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  • 2009
  • Article

India Transformed: Insights from the Firm Level 1988–2007

By: Laura Alfaro and Anusha Chari
Using firm-level data, this paper analyzes the transformation of India's economic structure following the implementation of economic reforms. The focus of the study is on publicly listed and unlisted firms from across a wide spectrum of manufacturing and services... View Details
Keywords: Financial Statements; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Transformation; Economics; Ownership; Assets; Sales; Profit; Stock Shares; Private Sector; Investment Return; Manufacturing Industry; Service Industry; India
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  • 01 Feb 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 1

level. Inheriting Losers Authors:Li Jin and Anna Scherbina Publication:Review of Financial Studies (forthcoming) Abstract We show that new managers who take over mutual fund portfolios sell off inherited momentum losers at higher rates than View Details
  • 25 Jan 2010
  • Research & Ideas

A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy

GDP, that is, total aggregate output, the market value of all final goods and services produced. In a sense, all that you (as a country) have is the total output that you produce in a year—your GDP. Sometimes people think if everyone owned lots of View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Apr 2000
  • News

Highly Recommended: Leah Modigliani

ever-expanding growth of the market and the siren song of get-rich-overnight IPOs, the need for a precise formula to measure stock risk against performance is more pressing than ever. "If I tell you that a... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • 13 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 13, 2010

2007. Agencies are more likely to unbundle with increasing size and diversification but are less likely to do so with increasing age. Longitudinal growth in unbundling is partially explained by increases in media prices over time.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 18

Controlling for these effects and other determinants, we find that firms with lower residual ratings have relatively higher subsequent media allegations of corruption. They also report higher future sales growth and show a negative... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Teaching Interest

Overview

Globalization and Emerging Markets (Elective Course) The world order has changed significantly in the last two decades. The influence of western-style varieties of capitalism has been challenged by new forms of capitalism that rely less on private enterprise and on the... View Details
Keywords: Globalization; Strategy; Macroeconomics; State Capitalism; Political Economy; Emerging Markets; Multinational Firms and Management; Global Strategy; Economics; Energy Industry; Retail Industry; Mining Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Banking Industry; China; Africa; Dubai; Pakistan; India; Brazil; Russia; Cuba; Argentina
  • 21 Dec 2010
  • First Look

First Look: December 21

(its stock price was down more than 70% during 2008); and third, Rohm's forecast sales, earnings, and value declined precipitously thereby reducing its attractiveness as an acquisition target. Given this confluence of events, Dow sued to... View Details
  • Web

Globalization - Faculty & Research

in The Historical Evolution of International Business: Growth Trajectory of an Academic Field of Study , edited by L. Nachum and A. Yaprak, 233–241. Palgrave Macmillan, 2025. Trade Within Multinational Boundaries By: Laura Alfaro , Paola... View Details
  • 10 May 2010
  • Research & Ideas

What Top Scholars Say About Leadership

itself as an opportunity to rethink our journey and decide where we wanted to go. We had great support from the Dean and the Division of Research. Under these circumstances and with the above framing, people were excited to convene and take View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education
  • 15 Jul 2019
  • Book

Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence

disproportionate stock price hit to an earnings miss reflects that informational problem. The promise of private equity involves solving that gap between owners and managers. Buybacks must be interpreted in that context as either... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 31 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 31, 2009

PE-backed firms generally have higher earnings quality than those that do not have PE sponsorship, engage less in earnings management, and report more conservatively both before and after the IPO. Further, PE-backed firms that are majority-owned by PE sponsors exhibit... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Mar 2020
  • Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

intermediate term, we will see companies that rely on global supply chains be hurt. Once companies run through their existing safety stocks of raw materials or parts provided by a far-flung supplier base, they may face challenges filling... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • Web

Poor’s Manual: The Rise of Business Analysts - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

and useful comparative ratios among states such as net earnings to cost, net earnings to gross, and stocks to bonds. Managers and investors eagerly bought copies of Poor’s Manual , which allowed them to follow a company’s View Details
  • 14 Apr 2022
  • Op-Ed

Let’s Move Forward from COVID—Without Forgetting What We’ve Learned

inequities resulted in team members being unable to bring their whole selves to work, which meant that organizations were operating with sub-optimal contributions. Also, excessive hierarchy that sought to drive efficiencies actually stunted View Details
Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson
  • 01 Sep 2023
  • News

History Matters

The stunning collapse of three high-profile banks in recent months—Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and First Republic Bank—churned up a host of headlines and fears: Are these signs of major instability? The first dominos to fall? In the second edition of their... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 11 Jul 2019
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Deconstructing 'Customer Experience'

customer-centric. Thinking Twice About Supply-Chain LayoffsCutting the wrong employees can be counterproductive for retailers, One suggestion: Pay special attention to staff who handle mundane tasks such as stocking and labeling. Your... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail; Service
  • 15 Nov 2016
  • First Look

November 15, 2016

employee departure rates in stores where the manager is likely to be more informed than headquarters (e.g., in stores that are far from headquarters or that serve repeat customers). Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50576 The View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Mar 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Merchants to Multinationals: British Trading Companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

massive growth in world FDI in mining. As petroleum consumption grew with new uses, the search for oil became worldwide. Oil was the only fuel that could drive the new motor car, while the demand for rubber tyres for cars created an... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones
  • 30 Jan 2018
  • First Look

January 30, 2018

uptick in consumer spending fueled by the strength of Nigeria’s oil-based economy. By 2016, however, Jumia’s growth had begun to taper, hindered by plummeting oil prices, the subsequent economic downturn, and the pressure of Nigeria’s... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne