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  • 06 Oct 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The Problem with Hedge Funds

particularly tough time. During the 1990s small investors lost out to professional financial firms that manipulated the market; this time they're likely to lose out—if they're not careful—to other sophisticated investors as well. The Next... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
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1.16 Student Educational Records - MBA

Learning/Independent Projects 1.18 FIELD Global Capstone 1.19 Immersive Field Courses (IFC) 1.20 Joint Degree Programs 1.21 Use of Course Work & Materials 1.22 Disability Access 1.23 Pregnancy, Childbirth & Adoption during Business School 1.24 Commencement 2. Integrity... View Details
  • 03 Feb 2015
  • First Look

First Look: February 3

The case explores the kinds of influence company management can, and should, have in the sale process. The case also explores issues at the PE firm level, including the fact that the firm has recently been spun off out of its large parent View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Baker Library / Bloomberg Center | About

intellectual focal point. Bloomberg Center is also home to The Exchange, a first-floor gathering place that employs the latest technology to provide students, faculty, alumni, and visitors with access to real-time business news and View Details
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Mireya Iglesias Ayala

self-discovery. What is your most memorable classroom moment? One of my favorite cases last semester in Financial Reporting and Control (FRC) was “OXXO's Turf War Against Extra,” which is the largest... View Details
  • 17 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: January 17

managers and chief financial officers-are likely to have similar incentives and perhaps even greater opportunity to influence reported earnings in a manner that maximizes these managers' personal incomes.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 9, 2010

paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1638429 Accounting Scholarship That Advances Professional Knowledge and Practice Author:Robert S. Kaplan Abstract Recent accounting scholarship has used statistical analysis on asset prices, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS (part 2) - MBA

Business & Environment Career Change Career and Professional Development Case Method Clubs Curriculum Digital Entrepreneurship FIELD Financial Aid Health Care Instagram Takeover JD/MBA Leadership Letters to Classmates MBA/MPP & MBA/MPA-ID... View Details
  • 11 Aug 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Strategy Execution and the Balanced Scorecard

also requires effective systems for internal control, management control, and governance. ERM objectives and metrics could certainly have a home in the financial BSC perspective for increasing and sustain... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 01 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1

contemporary circumstances so as to be relevant for managers. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52977 Internalizing Global Value Chains: A Firm-Level Analysis By: Alfaro, Laura, Pol Antràs, Davin Chor, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Industry Information - Alumni

industry. Reuters: Markets News Coverage of the international financial markets from Reuters, including news on fund managers , and screening tools for investment funds (from Lipper) and stocks . + –... View Details
  • 10 Oct 2023
  • Blog Post

Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know

In the summer of 2023, Initiatives intern Skye Bluestein conducted important research with the BEI on the intersection of environmental justice (EJ), policy, and business. The resulting paper posted below provides an interesting and... View Details
  • 02 Mar 2009
  • Research & Ideas

When Goal Setting Goes Bad

performance, the authors agree. But goal setting must be prescribed in doses, not as a standard remedy to increase productivity. They even offer a warning label and list 10 questions managers should ask themselves before starting goal... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory

unlocking ESG value. Key Themes: ESG and activism may in fact be a source of financial and impact alpha; however, the path from theory to implementation is still being tested. Investing in Nature: The Nature Conservancy and NatureVest... View Details
  • 10 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 10

disproportionate share of power. In the past few decades, as legislation that put controls on Wall Street was largely undone, the size and profits of the financial sector grew enormously. That increased its influence, particularly its... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jun 2009
  • First Look

First Look: June 23

a surcharge for tall ones? The standard Utilitarian framework for tax analysis answers this question in the affirmative. Moreover, a plausible parameterization using data on height and wages implies a substantial height tax: a tall person... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Feb 2020
  • Research & Ideas

The Hidden Vulnerabilities of Open Source Software

naming conventions. Perhaps the most pressing problem is the lack of a standardized software component naming schema. “Until one exists, strategies for software security, transparency, and more will have limited effect,” the View Details
Keywords: by Frank Nagle and Jenny Hoffman; Computer
  • 31 Oct 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator

workplace motivator is our natural tendency to measure our own performance against the performance of others. "Traditionally, [the field of] economics has held a very rational view of people, and there's a gigantic amount of literature focusing on View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 27 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 27

  Publications August 2013 Journal of Financial Economics The Performance of Corporate Alliances: Evidence from Oil and Gas Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico By: Beshears, John Abstract—I use data on oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Sep 2021
  • What Do You Think?

Can We Train for Trust?

with your employees and create processes and standards internally to ensure your products or services are up to standard.” Their model for doing this consists of four elements: Competence: Is the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett