching various aspects of managing human capital within organizations. View Details
Keywords: Human Resources; Human Capital; Management Practices and Processes; Organizations; Research
Groysberg, Boris, and Ann Cullen. "Managing Organizational Human Capital: Research Resources." Harvard Business School Background Note 410-045, August 2009. (Revised February 2011.)
- January 2010 (Revised November 2017)
- Background Note
GUIDES: Insight through Indicators
By: Matthew Weinzierl, Jonathan Schlefer and Ann Cullen
GUIDES is an easily remembered framework that can help the business leader and student to confidently and quickly identify, organize, and interpret a country's key economic indicators. Alternatively, it can help them to evaluate third-party analyses and to compare such... View Details
Weinzierl, Matthew, Jonathan Schlefer, and Ann Cullen. "GUIDES: Insight through Indicators." Harvard Business School Background Note 710-044, January 2010. (Revised November 2017.)
- February 2008 (Revised May 2011)
- Background Note
A Note on Compensation Research
By: Robert G. Eccles, Boris Groysberg and Ann Cullen
This note provides guidelines to consider and reviews the sources available for compensation research. Having an understanding of the “outside option,” that is effectively the average salary being offered for a position in a specific type of firm is an important... View Details
Eccles, Robert G., Boris Groysberg, and Ann Cullen. "A Note on Compensation Research." Harvard Business School Background Note 408-114, February 2008. (Revised May 2011.)
- August 2008
- Teaching Note
Information Use by Managers in Decision Making: A Team Exercise (TN)
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Ann Cullen
Teaching Note for [609028]. View Details
- January 2008 (Revised January 2010)
- Background Note
Finding Information for Industry Analysis
By: Jan W. Rivkin and Ann Cullen
This note provides detailed instructions on finding resources for conducting industry analysis, with a special focus on resources available at Harvard Business School. It allows students to transition from doing a Five Forces analysis on the basis of a case, where all... View Details
Rivkin, Jan W., and Ann Cullen. "Finding Information for Industry Analysis." Harvard Business School Background Note 708-481, January 2008. (Revised January 2010.)
- July 2008
- Exercise
Information Use by Managers in Decision Making: A Team Exercise
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Ann Cullen
The purpose of this exercise is to explore the challenges of information collection and analysis. Students will, experientially, gain insights into how information is used and be exposed to a framework for identifying and evaluating information. In addition, the... View Details
Keywords: Competency and Skills; Decision Making; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Managerial Roles; Business Processes; Groups and Teams
Edmondson, Amy C., and Ann Cullen. "Information Use by Managers in Decision Making: A Team Exercise." Harvard Business School Exercise 609-027, July 2008.