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  • Research Summary

Information Intermediation

Christopher F. Noe's research involves examining a variety of issues relating to the process through which firms communicate with external parties. He has shown that trading by corporate officials in their own firms shares of common stock increases in the period... View Details

  • August 2012 (Revised March 2014)
  • Technical Note

4M: Four-Markets Analysis for Emerging Economies

By: Eric Werker
This technical note describes a methodology for evaluating the political economy of business-government relations in an emerging or frontier economy. The note argues that there are not one but four markets in an emerging economy: the market of "rentiers" such as mining... View Details
Keywords: Frontier Markets; Emerging Markets
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Sell-Side Analysts and Legacy Spinoffs

This paper investigates how well analysts do at evaluating spinoffs of legacy businesses vis-à-vis other spinoffs.  Analysts appear to be far more conservative in the earnings forecasts they make for legacy businesses and their parents than they are for... View Details

  • 2024
  • Working Paper

Finance Without Exotic Risk

By: Pedro Bordalo, Nicola Gennaioli, Rafael La Porta and Andrei Shleifer
We address the joint hypothesis problem in cross-sectional asset pricing by using measured analyst expectations of earnings growth. We construct a firm-level measure of Expectations Based Returns (EBRs) that uses analyst forecast errors and revisions and shuts down any... View Details
Keywords: Investment Return; Financial Markets; Behavioral Finance; Risk and Uncertainty
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  • August 2024
  • Article

Not a One-Trick Pony: Price Impact of Rating Agency Information

By: Michael Machokoto and Anywhere Sikochi
Prior literature on the informational role of credit rating agencies has largely focused on announcements by the rating agencies regarding rating actions. We take a tangent in this paper and examine the relevance of rating agencies' other information disclosures beyond... View Details
Keywords: Credit; Investment Return; Financial Reporting
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  • 03 Feb 2010
  • News

Leadership's Lost Decade

  • 22 Aug 2010
  • News

Income Inequality and Financial Crises

  • 28 Feb 2022
  • News

What Obligations Do Public Companies Like Spotify Have to Correct False Information?

  • 24 May 2017
  • News

Silicon Valley's Big Three vs. Detroit's Golden-Age Big Three

    Ryan W. Buell

    Ryan W. Buell is a Professor of Business Administration in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches View Details

    Keywords: banking; e-commerce industry; fast food; financial services; high technology; hotels ＆ motels; insurance industry; restaurant; retailing; service industry; transportation
    • January 2023 (Revised August 2023)
    • Case

    Nick Saban: Embracing 'The Process' of Sustaining Success

    By: Ranjay Gulati and Eppa Rixey
    Nick Saban, head coach of the University of Alabama football team from 2007-2022, fielded teams that won 183 of 208 games (88%), including a record-tying six national championships. Saban’s approach to coaching, known to many as “The Process,” and the consistent... View Details
    Keywords: Purpose; Leadership And Managing People; Football; Recruiting; Talent Acquisition; Talent And Talent Management; Talent Development And Retention; Organization Change And Adaptation; Organizational Behavior; Sports; Leadership; Leadership Development; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Sports Industry; United States
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    Program for Leadership Development

    the careful selection of living group members and new HBS case studies to professional executive coaching for individuals and teams, every aspect is designed to foster collaborative learning and accelerate personal growth. Review Our Campus Health & Safety Protocols... View Details
    • 22 Jan 2014
    • News

    New Harvard College dean

    • 15 Oct 2012
    • News

    Pay-as-You-Drive Insurance: Big Brother Needs a Makeover

    • 10 Nov 2010
    • News

    Ask Not What Your Company Can Do for You...

    • August 2002 (Revised September 2002)
    • Background Note

    Financial Analysis of Microsoft

    By: William A. Sahlman
    Contains a detailed analysis of Microsoft's financial performance from 1985 to 2001. During this time, Microsoft improved its profitability and cash flow generation--changes that led to a dramatic rise in valuation. Also addresses the issue of determining how much... View Details
    Keywords: Business Ventures; Analysis; Financial Condition
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    • 01 Jan 2004
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    • September 2022
    • Article

    The Limits of Inconspicuous Incentives

    By: Leslie K. John, Hayley Blunden, Katherine Milkman, Luca Foschini and Bradford Tuckfield
    Managers and policymakers regularly rely on incentives to encourage valued behaviors. While incentives are often successful, there are also notable and surprising examples of their ineffectiveness. Why? We propose a contributing factor may be that they are not... View Details
    Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Behavior
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      Siyu Zhang

      Siyu Zhang is a second-year doctoral student at HBS. Prior to joining HBS. He was a Data Scientist at John Hancock, where he utilized machine learning models to predict the classification of insurance policy applications. Siyu is a former Investment Director at... View Details

        Shawn A. Cole

        Shawn Cole is the John G. McLean Professor in the Finance Unit at Harvard Business School, where he teaches and conducts research on financial services, impact investing, and Social Enterprise. He serves as faculty chair of the Social Enterprise... View Details

        Keywords: banking; financial services; microfinance