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- 03 Mar 2003
- What Do You Think?
Are Conditions Right for the Next Accounting Scandal?
Summing Up Responses to this month's column lead one to conclude that we can expect that more major accounting scandals are in our future. Causes, according to these thoughtful comments, range from the consolidation of the major global accounting firms, the very nature... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Case Study: Confidence Builder
and insightful, it needs to be rolled out through student organizations (clubs, the Greek system, etc.) and funded by nonprofits or grants. Another choice would be a freemium model, but that will be difficult to do without alienating the users, given the View Details
- 05 Oct 2016
- News
Harvard to Open Life Sciences Lab
possible by a gift from Judy (MBA 1983) and Steve Pagliuca (MBA 1982), the lab will offer shared space for high-potential life sciences and biotech startups that are founded by Harvard faculty, alumni, students, and postdoctoral scholars.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
community? In the next fifty years, the current global economic and population balance will be turned on its head. Today’s rich countries will need to adjust to a significant drop in their share of the world’s income. As Africa’s View Details
- 02 Nov 2020
- What Do You Think?
Is Antitrust Just a Quaint Notion in the Digital Age?
etc.” Several responses questioned whether there was damage to the consumer, often at issue in antitrust. As Shoshanna Zuboff pointed out, in “free” high-tech services, the consumer benefits and resulting satisfaction are highly visible; the costs are not.” Nick C... View Details
- November 2006
- Case
Selling Biovail Short
By: Malcolm P. Baker, Chris Lombardi and Aldo Sesia
Hedge fund SAC Capital and analysts from Gradient Analytics and Banc of America face charges of stock price manipulation from Biovail, a Canadian pharmaceutical company. Gradient and BofA produced negative reports on Biovail's earnings quality. At the same time, SAC... View Details
Keywords: Stock Shares; Investment Banking; Asset Pricing; Financial Strategy; Crime and Corruption; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Canada
Baker, Malcolm P., Chris Lombardi, and Aldo Sesia. "Selling Biovail Short." Harvard Business School Case 207-071, November 2006.
- Web
Mental Health | MBA
Mental Health Support Services Joe Coleman MBA 2018 "Mental illness is not a death sentence, but rather a surmountable obstacle on life's roller coaster." Katie Rydz MBA 2019 "I will not let mental illness define me. I will define my own... View Details
- Profile
Juan Pablo Moncayo
been so nice to share that and other aspects of my identity—I'm always able to be who I am." In fact, his classmates nominated JP for "My Take," a public-speaking forum in which students share... View Details
Keywords: Financial Services
- 06 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Trouble Behind Livedoor
manipulating investors' ability to trade was an important aspect of price manipulation for many firms over the past few years. My research looks at how firms used stock splits to manipulate the float—the fraction of shares available to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Consumer Finance Makes HBS Debut
we have a rich set of finance electives, including courses on behavioral topics, investment management, financial markets, private equity, venture capital, financial engineering (which I also coteach), and a host of other topics. Retail financial View Details
- 31 Oct 2019
- News
Business Success Means Community Success in Wisconsin; GNN Roundup
Bend’s rebranding over its 100-year history, and its Spirit of the Silver Lining Award, which celebrates independent insurance agents for outstanding service to nonprofit organizations in their communities, and includes grant money to... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
Just Has to Make Money by Robert C. Hacker (MBA 1972) (North American Publishing Company) Nobody has more stories than agency account people. Having been inside hundreds of clients’ organizations and six agencies and seen it all, Hacker couldn’t View Details
- 13 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Unexpected Way Whistleblowers Reduce Government Fraud
contracts.” In fixed-price contracts, the supplier provides a product or service to the government at a fixed price. In cost-plus contracts, the supplier bills the government based on reported production costs and profit margin, making it... View Details
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Working at Harvard Business School | Employment
employees. The program acknowledges staff milestones every five years. Ellen Mahoney (Chief Human Resources Officer) enjoys the event and interacting with longer service colleagues. “The stories they share... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
HBS Honors Four Alumni
the award winners shared advice and reflections during a discussion, moderated by Sahlman, as well as during a subsequent Q&A session with the students that concluded the program. After Dean Jay Light introduced the honorees and presented... View Details
- 19 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Should Compete for Your Privacy
Consumers are increasingly wary about sharing personal information with firms. Yet when they benefit from providing information in exchange for lower prices or better services, many consumers will gladly make the privacy trade-off. But... View Details
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Olivia Staffon Archives | Social Enterprise
Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public Sector Public-Private... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Centennial Goes YouTube
What’s the first adjective that comes to mind when you hear the word centennial? Be honest. I bet it’s not fun, or entertaining, or cool. Now get ready for a surprise. The Knowledge and Library Services folks at the Baker Library |... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Bruce Rauner (MBA '81) Endows New Professorship
older or retired to share my good fortune," says Rauner, managing principal of Golder, Thoma, Cressey, Rauner, Inc. (GTCR), a Chicago-based private equity firm that specializes in acquiring and consolidating View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho
array of sectors before recruiting begins. Over an eight-week period in September and October, students learned about more than twelve different industries by attending an informational overview session; an alumni panel to share advice... View Details