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- September 2004
- Article
Decomposing the Persistence of International Equity Flows
By: Kenneth A. Froot and J. Tjornhom Donohue
- 12 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Accounting Information as Political Currency
companies otherwise understate their earnings? A: Accrual accounting gives managers some flexibility to make estimates about the future. These estimates are usually verifiable by auditors, and on average, they provide information about future cash flows. The estimates... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 15, 2015
or liking both scholarly documentary films and action-packed thrillers. However, when predicting other consumers’ tastes for the same items, people believe that a preference for one precludes enjoyment of the dissimilar other. Five... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 28 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 28
predict the future, with the aim of profiting from their forecasts. This book chronicles the lives and careers of the men who defined this first wave of economic fortune tellers, men such as Roger Babson, Irving Fisher, John Moody, C. J.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- November 1994 (Revised February 1996)
- Case
Toy World, Inc.
By: W. Carl Kester
A shift from seasonal to level production of toys will change the seasonal cycle of Toy World's working capital needs and necessitate new bank credit arrangements. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details
Keywords: Working Capital; Business Cycles; Cash Flow; Forecasting and Prediction; Investment Funds; Financial Statements
Kester, W. Carl. "Toy World, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 295-073, November 1994. (Revised February 1996.)
- June 2024
- Teaching Note
Roku 2021
By: David B. Yoffie
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 721-480. This case is used to explore the strategic concept of "look forward, reason back." Roku in 2021 is trying to figure out the future of television and streaming media. Students are asked to provide a vision for television and... View Details
- March 2008 (Revised August 2008)
- Supplement
Medtronic Vision 2010 (CW)
By: Lynda M. Applegate and James Zeitler
- October 2002
- Exercise
Luster Paint Corporation, The
Describes a marketing director about to launch a new process for demand forecasting. Provides data that allow students to do a multivariable regression analysis. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details
Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Analytics and Data Science; Management Practices and Processes; Demand and Consumers; Mathematical Methods
Hammond, Janice H. "Luster Paint Corporation, The." Harvard Business School Exercise 603-078, October 2002.
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Learning to Lead
model that will predict how its competitors will react to changes in pricing. “I felt completely clueless,” he recalls in the case. The dynamics of the project team are equally demanding. Keller, who launched and ran a company in Cambodia... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
No Bull — Nancy E. Havens-Hasty (MBA 1971)
conventional financial analyses, she studies bankruptcy judges and government agency personnel the way some investors analyze corporate managers, in order to predict possible outcomes. "By quantifying the risks, one can get an edge," she... View Details
Keywords: Linda Goodspeed
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Truth in Lending
approach.” As the Entrepreneurial Finance Lab continues to expand its global reach, now with more than 50 employees on four continents, the company’s model has become increasingly sophisticated at identifying cultural nuances. “But about two-thirds of the model’s View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Data-Driven Diligence
that sold them on Casper—it was the numbers. The company had tested well in a revolutionary predictive model built by the venture firm. The idea to vet possible investments in such a way hit Coats about a decade ago: Maybe, he figured, he... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Up Your Time Affluence
wealth weakly predicts happiness. “It’s okay to be money-focused,” says Whillans. “But beyond a certain point, the amount of money you have has little bearing on happiness levels.” Finding quality time in an already hectic schedule can... View Details
- 22 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 22
both requires and depletes self-control resources (Study 4). Taken together, our findings help to explain how otherwise ethical individuals predictably engage in unethical behavior. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
India Research Center: Connecting HBS to South Asia
Executive Director of HBS’s India Research Center With the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund predicting that India will overtake China as the fastest-growing major economy within two years, HBS’s presence in this dynamic... View Details
- 06 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products?
approach to the “pitch or spec” dilemma by constructing a model that links this choice to writers’ past experience and their confidence level about this particular idea. The model also predicts the average quality of ideas offered for... View Details
- 09 Sep 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching Climate Change to Skeptics
and BEI faculty cochair Forest L. Reinhardt. "I don't think this ought to be treated as a religious question. I think it's better seen as a classic managerial question about decision-making under uncertainty." Indeed, nothing is certain, but scientific View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Globalization Revisited
world in what and how consumers consume.” Sorrell went on to predict that in the coming years, “Companies’ marketing focus will become much more localized, which will call for more, rather than less, emphasis on national management and... View Details
- Profile
Olivia Melendez
to cast her next blockbuster hit. Then in 7th grade, a psychic at my friend’s birthday party predicted I’d go on to become a soap opera star. I guess I’m still waiting for my shot What is your favorite childhood memory? There’s a home... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
The Future of Books
commercial publishers. If you were one of those people with a crystal ball, what would you predict for the future of book publishing? MA: I see the demand for books, both in print and in digital formats, remaining strong and stable. So... View Details