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  • 28 Jun 2022
  • Cold Call Podcast

Scaling a Fintech Startup for the Greater Good

Keywords: Re: Emily Williams; Financial Services

    Robert C. Merton

    Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

    Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

    Keywords: financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services
    • 27 Jan 2015
    • First Look

    First Look: January 27

    health care providers have devoted significant efforts to improve performance regarding patient safety and quality of care. To address the lagging involvement of health care providers in the cost component of the value equation, UCLA... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • August 2020
    • Supplement

    Luckin Coffee (B): Revelations of Fraud

    By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Karen Elterman
    This case describes revelations of fraud at Luckin Coffee, beginning with an anonymous report in January 2020 and continuing with the company’s admission in April 2020 that it had inflated its revenues by 2.2 billion RMB ($310 million), almost half its reported... View Details
    Keywords: Fraud; Corporate Misconduct; Business Earnings; Financial Statements; Financial Condition; Stocks; Financial Management; Profit; Revenue; Price; Food; Lawfulness; Crime and Corruption; Food and Beverage Industry; Technology Industry; Asia; China
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    • Research Summary

    Dawn Matsumoto's research investigates managers' financial reporting decisions including the incentives driving these decisions and the impact of these decisions on capital market participants. She is interested in the role of financial intermediaries (such as... View Details
    • 26 Feb 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: February 26, 2008

      Working PapersAn Investigation of Earnings Management through Marketing Actions Authors:Craig J. Chapman and Thomas J. Steenburgh Abstract Combining new, hand-collected data with a widely studied dataset, we examine how firms use marketing actions to manage View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • Teaching

    Overview

    By: Tatiana Sandino
    Professor Sandino teaches the second-year MBA course Mastering Strategy Execution. She also teaches the main doctoral course in management accounting, Management Control and Performance Measurement. Professor Sandino has taught several other MBA courses including the... View Details
    • December 2011
    • Article

    Deposit Insurance and Subsidized Recapitalizations

    By: Lucy White and Alan Morrison
    The 2007–2009 financial crisis saw a vast expansion in deposit insurance guarantees around the world and yet our understanding of the design and consequences of deposit insurance schemes is in its infancy. We provide a new rationale for the provision of deposit... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Crisis; Banks and Banking; Insurance; Taxation; Business and Government Relations; Banking Industry
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    • 14 Aug 2009
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Insider Trading Preceding Goodwill Impairments

    Keywords: by Karl A. Muller III, Monica Neamtiu & Edward J. Riedl
    • November 2000 (Revised January 2003)
    • Case

    Yahoo!'s Stock-Based Compensation

    By: Paul M. Healy and Jacob Cohen
    Amy Maislos, an investor in Internet and technology companies, was excited to read that Yahoo! had reported a positive net income for 1998 operations. During the late 1990s, stock prices of Internet companies had risen rapidly even though most companies were reporting... View Details
    Keywords: Stock Options; Internet and the Web; Financial Statements; Corporate Disclosure; Business Earnings; Earnings Management; Information Technology Industry
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    • November 1985 (Revised August 1997)
    • Case

    Harnischfeger Corp.

    By: Krishna G. Palepu
    Presents an analysis of Harnischfeger's quality of earnings, and the investment potential of the company's stock in light of the company's turnaround strategy. View Details
    Keywords: Financial Condition; Revenue; Stock Shares; Profit; Economic Growth; Financial Reporting; Growth and Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Safety; Utilities Industry
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      Deborah M. Winshel

      Deborah Winshel is a member of the Faculty of the Harvard Business School where she teaches Leadership and Corporate Accountability to first year MBAs and executives.

      Most recently, Deborah was a Managing Director and Global Head of Social Impact at... View Details

      • 2010
      • Working Paper

      Accounting Scholarship that Advances Professional Knowledge and Practice

      By: Robert S. Kaplan
      Recent accounting scholarship has used statistical analysis on asset prices, financial reports and disclosures, laboratory experiments, and surveys of practice. The research has studied the interface among accounting information, capital markets, standard setters, and... View Details
      Keywords: Accounting; Business Education; Information; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Risk Management; Measurement and Metrics; Business Processes; Performance Improvement; Practice
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      • 07 Jul 2008
      • Research & Ideas

      Innovation Corrupted: How Managers Can Avoid Another Enron

      successful investments—to avoid having to report any declines in their value. The problem was that many of these hedges were not real, because Enron was essentially hedging with itself. To help disguise the company's deteriorating View Details
      Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities
      • 14 Jan 2019
      • Op-Ed

      These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership

      the World Economic Forum, and the next day he’s demanding improved performance from Unilever’s senior executives. In my view, Polman isn’t an enigma at all, but a world statesman who exemplifies all the qualities CEOs require in this era.... View Details
      Keywords: by Bill George; Health; Banking; Food & Beverage; Consumer Products
      • 30 Sep 2013
      • Research & Ideas

      Do Mergers Hurt Product Quality?

      consistently increase or decrease in quality level” Sheen decided to pursue the product perspective of mergers in order to help determine the cause of post-merger financial effects. "On average, the... View Details
      Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products
      • November 1999
      • Background Note

      Recognizing Revenues and Expenses: Realized and Earned

      By: Robert S. Kaplan
      Describes a key concept in financial accounting: choosing an appropriate revenue recognition point. The accrual process requires revenue recognition and expense matching for reporting on the value creation process of companies. Describes the two key criteria for... View Details
      Keywords: Accounting Audits; Accrual Accounting; Cost Accounting; Budgets and Budgeting; Revenue; Profit; Cost Management; Value Creation; Competitive Strategy; Financial Statements; Accounting Industry
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      • March 2014
      • Module Note

      Implementing Environmentally Sustainable Operations

      By: Michael W. Toffel
      Keywords: Sustainability; Sustainability Management; Sustainability Reporting; Sustainable Supply Chains; Sustainable Operations; Environment; Environmental And Social Sustainability; Environmental Management; Environmental Operations; Environmental Performance; Environmental Policy; Environmental Protection; Environmental Strategy; Environmental Regulation; Operations Management; Operations Strategy; Supply Chain Management; Operations; Supply Chain; Business Processes; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance Evaluation; Performance Improvement; Safety; Social Enterprise; Quality; Production; Working Conditions; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Buildings and Facilities; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Construction Industry; Manufacturing Industry
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      • 17 Sep 2019
      • Cold Call Podcast

      How a New Leader Broke Through a Culture of Accuse, Blame, and Criticize

      Keywords: Re: Amy C. Edmondson; Health
      • June 2014 (Revised October 2015)
      • Case

      Molycorp: Financing the Production of Rare Earth Minerals (A)

      By: Benjamin C. Esty and E. Scott Mayfield
      Molycorp, the western hemisphere's only producer of rare earth minerals, was in the middle of a $1 billion capital expenditure project in its effort to become a vertically integrated supplier of rare earth minerals, oxides, and metals. Yet it had just reported lower... View Details
      Keywords: Convertible Debt; Uncertainty; Competition; Startup; China; Supply ＆ Demand; Growth; Rare Earth Minerals; Discounted Cash Flows; Mining; Payoff Diagrams; Option Pricing; Capital Budgeting; Capital Structure; Cash Flow; Financial Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Vertical Integration; Valuation; Metals and Minerals; Mining Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Canada; California
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