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Consumer demographics
Where do I find data on consumer demographics and buying behavior? You may begin with: Passport provides data and market reports related to consumer lifestyles in a wide range of industries and geographies. Additional... View Details
- July 2014
- Article
Network Effects in Countries' Adoption of IFRS
By: Karthik Ramanna and Ewa Sletten
If the differences in accounting standards across countries reflect relatively stable institutional differences (e.g., auditing technology, the rule of law, etc.), why did several countries rapidly, albeit in a staggered manner, adopt IFRS over local standards in the... View Details
Ramanna, Karthik, and Ewa Sletten. "Network Effects in Countries' Adoption of IFRS." Accounting Review 89, no. 4 (July 2014): 1517–1543.
- April 1994 (Revised November 1998)
- Case
Kendall Square Research Corporation (A)
By: William J. Bruns Jr.
Kendall Square Research was a small competitor in the supercomputer industry. As sales grew rapidly in 1992 and early 1993, the company sold stock to the public for the first time and analysts forecast higher earnings for 1993. However, when the company's revenue... View Details
Bruns, William J., Jr. "Kendall Square Research Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 194-068, April 1994. (Revised November 1998.)
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
There’s a New Class in Town
Members of the MBA Class of 2010 (900 in all) reported for duty in September. Selected from a pool of 8,661 applicants, the group is 38 percent women and 33 percent international. Just over 200 of the incoming students have an industry... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Fiscal Year Ends on Upbeat Note
according to the Annual Report 2010. Revenue for fiscal 2010 — July 1, 2009, to June 30, 2010 — exceeded the budget by nearly 8 percent, totaling $467 million, only 1 percent lower than actual revenues for the previous year. Two of the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Diagnosing DC’s Dysfunction
Washington isn’t broken. It’s thriving. The real problem is that our political system benefits the major political parties and their industry allies—not the people it was designed to serve. That’s according to “Why Competition in the Politics Industry Is Failing... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Green Talk at HBS
Nyquist reported that such emissions could be cut by a third through greater efficiencies. He also noted, however, that meeting the lowered emission goals set for 2050 by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will require a larger... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Highly Energetic
industry, forecasting its future grows ever more difficult. Three-quarters of the Fortune 500 now report on their carbon emissions, and “irrespective of what you believe about the science, climate change is a business reality,” said... View Details
- 26 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
New Winners and Losers in the Internet Economy
publishers and retailers to social networks and gaming sites. Job growth on the Internet stands in sharp contrast to the US economy as a whole, which has suffered from high unemployment for years. The report found that the gross domestic... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
A Perfect Fit: Aligning Organization & Strategy
Monday morning. Eight managers, handpicked by their superiors, face one another in the middle of a room. Seated in a semicircle behind them is the company's top management team. As the members of the inner circle report what they have... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
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Managing Service Operations: Research resources for new service design
reports. For a multimedia learning module on LSEG Workspace check out our Learn with Baker Library LSEG Workspace Introduction. Industry / Market Analysis BCC Research It provides market reports on major economic,... View Details
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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Thailand
Where can I find country, industry and market information and news about Thailand? Industry and market research Passport Useful for: consumer-related industry reports across a variety of geographies/countries. To begin, enter... View Details
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Aggregate financial ratios: including private company data
Studies Offers industry default risk and cash flow measures for 400 lines of business whose total assets are less than $250 million. Available in IBISWorld: (Search for an industry using keywords or browse industry reports by... View Details
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your responsibilities, see the HBS Information Security & Privacy Web Site. Breach of Data: To report a breach or suspected breach of information, contact: HBS-infosecurity@listserv.hbs.edu View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
HBS Debaters Muzzle Yale Bulldog
In November, in the friendly confines of Spangler Auditorium, the HBS debate team talked circles around a visiting contingent from the Yale School of Management and won a 2–1 decision. As reported by the Harbus, the motion up for debate... View Details
- 22 Feb 2010
- Research & Ideas
Manager Visibility No Guarantee of Fixing Problems
dredged up negative sentiment, fixing only one or two amplified that feeling, and then telling frontline workers what had been done made it even worse." Ironically, the process improvement approach used in the study mirrors that of the incident View Details
- July 2002 (Revised March 2005)
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Kendall Square Research Corporation (A) (Abridged)
By: William J. Bruns Jr. and F. Warren McFarlan
Kendall Square Research was a small competitor in the supercomputer industry. Sales grew rapidly in 1992 and early 1993, and the company sold stock to the public for the first time. Analysts forecasted higher earnings for 1993, then the company's revenue recognition... View Details
Bruns, William J., Jr., and F. Warren McFarlan. "Kendall Square Research Corporation (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 303-036, July 2002. (Revised March 2005.)
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China: statistics
forecasts, and analysis; reports on financial markets, companies, and industries; exchange rates; analyst reports; and business news. See also: Baker Library Research Guide, View Details
- 2013
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Network Effects in Countries' Adoption of IFRS
By: Karthik Ramanna and Ewa Sletten
If the differences in accounting standards across countries reflect relatively stable institutional differences (e.g., auditing technology, the rule of law, etc.), why did several countries rapidly, albeit in a staggered manner, adopt IFRS over local standards in the... View Details
Keywords: Financial Reporting; International Accounting; Network Effects; Standards; Adoption; Value
Ramanna, Karthik, and Ewa Sletten. "Network Effects in Countries' Adoption of IFRS." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-092, April 2010. (Revised July 2013.)
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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: India
href="http://www.library.hbs.edu/go/gmid.html" style="color: rgb(164, 32, 56);" target="_blank">Passport Useful for: consumer-related industry reports across a... View Details