Financial Complexity - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Dec 2022
Research & Ideas

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Stress) It's not about the bigger home or the better vacation. Financial stability helps people escape the everyday hassles of life, says research by Jon Jachimowicz. 3. Curiosity, Not Coding: 6 Skills Leaders Need in the Digital Age... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

Jerry R. Green

Jerry R. Green

David A. Wells Professor of Political Economy

John Leverett Professor in the University

Harvard University

Jerry Green is the John Leverett Professor in the University and the David A. Wells... View Details

Keywords: aerospace; education industry; insurance industry; professional services

10 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 10

Working PapersMandatory IFRS Adoption and Financial Statement Comparability Authors:Francois Brochet, Alan Jagolinzer, and Edward J. Riedl Abstract This study examines the effect of mandatory International View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Impact Investing | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

to its investments in building coffee f... PayJoy: Finance for the Next Billion By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott January 2025 | Faculty Research PayJoy, an impact-driven financial technology company founded in 2015, provides... View Details

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Soltan Bryce

summer, I did research for the United Stated Environmental Protection Agency on the technical and financial feasibility of solar panels on the roofs of dairy barns in California’s Central Valley,” Soltan says. “I loved the data science... View Details

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Faculty & Research - Business & Environment

Carlota Moniz January 2025 Teaching Material Hippo: Weathering the Storm of the Home Insurance Crisis (B) By: Lauren Cohen , Grace Headinger and Sophia Pan Rick McCathron, CEO of Hippo, was optimistic about the InsurTech's path to profitability after navigating the... View Details

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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

Complexity (3) Conflict Management (4) Conflict and Resolution (13) Conflict of Interests (1) Construction (1) Consumer Behavior (173) Contracts (7) Cooperation (3) Cooperative Ownership (1) Copyright (2) Core Relationships (1) Corporate... View Details

26 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 26, 2008

similar behavior following periods of poor financial performance. In addition to offering promotions more frequently, we find that firms offer deeper price discounts to manage earnings during these periods. Furthermore, our results... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Jan 2007
Op-Ed

Learning from Private-Equity Boards

oversee the ongoing business. Private-equity directors typically spend more time with their companies after the buyout than many of their public company counterparts. Private-equity boards are typically small working groups composed of individuals with relevant... View Details

Keywords: by Malcolm Salter; Financial Services

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Loan Reduction - Entrepreneurship

to support students who were determined by the Financial Aid Office to have demonstrated need during enrollment at HBS and who have filed financial aid applications while at HBS. HOW IT WORKS The Rock Loan... View Details

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Loan Assistance | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Financial Aid Office and the Social Enterprise Initiative. All determinations made by the School and the Selection Committee are final. The School and the Selection Committee reserve the right to restructure or discontinue the Program as... View Details

20 Aug 2007
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively

financial communication to the group but also in other departments. And not just in obvious targets such as press relations or communications. “[W]hile bringing in external information may look like an evident idea to outsiders, it starts... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities

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HBS - The year in Review

2022 Annual Report From The Dean Key Metrics Financials PDF Downloads The Year in Review After a tumultuous two years of figuring out how to adapt and thrive in the face of COVID-19, fiscal year 2022 brought a steady return to normalcy at... View Details

08 Mar 2021
In Practice

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

Winter 2013
Article

Fear of Rejection? Tiered Certification and Transparency

By: Emmanuel Farhi, Josh Lerner and Jean Tirole

The sub-prime crisis has shone a harsh spotlight on the practices of securities underwriters, which provided too many complex securities that proved to ultimately have little value. This uproar calls attention to the fact that the literature on intermediaries has... View Details

Keywords: Debt Securities; Corporate Disclosure; Corporate Governance

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01 Dec 2023
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Wide Horizon

There were three critical events that led John Rodakis (MBA 1997) to form the nonprofit N of One in 2014 and ultimately dedicate his life to surfacing breakthrough autism research. The first occurred on Thanksgiving of 2012. He had driven about four hours with his wife... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson

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Organize Care Around Medical Conditions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

their ability to serve the complex and interrelated needs of each patient over the full cycle of care. The greatest improvements in health care outcomes and efficiency will come from sustained, team-based focus on a carefully defined set... View Details

01 Feb 2001
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What Makes a Good Leader

or ethos." Great leaders, he notes, "spend the bulk of their time communicating, and they know how to employ all three of Aristotle's rhetorical elements." Nohria also feels that leaders are able to distill their message, however complex... View Details

Keywords: Management

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Rock Entrepreneurship Advisor Program - Entrepreneurship

Partner Photon Venture Partners Alex Jiang Alpha Startup Fund Beijing, China Michael Kaplan Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer MKaps LLC Mickey Konson CEO Quantum Financial Technologies Washington DC Kelsey Morgan Pasqualichio New... View Details

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Food & Agriculture - Business & Environment

fertilizers. Rice cultivation produces fermentation, another contributor. Compounding the problem, clearing forests to create land for cattle and cropland eliminates the CO2 absorption that trees provide. [30] Regenerative agriculture could provide a $1.9 trillion... View Details

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