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  • March 2009
  • Article

Earnings Management and Corporate Tax Shelters, and Book-Tax Alignment

By: Mihir Desai and Dhammika Dharmapala
This paper reviews recent evidence analyzing the link between earnings management and corporate tax avoidance and considers the implications for how policymakers should evaluate the financial reporting environment facing firms. A real-world tax shelter is dissected to... View Details
Keywords: Earnings Management; Taxation; Financial Reporting; Business and Shareholder Relations
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  • 07 Sep 2007
  • What Do You Think?

Are Elite Business Schools Fostering the Deprofessionalization of Management?

students attending such programs or to the firms hiring their graduates. This raises other interesting questions. To what extent is today's business school contributing to the deprofessionalization of management? Should it foster greater... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • March 2018
  • Supplement

China Vanke: Battle for Control (B)

By: Lynn S. Paine, Charles C.Y. Wang, Dawn H. Lau and Anthony K. Woo
China Resources expresses disagreement over the validity of the results of the board vote as announced by China Vanke. It further raises objections to Vanke's handling of the announcement as well as reiterates its doubts about the strategic rationale of the proposed... View Details
Keywords: China Vanke; China Resources; Hostile Takeover; Board Of Directors; Shareholding Structure; Shareholder Rights; Asset Restructuring; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Valuation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Real Estate Industry; China
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  • 15 Sep 2020
  • Working Paper Summaries

State and Local Government Employment in the COVID-19 Crisis

Keywords: by Daniel Green and Erik Loualiche
  • Web

Research Links: Secondary Sources - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Railroads: The Transformation of Capitalism Introduction The Pre-Industrial Era The First... View Details
  • 24 Nov 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach

Companies can create shareholder value through more effective governance, and through boards that do not simply ensure compliance, but focus their time and efforts on the most... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu
  • Web

Courses | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

First-Year Required Curriculum (RC) During the first year at Harvard Business School, all students pursue the same course of study: the Required Curriculum . By studying under a common curriculum, students build a solid, broad foundation... View Details
  • 22 Feb 2022
  • News

An Rx for Small Business Recovery

COVID-19’s impact on the sector makes 2009 look like a teeny blip.” There are over 30 million small businesses in the United States, accounting for half of the nation’s private sector employment and the... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
  • 01 May 2020
  • In Practice

COVID-19’s Hard Lessons Might Prepare Business for Climate Change

The coronavirus pandemic caught the business world by surprise, but the catastrophe might force companies to face a crisis that has been unfolding in plain sight: climate change.  We asked faculty members affiliated with the Business and Environment Initiative at... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 24 Nov 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA

and superfluous." And HBS professor Rakesh Khurana contends that many business schools have been complicit in creating recent corporate scandals by turning out graduates... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson & HBS Bulletin; Education
  • 2014
  • Chapter

Can For-Profit Corporations Be Good Citizens? Perspectives from Four Business Leaders

By: Nien-he Hsieh
This chapter serves an epilogue, turning to ask practitioners how they would answer the question, "Can for-profit corporations be good citizens?" In reflecting on their answers, the chapter puts forward an account that grounds the purpose and responsibilities of... View Details
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  • 25 Feb 2020
  • News

How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Business

Reigniting Value through Frontier Technologies, to four Executive Education programs. The Initiative’s 2019 annual summit convened some 900 alumni, scholars, and practitioners to engage in conversations View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • 16 Nov 2017
  • News

The Business of Social Justice

businesses as well as evaluating, researching, and developing expansion strategies for NGOs in Vietnam and Laos. “It was nice to be settled and... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
  • Web

Community | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

the sector. More on Financial Aid SOCIAL ENTERPRISE CONFERENCE An annual two-day conference held jointly with students from Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School Student Clubs & Activities... View Details
  • Web

Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online

approach to various planning-related problems I tackle each day. My ability to identify details related to business efficiency and performance that I may have missed in the... View Details
  • 10 Mar 2017
  • News

The Business of Lego Batman

was, I mean very high score on Rotten Tomatoes. You know it was hard to follow up The Lego Movie. I think we did it well in our own way. And that's really satisfying. Skydeck is produced by the External View Details
Keywords: LEGO; Lego
  • Editorial

Elon Musk's Unusual Compensation Plan Isn't Really About Compensation at All

By: George Serafeim
Earlier this year, Tesla shareholders approved likely the largest compensation package ever awarded to a CEO—for a CEO who clearly doesn’t need the money. Elon Musk is already incredibly rich and also doesn’t seem particularly motivated by further wealth. So why do it?... View Details
Keywords: Tesla; Elon Musk; Innovation; Investor Communication; Investor Relations; Short-termism; Long-termism; Disruption; Executive Compensation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Communication Intention and Meaning; Mission and Purpose
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  • 14 Mar 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Lessons from COVID-19: The Business Skills Doctors Need

the health of their patients, their colleagues, and themselves, physicians had to implement new methods for providing treatment, whether in-person or over Zoom. Finally, they had to manage challenges related... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health
  • June 2002 (Revised July 2002)
  • Background Note

Government Games: Understanding the Role of Government In Business Strategy

Lays out a framework for understanding the impact of government on business strategy. Distinguishes between two major types of "games" that businesses play that involve government: value net games and public interest games. Highlights the multiple roles that government... View Details
Keywords: Business Strategy; Business and Government Relations
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  • 28 Jun 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Minimum Wage Hikes Drive (Lousy) Restaurants Out of Business

Fittest: The Impact of the Minimum Wage on Firm Exit. One lesson is clear: Businesses that provide higher-quality service and maintain a solid reputation can become more insulated from market shocks, such as... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage