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- 15 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Better Business Model for Fighting Cancer
makeup. While oncology currently leads the way in precision medicine, therapies are also available to treat cystic fibrosis, for example; and the field has the potential to impact treatment View Details
- 28 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 28, 2008
are large. However, the proposed exchange ration values Mellon at a discount to its last closing price, even though it is the smaller and non-surviving bank. Kelly must consider the various dimensions of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Article
Signaling Firm Performance Through Financial Statement Presentation: An Analysis Using Special Items
By: Edward J. Riedl and Suraj Srinivasan
This paper investigates whether managers' presentation of special items within the financial statements reflects economic performance or opportunism. Specifically, we assess special items presented as a separate line item on the income statement (income statement... View Details
Keywords: Managerial Roles; Financial Statements; Economics; Performance; Research; Opportunities; Business Earnings; Motivation and Incentives
Riedl, Edward J., and Suraj Srinivasan. "Signaling Firm Performance Through Financial Statement Presentation: An Analysis Using Special Items." Contemporary Accounting Research 27, no. 1 (Spring 2010): 289–332.
- 09 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 9
potential approaches to establishing evidence of social influence in partially endogenous networks, and they may be especially persuasive in combination. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Microfinance: A Way Out for the Poor
to Chu, himself a Wall Street refugee with grounding in consulting and buy-outs, microfinance has "a double bottom-line." It brings above-average returns for first-movers who tap into what finance specialists see as a new... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 23
catastrophic risks to patients, physicians, pharmaceutical firms, and regulators. Between the early 1960s and the present, national systems were built to collect, standardize, View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
After Germanwings, More Attention Needed on Employee Mental Health
atmosphere and affect other colleagues who will have to pick up the slack." Perhaps because of the social effects of mental health problems,... View Details
- 06 Oct 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Will the ‘Moneyball Generation’ Influence Management?
and performing the analytics necessary to supply the talent that the "new management" will need. While exploring the substantial impact of organizational culture on... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 8, 2007
Z. Ahmed, and Charles Cohen Abstract We use yearly variations in the price of oil to construct a powerful new instrument to test the impact of an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- September 1984
- Case
Henkel Corp.: International Sealants Brand SISTA (B)
By: Robert J. Dolan
Describes the outcome of implementation of the standardized plan described in Henkel (A). View Details
Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Globalization; Expansion; Profit; Conflict Management; Outcome or Result; Consumer Products Industry; Construction Industry; Europe; West Germany
Dolan, Robert J. "Henkel Corp.: International Sealants Brand SISTA (B)." Harvard Business School Case 585-100, September 1984.
- 14 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Right Fit for Software Testing
challenges facing people with ASD: When his son was about three years old, the boy’s development of speech and social skills seemed delayed. The Sonnes reached out to... View Details
- 15 Feb 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Delivering Information Services: A 30-Year Perspective
As the information economy emerges and technology transforms "business-as-usual," senior-level executives need to understand the "big picture" of how IT View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- March 2008 (Revised June 2012)
- Background Note
ADR Choices
By: Michael Wheeler, James Sebenius and Marjorie Aaron
Six different business disputes, all in the shadow of pending litigation, are described. Students are asked to recommend the appropriate method of dispute resolution (mediation, arbitration, mini-trial, etc.) for each one, depending on the circumstances, especially to... View Details
Keywords: Lawsuits and Litigation; Managerial Roles; Negotiation; Agreements and Arrangements; Conflict Management
Wheeler, Michael, James Sebenius, and Marjorie Aaron. "ADR Choices." Harvard Business School Background Note 908-040, March 2008. (Revised June 2012.)
- 19 May 2003
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Winner Targets India Dropouts
Harvard Business School MBA '03 students Raj De Datta, Arvind Krishnamurthy, and Meghna Modi recently won the Social Enterprise track of the annual HBS Business Plan contest... View Details
- 06 Sep 2018
- Cold Call Podcast
Should US Companies Still Care About the Paris Climate Change Agreement?
- 25 Aug 2015
- First Look
First Look Tuesday
addressing endogeneity concerns. We find that success in men's football and basketball has a significant impact on a school's respective football and basketball revenues;... View Details
- 11 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 11, 2007
also—and crucially so—on whether or not the platforms subsidize one side of the market in equilibrium. For example, with prices being strategic complements across platforms, we show that a cost-reducing investment by one firm may have a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation
from other productive uses? Will the consumer "protections" and other limitations on bank fees ultimately reduce the availability of credit? Will capital requirements go too far? Will the Volcker... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 12 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 12
contract) does lead to higher effort for the duration of our job. This subtle but critical difference sheds light on the conditions under which higher wages will lead to reciprocity. We find that the impact... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 11, 2008
between customized and standardized approaches to care and challenges students to examine their preconceived notions of the social View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace