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- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
base firms' stock returns, valuation multiples, forecasted and realized growth rates, research and development expenditures, and various other key financial ratios. Our results highlight the usefulness of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
Publications August 2013 Harvard Business Review Press Can China Lead? Reaching the Limits of Power and Growth By: Abrami, Regina M., William C. Kirby, and F. Warren McFarlan Abstract—At the time of the American Revolution, China was... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 12 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting
applicable to every listed company in the world: "The market capitalisation of any company listed on the [Johannesburg Stock Exchange] equals its economic value and not its book value. The financial report of a company, as seen in its... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
those traders’ companies were then paying $20,000 a month. Parker thought he could provide a better service for $500 a month. He was proposing to sell $100,000 worth of debentures and stock representing 10 percent of the company, giving... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 24 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 24, 2009
faces decisions on the expatriation status of four of his firm's talented executives. Each decision will impact the candidate's professional and personal life and will have implications for effective management and growth in Solvay's... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019
company listed on the New Zealand stock exchange in 2018 by capitalizing on a biochemical discovery related to the protein composition of cow's milk. Because many people find the A1 protein difficult to digest, and that protein may be... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 19, 2008
grants, and a greater chance of forced dismissal for both CEOs and CFOs during the period 1993-2004. These results are obtained after controlling for the magnitude of the earnings surprise, operating and stock return performance, and are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The City Solution
London, Tokyo, Hong Kong); megacities and population magnets (e.g., São Paulo, Lagos, Mumbai, Jakarta); and “up-and-comers,” cities of 150,000 to 10 million people, aspiring to international stature (e.g., Cape Town, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur). Much of the world’s population... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Golden State of Mind
pedigree, becoming a VC wasn’t the original plan. Instead, Tim Draper wanted to be an entrepreneur. He had some good ideas, he says, which ran the gamut from digitizing music (back in the early 1980s) to a new global stock market to... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 12 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 12, 2006
nongaming business sectors became increasingly profitable both at the MGM Grand and in Las Vegas generally, understanding the nongaming customers appeared to be of critical importance to the continuing growth of the resort. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2015
- First Look
First Look -- September 1, 2015
debt increases exogenously and they use the proceeds of equity issues to increase payouts to shareholders. Our evidence suggests that extant findings that have been attributed to constraints may instead reflect differences in the growth... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 24
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/web/product_detail.seam?E=3985220&R=112702-MMC-ENG&conversationId=189822 China Magic Going Home Li Jin, Zhihong Yi, and Jun JiangHarvard Business School Case 211-036 The largest Chinese energy company is thinking about a... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 Apr 2021
- News
Road Work
Friedman. He’d had a successful career in investment banking and venture capital, which included being the founder and former president of the investment banking operation of Houlihan Lokey at the age of 28. Houlihan Lokey would go on to become a New York View Details
- 03 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
receiving only a dispenser, (2) these effects persist after monitoring or incentives are removed, and (3) the anticipation of monitoring increases handwashing rates significantly, implying that individuals internalize the habitual nature of handwashing and accumulate... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
Reinventing Dell: The Innovation Imperative by Heather Simmons (MBA 1990) (Murmurous Publishing) This book tells the inside story of one of tech’s most intriguing giants. Simmons asks: How did Dell go from one of the most admired companies in the world to a firm whose... View Details
- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
of Employee Stock Options Expensing Authors:Fabrizio Ferri and Tatiana Sandino Publication:The Accounting Review (forthcoming) Abstract In this paper we examine the economic consequences of over 150 shareholder proposals to expense... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
directors appointed in response to demands by activists. Using a sample of 1,969 activism events over the period 2004-2012, we identify 824 activist directors. We find that activists are more likely to gain board seats at smaller firms and those with weaker View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 11 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 11, 2007
stock prices had been reached. Despite Fisher's poor prediction on that occasion, he played a neglected, but significant role in the growth of the forecasting industry and in the rise of a class of early... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
continue to support the global fight against HIV/AIDS while positioning his company for growth in a changing regulatory landscape. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/511050-PDF-ENG Competing through Business Models:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Cook Fall 2025 Q1 1.5 Digital Operations Technology & Operations Management Antonio Moreno Spring 2026 Q4 1.5 Doing Business with China 2035: Navigating Uncertainty General Management William Kirby Spring 2026 Q3 1.5 Driving Profitable View Details