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23 May 2018
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Abigail P. Johnson, MBA 1988

Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1961 Born, Boston, Massachusetts 1984 Earns BA, Art History, Hobart and William Smith Colleges 1985 Joins Booz Allen Hamilton, Research Associate 1988 Earns MBA 1988 Joins Fidelity,... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

October 2015 (Revised August 2019)
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Higher Education in China: Internationalization in Turbulent Times

By: William C. Kirby, Joycelyn W. Eby and Yuanzhuo Wang

The rapid growth in quantity and quality of universities in China since 1978 is the most recent evolution in a long history of higher education. From as early as the Tang Dynasty, academies existed to prepare scholars for the civil service examination, but by the... View Details

Keywords: Non-profit Management; University Administration; University Faculty; University Curriculum; Education Reform; Nonprofit Organizations; Management; Higher Education; History; Governance; Education Industry; China

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Dillon House | About

Dillon House C. Douglas Dillon Dillon House was made possible through a gift from Clarence Dillon (Harvard 1905), and honored his son, C. Douglas Dillon (Harvard 1931), a US treasury secretary. Home to the MBA Admissions Office, Dillon House was designed in the... View Details

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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Benjamin C. Esty : Winner of the 2002 Best Paper Award at the Conference on International Corporate Governance for “Creditor Rights, Enforcement, and Debt Ownership Structure: Evidence from the Global Syndicated Loan Market” with William... View Details

10 May 2016
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May 10, 2016

gathering tasks. We use the framework and examples of successful research studies in the nancial reporting literature to clarify how data-gathering choices affect a study’s ability to achieve its goals and conclude by showing how the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Research - Private Capital Project

industries experiencing abnormally high VC or IPO activity subsequently see higher default rates, higher segment exits by conglomerates,... September 2022 (Revised January 2023) Case York Capital CLOs and WorldStrides International By:... View Details

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Globalization - Faculty & Research

competition, and earnings management affect mean reversion in accounting return on assets. Using a sample of 48,465 unique firms from 49 countries, we find that accounting returns mean revert faster in countries where there is more product and capital market... View Details

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AASU50 - Alumni

Stephanie A. Atiase, MBA 2011 Lauren B. Allen, MBA 2012 William J. Drewery, MBA 2012 Ariel J. Roberts, MBA 2013 Christopher G. Hollins, MBA 2013 Creighton L. Taylor, MBA 2014 Stacie N. Smith, MBA 2014 Erin L. Patten, MBA 2015 Neil O.... View Details

08 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 8

Publications August 2013 Journal of Consumer Research Brand Tourists: How Non-Core Users Enhance the Brand Image by Eliciting Pride By: Bellezza, Silvia, and Anat Keinan Abstract—This research examines how core consumers of selective... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

January 1993 (Revised May 2004)
Case

Laurinburg Precision Engineering

By: William J. Bruns Jr.

A small manufacturer needs additional financing for expansion and production improvements. A bond issue would provide needed funds, and a zero-coupon bond would delay payments until funds provided by operations were available. Present value tables are included. View Details

Keywords: Valuation; Bonds; Financing and Loans; Interest Rates; Manufacturing Industry

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The Essential Porter - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC About Michael Porter About Michael Porter A Letter from Michael Porter Biography The Essential Porter Honors & Awards Affiliated Organizations & Institutions VBHCD Initiative The Essential Porter The Essential Porter Michael Porter is the Bishop View Details

12 Mar 2021
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My Favorite Case

Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Taylor Callery Scroll the main story to read all alumni submissions or jump to a specific case here: “Suzuki Samurai” Paige Arnof-Fenn (MBA 1991) “Johnson &... View Details

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

October 2013 (Revised August 2016)
Case

NOWaccount

By: Ramana Nanda, William A. Sahlman and Lauren Barley

It was September 2013, and NOWaccount Network Corporation (NOW®) co-founders John Hayes and Lara Hodgson were putting the final touches on the presentation deck for their annual shareholders' meeting. Along with co-founder Stacey Abrams, the pair had designed NOW's... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Finance; Entrepreneurship

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How to Make Remote Monitoring Tech Part of Everyday Health Care

By: Samantha F. Sanders, Ariel Dora Stern and William J. Gordon

Remote patient monitoring is a subset of telehealth that involves the collection, transmission, evaluation, and communication of patient health data from electronic devices. These devices include wearable sensors, implanted equipment, and handheld instruments. During... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Information Technology; Analytics and Data Science; Technology Adoption

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26 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 26, 2008

patents granted by the USPTO in 2001-2003. We show that examiner citations account for 63% of all citations on the average patent and that 40% of patents have all citations added by examiners. We use... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

2021
Working Paper

Friends and Family Money: P2P Transfers and Financially Fragile Consumers

By: Tetyana Balyuk and Emily Williams

We assess the impact that real time money transfer technology has on consumer outcomes, particularly during periods of financial fragility. We do this by developing a new data set that documents use of Zelle—the most widely used P2P money transfer technology in the... View Details

Keywords: P2P Money Transfers; Real Time Payments; Fintech; Finance; Information Technology; Personal Finance; Financial Condition

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November 2010
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Gilt Groupe

By: Michael J. Roberts, William A. Sahlman and Tamara Obradov

The case explores decisions faced by Gilt Groupe co-founders in 2009 regarding how rapidly to grow, which growth strategies to pursue and how much capital to raise. View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Finance; Growth Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Decision Making

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CDS Trading and Nonrelationship Lending Dynamics

By: Jung Koo Kang, Christopher Williams and Regina Wittenberg-Moerman

We investigate how credit default swaps (CDSs) affect lenders’ incentives to initiate new lending relationships. We predict that CDSs reduce adverse selection that nonrelationship lead arrangers face when competing for loans. Consistently, we find that a loan is... View Details

Keywords: Credit Default Swaps; CDS Market; Non-relationship Lending; Debt Contracts; Adverse Selection; Lending Monitoring; Cross-selling

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