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Eric J. Van den Steen
Eric Van den Steen is a Professor of Business Administration at HBS, where he teaches strategy. He holds the Roy Little chair, established in honor of the founder of Textron.
Professor Van den Steen's research studies the fundamentals of strategy and... View Details
Accounting for Crises
While neoclassical models suggest that improving the quality of financial information tightens the link between the realization of the information and the underlying fundamentals, models of recent crises suggest that higher information quality can generate... View Details
- 9 AM – 9:01 AM EDT, 08 Oct 2019
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Gain business skills and confidence in this three-course program on business fundamentals covering Business Analytics, Economics, and Financial Accounting. Program Dates: October 8, 2019 - February 20, 2020 View Details
- 9 AM – 9:01 AM EST, 08 Jan 2019
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Gain business skills and confidence in this three-course program on business fundamentals covering Business Analytics, Economics, and Financial Accounting. Program Dates: January 8, 2019 - April 4, 2019 View Details
- 9 AM – 9 AM EDT, 05 Sep 2018
- HBS Online
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Gain business skills and confidence in this three-course program on business fundamentals covering Business Analytics, Economics, and Financial Accounting. Program Dates: September 5, 2018 - November 29, 2018 View Details
- 9 AM – 10 AM EST, 26 Nov 2019
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Gain business skills and confidence in this three-course program on business fundamentals covering Business Analytics, Economics, and Financial Accounting. Program Dates: November 26, 2019 - March 5, 2020 View Details
- 9 AM – 9 AM EST, 27 Nov 2018
HBX CORe
Gain business skills and confidence in this three-course program on business fundamentals covering Business Analytics, Economics, and Financial Accounting. Program Dates: November 27, 2018 - March 7, 2019 View Details
- June 2014
- Case
Financial Policy at Apple, 2013 (A)
By: Mihir A. Desai and Elizabeth A. Meyer
By the end of 2013, Apple had $137 billion dollars in cash and marketable securities. This case explores how companies can generate such large amounts of cash and how and if they should distribute it to shareholders, especially in the face of shareholder pressure. In... View Details
Keywords: Apple; Steve Jobs; Forecast; Forecasting; Forecasting And Prediction; Shareholder Activism; Share Repurchase; Dividends; Financial Ratios; Preferred Shares; Cash Distribution; Corporate Finance; Borrowing and Debt; Financial Management; Financial Strategy; Technology Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States; Republic of Ireland
- 10 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
HBS Virtual Treks: How Student Clubs are Adapting to the New Normal
Career treks and conferences organized by student clubs remain fundamental elements of the MBA experience at HBS. Like other events, though, clubs had to move these signature treks online. The VCPE Venture Capital Trek was one of these... View Details
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Studying Japan from the Inside
currently taking place in the Japanese economy, politics, and society. The qualities that brought success to Japanese business during 1970s and 1980s, such as lifetime employment, cross-shareholding, and keiretsu (Japanese corporate groupings) are going through View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 9 AM – 9 AM EDT, 16 Oct 2018
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Gain business skills and confidence in this three - course program on business fundamentals covering Business Analytics, Economics, and Financial Accounting. Program Dates: October 16, 2018 - February 28, 2019 View Details
- March 1984 (Revised July 1985)
- Background Note
Note on Exchange Rate Determination
Discusses exchange rate determination in world of flexible rates. The fundamentals of supply of and demand for foreign exchange are explained. View Details
Keywords: Currency Exchange Rate
Meerschwam, David M. "Note on Exchange Rate Determination." Harvard Business School Background Note 384-171, March 1984. (Revised July 1985.)
- 9 AM – 9:01 AM EDT, 04 Sep 2019
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Gain business skills and confidence in this three-course program on business fundamentals covering Business Analytics, Economics, and Financial Accounting. Program Dates: September 4, 2019 - November 27, 2019 View Details
- 9 AM – 9:01 AM EDT, 23 Jul 2019
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Gain business skills and confidence in this three-course program on business fundamentals covering Business Analytics, Economics, and Financial Accounting. Program Dates: July 23, 2019 - November 20, 2019 View Details
- November 1999 (Revised November 2003)
- Background Note
Perspective, Institutions and Basic Issues
By: David F. Hawkins
This case describes the basic institutions involved in the setting of generally accepted accounting principles and the fundamental issues that institutions must address. View Details
Keywords: Financial Reporting
Hawkins, David F. "Perspective, Institutions and Basic Issues." Harvard Business School Background Note 100-010, November 1999. (Revised November 2003.)
- November 2008 (Revised June 2009)
- Case
Sole-Sourcing the Intel 386: A Company and Industry Transformed
By: Richard S. Tedlow and David Ruben
Intel's precedent-breaking decision not to second-source its groundbreaking 386 microprocessor in 1986 propelled Intel to new heights and fundamentally transformed the computer industry. View Details
- Sep 2015
- Report
Business Aligning for Students: The Promise of Collective Impact
This report calls on business leaders to take stock of their efforts to improve pre-K-12 education and commit to an innovative approach called “Collective Impact,” a community endeavor that addresses fundamental weaknesses in the U.S.... View Details
- 27 Apr 2020
- News
Three Things Lockdowns Have Exposed About Working and Parenting
- 14 Apr 2008
- News
The Gap in the U.S. Treasury Recommendations
- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform
If a dike or dam has sprung a number of leaks, there are many possible ways to respond. The initial impulse is to assiduously plug one hole after another, hoping that the situation will right itself. Another approach—and often a more sensible one—is to step back,... View Details