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- 05 Jul 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Analyst Disagreement, Forecast Bias and Stock Returns
- August 2006
- Article
Investor Sentiment and the Cross Section of Stock Returns
By: Malcolm Baker and Jeffrey Wurgler
We examine how investor sentiment affects the cross-section of stock returns. Theory predicts that a broad wave of sentiment will disproportionately affect stocks whose valuations are highly subjective and are difficult to arbitrage. We test this prediction by... View Details
Keywords: Behavioral Finance; Stocks; Investment Return; Forecasting and Prediction; Motivation and Incentives; Risk and Uncertainty; Volatility
Baker, Malcolm, and Jeffrey Wurgler. "Investor Sentiment and the Cross Section of Stock Returns." Journal of Finance 61, no. 4 (August 2006): 1645–1680.
- April 2021 (Revised July 2021)
- Case
StockX: The Stock Market of Things (Abridged)
By: Chiara Farronato, John J. Horton, Annelena Lobb and Julia Kelley
Founded in 2015 by Dan Gilbert, Josh Luber, and Greg Schwartz, StockX was an online platform where users could buy and sell unworn luxury and limited-edition sneakers. Sneaker resale prices often fluctuated over time based on supply and demand, creating a robust... View Details
Keywords: Markets; Auctions; Bids and Bidding; Demand and Consumers; Consumer Behavior; Analytics and Data Science; Market Design; Digital Platforms; Market Transactions; Marketplace Matching; Supply and Industry; Analysis; Price; Product Marketing; Product Launch; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Fashion Industry; North and Central America; United States; Michigan; Detroit
Farronato, Chiara, John J. Horton, Annelena Lobb, and Julia Kelley. "StockX: The Stock Market of Things (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 621-107, April 2021. (Revised July 2021.)
- 2021
- Working Paper
Going by the Book: Valuation Ratios and Stock Returns
By: Ki-Soon Choi, Eric So and Charles C.Y. Wang
We study the use of firms’ book-to-market ratios (B/M) in value investing and its implications for comovements in firms’ stock returns and trading volumes. We show B/M has become increasingly detached from common alternative valuation ratios over time while also... View Details
Choi, Ki-Soon, Eric So, and Charles C.Y. Wang. "Going by the Book: Valuation Ratios and Stock Returns." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-126, May 2021.
- February 2011 (Revised June 2011)
- Case
Stock Reform of Shenzhen Development Bank
By: Li Jin, Li Liao, Aldo Sesia and Jianyi Wu
Shenzhen Development Bank, China's first publicly traded company, was undergoing the non-tradable share reform. Its current controlling shareholder, private equity firm Newbridge Capital LLC, needs to negotiate with its diverse minority shareholders to find a... View Details
Keywords: Capital; Private Equity; Investment; Corporate Governance; Managerial Roles; Emerging Markets; Negotiation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Conflict of Interests; Banking Industry; China
Jin, Li, Li Liao, Aldo Sesia, and Jianyi Wu. "Stock Reform of Shenzhen Development Bank." Harvard Business School Case 211-080, February 2011. (Revised June 2011.)
- January 2003 (Revised September 2005)
- Case
eBay, Inc.: Stock Option Plans (B)
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Bradshaw, Mark T. "eBay, Inc.: Stock Option Plans (B)." Harvard Business School Case 103-025, January 2003. (Revised September 2005.)
- 2003
- Article
Confirming Management Earnings Forecasts, Earnings Uncertainty, and Stock Returns
By: Michael B. Clement, Richard Frankel and Jeffrey Miller
In this study we examine the association among confirming management forecasts, stock prices, and analyst expectations. Confirming management forecasts are voluntary disclosures by management that corroborate existing market expectations about future earnings. This... View Details
Clement, Michael B., Richard Frankel, and Jeffrey Miller. "Confirming Management Earnings Forecasts, Earnings Uncertainty, and Stock Returns." Journal of Accounting Research 41, no. 4 (2003): 653–679.
- 19 Mar 2018
- News
Giving stock away to staff doesn't absolve share buybacks
- July 1979
- Article
Spectral Analysis of Stock Market Prices
By: Marc L Bertoneche
Bertoneche, Marc L. "Spectral Analysis of Stock Market Prices." Journal of Banking & Finance 3, no. 2 (July 1979).
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Stocking Up Can Build Customer Value
papers (and miss one or more possible sales) once a week, or one-seventh of the time. What's ignored in this equation, though, according to HBS professor David Bell, is that customers care how often a retailer runs out of stock. "The probability that you'll be in View Details
- 05 Jul 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Excess Comovement of Stock Returns
- December 2001
- Article
Analyst Specialization and Conglomerate Stock Breakups
Keywords: Stocks
Gilson, Stuart C., Paul M. Healy, Christopher F. Noe, and Krishna G. Palepu. "Analyst Specialization and Conglomerate Stock Breakups." Journal of Accounting Research 39, no. 3 (December 2001).
- June 1984 (Revised August 1994)
- Case
ARPPS: Adjustable Rate Perpetual Preferred Stock
By: Jay O. Light
Keywords: Stocks
Light, Jay O. "ARPPS: Adjustable Rate Perpetual Preferred Stock." Harvard Business School Case 284-096, June 1984. (Revised August 1994.)
- December 2003
- Article
Expensing Stock Options: A Fair-Value Approach
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Krishna G. Palepu
Kaplan, Robert S., and Krishna G. Palepu. "Expensing Stock Options: A Fair-Value Approach." Harvard Business Review 81, no. 12 (December 2003).
- Article
The Trouble with Executive Stock Options
By: Brian J. Hall and Kevin J. Murphy
Hall, Brian J., and Kevin J. Murphy. "The Trouble with Executive Stock Options." Journal of Economic Perspectives 17, no. 3 (Summer 2003).
- 09 Jun 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
Aggregate and Firm-Level Stock Returns During Pandemics, in Real Time
- January 1993 (Revised August 2003)
- Case
Sally Jameson: Valuing Stock Options in a Compensation Package
By: Peter Tufano
Details a thinly disguised situation faced by a recent Harvard MBA graduate who was forced by a prospective employer to place a dollar value on a grant of stock options. There are two objectives: 1) Serves as an introduction to option valuation, in which students have... View Details
Tufano, Peter, and Michael Lewittes. "Sally Jameson: Valuing Stock Options in a Compensation Package." Harvard Business School Case 293-053, January 1993. (Revised August 2003.)
- Article
Targeted Repurchases and Common Stock Returns
By: R. S. Ruback and W. Mikkelson
Ruback, R. S., and W. Mikkelson. "Targeted Repurchases and Common Stock Returns." RAND Journal of Economics 22, no. 4 (Winter 1991): 544–561.