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- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Problem with Hedge Funds
valuation processes. The SEC seems concerned about conflicts of interest (such as mutual funds owning hedge funds) and possible fraud and the increasing availability of hedge funds to retail investors. The SEC may be getting ready to... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- 01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1
shareholder of private companies. We conduct such a study using data for 296 publicly traded corporations in Brazil, looking at the effects of equity purchases by the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) on firm... View Details
- 09 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Most Accountants Aren’t CrooksWhy Good Audits Go Bad
standards). But the corporate auditing arena is a particularly fertile ground for self-serving biases. Three structural aspects of accounting create substantial opportunities for bias to influence judgment. Ambiguity. Bias thrives... View Details
- 10 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Counting Up the Effects of Sarbanes-Oxley
Widely deemed the most important piece of security legislation since formation of the Securities and Exchange Commission in 1934, the landmark Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was born into a climate still reeling from the burst of the high-tech bubble and View Details
- 14 Jul 2015
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First Look: July 14, 2015
In press Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Hormones and Ethics: Understanding the Biological Basis of Unethical Conduct By: Lee, Jooa Julia, Francesca Gino, Ellie Shuo Jin, Leslie K. Rice, and Robert A. Josephs Abstract—Globally, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Trouble Behind Livedoor
Horie represented all that is wrong with Western-style capitalism, others saw him as the future of the country's media industry, and a man of the people. But last month, Horie was arrested on suspicion of accounting fraud and illegal... View Details
- 10 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 10
that search engine advertisements tend to be less safe than the corresponding organic listings. Least-Cost Avoiders in Online Fraud and Abuse Author:Benjamin G. Edelman Publication:IEEE Security and Privacy 8, no. 4 (July-August 2010)... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 13
economy. The fraud renewed the focus on corporate governance policies worldwide, but especially in Japan, where the lack of board independence and a deep-rooted corporate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Expensing Options Doesn’t Solve the Problem
It is fascinating to observe pundit after pundit come down strongly on the side of expensing stock options in the reported financial statements, as if that were the silver bullet for combating corporate malfeasance and resolving all our... View Details
Keywords: by William Sahlman
- 06 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Sorting Out the Patent Craze
explain a little bit about your research in this area? Josh Lerner: By the end of World War II, the corporate research laboratory model was widely adopted in the United States. A corporation would have a... View Details
- 18 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas, April 18
political economy implications of such transactions. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/217050-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 717-464 Danaher Corporation, 2007–2017 On July 2, 2016, Danaher Corporation... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
‘Let the Buyer Beware’ Doesn’t Protect Investors
liability for failure for all but the most glaring fraud or embezzlement. The real problems for a potential investor are not those warned of in a prospectus in such general terms as to apply to virtually any company; they are specific... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
distribution services (GDSs)—such as SABRE—to reach travel agents. But GDSs held significant tactical advantages. For example, GDSs had signed long-term exclusive contracts with the corporate customers who were American's best customers.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Jul 2011
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First Look: July 12
experiment to examine the effect of management fiduciary duties on equity‐debt conflicts. A 1991 Delaware bankruptcy ruling changed the nature of corporate directors' fiduciary duties in firms incorporated in that state. This change... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 7, 2008
U.K., Germany, the Netherlands, and the EU can be made to cooperate on such a project. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707016 System on a Chip 2008: Ardentec View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017
harshly penalized than their less distinguished peers in the wake of a retraction, but only in cases involving fraud or misconduct. When the retraction event had its source in “honest mistakes,” we find no evidence of differential stigma... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 18, 2009
Working PapersDeterring Online Advertising Fraud Through Optimal Payment in Arrears (revised) Author:Benjamin Edelman Abstract Online advertisers face substantial difficulty in selecting and supervising small advertising partners. View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 May 2008
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First Look: May 28, 2008
price of diesel fuel. Purchase the case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=508074 Adelphia Communications Corp.'s Bankruptcy Harvard Business School Case 208-071 In 2002, a massive accounting fraud and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008
time. Optimal Deterrence When Judgment-Proof Agents Are Paid in Arrears—With an Application to Online Advertising Fraud Author:Benjamin G. Edelman Abstract I develop a screening model with delayed payments and probabilistic delayed... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century
corporations as the main sources of innovation in our economy. Innovation proceeds differently in business ecosystems than in pre-industrial markets or ring-fenced corporations. Innovation in ecosystems requires collective action to both... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne