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  • 23 Jan 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Financial Reporting Goes Global

surprised about the push for fair value accounting. While the FASB also is heading in this direction, the IASB really led the push. It is a major change in our basis for View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell; Accounting; Accounting
  • 2007
  • Text Book

Business Analysis and Valuation: Using Financial Statements

By: Paul M. Healy and Krishna G. Palepu
Financial statements are the basis for a wide range of business analysis. Managers, securities analysts, bankers, and consultants all use them to make business decisions. There is strong demand among business students for course materials that provide a framework for... View Details
Keywords: Valuation; Framework; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Statements
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Healy, Paul M., and Krishna G. Palepu. Business Analysis and Valuation: Using Financial Statements. 4th ed. Mason, OH: Thomson South-Western, 2007.
  • 06 Nov 2008
  • Op-Ed

Selling Out The American Dream

been hijacked in countless political speeches from an embodiment of America's core values into a crass appeal to materialism and easy gratification. Right-wing politicians touting the American Dream consistently advocate lower taxes. The... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
  • 24 Oct 2008
  • Working Paper Summaries

Signaling Firm Performance Through Financial Statement Presentation: An Analysis Using Special Items

Keywords: by Edward J. Riedl & Suraj Srinivasan
  • 2025
  • Working Paper

Training, Communications Patterns, and Spillovers Inside Organizations

By: Miguel Espinosa and Christopher T. Stanton
This paper examines how training affects productivity across hierarchical layers within organizations. After a randomized training program for frontline employees at a government agency, trained workers' output increased while their requests for managerial assistance... View Details
Keywords: Spillovers; Labor Productivity; Firm Objectives, Organization, And Behavior; Training; Performance Productivity
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Espinosa, Miguel, and Christopher T. Stanton. "Training, Communications Patterns, and Spillovers Inside Organizations." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 30224, July 2022. (Accepted Journal of Political Economy.)
  • December 2003 (Revised October 2006)
  • Case

Globalizing the Cost of Capital and Capital Budgeting at AES

By: Mihir A. Desai and Douglas Kurt Schillinger
With electricity generating businesses around the world, AES Corp. is seeking a methodology for calculating the cost of capital for its various businesses and potential projects. In the past, AES used the same cost of capital for all of its capital budgeting, but the... View Details
Keywords: International Finance; Risk Management; Globalized Firms and Management; Cost of Capital; Valuation; Emerging Markets; Foreign Direct Investment; Capital Budgeting; Energy Industry; South America
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Desai, Mihir A., and Douglas Kurt Schillinger. "Globalizing the Cost of Capital and Capital Budgeting at AES." Harvard Business School Case 204-109, December 2003. (Revised October 2006.)
  • August 2019 (Revised April 2021)
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Zillow Offers: Winning Online Real Estate 2.0

By: Luis Viceira, Marco Di Maggio and Allison Ciechanover
Founded in 2005, Zillow had become the leading online real estate and home-related marketplace. The brand was recognized as a trusted resource for players in the real estate market, providing information and transparency on home prices. Revenue, which was historically... View Details
Keywords: Real Estate; Corporate Culture; Intermediation; Brokerage; Startup; Evaluating Business Investments; Property; Information Technology; Business Model; Expansion; Business Startups; Real Estate Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States
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Viceira, Luis, Marco Di Maggio, and Allison Ciechanover. "Zillow Offers: Winning Online Real Estate 2.0." Harvard Business School Case 220-021, August 2019. (Revised April 2021.)
  • 2017
  • Working Paper

Cooperative Strategic Games

By: Elon Kohlberg and Abraham Neyman
We examine a solution concept, called the “value," for n-person strategic games. In applications, the value provides an a-priori assessment of the monetary worth of a player's position in a strategic game, comprising not only the player's contribution to the total... View Details
Keywords: Game Theory
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Kohlberg, Elon, and Abraham Neyman. "Cooperative Strategic Games." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-075, February 2017.

    Paul M. Healy

    Paul Healy is the James R. Williston Professor at the Harvard Business School. His research covers a broad range of topics, including white collar crime, governance, business ethics, financial analysis, and Wall Street research. He joined the HBS faculty in 1998,... View Details

    Keywords: accounting industry; accounting industry; accounting industry
    • 27 Jan 2023
    • Op-Ed

    Have We Lost Sight of Integrity?

    means “telling the truth.” Santos has since admitted the lies he told during his campaign but has repeatedly refused to take accountability for his actions, referring to them as merely “embellishments” of his resume. Integrity is not the... View Details
    Keywords: by Bill George
    • 2021
    • Working Paper

    The Changing Role of Business in Society

    By: Michael E. Porter
    Business interaction with the U.S. government, historically based on securing industry or company special interests at the expense of the public good, has enabled and furthered government dysfunction. Gridlock within the American political system has precluded the... View Details
    Keywords: Politics; Shared Value; Social Progress Index; Competitiveness; Walmart; BlackRock; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; ESG; Transparency; Campaign Contributions; Campaign Finance; Lobbying; Revolving Door; Political Ideology; Political Parties; Political Partisanship; Government And Business; Government Innovation; Elections; Democracy; Capitalism; Stakeholder Capitalism; Shareholder Engagement; Competition; Strategy; Government and Politics; Society; Social Issues; Human Needs; Wealth and Poverty; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Corporate Accountability; Financial Services Industry; Banking Industry; United States
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    Porter, Michael E. "The Changing Role of Business in Society." Working Paper, July 2021.
    • 29 Mar 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: March 29

    requires sources of novelty, but the challenge is that not all sources lead to innovation, so its value needs to be determined. However, since ways of determining value stem from existing knowledge, this... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • January 2018
    • Case

    John Rogers, Jr.—Ariel Investments Co.

