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  • 11 Oct 2006
  • Research & Ideas

U.S. Tops Business Competitiveness Index 2006

by the World Economic Forum. The U.S., ranked number one in four of the last six years, scored high on business environment, financial markets, and innovative capacity. Germany, number two, benefited from its orientation on exports, the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2002
  • News

Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao Advises New MBA Students on Business Values

Dean Kim B. Clark for founding the Leadership and Values Initiative, an effort that for the last two years has sought to more fully integrate the School's community standards of integrity and honesty, respect for others, and personal View Details
  • 18 Jun 2013
  • First Look

First Look: June 18

account for horizontal peer comparison when designing executive wage contracts and that this comparison has productivity consequences for firms. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=43633 How Do Risk Managers Become... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino

    Chandler’s Legacies

    had integrating the U.S. economy, creating out of necessity new organizational forms, financial instruments and accounting techniques. For my Ph.D. thesis, I decided to study transportation technologies in... View Details
    • 12 May 2011
    • Research & Ideas

    The Difficult Transition from For-Profit to Nonprofit Boards

    against mission." Repeatedly we have seen new trustees and ineffective boards try to wag the mission dog with the financial tail. It just doesn't work that way. Without mission and its accountability we have... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • Web

    Industrial Production & Materials - Business & Environment

    instead, emitting fewer GHGs. [45] Water Consumption Industry accounts for about 20% of global water usage , the second highest usage after agriculture. [46] Except when powered by renewable or nuclear energy, pumping and treating water... View Details
    • 13 Sep 2012
    • Research & Ideas

    Why Public Companies Underinvest in the Future

    Sageworks, a financial information company based in Raleigh, North Carolina. When Sageworks decided to open up its nearly 250,000 private-firm database of detailed accounting information to academic... View Details
    Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
    • November 2023 (Revised July 2024)
    • Case

    Aviva plc: Examining Net Zero

    By: Peter Tufano, Brian Trelstad and Matteo Gasparini
    The board of Aviva Plc, one of the world’s largest insurers, must review its climate risk exposures and evaluate next steps. Risk experts at the firm have conducted a robust set of analyses prepared for its regulator, the Bank of England, simulating how various climate... View Details
    Keywords: Analysis; Climate Change; Insurance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Risk Management; Adaptation; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Europe; United Kingdom
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    • 07 Dec 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: Dec. 7

    by a (chronic or situational) productivity orientation. Consequences and Institutional Determinants of Unregulated Corporate Financial Statements: Evidence from Embedded Value Reporting Author:George Serafeim Publication:Journal of View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 24 Jun 2014
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    First Look: June 24

    of trade finance terms is shaped by the risk that an importer defaults on an exporter and by the possibility that an exporter does not deliver goods as specified in the contract. The empirical results indicate that cash in advance and open View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 16 Oct 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: October 16

    the positive accounting literature's current understanding of properties of financial reports to develop three hypotheses on corporate accountability reporting. I argue that an... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 29 Aug 2011
    • Research & Ideas

    Decoding Insider Information and Other Secrets of Old School Chums

    obtaining both good and bad news from their school-tied firms, but perhaps as a tacit agreement, acting only on the positive news." Importantly, the research takes into account stock returns in the years before and after the October 2000... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services
    • 21 Aug 2012
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    First Look: August 21

    multinationals (MNCs), this paper is the first empirical analysis to describe the size and composition of MNC headquarters and to account for differences among them. Read the paper:... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 01 Apr 2008
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    First Look: April 1, 2008

      Working PapersMental Accounting and Small Windfalls: Evidence from an Online Grocer Authors:Katherine L. Milkman, John Beshears, Todd Rogers, and Max H. Bazerman (revised March 2008) Abstract We study the effect of small windfalls on... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • Web

    1.11 Leaves of Absence | MBA

    Calendar (see below). Students receiving scholarship or other financial aid should consult the Financial Aid Office concerning the financial implications of going on leave. US... View Details
    • 25 Mar 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: March 25

    the investor's and the investee's countries, affects the asset allocation decisions of global mutual funds. We find that investors tend to underweight investees with greater accounting distance. Using the mandatory adoption of... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 01 Jun 2011
    • News

    LME Fund Makes HBS Dreams a Reality

    Mcarthur, Ellis, Lebaron: Since 1983, providing financial aid to over 530 HBS students. In February, Dean Nitin Nohria hosted a private dinner at his residence, the Dean’s House, for a group of current HBS student fellowship recipients... View Details
    • 01 Jun 2017
    • News

    Research Brief: Profit with Purpose—and Middle Management

    purpose can propel an organization’s accounting and stock market performance. According to a recent working paper coauthored by Associate Professor George Serafeim and Claudine Madras Gartenberg (MBA 2006, DBA 2011), the finding upends... View Details
    Keywords: Erin Peterson
    • 27 Feb 2006
    • Research & Ideas

    Take Responsibility for Rising Stars

    departments, passing on important knowledge and providing helpful evaluations and feedback. The operating managers' own evaluations, development plans, and promotions, in turn, depend on how successfully they nurture their subordinates. Line managers are held View Details
    Keywords: by Jeffrey M. Cohn, Rakesh Khurana & Laura Reeves
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    1.6 Degree Requirements | MBA

    STEM-designated degree program. Students in Joint Degree programs will have alternative requirements; please check Joint Degree program guidelines for specific requirements. Required Curriculum Term 1 Term 2 Finance 1 (FIN1) Business, Government, and the International... View Details