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12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

process solutions has become clear. And it is driving new business creation, as well as traditional business adaptation, at far higher than previous rates. With the evolution of our great industrial and financial base, we may at last be... View Details

08 Mar 2021
Blog Post

International Women's Day Featured Stories

missing an actionable dataset that quantifies its climate impact. To address this gap, I am building Metric to provide ESG analytics software that measures corporate ESG performance and quantifies the View Details

27 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing

even more difficult than in the past. Why the concern about coordination between sales and marketing? Every business exists for financial performance—making money. We know generally how to measure it across different companies and... View Details

Keywords: by Benson Shapiro

07 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: Sept. 7

the global financial system, environmental degradation, and inadequate government and international institutions are just a few of the forces that threaten to disrupt global market capitalism in the decades ahead. In conversations with... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

January 2005 (Revised October 2005)
Background Note

Standard & Poor's Sovereign Credit Ratings: Scales and Process

By: Rawi E. Abdelal and Christopher Bruner

Describes Standard & Poor's sovereign credit ratings scales and the credit rating process. In particular, describes the role and function of the rating committee and the analytical categories considered in arriving at a final sovereign credit rating. View Details

Keywords: Financial Markets; Credit; Bonds; Policy; Risk and Uncertainty; Measurement and Metrics; Forecasting and Prediction; Financial Services Industry

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Annual Report 2024 | Harvard Business School

compared with $6.3 billion as of June 30, 2023. From the Chief Financial Officer Statement of Activity & Cash Flows Consolidated Balance Sheet Supplemental Financial Information Key View Details

June 2013 (Revised January 2014)
Case

S&P Indices and the Indexing Business in 2012

By: Luis Viceira and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld

In June 2012, Standard & Poor's Indices is finalizing a deal with the CME Group, the largest global exchange for futures and options and majority owner of Dow Jones Indexes, to combine their respective indices business into a new joint venture called S&P Dow Jones... View Details

Keywords: Indexing; Business Model; Joint Ventures; Financial Markets; Standards; Financial Services Industry

Profile

Ed Rogers

broadly, I see that technology can have a profound impact on how people live their lives. I’m very intrigued by the "quantified self" movement; the idea of enabling people with metrics that give them deep insights into how they... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services; Financial Services

Fast Answer

Public companies: fast growing

How can I find (or create) a list of fast-growing public companies? Create a list of fast-growing public companies: Capital IQ Go to Screening > Companies. Under Company Details, add any geographic or industry filters desired. Go to View Details

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Public companies: fast growing | Baker Library

Help Center Public Companies: Fast Growing How can I find (or create) a list of fast-growing public companies? Create a list of fast-growing public companies: In Capital IQ : Go to Screening > Companies. Under Company Details , add any geographic or industry filters... View Details

February 2019 (Revised October 2019)
Teaching Note

The Rise Fund: TPG Bets Big on Impact

By: Vikram S Gandhi, Caitlin Reimers Brumme and Sarah Mehta

Teaching Note for HBS No. 318-041. View Details

Keywords: Impact Investing; Impact Measurement; Equity; Investment; Measurement and Metrics; Financial Services Industry; San Francisco

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PDF Downloads | Annual Report 2024

PDF Downloads Key Metrics (pdf) Financial Statements (pdf) View Details

July 2011 (Revised October 2012)
Case

Adoption of IFRS in Ethiopia

By: David F. Hawkins and Shani Senbetta

Ethiopia's decision to adopt IFRS. The motivation to adopt IFRS and the challenges to implement the decision. View Details

Keywords: International Accounting; Financial Reporting; Standards; Ethiopia

September 2007
Supplement

Silic (B): Choosing Cost or Fair Value on Adoption of IFRS

By: David F. Hawkins, Vincent Marie Dessain and Andrew Barron

Keywords: Cost; Value; Standards; Financial Reporting

July 2009 (Revised May 2012)
Case

Wareham SC Systems, Inc.

By: David F. Hawkins

CFO tests company's revenue recognition practices against the recently issued SAB 101 requirements and proposes plan for adoption of SAB 101. View Details

Keywords: Revenue Recognition; Standards

July 2009 (Revised June 2010)
Supplement

Kim Park (B): Liabilities

By: David F. Hawkins, Gregory Miller and V.G. Narayanan

A series of caselets exploring the accounting for liabilities. View Details

Keywords: Accounting; Financial Reporting; International Accounting; Standards; United States

June 2006
Article

Large Blocks of Stock: Prevalence, Size, and Measurement

By: Jennifer Lauren Dlugosz, Rudiger Fahlenbrach, Paul Gompers and Andrew Metrick

Keywords: Stocks; Measurement and Metrics; Size

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August 2021
Article

Don't Take Their Word for It: The Misclassification of Bond Mutual Funds

By: Huaizhi Chen, Lauren Cohen and Umit Gurun

We provide evidence that bond fund managers misclassify their holdings, and that these misclassifications have a real and significant impact on investor capital flows. In particular, many funds report more investment grade assets than are actually held in their... View Details

Keywords: Mutual Funds; Economics; Finance; Measurement and Metrics; Risk and Uncertainty; Financial Services Industry