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  • 29 Sep 2009
  • First Look

First Look: September 29

to be the most efficient. The central insight of the theory is that each method offers a different way of aligning decision-making authority with valuable "specific knowledge" inside the organization. The theory suggests that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • November 2021 (Revised January 2022)
  • Supplement

Scott Tucker (B): The Feds Catch Up

By: Aiyesha Dey and Amram Migdal
The case tells the story of the rise and fall of Scott Tucker, an entrepreneur, businessman, passionate race car driver, competitor, and owner of a professional racing team. From 1997 to 2012, Tucker built a nationwide network of payday lending businesses, becoming a... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Crime and Corruption; Ethics; Fairness; Financing and Loans; Personal Finance; Governance; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Governance Compliance; Governance Controls; Financial Services Industry; United States
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  • 09 Feb 2016
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February 9, 2016

the increase in the local unemployment rate, presumably reflecting the costs of losing a job. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49805 Delay as Agenda Setting By: Anton, James J., and Dennis A. Yao Abstract—We examine a dynamic View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Placement - Doctoral

Angeles, Marshall School of Business, Accounting Department Dissertation: Essays on Financial Accounting, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation Advisors: Suraj Srinivasan (Co-Chair), Charles C.Y. Wang , and Joseph Pacelli 2024 Yaxuan Chen... View Details
  • Program

Designing and Executing Corporate Revitalization

Know when and how to take advantage of financial restructuring and private equity Overcome inertia and pivot the organization Create plans for addressing current and prospective obstacles Infuse the organization with a sense of purpose... View Details
  • November 2004 (Revised March 2007)
  • Case

10 Uncommon Values®: Optimizing the Stock-Selection Process

By: Paul M. Healy and Boris Groysberg
In 2003, Steve Hash, research director at Lehman Brothers, prepared to initiate the firm's "Ten Uncommon Values" stock-picking process for the year. An investment committee had to pick the 10 best stocks from about 100 stock ideas presented by the firm's analysts. The... View Details
Keywords: Stocks; Investment; Financial Strategy; Decision Making; Groups and Teams; Financial Services Industry; United States
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  • Program

The HR-Executive Suite Connection

Summary Top companies manage their human capital as strategically as their financial capital—and bring their human resources leaders into the strategic decision-making process. This HR leadership program... View Details
  • Web

Accounting & Management - Faculty & Research

consistency—and two operational pillars: data-driven decision-making and prioritization. Using BMC’s experience as an illustrative case, the article outlines six strategic choices healthcare leaders must make to translate intention into... View Details
  • Web

Research Areas - Doctoral

analysis into practical solutions to real-world problems. 6. Finance researchers strive to understand how managers and firms make value-enhancing decisions; and how financial institutions, markets, and instruments contribute to this... View Details
  • January 2024 (Revised February 2024)
  • Course Overview Note

Managing Customers for Growth: Course Overview for Students

By: Eva Ascarza
Managing Customers for Growth (MCG) is a 14-session elective course for second-year MBA students at Harvard Business School. It is designed for business professionals engaged in roles centered on customer-driven growth activities. The course explores the dynamics of... View Details
Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Decision Making; Analytics and Data Science; Growth Management; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry
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  • 22 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 22

decision-making is limited. Exploiting exogenous variation in state compulsory schooling laws in both standard and two-sample instrumental variable strategies, we show education increases financial market... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • January 2025
  • Case

Index and Active Investing: Vanguard and the New Frontier of Active ETFs

By: Marco Sammon, Luis M. Viceira and Jonathan Kanagasabai
This case explores Vanguard’s strategic decision-making process as it considers entering the growing market for actively managed exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Set in 2024, the case places students in the position of Rodney Comegys, Vanguard’s global head of the Equity... View Details
Keywords: Asset Management; Financial Strategy; Investment Funds; Investment Portfolio; Financial Services Industry
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  • Web

Rock Summer Fellows - Entrepreneurship

with mandatory weekly meetings (2 times per week) and deliverables. Students will join a community of founders and commit to attending Advisory Board meetings and weekly meetings in addition to bi-weekly 1:1 coaching meetings during the summer. The View Details
  • 28 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 28

financial and nonfinancial measures, some envisioned its role only in formulaic compensation contracts. We describe an alternative view, in which the scorecard's formal measures are created and used for informal management, with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Feb 2014
  • First Look

First Look: February 18

Most Successful CEOs Come from Within By: Bower, Joseph L. Abstract—The financial crisis of 2008 and the Great Recession caused a crisis of public confidence in business and American-style capitalism, with its focus on maximizing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Apr 2010
  • First Look

First Look: April 20

http://icc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/dtq013?ijkey=WB7zzaO3bsqcw4t&keytype=ref Pension Fund Design in Developing Economies Author: Luis M. Viceira Publication: In Evaluating the Financial Performance of Pension Funds,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 17, 2009

Microfinance in particular has often been argued, but not without controversy, to be a tool for empowering women. Here, using a randomized controlled trial, we examine whether access to, and marketing of, an individually held commitment savings product leads to an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 2018
  • Working Paper

Show or Tell? Improving Agent Decision Making in a Tanzanian Mobile Money Field Experiment

By: Jason Acimovic, Chris Parker, David F. Drake and Karthik Balasubramanian
When workers make operational decisions, the firm's global knowledge and the workers’ domain-specific knowledge complement each other. Oftentimes workers have the final decision-making power. Two key decisions a firm makes when designing systems to support these... View Details
Keywords: Employees; Decision Making; Training; Performance Improvement; Money; Mobile Technology; Developing Countries and Economies; Financial Services Industry
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  • 07 Feb 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Digital Transformation: A New Roadmap for Success

reported that digital transformation takes significant financial investment and time. Of those who reported making significant progress on their journey, 60 percent had been at it for at least five years. In calculating the resources,... View Details
Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards
  • 11 Apr 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Is Amazon a Retailer, a Tech Firm, or a Media Company? How AI Can Help Investors Decide

health care, utilities, energy, real estate, and technology by as much as 2.5 percentage points on an annualized basis. The TOPICS method uses sophisticated financial models to spot hidden similarities in risk and return profiles among... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services; Financial Services; Financial Services; Financial Services