Financial Analysts - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

‘Let the Buyer Beware’ Doesn’t Protect Investors

The American regulatory agencies, described by Henry Kaufmann as "...less than robust... Understaffed, under-funded, and badly fragmented," have been, in his words, "slow to recognize some of the more serious abuses" in the View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

01 Sep 2006
News

Teamwork Testament

Not only have Marion Sandler (HRPBA ’53) and her husband, Herb Sandler, been married for more than forty years, they’ve worked together nearly that long as business partners. They grew their company, Oakland-based Golden West Financial... View Details

01 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

How Politics Drives Business Decisions in a Polarized Nation

so,” Kempf says. “We see it in views of the economy or views of certain risks, like the risk posed by certain political events or climate change or by the pandemic. There’s even the growing importance of partisanship in determining who works together and who does View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

14 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Keeping Credit Flowing to Consumers in Need

modern-day doomsayers, referred to the specter of another Great Depression. This was not total hyperbole. While different analysts weighted the "fundamental" causes of the crisis differently, most recognized that the increased... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Financial Services; Financial Services

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Investment management: industry resources

What are top resources for analyzing the investment management industry? Need to find... Start with... Industry Overviews Use industry profiles to discover how an industry operates, trends, how to analyze a company, financial... View Details

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Ann S. Moore

spinoffs, including InStyle, Real Simple, and People en Español. People questioned her when, on graduation from HBS, Moore accepted the lowest paying of 13 job offers she received, to pursue her passion—magazines. Over the next two decades, she rose from View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media; Entrepreneurship

24 Apr 2014
News

Expanding the brand of the country’s largest magazine publisher

spinoffs, including InStyle, Real Simple, and People en Español. People questioned her when, on graduation from HBS, Moore accepted the lowest paying of 13 job offers she received, to pursue her passion—magazines. Over the next two decades, she rose from View Details

Robert F. McDermott

diversified financial services enterprise with over $30 billion in assets. His deep commitment to customer service and concern for employee satisfaction were recognized by industry analysts who often ranked... View Details

Keywords: Finance

30 Jul 2010
News

Notes from a Hammock

best-selling trilogy of mysteries. The Girl was published in 2005, but it sometimes seems Larsson is writing after the meltdown of 2008, and with the benefit of hindsight. His hero, Mikael, an investigative business journalist, speaks contemptuously of View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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China: statistics

forecasts, and analysis; reports on financial markets, companies, and industries; exchange rates; analyst reports; and business news. See also: Baker Library Research Guide, View Details

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Research Links: Photographs - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

Railroads Finance Management Business Analysts Mass Distribution Mergers & Syndicates Research Links Railroad Records Photographs Research Collections Secondary Sources Related Sites Research Links: Photographs Henry Villard Business... View Details

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Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems: Company, Industry, Market and Transaction Research

trend and forecast coverage across 10 major commercial real estate sectors, 275+ markets, and 3,000+ submarkets. Includes market transactions and performance trends. FactSet
A comprehensive platform used to analyze financial data... View Details

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Helen Mehreteab | MBA

technology and business: On campus, I've explored my interests in tech and business through my role as the Co-President of Harvard Women in Computer Science, as well as my investment research experience from the Financial View Details

01 Nov 2016
First Look

First Look - November 1, 2016

technologies where initial experiments cost more and reveal less. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=48776 Private Networks of Managers and Financial Analysts and Their... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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LSEG Workspace | Baker Library

to 150 After Market Report (AMR) pages per day. Learn More Learn with Baker Library: LSEG Workspace Investment analyst reports (equity research reports) Financial databases: certification and training... View Details

01 Jun 2012
News

Good as Our Word

to consider several key questions: Should KBRA enter this business, which despite the economic crisis is still dominated by the Big Three? Should it focus its business on a single sector such as structured products or attack multiple sectors? How could enough skilled... View Details

Keywords: Maggie Starvish; Bond rating; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments

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EMIS (Emerging Markets Information System) | Baker Library

EMIS (Emerging Markets Information System) Country and company information on Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Middle East. Read More Includes country profiles; macroeconomic statistics, forecasts, and analysis; reports on View Details

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Real estate: emerging markets

geography, or keywords. Most reports will be analyst reports that focus on specific sectors (retail, residential, etc) but you may also often find more general, country-specific real estate reports. For a multimedia learning... View Details

01 Mar 2008
News

India is more Transparent

First, most of the domestic assets of Chinese companies are not publicly listed. Second, Chinese financial analysts are not independent but state-owned or state-controlled, as are the companies on which they... View Details