Financial Strategy - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Jan 2016
First Look

January 26, 2016

results for the setting of executive compensation and illegal financial accounting. Finally, we outline some managerial and policy implications to blunt these adverse incentive effects. Download working paper:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2016
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016

he has known during his career. He elucidates the extraordinary lessons that can be learned from everyday experiences and shows how, by altering our perceptions, we can better overcome the challenges we face at work and in family matters. The Three-Box Solution: A... View Details

05 Aug 2008
First Look

First Look: August 5, 2008

rebalancing in the financial portfolio of participants. These patterns conceal strong household-level evidence of active rebalancing, which on average offsets about one half of idiosyncratic passive variations in the risky asset share.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 Nov 2019
Book

Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History

Turkey’s economic development story has always been something of a black box for scholars to understand, perhaps in part because many of the most successful business enterprises there have been in family hands and largely closed to public scrutiny. The authors of a new... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Accountability Course | HBS Online

business in society and why an organizational approach focusing on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues can—and should—be financially viable. Highlights Causality and Complicity The Tazreen Fire Purpose of the Firm Show Hide... View Details

01 Sep 2015
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015

perfect set of slides to convince investors to back you and your venture. The authors, veterans of the startup world, show you how to create a compelling pitch deck and how to plan and execute a fundraising road show to garner financial... View Details

01 Dec 2020
News

Well Matched

over five feet tall, Rapaport was the number-one draft pick of Orlando Magic forward Al-Farouq Aminu, who saw her experience at Jefferies, JP Morgan, and Goldman Sachs as a definite plus in helping chart his own financial future. Rapaport... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; venture capital; diversity; inclusion; tennis; leadership; women; Finance

01 Sep 2003
News

Books

scenarios early on in the product development process, while the financial and organizational costs of changing course are still relatively low. In Experimentation Matters, Thomke defines six principles that managers should keep in mind... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg; Margie Kelley; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

25 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Chasing Stars: Why the Mighty Red Sox Struck Out

are paying hundreds of dollars for a ticket don't want to hear about bridge periods, and neither do board members. We've lost a lot of patience with developmental strategies in recent years. It seems like more and more in our economy, we... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Sports; Banking

03 May 2013
News

Looking Through Glass, Historically

with numerous visits to the Library of Congress and the Patent Office. "I had to buy over 1,000 pieces of glassware to describe and photograph. After the company closed, I was able to go through old sales, production, and financial... View Details

Keywords: Visual arts; crafts; glass making; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

18 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

Big Deals: Financing Large-Scale Investments

time," he remarks. "In my thesis, I analyzed why certain S&Ls adopted high-risk strategies while others did not and found that high leverage was an important consideration." As the S&L crisis passed and interest in... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

08 Dec 2021
Blog Post

The Drive to Succeed: Silvio Memme (MBA 2020) of OMERS Ventures and His Career Switch into Venture Capital

into conversations with VCs to learn more about the industry and what it took to “break in.” As he recalled, the conversations often went like this: “You want to work in VC but you didn't work in consulting, you didn't work in banking, you have no View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital

03 Jun 2021
Blog Post

HBS Pilots First Impact Investing Fund

’03) is currently COO, National Institute for Children’s Health Quality, Greg Shell (MBA ’01) is Managing Director of Bain Capital Double Impact Fund, and Stephen Chan (MBA ’09 ) is VP of Strategy and Operations at The Boston Foundation.... View Details

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OWN: The Power of Company Ownership - Course Catalog

difference between management and ownership? What makes someone effective at ownership? How do you prepare to be an effective owner? By understanding these dynamics, students will be able to build long-term, sustainable strategies that... View Details

01 Sep 2012
News

Alumni Books

New Ventures by Jon Burgstone (MBA 1999) and Bill Murphy Jr. (Farallon Publishing) The authors explain the key common strategies and tactics used by some of today’s most extraordinary entrepreneurs and offer a seven-step framework for the... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Dec 1998
News

Managing the Business of Life

the company, from light bulbs to medical systems to financial services. It was a very valuable time for me because I gained hands-on experience applying 'quality' principles to the environmental health and safety arena. I worked with... View Details

September 2002
Case

Abercrombie & Kent

By: Frances X. Frei, Brian Corbett, Mark Partin and Daniel Rethazy

Describes Abercrombie & Kent, the outdoor adventure company that has provided services throughout the entire history of the outdoor adventure industry. Provides an opportunity to learn how the company successfully grown into a premier player in the industry by adapting... View Details

Keywords: History; Financial Management; Activity Based Costing and Management; Service Operations; Marketing Reference Programs; Product Development; Business Growth and Maturation; Balance and Stability; Marketing Channels; Transportation; Growth and Development Strategy; Travel Industry

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2010
Working Paper

Just Say No to Wall Street: Putting A Stop to the Earnings Game

By: Joseph Fuller and Michael C. Jensen

Putting an end to the "earnings game" requires that CEOs reclaim the initiative by avoiding earnings guidance and managing expectations in such a way that their stocks trade reasonably close to their intrinsic value. In place of earnings forecasts, management should... View Details

Keywords: Stocks; Performance Expectations; Goals and Objectives; Risk and Uncertainty; Growth and Development Strategy; Decisions; Risk Management; Budgets and Budgeting; Earnings Management; Value; Projects