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- 14 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 14
because external capital markets became more costly, but also because the efficiency of internal capital allocation increased significantly during the crisis. Our analysis provides new evidence on how the diversification discount and its drivers vary with View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 15, 2006
general management at Harvard Business School. Publisher's site: http://books.mcgraw-hill.com/getbook.php?isbn=0073404977 Financial Constraints and Growth: Multinational and Local Firm Responses to Currency... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 29
crisis, in contrast, fared less satisfactorily abroad. Second, multinationals that engaged in activities with vertical production linkages or stronger financial constraints exhibited particularly better... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni
Glenn and Mary Jane Creamer Fellowship was established by the couple (both MBA 1988) in honor of their 25th Reunion and the HBS Campaign. Mary Jane and Glenn believe that financial constraints should never... View Details
- 24 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 24
and in contrast, such indirect costs appear relatively fixed in the face of sales declines in this industry. We discuss potential sources of these cost-structure patterns and their implications for cost management efforts as asset management firms move forward from the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
When Showing Know-How Backfires for Women Managers
what’s driving the bind,” she says. “This is not about being capable or talented. It’s more a constraint that is completely understandable.” Meanwhile, women’s neglect of office tasks and resulting financial... View Details
- 12 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 12
investor relations. A study is conducted of the language used by executives in conference calls discussing earnings with investors and financial analysts. A correlation was found between the use of language indicating a short-term focus... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 26, 2008
similar behavior following periods of poor financial performance. In addition to offering promotions more frequently, we find that firms offer deeper price discounts to manage earnings during these periods. Furthermore, our results... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research
competitive Darwinian contest. Instead, a few investors make decisions that are impacted by incentive, agency, and coordination problems, often before a new idea even has a chance to compete in a market. We contend that costs and View Details
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My focus is empirical financial accounting research, with particular interests in governance, valuation, M&A, and short-sellers. All three of my papers to date fall under the broad heading of “alternative governance mechanisms”—studies of how accounting information is... View Details
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My focus is empirical financial accounting research, with particular interests in governance, valuation, M&A, and short-sellers. All three of my papers to date fall under the broad heading of “alternative governance mechanisms”—studies of how accounting information is... View Details
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Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research
(January–February 2025): 96–103. Too Much, Too Soon? Early Funding, Technological Unconventionality, and Innovation Capabilities By: Harsh Ketkar and Maria Roche 2025 | Working Paper | Faculty Research The availability of financial... View Details
- 17 Jan 2023
- In Practice
8 Trends to Watch in 2023
As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- Web
Health Care - Faculty & Research
non-financial reward. The analysis yields three main findings. First, non-financial rewards are more effective at eliciting effort than either financial rewards or the volunteer contract and are also the most cost-effective of the four... View Details
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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
measure of company returns but are deeply flawed. We propose an alternative measure that isolates operational performance from financial engineering, titled Core Operating Shareholders Returns (COSRs). In the process of disentangling... View Details
- 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
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Student Research - Doctoral
Psychological Safety as an Enduring Resource amid Constraints By: Hassina Bahadurzada , Amy C. Edmondson and Michaela J. Kerrissey While psychological safety is recognized as valuable in healthcare, its relationship to resource View Details
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Profiles - MBA
operational and financial skills paramount to success as a founder, I will enter the fast track in tech entrepreneurship.” Tech areas of interest I’m fascinated by the application of machine learning, distributed systems, and cryptography... View Details
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Reconceiving Products & Markets - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
safety, health, education, nutrition, living with disability, housing, financial security, etc.) Opening new markets by serving unmet needs in underserved communities, which often requires redesigned products or different distribution... View Details
- 24 May 2021
- Op-Ed
Can Fabric Waste Become Fashion’s Resource?
COVID-19 has broken fashion’s supply chain. As a result, an already wasteful industry has become more wasteful. Even before the pandemic, the global apparel industry was producing about 92 million tons of textile waste a year. That’s about one garbage truck’s worth of... View Details