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  • 03 Dec 2012
  • HBS Case

HBS Cases: Against the Grain

developing countries, are often meager. Some, like police officers, it can be argued, require additional income just to ensure a basic standard of living. On the supply side, corruption prevails because people find themselves paying... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Food & Beverage
  • 30 Oct 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company

Executives must adjust the span of control for each key position and unit on the basis of how the company delivers value to customers. Consider Wal-Mart, which has configured its entire organization to deliver low prices. Wal-Mart's strategy depends on View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
  • 13 Mar 2018
  • First Look

March 13, 2018

multidivisional enterprises that have diversified into related product lines. The present book aims to fill in this gap in the literature by adopting a coherent approach to this elusive subject. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54158... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Oct 2002
  • News

Dean Clark on Leadership, Educational Priorities, and Funding the Future

There are outstanding international students from modest backgrounds who may not even consider applying here because of cost concerns. Similarly, there are students ready to come to HBS right out of or shortly after college who may lack... View Details
  • 08 Aug 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Death of the Global Manager

coauthored the textbook and its updates with the late Sumantra Ghoshal (HBS DBA '86) and Paul W. Beamish of the University of Western Ontario. "The Japanese juggernaut had just come driving through the United States, challenging the View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 10 May 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Rethink the Value of Joint Ventures

such far-flung but tightly integrated subsidiaries? How do you ensure that financial reporting is effective while simultaneously optimizing your tax position? How do you design compensation systems that... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • 12 Mar 2013
  • First Look

First Look: March 12

management decisions, with consequences for aggregate economic activity. This article discusses the role of investment banking and investment management industry veterans on the Financial Accounting View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Staff Directory | Baker Library

expertise: Database management, statistical analysis, and visualization using STATA, SAS, SPSS; Text analysis using NVIVO; Survey design and Data Collection using Qualtrics; Domestic and International demographic datasets like ACS,... View Details
  • 12 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 12

actions. Combining supermarket scanner data with firm-level financial data, we find evidence that differs from prior literature. Instead of reducing expenditures to boost earnings, soup manufacturers roughly double the frequency and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 11 Jul 2006
  • First Look

First Look: July 11, 2006

(foreign and domestic), its government, and private Argentine companies that had to do business in the post-renegotiation environment. The case also discusses the larger issue of how the international View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Feb 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019

incompatibility. We also investigate how factors such as exclusive content and hardware-only adopters affect compatibility incentives. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55682 January 4, 2019 Harvard Business Review How Companies Can... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • Web

European and UK Personal Data Collection Disclosure | HBS Online

a subpoena or government information request; maintaining legally-required financial records; maintaining legally-required education records; and instituting litigation holds in response to threatened or actual claims); or on the basis of... View Details
  • Web

Curriculum | MBA

key disciplines. Fall Term Finance 1 Financial Reporting & Control (FRC) Leadership & Organizational Behavior (LEAD) Marketing Technology & Operations Management (TOM) Strategy Spring Term Data Science & AI... View Details
  • 08 Jul 2002
  • What Do You Think?

Have We Carried the Concept of Alignment Too Far?

Financial and Accounting Standards Board, new New York Stock Exchange rulings regarding board composition and other matters, and a Corporate and Auditing Accountability, Responsibility, and Transparency Act... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 13 Jan 2009
  • First Look

First Look: January 13, 2009

standard measures of patent quality, we find that patents granted to firms involved in private equity transactions are more cited (a proxy for economic importance), show no significant shifts in the fundamental nature of the research, and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Apr 2016
  • Blog Post

Summer Internships in the JD/MBA Program

My name is Charlie Hernandez. I grew up in Los Angeles, California, where I attended Loyola High School, a Catholic, all boys high school located in downtown LA. I attended Harvard College, and after graduating in 2011, I worked in View Details
  • 08 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017

forthcoming Financial Analysts Journal Optimal Tilts: Combining Persistent Characteristic Portfolios By: Baker, Malcolm, Ryan Taliaferro, and Terry Burnham Abstract—We examine the optimal weighting of four tilts in U.S. equity markets... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 24

a global accounting standard may not necessarily mean that financial reporting in all countries will become standardized. Taking an example from HOLT, a private sector that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 May 2019
  • News

Leading Questions

successful.” The assessment trend is also driven by companies that are eager for what Schlatka calls “people data.” Businesses that have long relied on customer numbers and financial reports to make... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 28 May 2013
  • First Look

First Look: May 28

learn if a standardized and institutionalized organizational learning process like SFP can enhance dynamic capabilities. The SFP model is illustrated with an application to Hewlett-Packard's Santa Rosa Systems Division. 2006 Journal of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne