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- September 1981
- Article
Portfolio Analysis with Factors and Scenarios
By: André Perold and Harry M. Markowitz
Perold, André, and Harry M. Markowitz. "Portfolio Analysis with Factors and Scenarios." Journal of Finance 36, no. 4 (September 1981): 871–877.
- 2020
- Other Unpublished Work
An Operating Model for the Next Normal: Lessons from Agile Organizations in the Crisis
By: Christopher Handscomb, Deepak Mahadevan, Lars Schor, Marcus Sieberer, Euvin Naidoo and Suraj Srinivasan
Companies with agile practices embedded in their operating models have managed the impact of the COVID-19 crisis better than their peers. Here’s what helped them cope. View Details
Handscomb, Christopher, Deepak Mahadevan, Lars Schor, Marcus Sieberer, Euvin Naidoo, and Suraj Srinivasan. "An Operating Model for the Next Normal: Lessons from Agile Organizations in the Crisis." McKinsey & Company, June 2020.
- November 1993 (Revised February 2013)
- Background Note
Quality of Earnings Analysis
By: David Hawkins
Discusses quality of earnings analysis and its relevance to security valuation. View Details
Hawkins, David. "Quality of Earnings Analysis." Harvard Business School Background Note 194-050, November 1993. (Revised February 2013.)
- January 2006
- Tutorial
Cost-Volume Profit Models
By: David F. Hawkins, V.G. Narayanan, Jacob Cohen and Michele Jurgens
Covers fixed, variable, and semivariable costs and their role in building and interpreting cost-volume-profit models. Introduces the cost-volume and contribution-volume-profit models and identifies some of their uses and limitations. Teaches how to use the... View Details
- 2015
- Chapter
Reliable Sustainability Ratings: The Influence of Business Models on Information Intermediaries
By: Robert G. Eccles, Jock Herron and George Serafeim
A new generation of corporate reporting—integrated reporting—is emerging that will help investors and other key stakeholders such as employees, customers, suppliers, and NGOs develop a deeper and more comprehensive appreciation of corporate performance than what is... View Details
Eccles, Robert G., Jock Herron, and George Serafeim. "Reliable Sustainability Ratings: The Influence of Business Models on Information Intermediaries." Chap. 48 in The Routledge Handbook of Responsible Investment, edited by Tessa Hebb, James Hawley, Andreas Hoepner, Agnes Neher, and David Wood. Routledge, 2015.
- January 2022 (Revised March 2022)
- Module Note
Analysis of Financial and Non-Financial Information for Forecasting Performance
This note describes the main themes and cases of a teaching module on the analysis of information from, and outside of, financial statements for forecasting firms’ future financial performance. The module’s pedagogical goal is to deepen students’ understanding of the... View Details
Wang, Charles C.Y. "Analysis of Financial and Non-Financial Information for Forecasting Performance." Harvard Business School Module Note 122-071, January 2022. (Revised March 2022.)
- Article
Collection, Exploration and Analysis of Crowdfunding Social Networks
By: Miao Cheng, Anand Sriramulu, Sudarshan Muralidhar, Boon Thau Loo, Laura Huang and Po-Ling Loh
Crowdfunding is a recent financing phenomenon that is gaining wide popularity as a means for startups to raise seed funding for their companies. This paper presents our initial results at understanding this phenomenon using an exploratory data driven approach. We have... View Details
Cheng, Miao, Anand Sriramulu, Sudarshan Muralidhar, Boon Thau Loo, Laura Huang, and Po-Ling Loh. "Collection, Exploration and Analysis of Crowdfunding Social Networks." Proceedings of the International Workshop on Exploratory Search in Databases and the Web 3rd (2016): 25–30.
- October 1985 (Revised September 1986)
- Background Note
Long-Term Debt Reporting, Rating, and Analysis
By: David F. Hawkins
Keywords: Borrowing and Debt
Hawkins, David F. "Long-Term Debt Reporting, Rating, and Analysis." Harvard Business School Background Note 186-079, October 1985. (Revised September 1986.)
- 1978
- Book
Equity Valuation: Models, Analysis and Implications
By: David Hawkins and Walter J. Campbell
Hawkins, David, and Walter J. Campbell. Equity Valuation: Models, Analysis and Implications. New York: Financial Executives Research Foundation, 1978.
