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  • June 18, 2019
  • Article

Research: Investors Reward Companies That Talk Up Their Digital Initiatives

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Wilbur Chen
A study of how companies disclose their digital initiatives on earnings calls and written communications finds that more firms are using these technologies, that financial markets reward companies that disclose such initiatives, but that financial performance... View Details
Keywords: Digital Technologies; Disclosure; Investment; Performance Improvement
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Srinivasan, Suraj, and Wilbur Chen. "Research: Investors Reward Companies That Talk Up Their Digital Initiatives." Harvard Business Review (website) (June 18, 2019).
  • 12 Feb 2008
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Small World of Investing: Board Connections and Mutual Fund Returns

Keywords: by Lauren H. Cohen, Andrea Frazzini & Christopher Malloy; Financial Services

    Ashley V. Whillans

    Ashley Whillans is the Volpert Family Associate Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, where she teaches the Motivation and Incentives course to MBA students. Professor Whillans earned her PhD in Social Psychology from the University of... View Details

    • 02 Nov 2010
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Making the Numbers? ‘Short Termism’ & the Puzzle of Only Occasional Disaster

    Keywords: by Nelson P. Repenning & Rebecca M. Henderson

      John Beshears

      John Beshears is the Albert J. Weatherhead Jr. Professor of Business Administration in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit, teaching the second-year MBA course "Negotiation." He is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.... View Details

      • April 2009 (Revised November 2012)
      • Case

      Sermo, Inc.

      By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Lars Peter Christian Nielsen
      Sermo operates the leading online professional network for physicians in the United States. Doctors use Sermo free of charge to post surveys regarding diagnostic and treatment concerns and to discuss these concerns, as well as challenges with managing their practices.... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Knowledge Sharing; Two-Sided Platforms; Conflict and Resolution; Social and Collaborative Networks; United States
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      Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Lars Peter Christian Nielsen. "Sermo, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 809-142, April 2009. (Revised November 2012.)
      • January 2011 (Revised July 2011)
      • Case

      Elizabeth Jacobs: Price-Earnings Ratios and Employee Stock Option Grants

      By: David F. Hawkins
      Analyst questions the value of accounting measurement of earnings per share and stock option costs for equity valuation purposes. View Details
      Keywords: Earnings Management; Business Earnings; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Stock Shares; Employee Ownership; Stock Options; Equity; Accounting Audits; Valuation; Profit Sharing; Accounting Industry
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      Hawkins, David F. "Elizabeth Jacobs: Price-Earnings Ratios and Employee Stock Option Grants." Harvard Business School Case 111-087, January 2011. (Revised July 2011.)

        Christopher T. Stanton

        Christopher Stanton is Marvin Bower Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit. Professor Stanton's research streams focus on personnel economics, organizational economics, labor markets, and entrepreneurship. His MBA... View Details

        • 16 Jan 2019
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        Companies lose out when employees’ caregiving burdens increase

          Ayelet Israeli

          Ayelet Israeli is the Marvin Bower Associate Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School Marketing Unit. She is the co-founder of the Customer Intelligence Lab at the Digital Data Design (D^3) Institute at Harvard Business School. She teaches... View Details
          Keywords: retailing; e-commerce industry; internet; automotive
          • October 1987 (Revised July 1991)
          • Case

          Tiffany & Co.

          By: Samuel L. Hayes III
          This premier retail jewelry company was bought from its parent, Avon, by a group of investors led by its own management in 1984. The company was highly leveraged, financially, and had to scramble to meet the cash flow and earnings requirements laid down by its lenders.... View Details
          Keywords: Acquisition; Borrowing and Debt; Cash Flow; Price; Going Public; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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          Hayes, Samuel L., III. "Tiffany & Co." Harvard Business School Case 288-022, October 1987. (Revised July 1991.)
          • September 2009 (Revised December 2009)
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          Genzyme Center (C)

          By: Michael W. Toffel and Aldo Sesia
          Genzyme Corporation is in the midst of planning its new corporate headquarters, which incorporates many innovative green building features. After learning that the building as planned would likely earn a LEED Silver rating, an intermediate score in the LEED green... View Details
          Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Standards; Cost vs Benefits; Biotechnology Industry; Construction Industry; Real Estate Industry; Green Technology Industry
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          Toffel, Michael W., and Aldo Sesia. "Genzyme Center (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 610-010, September 2009. (Revised December 2009.)
          • March 2016
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          Dividends as Reference Points: A Behavioral Signaling Approach

          By: Malcolm Baker, Brock Mendel and Jeffrey Wurgler
          We outline a dividend signaling model that features investors who are averse to dividend cuts. Managers with strong unobservable cash earnings separate by paying high dividends but retain enough to be likely not to fall short next period. The model is consistent with a... View Details
          Keywords: Investment
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          Baker, Malcolm, Brock Mendel, and Jeffrey Wurgler. "Dividends as Reference Points: A Behavioral Signaling Approach." Review of Financial Studies 29, no. 3 (March 2016): 697–738.

            Signaling with Dividends

            We outline a dividend signaling model that features investors who are behaviorally averse to dividend cuts. Managers with strong unobservable cash earnings separate by paying high dividends but retain enough to be likely not to fall short next period. The model is... View Details

              Jillian J. Jordan

              Jillian Jordan is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit at Harvard Business School. She teaches Negotiations in the MBA elective curriculum.

              Professor Jordan’s research investigates moral... View Details

                Robert F. White

                Bob White is a Senior Lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at the Harvard Business School where he teaches courses in the MBA program (Required and Elective curricula) and the Executive Education program. Courses taught include Entrepreneurial... View Details

                • September 2009 (Revised December 2009)
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                Genzyme Center (B)

                By: Michael W. Toffel and Aldo Sesia
                Genzyme Corporation is in the midst of planning its new corporate headquarters, which incorporates many innovative green building features. After learning that the building as planned would likely earn a LEED Silver rating, an intermediate score in the LEED green... View Details
                Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Standards; Cost vs Benefits; Biotechnology Industry; Construction Industry; Real Estate Industry; Green Technology Industry
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                Toffel, Michael W., and Aldo Sesia. "Genzyme Center (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 610-009, September 2009. (Revised December 2009.)
                • 12 Feb 2008
                • First Look

                First Look: February 12, 2007

                but all share a belief in the importance of understanding change over time. Publisher's site: http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Business/History/ The Effect of Macro Information Environment Change on the Quality of Management... View Details
                Keywords: Martha Lagace
                • July 2023 (Revised February 2024)
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                Clair

                By: Lauren Cohen, Grace Headinger and Marcos Quirno
                Clair was founded with a simple mission: to expedite America’s workers access to their hard-earned wages. In the headwinds of the COVID-19 pandemic, the startup had successfully raised a seed round of $4.5 million, and within two years the earned wage access (EWA)... View Details
                Keywords: Fintech; Ewa; Lending; Technology; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Social Enterprise; Business Strategy; Business Model; Mission and Purpose; Venture Capital; Profit; Financial Services Industry; United States
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                Cohen, Lauren, Grace Headinger, and Marcos Quirno. "Clair." Harvard Business School Case 224-015, July 2023. (Revised February 2024.)
                • September 2009 (Revised September 2010)
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                Genzyme Center (A)

                By: Michael W. Toffel and Aldo Sesia
                Genzyme Corporation is in the midst of planning its new corporate headquarters, which incorporates many innovative green building features. After learning that the building as planned would likely earn a LEED Silver rating, an intermediate score in the LEED green... View Details
                Keywords: Green Building; LEED Rating System; Economic And Environmental Performance; Program Evaluation And Assessment; Tradeoffs Between Process- And Performance Standards; Buildings and Facilities; Business Headquarters; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Standards; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance Improvement; Environmental Sustainability; Pollutants; Green Technology Industry
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                Toffel, Michael W., and Aldo Sesia. "Genzyme Center (A)." Harvard Business School Case 610-008, September 2009. (Revised September 2010.)
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