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- April 2019
- Article
Private Equity and Financial Fragility during the Crisis
By: Shai Bernstein, Josh Lerner and Filippo Mezzanotti
Do private equity firms contribute to financial fragility during economic crises? We find that during the 2008 financial crisis, PE-backed companies increased investments relative to their peers, while also experiencing greater equity and debt inflows. The effects are... View Details
Bernstein, Shai, Josh Lerner, and Filippo Mezzanotti. "Private Equity and Financial Fragility during the Crisis." Review of Financial Studies 32, no. 4 (April 2019): 1309–1373. (Earlier version distributed as National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. 23626 and Harvard Business School Working Paper No. 18-005.)
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Financials | Annual Report 2024
Financials From the Chief Financial Officer Harvard Business School’s economic model performed well in fiscal 2024, delivering a healthy operating surplus on investments in our... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Track: Performance Measurement, Control & Strategy
professor Robert Simons has been adding to that body of knowledge and practice through an extensive research agenda that has resulted in numerous books, articles, and case studies. Working Knowledge editor Jim Aisner sat down recently with Professor Simons to talk... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert Simons
- 16 Sep 2016
- News
The Morning Risk Report: Better Performance Follows ESG Proposals
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Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online
to value a venture, project, or investment opportunity and perform a sensitivity analysis of key assumptions Free E-Book A Manager's Guide to Finance & Accounting Learn about the difference between finance and accounting, the View Details
- August 2012
- Supplement
William Jeffrey: Performance at Bay Colony (B)
By: Lena G. Goldberg
The decision-making process, policies and procedures, and legal obligations of the Board, the company's inside counsel and the company's outside counsel are explored in connection with on-boarding, investigating alleged misconduct of, and terminating a company's CEO,... View Details
- 12 Sep 2023
- Research & Ideas
How Can Financial Advisors Thrive in Shifting Markets? Diversify, Diversify, Diversify
those with growth in assets under management, revenue, and number of clients. Two firms take different paths Di Maggio says the ideas are best illustrated by looking at two firms from the study, both founded around the same time in the 1980s, that diverged in View Details
- August 2007 (Revised April 2012)
- Technical Note
Technical Note on Financial Leverage in Real Estate
By: Charles F. Wu and Arthur I Segel
Demonstrates the accelerating impact of leverage on returns under differing scenarios of property performance. The performance scenarios represent two points in time: the inception of the investment and the liquidation. View Details
Wu, Charles F., and Arthur I Segel. "Technical Note on Financial Leverage in Real Estate." Harvard Business School Technical Note 208-041, August 2007. (Revised April 2012.)
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
HBS Releases First-Ever Financial Report
How does HBS manage its business? For alumni interested in the financial operations of the School, HBS has published its first-ever financial report. The 42-page document provides an overview of how the... View Details
- May 1990 (Revised September 1994)
- Background Note
Note on Financial Reporting Strategy and Analysis When Managers Have Proprietary Information
Provides a framework that helps explain these real-world observations about accounting and financial statement analysis. When managers have superior information on firms' strategies, and when investors suspect that managers have incentives not to fully disclose this... View Details
Palepu, Krishna G. "Note on Financial Reporting Strategy and Analysis When Managers Have Proprietary Information." Harvard Business School Background Note 190-188, May 1990. (Revised September 1994.)
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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
types of effects. See Victoria’s other research here , Luc’s other research here , and Enrique’s other research here . More Info Predictable Financial Crises By: Robin Greenwood , Samuel G. Hanson , Andrei Shleifer & Jakob Ahm Sørensen... View Details
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Resources for Investment Management and Financial Analysis
Resources and instructional videos for company and industry financial analysis, stock pitching, Business Analysis & Valuation Using Financial Statements (BAV), Investment Management and Capital... View Details
Better, Simpler Strategy: A Value-Based Guide to Exceptional Performance
Get to better, more effective strategy.
In nearly every business segment and corner of the world economy, the most successful companies dramatically outperform their rivals. What is their secret? In "Better, Simpler Strategy," Harvard... View Details
In nearly every business segment and corner of the world economy, the most successful companies dramatically outperform their rivals. What is their secret? In "Better, Simpler Strategy," Harvard... View Details
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People - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
economics at Columbia Business School. Professor Di Maggio’s current research focuses on financial intermediation with a particular focus on how new technologies have disrupted financial markets and its... View Details
- 22 May 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Testing Strategy with Multiple Performance Measures Evidence from a Balanced Scorecard at Store24
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
School’s Financial Picture Brighter than Expected
HBS finished fiscal year 2011 with a stronger financial performance than expected despite the lingering effects of the recent recession. Revenue for the year July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2011, exceeded the... View Details
- 04 Nov 2015
- What Do You Think?
Why Does Gender Diversity Improve Financial Performance?
Performance. An alternative explanation might go the other way: Financial Performance = Gender Diversity. Well off firms have much more flexibility to experiment, meet diversity goals and so forth.” Patrick... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Retail Execs Underplay Current Performance to Investors--but Why?
Retail executives aren’t always giving stockholders the straight scoop about the financial standing of their companies in comments around earnings announcements—and some may be providing misleading information, potentially for their own... View Details
- July 1996 (Revised December 2001)
- Case
Becton Dickinson--Designing the New Strategic, Operational, and Financial Planning Process
By: Robert L. Simons, Antonio Davila and Afroze A Mohammed
Describes management's attempts to design and install a sophisticated planning and control system in an international company as it changes its strategy. Issues of strategy implementation, accountability, and performance measurement are at the core of the analysis, as... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategy; Business or Company Management; Corporate Accountability; Governance Controls; System; Performance Evaluation
Simons, Robert L., Antonio Davila, and Afroze A Mohammed. "Becton Dickinson--Designing the New Strategic, Operational, and Financial Planning Process." Harvard Business School Case 197-014, July 1996. (Revised December 2001.)
- 1972
- Chapter
The Performance of Mutual Funds in the Period 1945-1964
By: Michael Jensen
Jensen, Michael. "The Performance of Mutual Funds in the Period 1945-1964." In Investment Management: Some Readings, edited by J. Lorie and R. Brealey. Praeger, 1972. (Previously published in Journal of Finance (May, 1968))