Comparability - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Aug 2016
Cold Call Podcast

Why College Rankings Keep Deans Awake at Night

Brian Kenny: In September of 2013, President Obama sent shock waves through American higher education by announcing plans to create a federal rating system that would allow parents and students to easily compare colleges. He said he would... View Details

Keywords: Re: William C. Kirby; Education

08 Mar 2004
Research & Ideas

Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”

fairy tale. Today's featured record-breaker is often tomorrow's letdown. It's easy to feel stupid when you compare yourself to the celebrity successes. And we're not just talking about all those millionaires doing the perp walk—like... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson

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HBS - Financials | Statement of Activity & Cash Flows

Income (5) (6) (3) Decapitilization of Endowments 4 1 2 Other Non-Reserve Activity (56) 7 7 Changes in Debt & Other $(63) $(5) $(1) Increase (Decrease) in Reserves $16 $37 $45 Beginning Reserves Balance $211 $174 $129 Ending Reserves Balance $227 $211 $174 “In pursuit... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

2017 in Finance: Helping Consumers Improve Their Financial Life

financial life. Think of it like a trip to the doctor: The doctor doesn’t just tell you your cholesterol level. He tells you what that means, how it compares to others in your age group, and what choices you have given that information.... View Details

Keywords: Omer Ismail (MBA 2007), chief commercial officer, Marcus by Goldman Sachs, the firm’s digital consumer financial services business; Finance

18 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

prior theory of subsidiary absorptive capacity and argue that larger subsidiaries, characterized by greater knowledge stock and a greater fraction of local employees, could plausibly absorb more knowledge from the local host country context View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

26 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Behind India’s Economic and Political Woes

the tightening supply of the US dollar. India's economy still has many strengths compared to China, especially thriving entrepreneurship at the grass-roots level, but it's been sadly overshadowed by the less-than-sterling performance of... View Details

Keywords: by Zeenat Potia

Fast Answer

Industries: financial analytical data and tools

not only a comparative analysis of a group of companies, but of entire industries overall as well. A note about free financial portals on the web: At most financial firms the financials from free Web sites such as yahoo.finance.com and... View Details

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Hidden Workers: Caregivers - Managing the Future of Work

key metrics compared to traditional sources of talent. With many companies facing a talent shortage, hiring these hidden workers may be the solution. Read the report Hidden Workers: Part-Time Potential By: Joseph B. Fuller, Manjari Raman,... View Details

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Statement of Activity & Cash Flows | Annual Report 2024

comparability across the Harvard schools, the University has asked all schools to report their net results in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) in the United States. Financial Statements: Statement of... View Details

25 Aug 2022
News

Research Brief: Paying the Price for Remote Work

Alberto Cavallo’s paper, “The International Price of Remote Work.” Using a data set from 2019 to 2021 from one of the largest web platforms, Cavallo and coauthors Agostina Brinatti, Javier Cravino, and Andres Drenik found that a country’s gross domestic product largely... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Market Research, Photo, Translation, Veterinary and Other Services; Professional Services

06 Nov 2014
News

Building a Startup Community Beyond Commencement

The rent is relatively cheap ($200/month per person) compared to start-up sites in Kendall Square and South Boston’s Innovation District, its dedicated desks offer more permanence than most co-working spaces, and the access to the i-lab’s... View Details

10 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 10

Working PapersMandatory IFRS Adoption and Financial Statement Comparability Authors:Francois Brochet, Alan Jagolinzer, and Edward J. Riedl Abstract This study examines the effect of mandatory International Financial Reporting Standards... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

Why Immigrant Workers Cluster in Particular Industries

“Most of my kids’ playmates are Finnish, and they have a Saturday morning school where they learn the Finnish language,” he says. “There are probably 8 to 10 organizations catering to the Finnish community in Boston.” All that socialization can give immigrants... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Transportation; Beauty & Cosmetics; Retail

09 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Around the World of Entrepreneurial Ventures

be examined, he said. International entrepreneurial finance, or IEF for short, is like 3-D chess compared to the two-dimensional chess of entrepreneurial finance, quipped HBS professor William Sahlman, who offered introductory remarks at... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

06 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success

the three XTV partners at least $44 million. Internal Rate Of Return The same assumptions suggest a net internal rate of return for Xerox (i.e., after fees and incentive compensation) of at least 56 percent. This compares favorably with... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner

08 Oct 2021
Research & Ideas

How Newspaper Closures Open the Door to Corporate Crime

of violations, as well as the dollar amount of penalties, at firms’ local facilities after a local newspaper folded and compared those figures with a control group in an area where a newspaper continued to publish. The spikes in... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

05 Mar 2025
News

Uncertain Terms

After Amar Bhidé (MBA 1979/DBA 1988) became an HBS assistant professor in 1988, then-dean John H. McArthur (MBA 1959/DBA 1963) gave him a copy of economist Frank Knight’s 1921 book Risk, Uncertainty and Profit. Knight’s idea that “uncertainty” must be distinguished... View Details

01 Sep 2017
News

Is Private Equity Blockchain’s Killer App?

Lakhani compares blockchain to TCP/IP, a network communications technology that spurred the internet’s growth. No one today, he says, thinks about how TCP/IP works. “They just use FaceTime, they just use email,” Lakhani says. Blockchain... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Jun 2014
News

Case Study: A Souped-Up Strategy

reputation-enhancing ratings on one platform. Compared to a small or midsized city, more entrants will vie for dominance in a large city. In a winner-take-all battle between five players, there's essentially a four-out-of-five chance of... View Details

25 Jul 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017

different types of seats are filled) on distributional objectives is comparable to the effect of adjusting reserve sizes. Either lowering the precedence order positions of reserve seats at a school or increasing the number of reserve... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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