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Commodities, Currencies, and Balancing of the Trade Deficit - A Chronicle of the China Trade

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA Summer Venture in... View Details
  • 05 Oct 2020
  • Book

Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time

making an increasing number of people feel “time poor”—stressed from having too many things to do and not enough time to do them. In 2011, 70 percent of working Americans reported that they “never had enough time,” and by 2018, that... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Jun 2007
  • What Do You Think?

How Should Pay Be Linked to Performance?

performance." Generally speaking, respondents favored schemes designed to reward long-term as well as short-term performance, encourage retention, recognize special needs of an organization, be based on the achievement of both View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 01 Jun 2011
  • News

Who Was George F. Baker?

Related Links Where Conservation Means Business In today’s media-saturated business world, it seems almost incomprehensible that a preeminent financier and philanthropist would remain virtually unknown to the public. Yet, near the end of... View Details
Keywords: Finance
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Documenting the Wartime Effort | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

(including a number of full-page images) of steel production and research efforts. In subsequent annual reports from the early to mid 1940s, images of steel production placed alongside financial statistics... View Details
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HBS Cases | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Skip to Main Content Lehman Brothers Collection Resources Baker Library Collections Corporate Reports Collection R. G. Dun & Co. Credit Reports HBS Cases Baker Old Class Collection Related Archival... View Details
  • 10 Oct 2023
  • Blog Post

Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know

Qcells, General Electric Vernova, Enel Green Power Equitable access to resources: Chargerhelp!, BlocPower, Volta Financial investment: Bank of America Conclusions U.S. policies provide an opportunity for businesses to address... View Details
  • 17 Sep 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Blue Skies, Distractions Arise: How Weather Affects Productivity

Autumn has sprung, and the cold, dreary days of winter are around the corner. But take heart, wistful sun lovers. It turns out that lousy weather is actually good for business operations. A new research paper reports that a decrease in... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • July 2021
  • Case

'Why I Blew the Whistle': Mauro Botta v. PwC

By: Aiyesha Dey, Jonas Heese and Sarah Mehta
Set in April 2021, this case tells the story of Mauro Botta, a senior manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). In 2016, Botta filed a whistleblower claim with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, alleging that PwC had failed to fulfill its obligations to remain... View Details
Keywords: Accounting Audits; Financial Reporting; Financial Statements; Ethics; Fairness; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Governance; Corporate Governance; Accounting Industry; United States; California; San Jose
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  • 11 Mar 2024
  • News

In Harmony

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna; I’m an associate editor at the HBS Alumni Bulletin. Last November I flew to Seoul, South Korea to interview Michael Kim (MBA 1990) of MBK Partners. Often referred to as one of... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photograph by Jun Michael Park
  • June 2005
  • Teaching Note

Accounting Fraud at WorldCom (TN)

By: Robert S. Kaplan
Teaching Note to (9-104-071). View Details
Keywords: Accounting Audits; Financial Reporting; Financial Statements; Accounting; Crime and Corruption; Governing and Advisory Boards; Telecommunications Industry
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  • October 2011 (Revised July 2013)
  • Case

Delta/Signal Corp.

By: V.G. Narayanan, Lisa Brem and Matthew Packard
This auto parts company has just ousted its longtime CEO and founder, and the new, professional CEO is badly in need of a coherent strategy, clear objectives and metrics, and initiatives that are aligned with the strategy and objectives. Will the balanced scorecard... View Details
Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Business Strategy; Financial Reporting; Leading Change; Performance Evaluation; Growth and Development Strategy; Web Services Industry; Auto Industry
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  • 27 Aug 2013
  • First Look

First Look: August 27

  Publications August 2013 Journal of Financial Economics The Performance of Corporate Alliances: Evidence from Oil and Gas Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico By: Beshears, John Abstract—I use data on oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Oct 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator

workplace motivator is our natural tendency to measure our own performance against the performance of others. "Traditionally, [the field of] economics has held a very rational view of people, and there's a gigantic amount of literature focusing on View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • September 2020
  • Case

An Introduction to Money Laundering: 'The Hunter'

By: Eugene Soltes, Guilhem Ros and Grace Liu
Money laundering schemes disguise the criminal origins of an estimated 2% to 5% of the world’s gross domestic product. Money laundering not only enables criminals to escape detection, but may also be used to finance further criminal operations including terrorism. This... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Accounting Audits; Financial Reporting; Financial Institutions; Banks and Banking; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Governance Controls; International Relations; National Security; Ethics; Accounting Industry; Banking Industry; United States; Europe
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  • 01 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1

the world. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49090 Private Equity and Financial Fragility During the Crisis By: Bernstein, Shai, Josh Lerner, and Filippo Mezzanotti Abstract—Do private equity firms... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Dec 2016
  • First Look

December 6, 2016

to the strategic implications of the Upgrade Program, financial analysts tried to understand the accounting implications, especially the recognition of revenue, which the Upgrade Program could have on Apple’s financials. Analysts’... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Feb 2015
  • First Look

First Look: February 3

The case explores the kinds of influence company management can, and should, have in the sale process. The case also explores issues at the PE firm level, including the fact that the firm has recently been spun off out of its large parent View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Feb 2006
  • Research & Ideas

When Gender Changes the Negotiation

The last few months have been trying for Maureen Park, the managing director of a small portfolio management firm. The firm's parent company, a large financial services concern, was performing below forecasts, and morale among Park's... View Details
Keywords: by Dina W. Pradel, Hannah Riley Bowles & Kathleen L. McGinn
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Climate Impact - Business & Environment

Chopra GMP 2012 | Founder & CEO, Metafin “Metafin is India’s first vertically integrated clean energy lender enabling access to energy and financial inclusion in rural India. With over 600 solar projects enabled, Metafin’s customized... View Details