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  • November 2009
  • Article

Is it Fair to Blame Fair Value Accounting for the Financial Crisis?

By: Robert C. Pozen
When the credit markets seized up in 2008, many heaped blame on "mark to market" accounting rules, which require banks to write down their troubled assets to the prices they'd fetch if sold on the open market - at the time, next to nothing. Recording those assets below... View Details
Keywords: Cost Accounting; Fair Value Accounting; Financial Crisis; Assets; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Crisis Management; Standards; Banking Industry
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  • 08 Mar 2021
  • In Practice

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 28 Aug 2007
  • First Look

First Look: August 28, 2007

firms in our sample, making it difficult to control for these effects across economies. Practical implications—Government involvement in state-owned enterprises may be contributing to a divergence in the pattern of business... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Sep 2006
  • First Look

First Look: September 12, 2006

human capital are also important for the effect of FDI on economic growth. Download working paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-013.pdf Architectural Innovation and Dynamic Competition: The Smaller... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Jan 2007
  • First Look

First Look: January 30, 2007

managed poorly, the organization's capacity to innovate effectively may be impaired. The authors suggest eight guidelines for managing steward-creator conflict more successfully. These guidelines include (1) Keep talented creators around,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 Oct 2009
  • First Look

First Look: October 27

to the emerging literature on open and distributed innovation by demonstrating the value of openness, at least narrowly defined by disclosing problems, in removing barriers to entry to non-obvious... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Asia Pacific - Global

Corporation: Bridging Content and Commerce By: Jung Koo Kang , Panje Jayden Kim and David Allen This accounting case is intended to teach students how to compile an income statement, a View Details
  • January 2009 (Revised February 2009)
  • Case

Sydney IVF: Stem Cell Research

By: Robert L. Simons, Kathryn Rosenberg and Natalie Kindred
This case examines the strategy implementation and risk management decisions at Sydney IVF, a research-based in vitro fertilization and stem cell company based in Australia. Drs. Robert Jansen and Jock Anderson, who co-founded Sydney IVF in 1986, developed novel... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Innovation and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Risk Management; Genetics; Commercialization; Health Industry; Australia
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    James L. Heskett

    James L. Heskett is UPS Foundation Professor Emeritus at the Harvard Business School and author of his latest book, With From Within: Build Organizational Culture for Competitive... View Details

    • 01 Sep 2012
    • News

    An Intellectual Capital: Some Influential HBS Ideas, at a Glance

    Initiative to apply innovative business practices to drive high-impact social change. 1994 Building on his earlier work, Michael Jensen advances “agency theory,” the underpinning for compensating executives with stock View Details
    Keywords: Professor Elton Mayo: Professor Fritz Roethlisberger; George M. Moffett Professor of Agriculture and Business, Professor Emeritus Ray A. Goldberg; Professor Abraham Zaleznik; Professor Alfred Chandler; Professor Michael Porter; Professor Robert S. Kaplan; Professor Michael C. Jensen; Professor C. Roland Christensen; Professor Robert Menton; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
    • 2022
    • Working Paper

    Post-market Surveillance of Software Medical Devices: Evidence from Regulatory Data

    By: Alexander O. Everhart and Ariel D. Stern
    Medical devices increasingly include software components, which facilitate remote patient monitoring. The introduction of software into previously analog medical devices as well as innovation in software-driven devices may introduce new safety concerns—all the more so... View Details
    Keywords: Technological Innovation; Safety; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Health Care and Treatment; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
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    • 07 Apr 2021
    • Research & Ideas

    How Teams Work: Lessons from the Pandemic

    happened—can leave some attendees in the dark about nuances and next steps. The researchers also found that switching from on-site to remote work reduced “bounce time,” a term they use to describe impromptu brainstorming sessions. The... View Details
    Keywords: by Kristen Senz
    • 12 Oct 2006
    • First Look

    First Look: October 12, 2006

    and if they were provided with immunity from prosecution for self-disclosed violations. Download working paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-020.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsBang & Olufsen: Design Driven View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • Web

    South Asia - Global

    construction products. The interactive discussion delved into critical questions about Aashiyana’s potential, Tata Steel’s digital transformation journey, and execution challenges. It sparked insightful perspectives on View Details
    • Web

    Marketing Curriculum - Faculty & Research

    show how effective marketing builds on a thorough understanding of buyer behavior to create value for customers. Students learn how to: Make marketing decisions in the context of general management. Control the elements of the marketing... View Details
    • 10 Jun 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: June 10, 2008

    governance, voluntary public-private partnerships and self-regulation programs have proliferated. However, because few have been subjected to robust evaluation, little is known about whether these innovative... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • Web

    Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

    policy propagating through banks’ balance sheets are primarily driven by cash flow loans, whereas asset-based credit is mostly insensitive to these types of effects. See Victoria’s other research here , Luc’s other research here , View Details
    • 13 Mar 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    What Would It Take to Unlock Microfinance's Full Potential?

    for solutions to make the next generation of microfinance tools even more transformative. The HBS Alumni Bulletin recently talked to them about their research. “Around 2005 and 2010, some large-scale, randomized View Details
    Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint; Financial Services
    • 03 Mar 2015
    • First Look

    First Look: March 3

    on a sustained and balanced growth trajectory? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/715008-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 514-078 Ghurka Ghurka was a 38-year-old luxury leather... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 20 Jan 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: Jan. 20

    4,000 firms across 12 countries in Europe, North America, and Asia. We find that competition does indeed seem to foster greater decentralization. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-052.pdf Accountability View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace