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Paul Luning
largest student-run conferences in the world. Forbes has rated it one the top twelve globally. This year, we had 1,400 participants and tickets sold out two weeks before the conference began." The demand was so great that Paul and... View Details
- June 2011
- Article
Watch What I Do, Not What I Say: The Unintended Consequences of the Homeland Investment Act
By: Dhammika Dharmapala, C. Fritz Foley and Kristin J. Forbes
This paper analyzes the impact of the Homeland Investment Act of 2004, which provided a one-time tax holiday for the repatriation of foreign earnings and thereby reduced the cost to U.S. multinationals of accessing a source of internal capital. Lawmakers and lobbyists... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Performance Effectiveness; Code Law; Taxation; Cost; Capital; Financial Strategy; Research and Development; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Shareholder Relations; United States
Dharmapala, Dhammika, C. Fritz Foley, and Kristin J. Forbes. "Watch What I Do, Not What I Say: The Unintended Consequences of the Homeland Investment Act." Journal of Finance 66, no. 3 (June 2011): 753–787.
Alvaro Rodriguez Arregui
of Vitro, CEO of Farmacias Benavides, and CFO of Grupo Elektra. His achievements have been recognized by various organizations, including being named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2005, one of the 30 Top Social Entrepreneurs of the world by View Details
Keywords: Financial Services
- 2009
- Working Paper
Watch What I Do, Not What I Say: The Unintended Consequences of the Homeland Investment Act
By: Dhammika Dharmapala, C. Fritz Foley and Kristin J. Forbes
This paper analyzes the impact on firm behavior of the Homeland Investment Act of 2004, which provided a one-time tax holiday for the repatriation of foreign earnings by U.S. multinationals. The analysis controls for endogeneity and omitted variable bias by using... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Multinational Firms and Management; Government Legislation; Taxation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Behavior; United States
Dharmapala, Dhammika, C. Fritz Foley, and Kristin J. Forbes. "Watch What I Do, Not What I Say: The Unintended Consequences of the Homeland Investment Act." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 15023, June 2009.
- 10 Nov 2022
- News
Peloton Founder Starts His Next Trek
better for sound and comfort — really elevating their space. We want to make that experience accessible for regular people." In an interview with Forbes regarding the launch of Ernesta, Foley said he understood that his new venture could... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
KPMG for Mayor!
management, from anywhere in the world, and to remunerate them as the job requires. — Eric Werker is an HBS assistant professor. Reprinted by permission of Forbes magazine. © Forbes Media LLC View Details
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Scott Daubin
Scott Daubin came to Princeton University to study chemistry, but he was quickly lured by the call of business. In his first summer at the college, Scott accepted a sales position with a student-run paper, Business Today, that had been founded by Steve View Details
- November 2008
- Journal Article
Financial Constraints and Growth: Multinational and Local Firm Responses to Currency Crises
By: Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and Kristin Forbes
This paper examines how financial constraints and product market exposures determine the response of multinational and local firms to sharp depreciations. U.S. multinational affiliates increase sales, assets, and investment significantly more than local firms during,... View Details
Keywords: Economic Growth; Financial Crisis; Currency; Private Equity; Foreign Direct Investment; Multinational Firms and Management; Emerging Markets; United States
Desai, Mihir A., C. Fritz Foley, and Kristin Forbes. "Financial Constraints and Growth: Multinational and Local Firm Responses to Currency Crises." Review of Financial Studies 21, no. 6 (November 2008).
- 24 Mar 2020
- News
Stopgap Schooling
As Salman Khan (MBA 2003) tracked the spread of the COVID-19 virus and news that schools were shuttering, he knew that the nonprofit Khan Academy was uniquely positioned to help the many families whose children would suddenly be missing school. View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
@Soldiers Field
Capital, spoke to author and yogi mystic Sadhguru. “Instead of tweaking your desire, tweak your competence,” said Sadhguru on the topic of ambition. “If your competence is tweaked, you will mentally go where you are fit to go.” When the View Details
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Public companies: fast growing | Baker Library
will see section entitled Your News. Under Digital Editions, there is a link to Book of Lists. Note: Some cities' lists (ex. Chicago, Los Angeles) are available only in print in the Stamps Reading Room (ask at the desk for help). Forbes... View Details
- 13 May 2014
- News
Inside Africa
African-Americans, to help them to manage their money,” she recalls. “These were people like Oprah— people who are on the Forbes list of wealthiest African-Americans. “I got to know some of them, and at the time we did this there were a... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
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Private companies: fast growing | Baker Library
will see section entitled Your News. Under Digital Editions, there is a link to Book of Lists. Note: Some cities' lists (ex. Chicago, Los Angeles) are available only in print in the Stamps Reading Room (ask at the desk for help). Forbes... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Students Forecast Climate Change’s Impact
should lead the charge on developing a non-beef burger.” —E. Jordan Taylor (MBA 2018) H&M Data point: “Last December, Forbes reported that the ‘apparel industry accounts for 10% of global carbon emissions and remains the second-largest... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 17 Aug 2015
- News
The Play Alchemist
generates electricity as it rolls—“[a] project that makes the world a better place.” Cofounder and CEO of Uncharted Play, a company based in New York City that creates a line of socially beneficial play-based products, she was on Forbes... View Details
- 19 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
Celebrating Black History: Elevating the Voices of Our Student and Alumni Communities
February we leveraged our social media platforms to celebrate just some of the incredible accomplishments and achievements of our students and alumni. Student and Alumni Spotlights Melcolm Ruffin (MBA 2020) Head of Athlete Content Strategy at CAA Sports | Co-founder of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Clay Christensen (MBA 1979)
this book became widely read was, again, the result of an unexpected event: An article featuring my work was to be published in Forbes, and the magazine’s cover story fell through. I didn’t have the name recognition to merit a cover story, but the publisher of View Details
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MBA Program at Harvard Business School: 1963 - 1970 | Baker Library
MBA Program at Harvard Business School: 1963 - 1970 "First Women Admitted to Full M.B.A. Program." The Harbus News , April 12, 1963. "Harvard Business School's First Female Graduates: Their Lives and Careers." Forbes Magazine , July 4,... View Details
- 28 Nov 2016
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: Wayfair
one of America’s Most Promising Companies by Forbes Magazine and selected by the Boston Business Journal and Glassdoor.com as a Top Company to Work For and Top Company for Well Balanced Life. How long has your organization been recruiting... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 18 Oct 2016
- News
Leading the Way for Women Entrepreneurs
and Lisa Falzone, cofounder and CEO of Revel Systems on a panel discussion entitled “Entrepreneurship: Gender, Adversity and Success” at the Forbes Under 30 Summit in Boston on Monday. Hyman recalled that her foray into seeking venture... View Details