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  • 07 Jun 2017
  • Research & Ideas

How an African History Scholar Became a Modern Righter of Wrongs

attempt to squelch their demands for independence. Cover photo for Imperial Reckoning, Central Province, Kenya, c. 1954 (Photo credit: Popperfoto/Retrofile.com) The research became the basis for her 2005 book Imperial Reckoning, which won... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace

"spiritual anchors for the new millennium." Clearly, something of a nonmaterial nature is stirring in the corporate temple. But questions abound. Just what does it mean to bring spirituality into the workplace? Is this an appropriate way to help people feel... View Details
Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso
  • Awards

East China Normal University. Honorary Professor

By: William C. Kirby
Awarded an Honorary Professorship by East China Normal University in 2011. View Details
  • 08 Sep 2011
  • What Do You Think?

What’s Apple’s Biggest Challenge: Replacing Steve or Wall Street?

training, and a master touch with the iPod world, and ceaseless curiosity . Put them in the same room, watch what happens . Get out of the way." Whatever else is needed, C. J. Cullinane suggests that "Jobs will have to be... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer
  • 07 Aug 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Business of Biotech

heralding the start of National Biotechnology Month, as January 2000 had been designated by the U.S. Senate. For biotech, in fact, the party had begun months earlier, when hundreds of millions of dollars had poured into promising... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Biotechnology; Health; Technology
  • 30 Jan 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds

On August 31, 2016, many investors celebrated the 40th birthday of one of the world’s most successful financial instruments: the mutual index fund, created by Vanguard founder John C. Bogle. Index funds,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

    F. Warren McFarlan

    Professor McFarlan earned his AB from Harvard University in 1959, and his MBA and DBA from the Harvard Business School in 1961 and 1965 respectively. He has had a significant role in introducing materials on Management Information Systems to all major programs at... View Details

    Keywords: communications; computer; e-commerce industry; health care; information; information technology industry; nonprofit industry

      Howard H. Stevenson

      Howard H. Stevenson is Sarofim-Rock Baker Foundation Professor emeritus, former Senior Associate Dean, Director of Publishing, and Chair of the Harvard Business Publishing Company board. The Sarofim-Rock Chair was established in 1982 to provide a continuing base for... View Details

      Keywords: broadcasting; communications; computer; construction; financial services; forest products; health care; high technology; industrial goods; insurance industry; investment banking industry; manufacturing; paper; professional services; real estate; service industry; software; venture capital industry
      • 23 Aug 2021
      • News

      New Chair of 205-Year-Old Swire Looks to China for Growth

      • 06 Apr 2020
      • News

      Is China Ready for Leadership on the Global Stage?

      • 06 Dec 2021
      • News

      What's the Word?

      She·sesh·un (noun) Ly·ing flat (verb) Post·cook·ie (adj.) Bi·o·rev·o·loo·shun (noun) Dig·i·tul no·mad (noun) Di·ver·si·ty wa·shing (verb) Meem Stock (noun) When the price of supposedly “dull” stocks like BlackBerry and GameStop hit the roof earlier this year, driven... View Details
      Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Martha Rich; Manufacturing; Finance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information
      • 11 Sep 2012
      • First Look

      First Look: September 11

      they made by history, or do they make it? In Indispensable, Harvard Business School professor Gautam Mukunda offers an enticingly fresh look at how and when individual leaders really can make a difference. View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • May 2011 (Revised December 2011)
      • Case

      Stuyvesant Town - Peter Cooper Village: America's Largest Foreclosure

      By: Arthur I Segel, Gregory S. Feldman, James T. Liu and Elizabeth C. Williamson
      In July 2010, William Ackman, the founder of Pershing Square, is considering a potential new opportunity: the acquisition of the distressed Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village ("ST /PCV") complex. The property had recently been abandoned by its owners and had come... View Details
      Keywords: Property; Risk Management; Opportunities; Valuation; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Investment; Outcome or Result; Acquisition; North and Central America
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      • 17 Aug 2010
      • First Look

      First Look: August 17

      expenditures, to manage earnings to meet or beat key benchmarks. This paper examines this hypothesis by testing how different types of marketing expenditures are used to boost earnings for a durable commodity consumer product, which can... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • 13 Apr 2010
      • First Look

      First Look: April 13

      http://ssrn.com/abstract=1238158 Just Say No to Wall Street: Putting a Stop to the Earnings Game Authors:Joseph Fuller and Michael C. Jensen Abstract Putting an end to the "earnings game" requires that CEOs reclaim the... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • 02 Feb 2016
      • First Look

      February 2, 2016

      forthcoming Journal of Accounting Research Causal Inference in Accounting Research By: Gow, Ian D., David F. Larcker, and Peter C. Reiss Abstract—This paper examines the approaches accounting researchers use to draw causal inferences... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • Web

      Publications - Faculty & Research

      November 2024 Case Fire at Notre Dame de Paris By: Amy C. Edmondson and Jerome Barthelemy In early 2019, the Notre Dame de Paris cathedral was severely damaged by a fire. Though many people still believe... View Details
      • 30 Aug 2011
      • First Look

      First Look: August 30

      U.S. Multinational Firm Activity Authors:C. Fritz Foley and William R. Kerr Abstract This paper studies the impact that immigrant innovators have on the global activities of U.S. firms by analyzing detailed... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 29 Sep 2009
      • First Look

      First Look: September 29

      Authors:Michael C. Jensen and William H. Meckling Abstract This paper discusses five common divisional performance measurement methods—cost centers, revenue centers, profit centers, investment centers, and... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • Web

      Finance Faculty - Faculty & Research

      Assistant Professor of Business Administration Luis M. Viceira George E. Bates Professor William C. Vrattos Senior Lecturer of Business Administration Jonathan L. Wallen Assistant Professor of Business... View Details