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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

is strictly prohibited and may result in removal from the course without a refund. Academics Can I earn academic credit for participating in an HBS Online program? By electing to enroll in the undergraduate credit option of the Credential... View Details

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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Financial Studies in 2016. Elisabeth Kempf : Winner of the AQR Top Finance Graduate Award in 2016. Elisabeth Kempf : Winner of the Cubist Systematic Strategies PhD Candidate Award for Outstanding Research from the Western Finance... View Details

27 Nov 2000
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The Dynamics of Standing Still: Firestone Tire & Rubber and the Radial Revolution

production equipment, and Firestone increased its capital spending in tires in 1968 and 1969, retooling its factories to accommodate belted bias production.9 The records of Firestone's board meetings demonstrate no systematic evaluation... View Details

Keywords: by Donald N. Sull; Manufacturing; Transportation

01 Feb 2002
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It's academic. (Not!)

dollars in lost sales and customer goodwill. Ton is currently working with a nationwide chain to estimate the magnitude of this problem and identify its drivers. "We have found large and systematic variation in performance in 250 stores... View Details

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

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

economic research has examined the influence of policy movements on bank lending behavior, capital flows, and market responses in the public sector, the private equity industry—despite its substantial size and pervasive presence—has not been View Details

22 Oct 2018
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Motivate Me, Please

How to Demotivate Your Best Employees Many companies hand out awards such as "employee of the month," but do they work to motivate performance? Not really. Knowing What Your Boss Earns Can Make You Work Harder Learning what your... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2003
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Joe Badaracco

School, I started thinking about teaching.” Badaracco earned his DBA at HBS in 1981 and joined the faculty that same year. Today, he’s the John Shad Professor of Business Ethics and a widely respected author and expert on business ethics... View Details

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

01 Jun 2008
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America the Difficult

are. They appear to systematically earn low returns on their investments in American corporate assets. The returns on American inbound foreign direct investment (FDI) are highly distinctive for two reasons.... View Details

Keywords: Mihir A. Desai; foreign investors; Finance

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Online Transforming Customer Experiences Course | HBS Online

our guide to learn more about this limited-time offer. New Transforming Customer Experiences $1,850 Next 4-week session starts July 30th Enroll Now Gain a systematic approach for delivering standout services and experiences that provide a... View Details

01 Jun 2001
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Books: Judo Strategy

develop the metaphor into a systematic way of thinking about strategy. The approach they describe minimizes the importance of brute size and strength by teaching companies how to make the most of their advantages — and transform their... View Details

Keywords: Microsoft; Netscape; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

18 Oct 2004
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The Bias of Wall Street Analysts

the actual earnings per share that ended up being reported minus an analyst's forecast; thus, optimism would be indicated by negative forecast errors. As predicted, we found that all forecast errors surrounding external financing activity... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

13 Sep 2004
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Cash and the Woman-Owned Business

financial resources available. In spite of improving conditions, a wage gap has persisted for more than thirty years. Professional women currently earn approximately 73 percent of what their male counterparts are paid for the same work at... View Details

Keywords: by Candida Brush, Nancy M. Carter, Elizabeth Gatewood, Patricia G. Greene & Myra M. Hart

07 Jun 2017
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How an African History Scholar Became a Modern Righter of Wrongs

the world Sixteen years ago, Elkins completed a dissertation on colonial-era Africa, which earned her a PhD in history from Harvard and ended up making history in the world. Based on years of extensive interviews with elderly Kenyans and... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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2021 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School (where she remains a Senior Fellow), and an innovation specialist for nearly a decade at McKinsey & Company, she earned her PhD at MIT’s Sloan School of Management. She has a BA... View Details

10 Jun 2008
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First Look: June 10, 2008

races. Election outcomes for candidates are also systematically associated with the extent of donors' downwards earnings management in closely watched races, but not all other races. The findings are... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 Mar 2016
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Researchers Prove C-Suite Gender Gap—but Can’t Explain It

professor at BI Norwegian Business School; and Joacim Tåg, program director at the Research Institute of Industrial Economics. In their study, comprising an entire nation of executives, the researchers systematically tried to suss out a... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

05 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018

of equity (or factor models) fail to exhibit systematic predictive power internationally, which is due in large part to functional form, rather than earnings-forecast, errors. LPV models derived using common valuation anchors such as... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

12 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 12

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-043.pdf An Investigation of Earnings Management through Marketing Actions (revised) Authors:Craig J. Chapman and Thomas J. Steenburgh Abstract Prior research hypothesizes managers use "real... View Details