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- 20 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School
inadequate disclosure rules were cracks in the financial infrastructure, options were the rocket fuel that blew the cracks wide open, with some disastrous results. I think all the attention being paid to the current problems—particularly... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
by a (chronic or situational) productivity orientation. Consequences and Institutional Determinants of Unregulated Corporate Financial Statements: Evidence from Embedded Value Reporting Author:George Serafeim Publication:Journal of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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group of senior faculty members on faculty issues and with the senior associate deans who have oversight over major areas of the School. The executive directors and heads of all administrative departments report into the Associate Dean... View Details
- 26 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 26, 2008
oversight and better corporate governance. The next step in improving CEO succession—and ultimately in improving financial performance and long-term returns to shareholders—seems more likely to come from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 13, 2016
accelerate progress: Put patients at the center of care, create choice, stop rewarding volume, standardize value-based methods of payment, and make data on outcomes transparent. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51981 forthcoming Review... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 25 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 25
exiting shareholders receive fair value in MBOs. This article identifies four factors that create an unlevel playing field in that market check: information asymmetries, valuable management, management financial incentives to discourage... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
One-on-One with William H. Donaldson
don’t feel particularly comfortable with that characterization, except as follows. On the quiet side, I’ve always felt that one’s actions should speak louder than one’s words. As for the crusader part, yes, when I came into this job I was upset by the fraudulent... View Details
- 05 May 2009
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First Look: May 5, 2009
Survive—Thrive: Leading Innovation in Good Times and Bad Authors:Lynda M. Applegate and Bruce Harreld Abstract Battered by contracting markets and frozen credit, many businesses today are fighting for survival. Indeed, the current global View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Eyes Shut: The Consequences of Not Noticing
hypothetical fires. A garment factory in a Third World country with minimal governmental regulatory oversight burns down, killing half of the three hundred women and children employed there; it subsequently becomes clear that the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014
That Excel: Candid Insights and Practical Advice or Directors by Joe White (MBA 1971) (Berrett-Koehler Publishers) This book argues that boards enable organizations to excel only when directors go beyond their standard duties of oversight... View Details
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
multiple charges of bribery, conspiracy, racketeering, and tax fraud. More recently, there’s the Scranton School Board. In October 2017, a scathing 107-page report from the state auditor general for July 2012 to June 2016 uncovered multiple examples of wasteful... View Details
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
innovation in clusters should account for these links. Securitization without Adverse Selection: The Case of CLOs Authors:Effi Benmelech, Jennifer Dlugosz, and Victoria Ivashina Publication:Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: November 15
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/112032-PDF-ENG "Longtop Financial Technologies (A) David F. Hawkins, Annelena Lobb, and Aldo SesiaHarvard Business School Case 112-036 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 May 2008
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First Look: May 20, 2008
Aakash's strength, and Patel has read that a strong finance person can help position a company for success. The company has recently experienced significant growth due to a new program of branded oils, and Patel is worried that the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?
philanthropy in the creation of high-performing schools, which they have been able to replicate with high degrees of fidelity." Cutting Losses Unfettered by oversight from a local school board, most charters are authorized by state boards... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Winning Season
pretty businesslike in your judgments,” he says, noting that even a backup player generally earns an annual salary of $1 to $2 million. “The financial skills I learned at HBS have been extremely useful in that sense. You need to be able... View Details
- 04 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018
link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55322 forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics Governance Through Shame and Aspiration: Index Creation and Corporate Behavior By: Chattopadhyay, Akash, Matthew D. Shaffer, and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
investors and he’s the “flag,” the name. Given that case, that would inform a world view that has a high sensitivity to perceptions in what we call in real estate “the real economy.” Are the rooms full, and in which locations? Hotel people have a high sensitivity to... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
- 22 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients
leader of the targeted team devise plans, define goals, and discuss strategies. This is an important but risky stage, and the freedom of remote work is a mixed blessing. Due diligence is vital and too often neglected, but the absence of View Details
- 23 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 23
knowledge of a technical system to gain strategic advantage. The strategy involves, first, identifying "bottlenecks" in the existing system, and then creating a new architecture that isolates the bottlenecks in modules. An entrepreneurial firm with limited... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace