International Accounting Standards - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2020
News

Two Truths and a Lie About 5G

Illustration by Mengxin Li After years of speculation, 2020 was meant to be a big year for the implementation of 5G, the fifth generation of standards for broadband cellular networks. And somewhere between a pandemic and a mountain of... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

06 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

The Best Place for Retirement Funds

or an equity mutual fund that holds low-dividend stocks and passes through little in the way of realized capital gains. A high-tax asset might be a standard corporate bond, since the interest payments on a bond held in a taxable View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

26 Jun 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018

shocks—measured as CDS portfolio margin payments—account for 12% of the time-series variation in weekly spread changes, a significant amount given that standard credit factors account for 18% during my... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Jun 1997
News

Blockbuster Deals

decide, for example, when to disclose plans for the merger, what restrictions to place on insider use of information, what counts as fair and proper accounting and taxation, and how to treat employees who may lose their jobs. "In M&As;... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry

30 Jun 2020
Book

Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

Administration and Senior Associate Dean for International Development. Capitalism at Risk is published by Harvard Business Review Press. Bower and Paine discussed key themes and business examples in our email Q&A. Martha Lagace: What... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Strategy Execution - Course Catalog

to know to win in highly competitive markets. The more competitive your marketplace—with competitors trying to steal your customers, attract your best people, and leapfrog you in technology—the more valuable this course will be to you. Using fundamental building blocks... View Details

01 Jun 2022
News

Research Brief: Weatherproofing Renewables

would normally in a time of drought; the coauthors estimate that Colombia’s firms could lower energy prices from 6 to 10 percent by increasing their non-hydro capacity. “The beauty of the mix of technologies is that firms can internalize... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

01 Sep 2020
News

The Devil You Don’t Know

Great Recession. Certainly, there are some similarities: there are some elements of a standard demand-side crisis, and we need to be attentive to those. But the problem we are facing today goes far beyond a breakdown in demand, so it is... View Details

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RCS Policies - Research Computing Services

granted for the purposes necessary to accomplish the goals of Harvard University and its research projects. All account holders, whether Harvard affiliates or outside collaborators, agree to be held View Details

04 Jun 2018
Blog Post

How to Create a Presence Without Being Present

The professional job search is a deeply personal journey. For MBA job-seekers, direct engagement with potential employers is essential: they want you to know who they are, and they want to know who you are. Live, face-to-face encounters remain the gold View Details

Keywords: All Industries

Profile

Marie Kyle

marathon that raised money for local nonprofit organizations — became a passion she was determined to pursue. At Bridgespan, Marie developed a new case-management system for a Philadelphia family-services provider, collaborated on an View Details

15 Nov 2010
Lessons from the Classroom

Connecting Goals and Go-To-Market Initiatives

what your salespeople (and other customer-facing personnel, such as service personnel) must be good at. Then, the issue is aligning field behaviors with those required tasks and utilizing the appropriate internal levers for doing so. The... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

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Buildings & Cities - Business & Environment

and cooling and deploying resilient infrastructure designed to withstand the impacts of climate change. 40% of GHG reductions required by 2050 could be achieved through energy efficiency, according to the International Energy Agency. [35]... View Details

27 Mar 2025
Blog Post

IFC India 2025: Driving India's EV Future: Insights from Ather Scooter and Exponent Energy

net-zero goals. Transportation is one of the largest contributors of carbon emissions in India. With 300 million 2- wheelers on the road, the vast majority powered by internal combustion engines (ICE), the decarbonization of... View Details

01 Mar 2017
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017

members—$500 each. They were simply told to go out and do good in God’s world. What happened next was amazing. The authors tell how this church community was transformed by the startling truth that money can buy happiness, so long as you spend it on others. View Details

09 Jun 2023
Blog Post

How to Communicate your Organizations’ People-Centered Values

organization stand for and what are you willing to commit to and hold all members of your community accountable for? Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) are important because they bring individuals together in the workplace based on shared... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Oct 1999
News

Eight Among Many: Nancy J. Karch

strong retail practice, which now accounts for half of the firm's consumer business. Like most senior McKinsey partners, Karch has served on numerous internal committees, and she is particularly proud of her... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

03 Sep 2013
First Look

First Look: September 3

Publications August 2013 The Accounting Review (forthcoming) Do Analysts Follow Managers Who Switch Companies? An Analysis of Relationships in the Capital Markets By: Brochet, Francois, Gregory S. Miller, and Suraj Srinivasan... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

Who Will Give You the Best Professional Guidance?

contributors. They are a marvelous addition to any team, but remember that they are employees and therefore have inherent bias as part of the inner workings of the organization. Internal coaches are View Details

Keywords: by Julia B. Austin

01 Oct 1997
News

Meeting the Challenges of Third-World Development

even harder to help those in need. Lu, who began doing volunteer work at an early age, has a deep-seated interest in public-sector work. Rather than pursuing the traditional private-sector path the summer after her first year at HBS, Lu chose to serve as a financial... View Details

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