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  • March 2013
  • Case

NovaStar Financial: A Short Seller's Battle

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Amy Kaser
The NovaStar case describes the challenges faced by short seller Marc Cohodes of hedge fund Rocker Partners as he tried to expose what he thought was widespread fraud in mortgage lender NovaStar Financial. The case is set in the time period from 2001 to 2007 and tracks... View Details
Keywords: Short Selling; Financial Accounting; Financial Analysis; Financial Analysts; Valuation; Business Analysis; Financial Statement Analysis; Financial Statements; Securitization; Securities Analysis; Fraud; Accounting Quality; Accounting Red Flags; Accounting Restatements; Hedge Fund; Hedge Funds; Accounting Scandal; Accounting Fraud; Financial Crisis; Financial Intermediaries; Financial Firms; Corporate Accountability; Subprime Lending; Mortgage Lending; Accounting; Accrual Accounting; Fair Value Accounting; Governance; Governance Compliance; Corporate Governance; Governance Controls; Financial Services Industry; United States; California
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  • October 2009
  • Teaching Note

Global Health Partner: Obesity Care

By: Michael E. Porter, Zayed Muhammed Yasin and Jennifer F Baron
Teaching Note for [709494]. View Details
Keywords: Value; Quality; Performance Improvement; Competitive Advantage; System; Private Ownership; Medical Specialties; Integration; Health Industry; Sweden
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  • 2008
  • Book

Finding Your True North: A Personal Guide

By: Bill George, Andrew McLean and Nick Craig
Based on Bill George's bestselling book True North, this personal guide offers leaders a comprehensive method for identifying their unique “True North.” The book offers methods for personal reflection and includes targeted exercises that help leaders hone in on the... View Details
Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Motivation and Incentives; Personal Characteristics
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  • Portrait Project

Seth Cohen

rather than resumés, have uplifted and inspired me more than 200 words can describe. My resumé is important. But it is only a small piece of who I am and the values I uphold. I may enter a profession that prefers: bullet points... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2009
  • News

Having a Ball

founder and CEO of a Virginia technology company, snapped it up through his Stafford Foundation. “We’ve gotten away from the core values that made America great,” Stafford told the Washington Post (December 4, 2008). “We just need to get... View Details
Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services
  • 01 Oct 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Stuart Gilson

restructuring as the process through which a company radically changes the contractual relationships that exist among its creditors, shareholders, employees, and other stakeholders. The goal of restructuring is to increase the overall market View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • Portrait Project

Tom Doyle

hungry to learn ...debt to business journal editors for printing scholarship that illustrates how values and ethics are the bedrock of good business ...debt to friends for correcting me when I am wrong and pushing me forward when I lack... View Details
  • Web

Porter Prize South Korea - 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 Honors & Awards Honors & Awards Porter Prize Japan Porter Prize India Porter Prize... View Details
  • 24 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 24, 2009

http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=263002 The Nature of Partnering Experience and the Gains from Alliances Authors:Ranjay Gulati, D. Lavie, and H. Singh Publication:Strategic Management Journal (forthcoming) Abstract We examine the conditions under which... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Apr 2016
  • News

Tipping His Cap to Open Source

model isn’t about gouging IP but adding value around it,” Whitehurst told The Business Times of Singapore. “It seemed [in 2008] like being a great way to be part of painting a new canvas.” Whitehurst sees big shifts in the business... View Details
  • Web

Strategic Financial Analysis Online Course | HBS Online

intersection of accounting, strategy, and finance, and learn how to evaluate a business’s performance, prospects, and value to make strategic investment decisions that generate financial success. 8 weeks 5-6 hours per week 6 modules... View Details
  • 2009
  • Working Paper

Culture Clash: The Costs and Benefits of Homogeneity

By: Eric J. Van den Steen
This paper develops an economic theory of the costs and benefits of corporate culture—in the sense of shared beliefs and values—in order to study the effects of "culture clash" in mergers and acquisitions. I first use a simple analytical framework to show that shared... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Cost vs Benefits; Values and Beliefs; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Motivation and Incentives; Theory
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  • 13 Jul 2010
  • First Look

First Look: July 13

choose the platform with a restricted number of candidates. This is because those agents value the higher rate of acceptance more than access to more candidates. Agents with higher outside options choose the market with a larger number of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Aug 2019
  • News

Helping Veterans Build Careers

“Veterans often struggle to translate their time in the military into skills valued by civilian employers. The value is almost always there; they just need to communicate it more effectively,” says... View Details
  • Portrait Project

Patrick MacKenzie

22-year-old outsider, I felt powerless in standing up against. I will never again let myself feel powerless in fighting for something I believe in, in fighting for kids who deserve better. I want to create, lead, and grow schools where students thrive. Where students... View Details
  • Portrait Project

Mathew Turner

"...to whom much is given, much will be required..." Luke 12:48 I will give back... to my family, my country and our world... .because I have been blessed with a lot: parents that instilled the values in me to beat the harsh... View Details
  • Web

Baker Library Strategic Plan, 2024-2025 | Baker Library

choice, we are transforming the way the business world finds, accesses, and applies knowledge. Guiding Principles Inclusive Community We recognize one another's humanity, value the lived experiences of others, and build meaningful... View Details
  • 20 Feb 2019
  • News

Dean Nohria: Business Schools have a Vital Role in Teaching Trust

In a recent opinion piece in The Financial Times, Dean Nitin Nohria outlines the School’s commitment to educating leaders who are “deeply committed to values and ethics.” “Business schools—including HBS—must teach students how to be... View Details
  • 24 Apr 2014
  • News

Nurturing students who can think outside of the box

education reform initiative. It has been given the mandate to continue the innovation started two years ago and to blaze a new trail in undergraduate education. Chen learned the value of education at an early age, graduating from an... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2007
  • News

Faculty Research Online

studying teamwork, Professor Amy Edmondson chanced upon a seeming paradox: Well-led teams appeared to make more mistakes than average teams. Could this be true? As it turns out, good teams, which value communication, report more errors.... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services