- January 1991 (Revised June 1993)
- Case
Decision Analysis and the Risk Profile
By: Paul A. Vatter
Vatter, Paul A. "Decision Analysis and the Risk Profile." Harvard Business School Case 191-110, January 1991. (Revised June 1993.)
- August 2002 (Revised September 2002)
- Background Note
Financial Analysis of Microsoft
Contains a detailed analysis of Microsoft's financial performance from 1985 to 2001. During this time, Microsoft improved its profitability and cash flow generation--changes that led to a dramatic rise in valuation. Also addresses the issue of determining how much... View Details
Sahlman, William A. "Financial Analysis of Microsoft." Harvard Business School Background Note 803-019, August 2002. (Revised September 2002.)
- 1985
- Book
Marketing Management: Principles, Analysis and Applications
Shapiro, B. P., R. J. Dolan, and J. Quelch. Marketing Management: Principles, Analysis and Applications. Homewood, IL: Richard D. Irwin, 1985.
- 1996
- Book
Introduction to Business Analysis and Valuation
By: Victor L Bernard, Paul M. Healy and Krishna G. Palepu
Keywords: Valuation
Bernard, Victor L., Paul M. Healy, and Krishna G. Palepu. Introduction to Business Analysis and Valuation. South-Western College Publishing, 1996.
- 1988
- Chapter
The Takeover Controversy: Analysis and Evidence
By: Michael Jensen
Keywords: Acquisition
Jensen, Michael. "The Takeover Controversy: Analysis and Evidence." In Knights, Raiders and Targets: The Impact of the Hostile Takeover, edited by John Coffee and Susan Rose-Ackerman. Oxford University Press, 1988. (Also in Midland Corporate Finance Journal, summer 1986; Stern, Stewart, & Chew, eds., Corporate Restructuring & Executive Compensation, Ballinger Pub, 1989; forthcoming in Jensen, Management Revolution, Harvard University Press.)
- May 1991
- Background Note
Interpretation and Analysis of Stockholders' Equity
By: David F. Hawkins
Hawkins, David F. "Interpretation and Analysis of Stockholders' Equity." Harvard Business School Background Note 191-143, May 1991.
- 2014
- Working Paper
Non-Adherence in Health Care: A Positive and Normative Analysis
By: Mark Egan and Tomas J. Philipson
Non-adherence in health care results when a patient does not initiate or continue care that a provider has recommended. Previous research identifies non-adherence as a major source of waste in US health care, totaling approximately 2.3% of GDP, and have proposed a... View Details
Egan, Mark, and Tomas J. Philipson. "Non-Adherence in Health Care: A Positive and Normative Analysis." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 20330, July 2014. (Previously titled, "Health Care Adherence and Personalized Medicine.")
- 08 Sep 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
A Model of Credit Market Sentiment
- September 2015
- Technical Note
FIELD 2: Situation Analysis
By: Jill Avery
In this note, we present a method, the 5 C's Analysis, for collecting and analyzing information about the internal and external environments that firms face. This analysis will enable you to develop design ideas for a new product or service for your Global Partner that... View Details
- 2014
- Working Paper
Bio-Piracy or Prospering Together? Fuzzy Set and Qualitative Analysis of Herbal Patenting by Firms
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury and Tarun Khanna
Since the 1990s, several Western firms have filed patents based on medicinal herbs from emerging markets, evoking protests from local stakeholders against 'bio-piracy'. We explore conditions under which firms and local stakeholders share rents from such patents. Our... View Details
Keywords: Rents From New Technology; Local Stakeholders; Herbal Patents; QCA; Fuzzy Set Analysis; Qualitative Case Studies; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Patents; Emerging Markets; Health Care and Treatment; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, and Tarun Khanna. "Bio-Piracy or Prospering Together? Fuzzy Set and Qualitative Analysis of Herbal Patenting by Firms." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-081, February 2014.
- July 1994
- Article
Competitive Analysis
By: R. Deshpande and H. Gatignon
Keywords: Competition
Deshpande, R., and H. Gatignon. "Competitive Analysis." Marketing Letters 5 (July 1994): 271–288.