Corporate Accountability - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Sep 2023
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2023 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

was a R&D Engineer at Edwards Lifesciences. Karishma Gajaria (MBA 2024, Section J), Summer Internship: Associate, Corporate Development, Electric Hydrogen Electric Hydrogen (‘EH2’) is creating a new generation of electrolyzer... View Details

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Eligibility | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

recipients, the HBS contribution to the joint HBS-HMS loan forgiveness program in the years it was available will be taken into account in calculating award eligibility. Additionally, if your employer offers educational loan repayment... View Details

March 2011
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What Do Dividends Tell Us About Earnings Quality

By: Douglas Skinner and Eugene F. Soltes

Over the past 30 years, there have been significant changes in the distribution of earnings (cross-sectional variation has increased, with increasing left skewness) as well as in corporate payout policy, with many fewer firms paying dividends and the emergence of stock... View Details

Keywords: Distribution; Business Earnings; Change; Policy; Stocks; Investment Return; Performance Consistency; Quality

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Globalization - Faculty & Research

Globalization Globalization December 2014 Article Market Competition, Earnings Management, and Persistence in Accounting Profitability Around the World By: Paul M. Healy , George Serafeim , Suraj Srinivasan and Gwen Yu We examine how... View Details

11 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Budgeting Kills Your Company

resource allocation process. Next, charge each business unit with developing several alternatives as a way of helping the corporate center understand the highest-value, highest near-term profit, and lowest-cost options that exist in each... View Details

Keywords: by Loren Gary

11 Mar 2024
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A Day in the Life: Ben Hsieh

a quick pulse check before the day begins. 9:30 AM: Our first class today is Leadership and Corporate Accountability (LCA), which examines the legal, ethical, and economic responsibilities of View Details

24 Feb 2021
Lessons from the Classroom

What History's Biggest Wars Teach Us About Leading in Peace

for corporate leaders and entrepreneurs. After all, leadership challenges, strategic choices, and high-stakes negotiations are constants not only in conflicts among nations, but in the business world, too, he points out. So business... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

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By: Mark L. Egan

When considering how households make investment decisions, Professor Egan became intrigued by the question, “What makes a bank ‘special’ when compared to other lending institutions?” Focusing on empirical industrial organization with applications to finance and... View Details

Keywords: Banking; Financial Advisors; Consumer Finance; Personal Finance; Corporate Finance

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Alternative Investments Course | HBS Online

This course is part of the Finance & Accounting track. Introduction to Alternative Investments ENROLL NOW No application needed for our certificate programs. Start your journey today! Alternative Investments $1,850 Next 5-week session... View Details

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General Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research

General Management Overview Faculty Curriculum Awards & Honors Doctoral Students MBA Required Curriculum (FIRST YEAR) Leadership and Corporate Accountability In this course, students learn about the complex... View Details

Fast Answer

Resources for Investment Management and Financial Analysis

two Bloomberg terminals in the Stamps Reading Room and two Bloomberg terminals in the Exchange. Individual account required. Please see the More Info page for account set up information. See also our Fast Answer... View Details

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Impact of the New Medium - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Land's Polaroid , 90. 68. "Report to Stockholders," Polaroid Corporation Annual Report 1948, 4. 69. J. H. Booth, "How to Plan Your Polaroid Campaign . . . For Real Profits," "History—Early Camera" folder, Polaroid View Details

14 Jun 2010
Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Measuring Social Impact

Quantifying performance and measuring results are no longer the sole domain of for-profit enterprises. Today, many nonprofit organizations also find themselves on the hot seat—not with stockholders but with donors who expect similar levels of View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

09 Apr 2007
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Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?

particularly interested in certified process standards. For example, ISO 14001 is focused on environmental management, and ISO 9000 on quality management. Social Accountability (SA) 8000 focuses on labor management. (ISO is the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

21 Aug 2013
Research & Ideas

What Went Wrong at J.C. Penney?

home goods. It was particularly well known for home goods and children's ware. And once the family went there, they also shopped for men's and women's apparel, which accounted for almost half of sales. They had a very strong private label... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Retail

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Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online

This course is part of the Finance & Accounting track. Introduction to Leading with Finance ENROLL NOW No application needed for our certificate programs. Start your journey today! Leading with Finance $1,850 Next 6-week session starts... View Details

08 Mar 2019
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Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens

and other Queens organizers already had names, addresses, phone numbers, and social media accounts ready to launch against this new corporate Goliath in the name of ordinary people. Even though polls... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius; Real Estate; Construction

23 Apr 2013
First Look

First Look: April 23

Publications 2006 University of Chicago Press Manufacturing Morals: The Values of Silence in Business School Education By: Anteby, Michel Abstract—Corporate accountability is never far from the front page, and Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times

observed, "We know our limits and understand the law, but we tend to be very open with our employees, we communicate a lot." "They reassured us," said an account executive, "by calling it straight they informed us... View Details