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  • September 2010
  • Article

Do Inventory and Gross Margin Data Improve Sales Forecasts for U.S. Public Retailers?

By: Saravanan Kesavan, Vishal Gaur and Ananth Raman
Firm-level sales forecasts for retailers can be improved if we incorporate cost of goods sold, inventory, and gross margin (defined here as the ratio of sales to cost of goods sold) as three endogenous variables. We construct a simultaneous equations model, estimated... View Details
Keywords: Sales; Forecasting and Prediction; Distribution; Goods and Commodities; Cost; Public Sector; Profit; Mathematical Methods; Analytics and Data Science; Retail Industry; United States
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    Jerry R. Green

    Jerry R. Green

    David A. Wells Professor of Political Economy

    John Leverett Professor in the University

    Harvard University

     

    Jerry Green is the John Leverett Professor in the University and the David A. Wells... View Details

    Keywords: aerospace; education industry; insurance industry; professional services
    • 19 Nov 2014
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Search for Benchmarks: When Do Crowds Provide Wisdom?

    Keywords: by Charles M.C. Lee, Paul Ma & Charles C.Y. Wang
    • 17 Sep 2024
    • Blog Post

    The International Experience at HBS: Zoe Sun (MBA 2024)

    Zoe Sun (MBA 2024) is a recent graduate from China. Prior to HBS, she worked at an Asia-focused private equity fund in Hong Kong. At HBS, she was Co-Chief Admissions Ambassador and Social Chair for Greater China Club. She is a recipient... View Details
    • 08 Nov 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: Nov. 8

      PublicationsHow Much Is a Reduction of Your Customers' Wait Worth? An Empirical Study of the Fast-Food Drive-Thru Industry Based on Structural Estimation Methods Authors:Gad Allon, Awi Federgruen, and Margaret P. Pierson... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 07 Jul 2009
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    First Look: July 7

    Missing Quarterly Analysts Forecasts (revised) Authors:Richard Mergenthaler, Shiva Rajgopal, and Suraj Srinivasan Abstract We find that missing the quarterly analyst consensus earnings forecast is associated with career penalties in the form of a reduced bonus, smaller... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
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    History Case Method Project Creating Emerging Markets Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard Entrepreneurship Global Health Care Impact Investments Impact-Weighted Accounts Institute for Business in Global Society Institute for Strategy... View Details
    • 13 Feb 2022
    • News

    A Century of MBA Case Studies: Exacting Examples from Business Life

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    Business Economics - Doctoral

    Zhuo Business Economics Sagar Saxena Business Economics “ HBS is the ideal environment because I get to think about the world like an economist, but I have the freedom and resources to draw on methods from other disciplines as I study... View Details
    • 21 May 2013
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    First Look: May 21

    methods and to make decisions on quantitative analysis. This book offers a variety of practical tools and examples to improve a manager's understanding of business analytics, and to enhance their thinking and decision processes.... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 29 Apr 2014
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    First Look: April 29

    http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/bgjs13_84709dcc-425f-4fe2-8600-0f8cbb50be16.pdf August 2013 The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management The Case Method By: Bower, Joseph L. Abstract—The case View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 18 Mar 2014
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    First Look: March 18

    conclude that, on average, firms' self-reported anticorruption efforts signal real efforts to combat corruption and are not merely cheap talk. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2229039 The First Deal: The Division of Founder View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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    interdisciplinary perspectives. Case Method Project The Case Method Project is bringing case method teaching to high schools and colleges in U.S. History, Government, and... View Details
    • 06 Dec 2011
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    First Look: Dec. 6

    http://www.people.hbs.edu/jsebenius/articles_scans/11_Limbert_Iran_Final_NegJOct2011.pdf A Reexamination of Tunneling and Business Groups: New Data and New Methods Authors:Jordan Siegel and Prithwiraj Choudhury Publication:Review of... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 31 Jan 2017
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    First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017

    democracy as well as its resilience over time. The book adapts the case method to revitalize conversations about governance and democracy and show how the United States has often thrived on political conflict. Each of the book’s nineteen... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • 30 Oct 2006
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    First Look: October 31, 2006

    between founder-stewards and nonfounder agents that diminish with company growth, and significant effects of equity ownership and outside rounds of financing. View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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    Rising Generation in the Family Enterprise

    significant wealth Analyze options and choose the right role for you in the family enterprise, while honoring and supporting others' choices Engage in difficult conversations with family members, including your elders, as you prepare for the future Manage tensions... View Details
    • 2012
    • Article

    Mutual Fund Trading Pressure: Firm-Level Stock Price Impact and Timing of SEOs

    By: Mozaffar N. Khan, Leonid Kogan and George Serafeim
    In tests of the equity market timing theory of external finance, the prior literature has used overvaluation identifiers such as high market-to-book and high prior returns that are likely correlated with other determinants of SEOs. We use price pressure resulting from... View Details
    Keywords: Equity; Market Transactions; Valuation; Capital Structure; Market Timing; Mathematical Methods; Acquisition
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    • 2015
    • Working Paper

    The Impact of Funds: An Evaluation of CDC 2004-12

    By: Josh Lerner, Ann Leamon, Steve Dew and Dong Ik Lee
    CDC was founded in 1948 as part of the U.K. government's efforts to develop the economic resources of Britain's remaining colonies. Since then, CDC has pursued a series of strategies to "do good without losing money," as its original mission was phrased. Its approach... View Details
    Keywords: Investment Funds; Great Britain
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