Publications

Educators

27 Apr 2010
First Look

First Look: April 27

ideas across academic communities. The Predictive Value of Accruals and Consequences for Market Anomalies Authors:Francois Brochet, Seunghan Nam, and Joshua Ronen Publication:The Journal of Accounting, Auditing and View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: The Good Struggle: Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World

suited to a world in which leaders are immersed in a stream of possibilities, surprises, opportunities, and deals in the active, fluid markets that surround and pervade their organizations. Commitments require data, analysis, and... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Badaracco

01 Jun 2002
News

Up to the Challenge: Martin Gonzalez - Quiet Courage

volleyball. But soon, I couldn't even ride my bike to class.” It took over three months and emergency abdominal surgery for doctors to diagnose colon cancer. “Ironically, we were told the results of my biopsy the same day we found out... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; courage; sports; illness; cancer; international students; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

2010
Working Paper

Decoding Inside Information

By: Lauren Cohen, Christopher Malloy and Lukasz Pomorski

Using a simple empirical strategy, we decode the information in insider trades. Exploiting the fact that insiders trade for a variety of reasons, we show that there is predictable, identifiable "routine" insider trading that is not informative for the future of firms.... View Details

Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Stocks; Financial Markets; Investment; Investment Return; Investment Portfolio; Market Transactions

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01 Sep 2006
News

Faculty Books

consumers. Comparing eight areas of policy — product liability law, product safety standards and recall, misleading advertising, comparative product tests, product labeling, quality standards, consumer contracts, and pricing — Trumbull shows that different conceptions... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Apr 2002
News

Dot Vertigo

prices and market capitalizations, loss of market share, failure to innovate, and reactionary cost-cutting). Organized in three parts, Dot Vertigo addresses the issue of business disorientation; the... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

May 2010
Article

Optimal Auction Design and Equilibrium Selection in Sponsored Search Auctions

By: Benjamin Edelman and Michael Schwarz

We characterize the optimal (revenue maximizing) auction for sponsored search advertising. We show that a search engine's optimal reserve price is independent of the number of bidders and independent of the rate at which click-through rate declines over positions. We... View Details

Keywords: Auctions; Revenue; Advertising; Search Technology; Price; Bids and Bidding

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01 Dec 1998
News

Africa's Way

contribution to this emerging tapestry. Globalization is increasingly tying the fortunes of national economies to one another,"observes South African manufacturing executive Ewald J.H. Wessels (MBA '71), one of the key organizers of the... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young and Garry Emmons

25 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

The Country Effect: Does Location Matter?

and India are best poised to emerge as market leaders in Asia: Chinese firms in Shanghai "reflect relatively entrepreneurial cultures, open organizational climates and a relatively high degree of View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

2014
Article

The Growth and Limits of Arbitrage: Evidence from Short Interest

By: Samuel G. Hanson and Adi Sunderam

We develop a novel methodology to infer the amount of capital allocated to quantitative equity arbitrage strategies. Using this methodology, which exploits time-variation in the cross section of short interest, we document that the amount of capital devoted to value... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Financial Instruments; Capital Markets; Investment

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November 2010 (Revised June 2015)
Teaching Note

B Lab: Building a New Sector of the Economy, B Lab: Can it Scale Business as a Force for Good?

By: Christopher Marquis and Bobbi Thomason

Teaching Note for 411047 and 415080 View Details

Keywords: Change; Problems and Challenges; Welfare or Wellbeing; Value; Emerging Markets; Management Practices and Processes; Balance and Stability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact

September 2021
Teaching Note

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments): April 2021

By: Josh Lerner

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 821-125. View Details

Keywords: Pension Funds; Investment Strategy; Capital Markets

January 2002
Background Note

The Major Global Stock Exchanges

By: Ashish Nanda, Thomas J. DeLong and Lynn Villadolid Roy

Describes the major global stock exchanges. View Details

Keywords: Globalization; Financial Markets

Educators

winter 1993
Article

Scale and Scope Effects on Advertising Agency Costs

By: A. J. Silk and E. Berndt

Keywords: Advertising; Cost

March 1998 (Revised November 1999)
Case

USA TODAY Online

By: John A. Deighton and Anthony St. George

How should USA TODAY use its brand franchise to build a publishing business on the World Wide Web? Advertising Age described the first steps as "a case study in how not to do it," but by the end of 1997 USA TODAY Online is the most visited news site on the Web. Now the... View Details

Keywords: Digital Marketing; Design; Profit; Revenue; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Internet and the Web; Information Industry