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  • 19 May 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy

Consumers are increasingly wary about sharing personal information with firms. Yet when they benefit from providing information in exchange for lower prices or better services, many consumers will gladly... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products
  • Web

1.16 Student Educational Records | MBA

satisfactorily settled the questions raised. Directory Information Although ordinarily students must consent to the disclosure of information from their education records,... View Details
  • Web

LexisNexis Intelligize | Baker Library

LexisNexis Intelligize Web-based research platform for regulatory compliance and shareholder value. Read More Timely securities, SEC filings, communications, finance, commerce, and trade related disclosure and regulatory View Details
  • 01 Jun 2003
  • News

Bottom-Line Discrepancies

On the one hand, your company did extremely well last year. You reported large profits to your shareholders. On the other hand, last year was very difficult for your company. Your tax returns showed losses. Such a scenario is more and more common, according to HBS... View Details
Keywords: Information; Information
  • 01 Sep 2009
  • News

Executive Pay: Onward & Upward

awards drives a sharp increase in CEO compensation. 1992 The SEC requires more disclosure of executive compensation, particularly stock options and perks. With more information in public view, the rules... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
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Carbon emissions: basic information, prices

How can I get prices and basic information on carbon emissions trading? Bloomberg has data on prices.  Use one of the following commands: EMIT EMIS EMMK NI ecredits (for news) Carbon Disclosure Project... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2006
  • News

Faculty Research Online From HBS Working Knowledge

What Companies Lose from Forced Disclosure Increased corporate financial reporting may benefit many parties but not necessarily the companies themselves. New research by Assistant Professor Romana Autrey and her coauthors looks at the... View Details
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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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Policies | MBA

must fulfill the request in order to complete the application process. Due to the large volume of applications we receive, we are unable to provide feedback to candidates who are not admitted. Non-Discrimination Disclosure View Details
  • 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
  • 01 Dec 2009
  • News

Broad Range of Interests Among Nine New Faculty

1985) in getting the bank online. With a deep interest in information technologies and how organizations differ in management practices and structure, Assistant Professor Raffaella Sadun joins the Strategy unit. She earned a Ph.D. in... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • 06 Jan 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Why Expensing Options Doesn’t Solve the Problem

granted. In sharp contrast, investors in Enron could not judge the value—on the basis of the information they were given—of the contingent liabilities that Enron had incurred either for itself or for its complex SPEs. But even much fuller... View Details
Keywords: by William Sahlman
  • 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
  • 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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  • 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
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Anil Doshi

there is a particular emphasis on academic and industry application. My Research Interests I study how information disclosure and information goods affect individual behavior... View Details