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August 2010 (Revised November 2010)
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Cosmeticos de Espana, S.A. (C)

By: David F. Hawkins

The third case in the Cosmeticos de Espana case series. What should management's accounting response be to a further devaluation of the Bolivar? View Details

Keywords: Financial Statements; Decision Choices and Conditions; Inflation and Deflation; Currency Exchange Rate; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Spain; Venezuela

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26 Mar 2019
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engagement. In offices with high levels of employee engagement—with above-median rates of employee retention and willingness to log onto the training platform—each additional minute of average platform engagement per employee led to an... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

30 Jun 2015
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https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=46138 Forthcoming Accounting Review An Analysis of Self-reported Anticorruption Efforts By: Healy, Paul M., and George Serafeim Abstract—We use Transparency International's ratings of... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

25 Feb 2014
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and $12 billion, which equates to between 1.3% and 8.7% of the stock of prepackaged software in private fixed investment in the United States and a very high rate of return to the original federal investment in the Internet. We argue that... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jan 2020
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Why Not Open America's Doors to All the World’s Talent?

Laurence Dutton SUMMING UP How Should America Admit Talented Workers of the World? The notion of attracting talented workers to the United States deserves support, especially at times when the unemployment rate is low. But the H-1B... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

28 Apr 2021
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Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)

this sector. Part of my responsibility at the fund was to review the ESG ratings of companies in Asia that were potential investment targets of this new strategy. Once I was told who the target company was, I collected their current ESG... View Details

11 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Neuroeconomics: Eyes, Brain, Business

surprisingly, the ratings of whether a face could think or feel correlated with the animacy ratings—only the most human faces on the end of the spectrum were deemed able to perceive anything. The pleasantness ratings, on the other hand,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

03 Apr 2012
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goal of residency training. The Confederacy of Heterogeneous Software Organizations and Heterogeneous Developers: Field Experimental Evidence on Sorting and Worker Effort Authors:Kevin J. Boudreau and Karim R. Lakhani Publication:In The View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

Larissa Bifano

systems, cellular networks, and options trading. Larissa has been recognized by The Legal 500 United States. She was recently named a top performing IP attorney by intellectual property company Patexia, Inc., noting a success rate in IPRs... View Details

Keywords: Legal

01 Dec 2018
News

Evergreen Business

this seasonal side business, where 99 percent of his customers leave with a tree—a sales rate few retailers can imagine. “Plus it’s Christmas, so everyone’s in a great mood.” View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

10 Aug 2015
News

Support for the Healers

health,” says Sandford, who joined Point of Care in 2014. “Their burn-out rates are high and getting higher.” Recent breakthroughs in life-saving medical interventions mean that “more patients are living longer with chronic conditions,”... View Details

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Shad Membership Eligibility | About

for the current rates and membership information Membership Refunds If for any reason it is necessary to cancel your membership or one of your services refunds can be requested at the Member Services Desk. Domestic Partner Shad Hall... View Details

10 Oct 2017
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Finish What You Start-up

Angie Hicks (MBA 2000) is cofounder and CMO of the popular online ratings website Angie’s List. In this interview she reflects on the challenges––and advantages––of starting her company away from Silicon Valley: “Don't take yourself too... View Details

Donald C. McGraw

McGraw initiated a period of diversification and expansion for McGraw-Hill, moving beyond book and magazine publishing. He orchestrated the successful acquisition of three industry reference sources: Standard & Poor’s Corporation, F. W. Dodge Corporation, and... View Details

Keywords: Publishing & Print Media

06 Oct 2020
News

Clearing the Path to Citizenship

law firm—more than 7,000 a year—and boasts a success rate of 99.7 percent. The volume of applicants also has other benefits. Synthesizing what it has learned from its clients’ experiences, Boundless has become a clearinghouse for reliable... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 2008
News

The $4 Billion Question

says El-Hage. As cofounder of ABRY, a media-focused private equity firm started in 1989, Royce Yudkoff (MBA ’80) has enjoyed a 48 percent net internal rate of return (IRR) for investors over the course of the firm’s first four funds.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Finance; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Management

01 Apr 1997
News

The Businesslike Gourmet: Karen Page on America's Foodservice Industry

Incredibly, no such guide to flavor compatibility has ever been published before. Do restaurant chef/owners have management lessons for the rest of business? Absolutely. One acclaimed owner assigns a mood rating on a scale of one to ten... View Details

01 Sep 2016
News

The Big Business of Little Loans

Funding Circle, among others. It was a wide circle. These startups are part of a new ecosystem filling the void left by traditional banks that don’t want to lend to small businesses because they are too risky or because interest rates are... View Details

Keywords: Nancy Miller

01 Dec 2000
News

Core Values Keep Airline Flying High

procedures, boost innovation, and keep costs down while retaining a high degree of teamwork, communication, and coordination across functions. While its top-ranked customer service ratings have established its reputation as the "nice"... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Air Transportation; Transportation

23 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

One More Way the Startup World Hampers Women Entrepreneurs

to female consumers. An app that allows pregnant women to request a seat on public transport, for example, was rated more than 99 percent female-focused, while an app using artificial intelligence to help managers with diversity was View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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