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  • 03 Jun 2014
  • News

‘Victims’ of churn are accessories to the crime

  • March 2011
  • Article

What Do Dividends Tell Us About Earnings Quality

By: Douglas Skinner and Eugene F. Soltes
Over the past 30 years, there have been significant changes in the distribution of earnings (cross-sectional variation has increased, with increasing left skewness) as well as in corporate payout policy, with many fewer firms paying dividends and the emergence of stock... View Details
Keywords: Distribution; Business Earnings; Change; Policy; Stocks; Investment Return; Performance Consistency; Quality
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  • 23 Nov 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Management’s Role in Reforming Health Care

opinion, there is another important set of discussions to be had around how we actually organize care. Many of these issues are managerial in nature, rather than policy issues. Questions we need to answer include: What is the best way of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health
  • 28 Nov 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Rethinking the Fairness of Organ Transplants

Vivek F. Farias, both of MIT's Sloan School—can help policy designers create the most equitable point system based on their chosen constraints and criteria. They detail the proposed model in a new paper, Fairness, Efficiency and... View Details
Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Health
  • 01 Nov 2021
  • What Do You Think?

How Long Does It Take to Improve an Organization’s Culture?

comments below. Editor's note: Heskett explores the leader's role in his upcoming book, Win From Within: Build Organizational Culture for Competitive Advantage, available in January 2022. References: Randall Beck and Jim Harter, “Managers View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 07 May 2013
  • First Look

First Look: May 7

  Publications 2006 Review of Financial Studies Unstable Equity: Combining Banking with Private Equity Investing By: Fang, Lily H., Victoria Ivashina, and Josh Lerner Abstract—Bank-affiliated private equity groups account for 30% of all... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • Web

Finance - Faculty & Research

finance-related research that is published in top-tier scientific and practitioner journals, and that addresses issues of present and future importance to managers (including regulators and policy makers); b) to develop highly-relevant... View Details
  • Web

Entrepreneurial Management - Faculty & Research

COVID-19 Pandemic By: Olivia S. Kim , Jonathan A. Parker and Antoinette Schoar Using financial account data linking small businesses to their owner households, we examine how business owners’ consumption responded to changes in business... View Details
  • 27 Sep 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Religion in the Workplace: What Managers Need to Know

a baker whose religious beliefs compelled him to refuse to design a cake for a gay couple’s wedding reception. “My guess is that most companies don’t have a written policy that articulates how to handle religion in the workplace in a way... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage; Apparel & Accessories
  • 2014
  • Chapter

Promoting Corporate Sustainability through Integrated Reporting: The Role of Investment Fiduciaries and the Responsibilities of the Corporate Board

By: Robert G. Eccles, J. Herron and George Serafeim
This book is a comprehensive reference work exploring recent changes and future trends in the principles that govern institutional investors and fiduciaries. A wide range of contributors offer new perspectives on dynamics that drive the current emphasis on short-term... View Details
Keywords: Governance; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Institutional Investing; Financial Services Industry
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  • Web

Policies, Rules & Guidelines | About

Values The teaching of ethics here is explicit, not implicit, and our community values of respect, honesty, integrity, and accountability are reinforced every day. Conflict of Interest The policy is intended... View Details
  • 21 Nov 2013
  • Working Paper Summaries

Path-Breakers: How Does Women’s Political Participation Respond to Electoral Success?

Keywords: by Sonia Bhalotra, Irma Clots-Figueras & Lakshmi Iyer
  • Web

For Alumni - Doctoral

Prospective Student* Recommended PHD Program Accounting & Management Business Economics Health Policy (Management) Management Marketing Organizational Behavior Strategy Technology & Operations Management Why... View Details
  • February 2014
  • Teaching Note

Olympus (A)

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Suraj Srinivasan
As 2012 approached the woes of the financial crisis seemed to be fading, companies were resuming business as usual and some of the scrutiny on corporate governance practices began to recede as well. That is until another major financial scandal emerged in Japan in the... View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Corporate Governance; Corporate Accountability; Electronics Industry; Japan
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  • February 2009
  • Article

Optimal Reserve Management and Sovereign Debt

By: Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk
Most models currently used to determine optimal foreign reserve holdings take the level of international debt as given. However, given the sovereign's willingness-to-pay incentive problems, reserve accumulation may reduce sustainable debt levels. In addition, assuming... View Details
Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Motivation and Incentives; Decisions; Emerging Markets; Balance and Stability; Earnings Management; Policy; Interest Rates; International Finance; Cost
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  • June 2009 (Revised May 2013)
  • Case

Australia: The Riches and Challenges of Commodities

By: Laura Alfaro and Renee Kim
Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd faced a daunting task that he never imagined he would have to face when he was elected two years ago. Australia at that time was poised to enter its 17th year of uninterrupted growth. Commodity exports were booming, largely driven... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Trade; Foreign Direct Investment; Policy; Crisis Management; China; Australia
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  • 09 Feb 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times

observed, "We know our limits and understand the law, but we tend to be very open with our employees, we communicate a lot." "They reassured us," said an account executive, "by calling it straight they informed us... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 18 Jul 2006
  • First Look

First Look: July 18, 2006

countries, these firms now account for one-quarter of the total merger and acquisition activity of all firms. The larger private equity firms generate fees for investment banking firms that exceed $350 million per year. Shows how the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 22

control over the use of remittances. In partnership with a Salvadoran bank, we offered U.S.-based migrants from El Salvador bank accounts in their home country into which they could send remittances. We randomly varied migrant control... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Dec 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Truth Be Told: Unpacking the Risks of Whistleblowing

side, it could create—again, we haven’t tested this—distrust among employees. But, in general, having employees with the right ethics and values, who come forward when they see something, can actually help companies overall. White: How could these statutes and View Details
Keywords: by April White