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  • 24 May 2004
  • Research & Ideas

When Reputation Trumps Regulation

would need to occur to make the information environment stronger? A: Many exceptions have been granted to foreign firms when they fill out their U.S. disclosures. There is too much missing information, and the View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
  • 28 Sep 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Improving Accountability at the World Bank

supporters note a number of reforms over the past two decades, including a current review of the Bank's information disclosure policy, and a series of "safeguards" on sensitive issues such as... View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
  • 16 May 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16

governance (ESG) information in China, Denmark, Malaysia, and South Africa using differences-in-differences estimation with propensity score matched samples. We find that relative to propensity score matched control firms, treated firms... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
  • 13 Mar 2018
  • First Look

March 13, 2018

sustainability disclosure regulations on firms’ disclosure practices and valuations. Specifically, we explore the implications of regulations mandating the disclosure of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Dec 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53593 Material Sustainability Information and Stock Price Informativeness By: Grewal, Jody, Clarissa Hauptmann, and George Serafeim Abstract—As part of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Dec 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Why We Blab Our Intimate Secrets on Facebook

Harvard Business School. "There seemed to be a constant need for people to give status updates on what they were doing. It was very bizarre to me." John's curiosity led to a raft of collaborative research about information View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 02 Sep 2014
  • First Look

First Look: September 2

the effect of mandatory sustainability reporting on corporate disclosure practices. Specifically, we examine regulations mandating the disclosure of environmental, social, and governance View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Nov 2013
  • First Look

First Look: November 5

disclosure levels for consumer information and consumers observe both before deciding which firm to patronize and how much information to provide it with. The provision and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2012
  • Article

Signing at the Beginning Makes Ethics Salient and Decreases Dishonest Self-reports in Comparison to Signing at the End

By: L. Shu, N. Mazar, F. Gino, D. Ariely and M. Bazerman
Many written forms required by businesses and governments rely on honest reporting. Proof of honest intent is typically provided through signature at the end of the document, e.g., tax returns or insurance policy forms. Still, people sometimes cheat to advance their... View Details
Keywords: Nudge; Morality; Honesty; Self-report; Policy-making; Ethics; Corporate Disclosure; Reports; Policy
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  • 16 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Surveying the VC Landscape

investors may find such disclosures unappealing, greater transparency in the private equity industry is inevitable. Nonetheless, much work remains to be done to insure that such disclosures are done in a way... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services
  • March 2012
  • Article

Advertising Disclosures: Measuring Labeling Alternatives in Internet Search Engines

By: Benjamin Edelman and Duncan S. Gilchrist
In an online experiment, we measure users' interactions with search engines, both in standard configurations and in modified versions with clearer labels identifying search engine advertisements. In particular, for a random subset of users, we change "Sponsored links"... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Disclosure; Online Advertising; Measurement and Metrics; Internet; Search Technology; Education; Labels
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  • November 2000 (Revised January 2003)
  • Case

Yahoo!'s Stock-Based Compensation

By: Paul M. Healy and Jacob Cohen
Amy Maislos, an investor in Internet and technology companies, was excited to read that Yahoo! had reported a positive net income for 1998 operations. During the late 1990s, stock prices of Internet companies had risen rapidly even though most companies were reporting... View Details
Keywords: Stock Options; Internet and the Web; Financial Statements; Corporate Disclosure; Business Earnings; Earnings Management; Information Technology Industry
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  • 12 Apr 2010
  • Research & Ideas

One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting

How can managers better identify, describe, and confront the issues of environmental and social sustainability that their companies increasingly encounter? One answer is One Report, a method of integrating information about financial and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 06 Sep 2016
  • First Look

September 6, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51587 Is No News (Perceived as) Bad News? An Experimental Investigation of Information Disclosure By: Jin, Ginger Zhe, Michael Luca, and Daniel Martin... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 03 Jan 2017
  • First Look

January 3, 2017

Transparency with Costly Information Processing By: Di Maggio, Marco, and Marco Pagano Abstract—We study a model where some investors (“hedgers”) are bad at information processing, while others... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • October 2022 (Revised September 2023)
  • Supplement

SolarWinds Confronts SUNBURST (B)

By: Frank Nagle, George A. Riedel, William R. Kerr and David Lane
Supplements the (A) case, describing actions taken by SolarWinds as well as by regulatory agencies in the aftermath of the immediate crisis. The case also includes reflections by SolarWinds managers on the choices they made with respect to disclosure, media relations,... View Details
Keywords: Cyberattacks; Cybersecurity; Corporate Disclosure; Crisis Management; Customer Focus and Relationships; Legal Liability; Governance Compliance; Business and Government Relations; Information Technology Industry; United States
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  • 15 Dec 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Deconstructing the Price Tag

consumers tend to value the product more." Mohan is an author of the paper Lifting the Veil: The Benefits of Cost Transparency, written with HBS assistant professors Ryan W. Buell and Leslie K. John. Intimate Disclosure Since cost... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail
  • 03 Jan 2018
  • Sharpening Your Skills

5 Career-Related New Year’s Resolutions (and 5 Tips for Keeping Them)

impression that a temporarily shared selfie makes does not disappear when the [photos] disappear,” says social science researcher Leslie K. John, the Marvin Bower Associate Professor at Harvard Business School and co-author of the paper “Temporary Sharing Prompts... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 12 Jul 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Michael Porter’s Prescription For the High Cost of Health Care

corporate disclosures overseen by the SEC. The benefits of national comparisons are compelling and will unleash a tidal wave of improvements in quality and efficiency. An obvious—and relatively uncontroversial—starting point would be to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health
  • 30 Nov 2016
  • Op-Ed

Where Could More Regulation Help Small Businesses? Online Lending.

players tend to offer. The problem is that lending to small businesses falls through the regulatory cracks, specifically on borrower protections. As a case in point, safeguards such as the Truth in Lending Act afford consumers standardized View Details
Keywords: by Karen Mills and Brayden McCarthy; Financial Services

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