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  • 16 Jan 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Private Meetings of Public Companies Thwart Disclosure Rules

informed trading decisions about various firms. (Nonetheless, he was convicted of securities fraud and conspiracy in May 2011.) Soltes also hopes that the study will shed light on the fact that executives at publicly traded companies... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services
  • September 2024
  • Supplement

National Public Broadcasting (B)

By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
Pre-abstract: Instructors should consider the timing of making videos available to students, as they may reveal key case details. Abstract: This (B) case supplement is designed for use by faculty only to support classroom instruction in conjunction with "National... View Details
Keywords: Financial Strategy; Financial Management; Media; Ownership; Strategy; Advertising; Decision Making; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Equity; Journalism and News Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States
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  • 30 Nov 2018
  • What Do You Think?

What’s the Best Administrative Approach to Climate Change?

Summing Up: Should a 'Montreal Protocol' for Administering Global Warming Be Pursued? Climate change and how to manage it is a daunting subject. Nevertheless, several readers of this month’s column were willing to venture a model or two for administering a system... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Energy
  • 2001
  • Working Paper

When Does the Market Matter? Stock Prices and the Investment of Equity Dependent Firms

By: Malcolm Baker, Jeremy Stein and Jeffrey Wurgler
We use a simple model of corporate investment to determine when investment will be sensitive to non-fundamental movements in stock prices. The key cross-sectional prediction of the model is that stock prices will have a stronger impact on the investment of firms that... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Equity; Stocks; Price; Mathematical Methods; Forecasting and Prediction
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  • August 2010 (Revised February 2012)
  • Supplement

Cosmeticos de Espana, S.A. (B)

By: David F. Hawkins
Second case in the Cosmeticos de Espana case series. What should management's accounting response be to a devaluation of the Bolivar? View Details
Keywords: Financial Statements; Decision Choices and Conditions; Inflation and Deflation; Currency Exchange Rate; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Spain; Venezuela
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  • 13 Jul 2016
  • Blog Post

How To Hire A Millennial

work arrangements, meaningful mentorship programs, and sense of mission. General Electric isn’t moving to Boston’s waterfront for the views, however breathtaking they may be. In the increasingly fierce battle for millennial talent, GE’s View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 01 Dec 2016
  • News

HBS Alumni On Leading Their Alma Mater

says her classmates’ queries about her work at HBS had a distinct progression. Initially intrigued by her decision to stay on campus and join the admissions office, every five-year reunion saw that intrigue increasingly yield to a new... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
  • 01 Feb 2008
  • What Do You Think?

How Sustainable Is Sustainability in a For-Profit Organization?

future. Gerald Nanninga, for example, commented that "If we deplete resources too quickly, the shortage of supply ... will make conservation issues more financially viable." Some felt that the free market might need some help.... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • October 2000 (Revised January 2002)
  • Case

Individual and the Corporation, The: Kathy Levinson and E*TRADE (A)

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Susan Harmeling
Kathy Levinson, the president and COO of ETRADE and a lesbian mother of two children, must decide whether and how to participate in the "No on Knight" campaign. The campaign opposes California ballot proposition 22, which requires California to recognize only marriages... View Details
Keywords: Conflict of Interests; Leadership; Managerial Roles; Values and Beliefs; Decision Choices and Conditions; Gender; Diversity; Financial Services Industry
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  • Profile

John Rogers

unique and impactful field opportunities through the Immersion Experience Program and Social Enterprise Initiative Summer Fellowship. This balanced educational experience, along with the privilege of joining a respected and global alumni network, made attending HBS the... View Details
Keywords: Other Financial Services; Other Financial Services
  • Profile

Maren Quezada

“It was a big setback. I couldn’t get financial aid, I couldn't finish school or get a job. When I went to adult school to learn English, I was looking for next steps, not big dreams.” But night school quickly turned into coursework at a... View Details
  • May 2023
  • Article

Political Ideology and International Capital Allocation

By: Elisabeth Kempf, Mancy Luo, Larissa Schäfer and Margarita Tsoutsoura
Does investors' political ideology shape international capital allocation? We provide evidence from two settings—syndicated corporate loans and equity mutual funds—to show ideological alignment with foreign governments affects the cross-border capital allocation by... View Details
Keywords: Capital Flows; Syndicated Loans; Mutual Funds; Partisanship; Polarization; Elections; Political Ideology; Banks and Banking; Institutional Investing; Behavioral Finance; Decision Choices and Conditions
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  • Profile

Rebecca Greenbaum

unique perspective on life. On the Decatur, one wrong decision could affect 280 people on board. There's no opportunity for short cuts or to become complacent. Inaction is not an option. I often asked myself, 'What View Details
Keywords: Financial Services
  • 16 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 16

Managing such a firm in the era of globalization posed enormous challenges. The book covers the company's strategies and provides compelling evidence of its decision making, marketing, brand management, innovation, acquisition strategies,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Dec 2008
  • First Look

First Look: December 23, 2008

welfare. Yet, our understanding of this decision is limited. Using an instrumental variables strategy and dataset new to this literature, we provide the first precise, causal estimates of the effects of education on View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • March 2019
  • Case

Mahindra Finance

By: V.G. Narayanan and Tanvi Deshpande
Mahindra Finance is a non-banking lender operating mainly in the rural and semi-urban areas of India. Set up in 1991, the company had grown to become a market leader with assets of $8.5 billion and a presence in 3,30,000 villages across India. Since most of Mahindra's... View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Business Model; Volatility; Customer Focus and Relationships; Decisions; Credit; Financing and Loans; Service Delivery; Risk and Uncertainty; Financial Services Industry; India
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  • February 2002 (Revised May 2003)
  • Case

Endeca Technologies (A)

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Steve Papa, CEO of Endeca Technologies, must decide among two term sheets raising the same amount of badly needed money for his young software company. One deal is led by insiders and, is offered at a lower price. It continues a board that has worked very well and... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Cost vs Benefits; Financial Condition; Financing and Loans; Management Skills; Financial Strategy; Corporate Finance; Decision Choices and Conditions; Information Technology Industry
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  • 16 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 16, 2008

estate firms' decisions to provide investment property fair values prior to the required disclosure of this information under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). We find evidence that... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2011
  • News

Letters to the Editor

are 1.57 billion Muslims in the world; a very small number have extreme views, and even fewer act on them. In my own life, through speaking engagements, op-ed articles, and financial support, I focus on three areas that I think... View Details
  • Web

Sustainable Investing - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Sustainable Investing Course Number 1495 Senior Lecturer Vikram Gandhi Fall; Q2; 1.5 credits Paper/project The course won the 2021 Teaching Recognition Award for Excellence in Sustainable Finance Education from the View Details