Chief Financial Officer - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2023
News

The Imposter Among Us

back home and was being sent to HBS by his bankers, who believed there was more he could learn about accounting. Gaines-Cooper was an astute financier but had never attended university. The Rolls, he confessed to Wallner, was all part of... View Details

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

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Asia Pacific - Global

an office in Singapore to more broadly support HBS faculty in this region. In 2023 the Shanghai-based classroom was closed down, however much of the programming continued on remotely or in other venues. The three locations work in strong... View Details

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People - Advancing Racial Equity

Advancing Racial Equity & Diversity Advancing Racial Equity & Diversity People Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Terrill L. Drake Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer... View Details

07 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 7, 2009

the original proofs of Ehlers and Klaus (2003) using his stronger independence condition, here we offer a short proof that uses the established result of Theorem 1 for the restricted domain R0. Download the working paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-110.pdf Debt... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Unilever—A Case Study

Anglo-Dutch twin Royal Dutch Shell formed major elements in the historically large Dutch FDI in the United States. 2 However, the fact that all dividends were remitted to N.V. in the Netherlands did not mean that the head office in... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage; Manufacturing; Retail

13 Dec 2022
Research & Ideas

The Color of Private Equity: Quantifying the Bias Black Investors Face

minority-owned group raising a fund is 60 percent higher in these periods of high racial awareness. They also looked at public pension fund data in states where a minority chief investment officer was hired.... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds; Financial Services

16 Nov 2021
HBS Case

How a Company Made Employees So Miserable, They Killed Themselves

Louis-Pierre Wenés, and chief HR officer Olivier Barberot for putting intense pressure on middle management, who passed this pressure on to other workers without considering the “psychosocial risks.” Soon... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Japan - Global

London offices of the Industrial Bank of Japan (now part of Mizuho Financial Group). Contact Information nsato@hbs.edu Akiko Kanno Associate Director Akiko Saito Senior Researcher Yukari Takizawa View Details

03 May 2024
Research & Ideas

How Much Does Proximity Influence Startup Innovation? 20 Meters' Worth to Be Exact

100,000-square-foot coworking space that is one of the largest of its kind in the United States. The facility hosts companies focused on financial technology, marketing technology, and software development, and assigns View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

20 Mar 2008
Working Paper Summaries

Sell Side School Ties

Keywords: by Lauren H. Cohen, Andrea Frazzini & Christopher J. Malloy; Financial Services

01 Dec 2023
News

Endless Possibilities

Faye Iosotaluno (MBA 2008) met her husband through friends when she was only 19 years old. It was 1999, and the mobile-first app Tinder—which launched in 2012 and where Iosotaluno is currently COO—was not even a distant glimmer on the dating horizon. While the app... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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Ways to Give Today - Alumni

Contributions from HBS alumni will receive class credit. How to Make a Gift Checks should be made payable to Centre de Recherche Européen de la HBS and sent to the association office located at: Centre de Recherche Européen de la Harvard... View Details

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Europe - Global

significant transformation. The ERC has contributed to much of the European-focused faculty publications and research projects across the School. Research topics have ranged from the challenges of European economic and financial... View Details

June 2024 (Revised March 2025)
Case

Wemade: (Re)Establishing Trust in Blockchain Games (A)

By: Jung Koo Kang, Charles C.Y. Wang, David Allen and Kwangmoon So

This case explores the fundamental challenges and accounting issues arising from the integration of blockchain technology into traditional business models. It features Wemade, a South Korean online gaming company that has staked its future on blockchain-based games.... View Details

Keywords: Blockchain; Cryptocurrency; Video Games; Accounting; Financial Reporting; Revenue Recognition; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Corporate Disclosure; Information Technology; Technology Adoption; Accounting Industry; Information Technology Industry; Video Game Industry; South Korea

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17 Jan 2023
In Practice

8 Trends to Watch in 2023

As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

22 Oct 2014
HBS Seminar

Koleman Strumpf, University of Kansas School of Business

18 Feb 2014
First Look

First Look: February 18

Most Successful CEOs Come from Within By: Bower, Joseph L. Abstract—The financial crisis of 2008 and the Great Recession caused a crisis of public confidence in business and American-style capitalism, with its focus on maximizing... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

management of UCCA wondered what they could do to achieve growth and financial viability while continuing to realize their mission. 2014 Discussion Paper The Promise of Microfinance and Women's Empowerment: What Does the Evidence Say? By:... View Details

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Negotiation, Organizations & Markets - Faculty & Research

Goldenberg , Elie Ofek and Orna Dan March 2025 | Supplement | Faculty Research Two years after Intuition Robotics opted to pursue a business-to-government contract with the New York State Office of the Aging, and put direct-to-consumer... View Details

13 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

When Good Incentives Lead to Bad Decisions

Among the culprits contributing to the recent financial crisis were bank loan officers who approved mortgage loans that were doomed to fail. Many of these frontline workers were motivated by bonuses and... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking

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