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- 18 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Bias of Wall Street Analysts
If it's one lesson the individual investor learned the hard way from the collapse of Enron, it is that the recommendations of Wall Street stock analysts can be influenced by much more than purely objective research. Just look at the large number of analysts who kept... View Details
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Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2020
one-time or time-limited strategic purposes. This rate applies to HBS and to all schools at Harvard. Consistent with the long-term goal of preserving the value of the endowment in real terms (after... View Details
- 18 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Who Controls Water?
Central Valley farmland fallow, which pushed local unemployment rates as high as 40 percent, drove protesters into the streets, and led Woolf to cut his crop back dramatically, at one point grinding up 90,000 water-hungry almond trees.... View Details
- 02 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 2
achieve actionable transparency by embedding their design in a centralized system with a shared design language and near-real-time updating, where everyone with an interest in improving the design has the right and the means to act on it.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Diagnosing the Public Health Care Alternative
design with features that many people may not consider to be good value for the money. To return to the car analogy, it might demand a heated seat in every vehicle. As for public insurance, it ignores real costs in its pricing and may... View Details
- 14 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Big Money for Big Projects
recklessly than they drive their own cars) becomes a real danger. Project sponsors may take excessive amounts of risk knowing the debt holders will bear most of the downside, yet will share almost none of... View Details
- 03 Jan 2008
- What Do You Think?
Does Judgment Trump Experience?
process posing other more interesting propositions for consideration. Tony Wanless emphasized the importance of knowing the way leaders learn from experience, suggesting the need for "a synthesis of thinking that adds value to the... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 02 Jul 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Story #19: Nicole Neeman Brady (MBA 2008): The Critical Role of Business in Tackling Water Challenges
oversight and direction-setting for water.” For those who are interested in finding solutions, Nicole recommends Stanford Professor Barton H. Thompson’s new book, “Liquid Asset: How Business and Government Can Partner to Solve the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Case Study: On the Record
Despite the renewed interest in vinyl, there were not many manufacturers—less than 20 in the United States—and few had updated their processes or supply chain since the heyday of the late 1970s. In the fast-moving music scene, Kelleher... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 22 Apr 2015
- Op-Ed
Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths
plus side of the ledger, tariff rates declined, leading to more competition and forcing Greek companies to compete internationally. Reducing bureaucracy also helped: time to export decreased from 20 to 16 days, according to the World... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
are women, CB enjoyed a net income of about $73 million in 2008. According to Labarthe and Danel (aka “the two Charlies”), a high profitability rate is necessary to convince investors to take a risk on a... View Details
- 12 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting
companies a clear view of risks to and opportunities in their own strategy. Second, One Report speaks with one voice to all stakeholders, who can even engage with the company via Web 2.0 tools and technologies. One Report is thus an... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Truth Be Told
alike are increasingly relying on whistleblowers to prevent and investigate fraud, the professors realized, there is little understanding about the real risks faced by an employee who steps forward. Dey and... View Details
- 04 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 4, 2016
evidence on whether and how these programs affect the real economy. Using rich borrower-linked mortgage-market data, we document that there is a “flypaper effect” of LSAPs, where the transmission of unconventional monetary policy to View Details
- 17 Sep 2001
- What Do You Think?
What Is “Business as Usual” After September 11?
be subtle, but real. —Professor James Hesket Changes in organizations, according to respondents, will be subtle, but real. Perhaps the most interesting opinions on this topic were set forth by Niklas Arvidsson: "What will be the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 07 Jun 2019
- Book
Are You a Digital Manager?
need to do their part and devote time and attention to aligning their interests and cultivating collaborations across the organization. Only when everyone understands the big picture and feels a part of it can they prioritize and focus... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
the more traditional interest rate and tax channels-suggests new considerations in assessing the impact of government spending on private sector economic activity. Read the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 19, 2010
forgetting of information that might otherwise limit their dishonesty. Using hypothetical scenarios (Studies 1 and 2) and real tasks involving the opportunity to cheat (Studies 3 and 4), we find that one's own dishonest behavior increased... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Venture Capital Goes Boom—or Bust?
computer to access data stored on another and to interact with that information. As he publicized his innovation among his fellow employees and across the computing community, people admired the quality of his work. In fact, in head-to-head comparisons, his software... View Details
Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 02 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 2
corporate directors' fiduciary duties in that state. This change limited incentives to take actions favoring equity over debt. We show that, as predicted, this increased the likelihood of equity issues, increased investment, and reduced View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace