Stock Market Participation - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Jul 2011
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First Look: July 12

implementation of firm strategy). Thus, agency theory predicts managers will, on average, use the discretion in SFAS 142 consistent with private incentives. We test these hypotheses in a sample of firms with market indications of goodwill... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Feb 1998
News

Making a Case for Women

Marjorie Alfus, a retired Kmart executive who now concentrates on the real-estate and stock markets; the Committee of 200 (C200), a national organization of women business executives; and the School. "Women, no matter what their level of... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Helping one child led to improving the lives of thousands

Gerald Chertavian (MBA 1992) volunteered as a Big Brother and saw firsthand how urban youth suffered from a lack of job options. He wrote his HBS application essay about starting a program to connect those young adults with a growing need for entry-level labor. After... View Details

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Online Learning Track Programs | HBS Online

What Are Learning Tracks? Learning Tracks enable participants to take three courses within a specific subject area to gain deeper insights and expertise. Those who successfully complete three courses from their selected Learning Track... View Details

30 Jun 2020
Book

Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

28 Oct 2014
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First Look: October 28

October 2014 Review of Financial Studies Corporate Investment and Stock Market Listing: A Puzzle? By: Asker, John, Joan Farre-Mensa, and Alexander Ljungqvist Abstract—We investigate whether short-termism... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 1, 2008

Case 208-069 Delphi Corporation, operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, has filed a plan of reorganization with the court, under which a consortium of hedge funds led by Appaloosa Management will invest up to $2.6 billion in new equity. Also View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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The Art of American Advertising: 1865 - 1910

Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections Visual Resources More Exhibits Exhibition Gallery Research Links Site Credits The Art of American Advertising 1865 - 1910 National Markets Advertising Products Trade Catalogs Trade... View Details

12 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

engaging in a pre-eating ritual over a 5-day period helped participants reduce calorie intake (Experiment 1). Pairing a ritual with healthy eating behavior increased the likelihood of choosing healthy food in a subsequent decision... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Jul 2017
Blog Post

Summer Snapshot: Interning in the Sports Industry

role. To this point, the summer has exceeded my expectations. My entire team has been great, and I am fortunate to work closely with two alumni, John Niehaus (HBS ’13) and Dan Fleeter (HBS ’10). In only four weeks, I have worked on various View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports

15 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Why Business IT Innovation is so Difficult

innovation portrayed in the census data differed from what she had read in the press. "It was clear that firms were actually doing far less of it than you would think if you read the newspaper." The e-business that was being done among survey View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

01 Oct 2001
News

Looking for a Leader: The Role of Executive Search Firms

field research. Over a period of six years, he interviewed nearly forty board members of Fortune 500 companies who, together, had participated in more than a hundred CEO successions. Subsequently, he visited leading executive search... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs; Telecommunications; Information

30 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds

On August 31, 2016, many investors celebrated the 40th birthday of one of the world’s most successful financial instruments: the mutual index fund, created by Vanguard founder John C. Bogle. Index funds, which automatically track an index of View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

01 Sep 2017
News

Futures Made Bright Through Opportunity

achieved through both the private and public sectors,” says Kyarisiima. “Enabling African businesses to access global markets and think strategically is where I want to play a role.” The path she took to pursue this goal has been... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

02 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Companies Choreograph Earnings Calls to Hide Bad News

more advantageous." This trend is so well established that a simulated long-short stock portfolio created by the researchers to take advantage of this fact earned abnormally high returns of up to 101 basis points per month. (In part, the... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services

26 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 26

find that GPs are associated with higher expected acquisition premiums and that this association is at least partly due to the effect of GPs on executive incentives. However, we also find that firms that adopt GPs experience negative abnormal View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Read excerpts from DENIAL

By: Richard S. Tedlow

The Edifice Complex: Denial at Sears

Book Excerpt: Denial at Sears (BusinessWeek.com, February 26, 2010)

From Denial: Why Business... View Details

01 Dec 2007
News

A View from the Top

company in 1979, Mixon had only $10,000 of the $7.8 million asking price. But he managed to raise the rest and led the company to annual revenues of $1.5 billion (those early investors have seen Invacare’s stock grow from 2¢ to $25 a... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Management

18 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 18, 2007

gives firms discretion to manage impairments. We test this argument in a sample of firms with market indications of impairment (firms with book goodwill and market-to-book ratio below one). We find that the frequency of non-impairment in... View Details