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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information
promotions to associate or tenured positions. The total number of faculty, as measured in full-time equivalent (FTE), can rise or fall in any given year reflecting retirements, departures, and fluctuations in recruiting activity. Net of... View Details
- 13 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
Science: The Unlikely Frontier for New Business Ideas
approach." To estimate a patent’s value, the authors looked at how a company’s stock price fluctuated after receiving approval, comparing filings within the same technology class and year. The most science intensive patents were valued 26... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 07 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Drives Supply Chain Behavior?
[when a fluctuation becomes exaggerated along the supply chain -ed.] and its related stretches of wasted inventory and unmet demand. Q: What are some of the behavioral dynamics that supply chain managers should be aware of? Did anything... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston
- 03 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Is the Future of MBA Education?
Business schools are positioned on increasingly unsteady—and unpopular—ground. MBA enrollments fluctuate or decline; recruiters voice skepticism about the value of newly-minted MBA degrees; and deans, faculty, students, executives, and a... View Details
- Person Page
Course Development
By: Debora L. Spar
Managing International Trade and Investment
Despite the ease with which it is often conducted, doing business across borders is not the same as doing it at home. Rather, it entails a whole new set of managerial challenges: re-assessing competitive... View Details
- 2004
- Working Paper
Thinking About Technology: Applying a Cognitive Lens to Technical Change
We apply a cognitive lens to understanding technology trajectories across the life cycle by developing a coevolutionary model of technological frames and technology. Applying that model to each stage of the technology life cycle, we identify conditions under which a... View Details
Kaplan, Sarah, and Mary Tripsas. "Thinking About Technology: Applying a Cognitive Lens to Technical Change." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 04-039, January 2004. (Revised September 2006, August 2007, April 2008.)
- July 1994 (Revised April 1995)
- Case
San Francisco Bay Consulting
By: George P. Baker III and Karin B Monsler
San Francisco Bay Consulting leads the field of economic consulting and litigation support in the application of powerful computers and cutting edge software to manipulate and analyze large data sets. The transfer pricing system, used to facilitate the purchasing and... View Details
Keywords: Fair Value Accounting; Profit; Marketing; Fluctuation; Consulting Industry; Computer Industry
Baker, George P., III, and Karin B Monsler. "San Francisco Bay Consulting." Harvard Business School Case 195-096, July 1994. (Revised April 1995.)
- September 1987 (Revised November 1992)
- Background Note
Note on Operating Exposure to Exchange-Rate Changes
By: Timothy A. Luehrman
Describes the effects on operating cash flows of a real change in exchange rates. Describes different elements of operating exposure and includes illustrative examples. View Details
Luehrman, Timothy A. "Note on Operating Exposure to Exchange-Rate Changes." Harvard Business School Background Note 288-018, September 1987. (Revised November 1992.)
- 2007
- Chapter
Stock Market Swings and the Value of Innovation, 1908–1929
By: Tom Nicholas
Nicholas, Tom. "Stock Market Swings and the Value of Innovation, 1908–1929." In Financing Innovation in the United States, 1870 to Present, edited by Naomi R. Lamoreaux and Kenneth L. Sokoloff. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2007.
- June 1995 (Revised July 2006)
- Supplement
Barilla SpA (D): JITD Problem Resolution
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Hammond, Janice H. "Barilla SpA (D): JITD Problem Resolution." Harvard Business School Supplement 695-066, June 1995. (Revised July 2006.)
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Research Brief: Weatherproofing Renewables
energy, and already 70 to 80 percent of its power comes from hydroelectric dams. But the volatility also means moments of scarcity, when renewable energy can’t be relied upon to keep the lights on. These fluctuations in the weather... View Details
- 1993
- Chapter
The Adjustment of Stock Prices to New Information
By: Eugene F. Fama, Lawrence Fisher, Michael C. Jensen and Richard J. Roll
Fama, Eugene F., Lawrence Fisher, Michael C. Jensen, and Richard J. Roll. "The Adjustment of Stock Prices to New Information." In Strategic Issues in Finance, edited by Keith Wand. Butterworth-Heinemann, 1993. (Previously published in International Economic Review, Vol. 10 (Feb. 1969) and Investment Management: Some Readings, J. Lorie and R. Brealey, Eds (Praeger Publishers, 1972))
- July 1992 (Revised May 1993)
- Teaching Note
Note on Operating Exposure to Exchange Rate Changes (TN)
By: Timothy A. Luehrman
Teaching Note for (9-288-018). View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Gaining Currency
REYNOLDS: Weak dollar cuts both ways. To illustrate the global impact of fluctuating exchange rates, the New York Times (December 11, 2004) focused on two small, family-owned manufacturers, one located in Germany and the other in the... View Details
- December 1999
- Case
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (A3): Network Computer: Robert Gianni on Answering the Skeptics
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Jane Roessner
The concept behind the network computer (NC) at Sun Microsystems, Inc. was simple: bringing workstation performance to the desktop. Recent technological breakthroughs and changes in the marketplace made the NC project timely. But internal and external skeptics wondered... View Details
- October 1992 (Revised October 1994)
- Case
Randall's Department Stores
By: Walter J. Salmon and Gwendolyn K. Ortmeyer
Discusses a well-known traditional department store that confronts a very difficult issue of whether to change its pricing policy from a high-low to an everyday pricing approach. Demands that the student formulate a plan of execution for changing the pricing, if... View Details
Salmon, Walter J., and Gwendolyn K. Ortmeyer. "Randall's Department Stores." Harvard Business School Case 593-032, October 1992. (Revised October 1994.)
- March 1995 (Revised December 1995)
- Case
Dividend Policy at FPL Group, Inc. (A)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Craig F Schreiber
A Wall Street analyst has just learned that FPL (the holding company for Florida's largest electric utility) may cut its dividend in several days despite a 47-year streak of consecutive dividend increases. In response to the deregulation of the electric utility... View Details
Keywords: Investment Return; Corporate Strategy; Policy; Competitive Strategy; Financial Strategy; Fluctuation; Energy Sources; Emerging Markets; Utilities Industry; Energy Industry; Florida
Esty, Benjamin C., and Craig F Schreiber. "Dividend Policy at FPL Group, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 295-059, March 1995. (Revised December 1995.)
- September 1992 (Revised August 2004)
- Supplement
Martin Marietta: Managing Corporate Ethics (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine
The president of one of Martin Marietta's four main operating companies has learned of procurement irregularities in the company he manages. The problems involve U.S. government contracts the company is working on. After getting legal advice from the company's general... View Details
Keywords: Fluctuation; Crime and Corruption; Ethics; Governing and Advisory Boards; Policy; Contracts; Leadership; United States
Paine, Lynn S. "Martin Marietta: Managing Corporate Ethics (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 393-023, September 1992. (Revised August 2004.)
- 09 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 9
potential approaches to establishing evidence of social influence in partially endogenous networks, and they may be especially persuasive in combination. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-136.pdf Technology Innovation and Diffusion as Sources of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace