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- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Power Trip
MAYO: Since the 1970s, the MBA has become a necessary credential to pursue the inside track to corporate power. So much of what business schools teach is focused on making the right managerial decisions at a particular moment in time,”... View Details
- 2010
- Working Paper
Decoding Inside Information
By: Lauren Cohen, Christopher Malloy and Lukasz Pomorski
Using a simple empirical strategy, we decode the information in insider trades. Exploiting the fact that insiders trade for a variety of reasons, we show that there is predictable, identifiable "routine" insider trading that is not informative for the future of firms.... View Details
Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Stocks; Financial Markets; Investment; Investment Return; Investment Portfolio; Market Transactions
Cohen, Lauren, Christopher Malloy, and Lukasz Pomorski. "Decoding Inside Information." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 16454, October 2010. (Winner of Institute for Quantitative Investment Research (INQUIRE) Grant presented by Institute for Quantitative Investment Research. Winner of Chicago Quantitative Alliance Academic Paper Competition. First Prize presented by Chicago Quantitative Alliance.)
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4.5 University-Wide Statement on Rights and Responsibilities - MBA
4. General Policies 4.5 University-Wide Statement on Rights and Responsibilities Welcome to HBS Being a Student at HBS 1. Academic Information & Policies 2. Integrity & Standards of Conduct 3. Financial Obligations 4. General Policies 4.1... View Details
- March 2009
- Supplement
Bausch & Lomb, Inc.: Pressure to Perform (B)
By: Robert L. Simons
This case breaks the existing (and still available) Bausch & Lomb, Inc.: Pressure to Perform case into an (A) and a (B) case. The (B) case can be used in class to demonstrate the serious consequences of overly aggressive accounting. The (B) case should be used after... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Going For The Summit
to make high-stakes decisions that affect a lot of people, and you have to act quickly or you're in trouble," Carpenter explains. "Managing an Internet firm is just like that." Despite the challenge, under Carpenter's expert guidance, her... View Details
Keywords: Caroline Chauncey
- 07 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Market Investors Pay More for Resilient Companies
The steep market drop in the early days of the COVID-19 crisis is being used as a laboratory to study the importance of companies investing in stakeholder relations with their employees, suppliers, and customers, and how those investments could be strategic resources... View Details
- 07 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Tax Strategies Mirror Personal Returns of Top Execs
companies and their shareholders. It’s no secret that companies with similar financials often pay very dissimilar amounts of tax in a given year. The same is true of individuals. One need look no further than Republican presidential... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
A Quiet Force: Remembering Jay Light
Jay O. Light, Dean of Harvard Business School from 2005 to 2010, died on October 15, 2022, at his home in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts, of cancer. He was 81 years old. Light served on the HBS faculty for more than four decades. He loved being in the classroom and was... View Details
- September 2012 (Revised January 2013)
- Case
Martin Smith: July 2012
By: Josh Lerner and Felda Hardymon
Martin Smith, a recently hired general partner at a Brazil-based venture capital firm, must decide among three deal opportunities. Each has different strengths (management, market, and technology) but each has its own weaknesses as well. He must also consider each deal... View Details
- April 2006 (Revised March 2007)
- Case
Drexel Burnham Lambert (A): "The Smartest People on Wall Street Can be Had"
By: Boris Groysberg, Anahita Hashemi and Brendan Reed
In February 1990, Drexel Burnham Lambert declared bankruptcy amid a slew of scandals. Equities chief Arthur Kirsch hoped to keep his high-performing 600-person team intact. Could he find a company that would take on such a massive group hire? Competitors were already... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Decision Choices and Conditions; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Selection and Staffing; Leadership; Negotiation; Groups and Teams; Power and Influence; Society
Groysberg, Boris, Anahita Hashemi, and Brendan Reed. Drexel Burnham Lambert (A): "The Smartest People on Wall Street Can be Had". Harvard Business School Case 406-107, April 2006. (Revised March 2007.)
- 03 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on Supreme Court Health Care Ruling
take greater responsibility for maintaining their health. In the future they will have a health score, much like their credit score, that is based on well-established metrics that will motivate them to improve their health. Inevitably, they will also have to assume... View Details
- 26 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 26
the point that given the rarity of the strategic approaches to resource allocation, district leaders need more guidance and tools to help them make better decisions and manage the consequences, particularly when they are under enormous... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- December 1961 (Revised January 1994)
- Case
Plowman Poultry Farm
A poultry farmer wanted to expand production greatly and sought a large extension of his line of credit from his bank in addition to his existing loan on which he had not made payment. The Board of Directors must review a detailed account of events leading to this... View Details
Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Expansion; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financing and Loans; Commercial Banking; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Hayes, Samuel L., III. "Plowman Poultry Farm." Harvard Business School Case 262-003, December 1961. (Revised January 1994.)
- 25 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 25, 2006
competing bid for the shares of Nippon Broadcasting Systems (NBS). Livedoor, the other bidder, is a highly valued Internet company that has been accused of financial wizardry to keep its stock price high. Purchase this case: View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 2006
- Other Unpublished Work
Does Banks' Corporate Control Benefit Firms? Evidence from US Banks' Control over Firms' Voting Rights
By: Joao A.C. Santos and Kristin Wilson
In this paper we examine the importance of banks' corporate control over their borrowers by investigating the loan pricing effect of banks' voting stakes in borrowers. We exploit the fact that banks may hold shares of firms in a fiduciary capacity to identify a clean... View Details
Santos, Joao A.C., and Kristin Wilson. "Does Banks' Corporate Control Benefit Firms? Evidence from US Banks' Control over Firms' Voting Rights." American Finance Association, 2006.
- 18 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 18, 2008
internal coordination issues with the company's sales force, and the financial returns versus other uses of capital for the company. The case raises issues in aligning business strategy and sales management systems, motivating and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Political Polarization: Why We All Just Can't Get Along
from the same party and some with partners from the other party. A control group played without knowing their anonymous partners’ political leanings. In the game, Player A could keep $5 and give $5 to Player B, or pass the decision to... View Details
- 2005
- Working Paper
Can Mutual Fund Managers Pick Stocks? Evidence from Their Trades Prior to Earnings Announcements
By: Malcolm Baker, Lubomir Litov, Jessica Wachter and Jeffrey Wurgler
We consider measures of stock-picking skill of mutual fund managers based on the earnings announcement returns of the stocks that they hold and trade. Relative to standard approaches, this approach focuses on an especially informative subset of the returns data,... View Details
Keywords: Stocks; Asset Management; Business Earnings; Forecasting and Prediction; Competency and Skills
Baker, Malcolm, Lubomir Litov, Jessica Wachter, and Jeffrey Wurgler. "Can Mutual Fund Managers Pick Stocks? Evidence from Their Trades Prior to Earnings Announcements." NBER Working Paper Series, No. w10685, February 2005. (First Draft in 2004.)