    By: Steven Rogers and Greg White
    John Rogers Jr., the founder and CEO of Ariel Investments, an enormously successful finance firm with $12 billion of invested capital, is one of the few African Americans in the asset management industry. As one of the high profile leaders in the black business... View Details
    Keywords: Advocacy; Diversity; Investment Management; Affirmative Action; Disruption; Cost vs Benefits; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Fairness; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Accountability; Leading Change; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Problems and Challenges; Financial Services Industry; Chicago
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    Rogers, Steven, and Greg White. "John Rogers, Jr.—Ariel Investments Co." Harvard Business School Case 318-099, January 2018.
    • February 2003 (Revised August 2004)
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    Flextronics: Deciding on a Shop Floor System for Producing the Microsoft Xbox

    By: Jeffrey T. Polzer and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
    Jim McCusker must guide a group decision-making process aimed at getting input and buy-in from key people in California, Mexico, and Austria to choose a shop floor IT system for Flextronics. McCusker is Flextronics' account manager for the Microsoft Xbox project.... View Details
    Keywords: Groups and Teams; Decision Making; Power and Influence; Geographic Location; Problems and Challenges; Leadership; California; Mexico; Austria
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    Polzer, Jeffrey T., and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Flextronics: Deciding on a Shop Floor System for Producing the Microsoft Xbox." Harvard Business School Case 403-090, February 2003. (Revised August 2004.)
    • March 2001 (Revised April 2002)
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    Rent-Way, Inc. (A)

    By: David F. Hawkins
    The company uses the units of activity method to account for its rental inventory. A prominent hedge fund advisor recommends the company's stock be sold short. View Details
    Keywords: Mathematical Methods; Stock Shares; Fair Value Accounting; Quality; Investment Funds; Service Industry
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    Hawkins, David F. "Rent-Way, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 101-089, March 2001. (Revised April 2002.)
    • 19 Jan 2021
    • Blog Post

    2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Marc Duranteau (MBA 2019)

    both the mentees and me to learn from each other! What impact has HBS had on your career? The value of my HBS MBA is mainly the personal growth it allowed me to have (and it was gigantic!). The biggest impact HBS had on me was to greatly... View Details
    • 24 Nov 2003
    • Research & Ideas

    Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach

    Companies can create shareholder value through more effective governance, and through boards that do not simply ensure compliance, but focus their time and efforts on the most critical strategic areas. Past board results have often not... View Details
    Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu
    • October 2006 (Revised April 2007)
    • Case

    Ayala Corporation

    Ayala Corporation is the oldest conglomerate in the Philippines and has been controlled by the Zobel de Ayala family for seven generations. Over the past 25 years, Ayala has evolved from a real estate family business into a highly diversified and professionally managed... View Details
    Keywords: Diversification; Family Business; Business Conglomerates; Valuation; Financial Strategy; Public Ownership; Real Estate Industry; Philippines
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    Villalonga, Belen, Raphael Amit, and Christopher Hartman. "Ayala Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 207-041, October 2006. (Revised April 2007.)
    • March 2023
    • Article

    Attracting the Sharks: Corporate Innovation and Securities Class Action Lawsuits

    By: Elisabeth Kempf and Oliver Spalt
    This paper provides novel evidence suggesting that securities class action lawsuits, a central pillar of the U.S. litigation and corporate governance system, can constitute an obstacle to valuable corporate innovation. We first establish that valuable innovation output... View Details
    Keywords: Class-action Litigation; Turnover; Lawsuits and Litigation; Innovation and Invention; Risk and Uncertainty
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    Kempf, Elisabeth, and Oliver Spalt. "Attracting the Sharks: Corporate Innovation and Securities Class Action Lawsuits." Management Science 69, no. 3 (March 2023): 1323–1934.
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    The Error at the Heart of Corporate Leadership

    By: Joseph L. Bower and Lynn S. Paine
    Agency theory, a new model of governance promulgated by academic economists in the 1970s, is behind the idea that corporate managers should make shareholder value their primary concern and that boards should ensure they do. The theory regards shareholders as owners of... View Details
    Keywords: Agency Theory; Business and Shareholder Relations; Leadership; Corporate Governance
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    Bower, Joseph L., and Lynn S. Paine. "The Error at the Heart of Corporate Leadership." Harvard Business Review 95, no. 3 (May–June 2017): 50–60. (Reprinted in HBR’s 10 Must Reads: The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review 2019, Boston, Mass: Harvard Business Review Press, 2019, pp. 165-192.)
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