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    Anke Becker

    Anke Becker is an Assistant Professor in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School.

    Anke’s areas of research include economic development, political economy, economics of gender, and behavioral economics. Her recent work examines culture... View Details

      Samantha Smith

      Samantha is a behavioral scientist, earning her Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior (Micro) at Harvard Business School. Her research examines employees' strategic decisions under competition. Her work also examines how to harness diverse talent effectively, driving... View Details

        Ebehi Iyoha

        Ebehi Iyoha is an Assistant Professor in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School. Her research interests lie at the intersection of industrial organization and international trade. Using a combination of structural and reduced-form methods,... View Details

        • 15 Jan 2014
        • News

        Banks Cutting Costs to Get Return on Equity

        • 2019
        • Chapter

        Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)

        By: Carliss Y. Baldwin
        Return on invested capital (ROIC) is a financial measure of the profitability of a firm or business unit. If it is greater than the business's cost of capital, then reinvestment of earnings increases shareholder VALUE. The ROIC also determines a maximum self-sustaining... View Details
        Keywords: Capital Efficiency; Dupont Analysis; Financial Metrics; Schumpeterian Competition; Sustainable Growth; Competitive Advantage; Financial Strategy; Resource Allocation; Valuation; Value Creation
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        • 04 Jun 2024
        • Research & Ideas

        Navigating Consumer Data Privacy in an AI World

        Harnessing customer data well is central to any modern business, as is earning consumers’ trust that their information will stay private. With data breaches growing more common, regulations are tightening across the globe to bolster... View Details
        Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Information Technology

          Shunyuan Zhang

          Shunyuan Zhang is an associate professor in the Marketing unit at Harvard Business School. She teaches the first-year Marketing course in the MBA required curriculum.

          Professor Zhang studies the sharing economy and the marketing problems that... View Details

          Keywords: e-commerce industry; high technology; retailing
          • July 1997 (Revised June 2001)
          • Case

          Hicorp, Inc.

          By: David F. Hawkins
          Discusses the measurement of earnings per share. View Details
          Keywords: Measurement and Metrics; Business Earnings
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            James W. Riley

            James Riley is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches LEAD in the MBA required curriculum.

            Professor Riley is an economic sociologist. He conducts ethnographic research to... View Details

              Dr. Elizabeth Mary Okelo

              Keywords: Financial services; Education
              • 02 Sep 2020
              • Blog Post

              My MBAid Story: Christine Keung (MBA 2020)

              Christine Keung (MBA 2020) shares how scholarships enabled her to explore, grow, and earn an education that far exceeded her childhood imagination—taking her from Wellesley College to the US Department of State as a Fulbright Scholar to... View Details
              • 2008
              • Working Paper

              CEO and CFO Career Penalties to Missing Quarterly Analysts Forecasts

              By: Rick Mergenthaler, Shiva Rajgopal and Suraj Srinivasan
              We find that missing the quarterly analyst consensus earnings forecast is associated with career penalties in the form of a reduced bonus, smaller equity grants, and a greater chance of forced dismissal for both CEOs and CFOs during the period 1993-2004. These results... View Details
              Keywords: Earnings Management; Governing and Advisory Boards; Compensation and Benefits; Managerial Roles; Personal Development and Career
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                Brian K. Baik

                Brian Baik is an assistant professor in the Accounting and Management Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches the Financial Reporting and Control course in the MBA required curriculum.

                Professor Baik studies how information, financial reporting, and... View Details

                Keywords: private equity (LBO funds); venture capital industry

                  Jeff Fossett

                  Jeff Fossett is a doctoral student in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. He is interested in economic and policy questions related to technology platforms and online marketplaces. Previously, Jeff was a member of the Data Science... View Details
                  Keywords: information technology industry
                  • 17 Oct 2016
                  • Working Paper Summaries

                  Self-Employment Dynamics and the Returns to Entrepreneurship

                  Keywords: by Eleanor W. Dillon and Christopher T. Stanton

                    Edward H. Chang

                    Edward Chang (he/him/his) is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches Inclusion in the MBA required curriculum and Negotiations in the MBA elective curriculum.
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                    • October 2023
                    • Case

                    Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: A Curriculum Provider Puts Itself on the Hook for Student Outcomes

                    By: John J-H Kim, Derek C. M. van Bever, Michael Norris and Max Hancock
                    Jack Lynch, CEO of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) since 2017, was leading the company’s transformation from a legacy textbook publisher to a digital-first student outcomes provider, which earned subscription revenue from digital products and curriculum. In 2023, HMH... View Details
                    Keywords: Edtech; Textbook; Publishing; Leading Change; Change Management; Transformation; Digital Transformation; Expansion; Business Strategy; Publishing Industry; Education Industry; United States
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                      Olivia S. Kim

                      Olivia Kim is an assistant professor of business administration in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School. She teaches the Entrepreneurial Management course in the MBA required curriculum.

                      Professor Kim's research examines how firms... View Details

                      • September 1986 (Revised March 1987)
                      • Case

                      Graves Industries, Inc. (B): Lohnes Marine Hardware Division

                      Describes events occurring over a four-year period in one division of Graves Industries. The division goes through a business cycle and uses several methods of managing earnings to meet its budget targets. The purpose of the case is to allow the exploration of the... View Details
                      Keywords: Earnings Management; Crime and Corruption; Ethics
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                      • March 2018
                      • Article

                      Making the Numbers? 'Short Termism' and the Puzzle of Only Occasional Disaster

                      By: Hazhir Rahmandad, Rebecca Henderson and Nelson P. Repenning
                      Much recent work in strategy and popular discussion suggests that an excessive focus on "managing the numbers"—delivering quarterly earnings at the expense of longer-term investments—makes it difficult for firms to make the investments necessary to build competitive... View Details
                      Keywords: Capability; Short-termism; System Dynamics; Tipping Point; Business or Company Management; Earnings Management; Resource Allocation
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