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    Chasing Stars

    It is taken for granted in the knowledge economy that companies must employ the most talented performers to compete and succeed. Many firms try to buy stars by luring them away from competitors. But Boris Groysberg shows what an uncertain and disastrous practice... View Details

      William E. Fruhan

      Professor WILLIAM E. FRUHAN, JR. is George E. Bates Professor, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School. He received his BS degree from Yale University, and his MBA and DBA degrees from Harvard University.  He has served as Senior Associate Dean and Director of... View Details

      Keywords: aircraft; airline; chemical; electronics; grocery; medical supplies; oil ＆ gas; pharmaceuticals; retailing; steel
      • January 2011
      • Case

      Sidoti & Company: Launching a Micro-Cap Product

      By: Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy and Sarah Abbott
      It is 2010 and Sidoti & Company, a New York-based brokerage firm specializing in small capitalization stocks, has just launched a new product- micro cap stock research. The firm has hired a group of five analysts who will produce written research reports on micro-cap... View Details
      Keywords: Business Model; Financial Strategy; Product Launch; Strategic Planning; Corporate Strategy; Financial Services Industry; New York (city, NY)
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      • 04 May 2017
      • News

      The Error at the Heart of Corporate Leadership

      • 13 Dec 2021
      • Research & Ideas

      The Unlikely Upside of Mergers: More Diverse Management Teams

      workers. Specifically, M&A deals can help women and people of color who are stuck in lower-level positions move up the ladder, according to research by Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Letian Zhang. In analyzing more than... View Details
      Keywords: by Lane Lambert
      • 13 Sep 2015
      • News

      We'll Tire of Trump's Narcissism, Eventually

      • 23 Apr 2012
      • Research & Ideas

      How to Brand a Next-Generation Product

      very deliberate effort to market the iPad as a sibling to the Mac. Macs keep their names with each successive upgrade, analysts noted, while iPhones sport sequential numbers and letters to indicate improvements. “Consumers don't... View Details
      Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
      • 2010
      • Working Paper

      Accounting Scholarship that Advances Professional Knowledge and Practice

      By: Robert S. Kaplan
      Recent accounting scholarship has used statistical analysis on asset prices, financial reports and disclosures, laboratory experiments, and surveys of practice. The research has studied the interface among accounting information, capital markets, standard setters, and... View Details
      Keywords: Accounting; Business Education; Information; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Risk Management; Measurement and Metrics; Business Processes; Performance Improvement; Practice
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      • 10 May 2022
      • Research & Ideas

      Being Your Own Boss Can Pay Off, but Not Always with Big Pay

      areas, but there are fewer success stories today. At the macro level, the profit squeeze is just hard.” The working paper was co-written by HBS doctoral student Innessa Colaiacovo; Margaret Dalton, an analyst at the Center for Economic... View Details
      Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
      • 29 Jul 2022
      • Research & Ideas

      Will Demand for Women Executives Finally Shrink the Gender Pay Gap?

      Pressure to increase gender diversity in C-suites is so intense that companies are trying to draw women candidates with higher salary offers, a phenomenon that is closing the gender pay gap among senior executives, research shows. Female... View Details
      Keywords: by Kristen Senz
      • 19 May 2011
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Mandatory IFRS Adoption and Financial Statement Comparability

      Keywords: by Francois Brochet, Alan Jagolinzer & Edward J. Riedl
      • 08 Dec 2010
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Decoding Inside Information

      Keywords: by Lauren Cohen, Christopher Malloy & Lukasz Pomorski; Financial Services
      • 20 Mar 2009
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Catering to Characteristics

      Keywords: by Robin Greenwood & Samuel Hanson; Technology

        Robert C. Merton

        Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

        Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

        Keywords: banking; brokerage; financial services; insurance industry; investment banking industry; retail financial services
        • 16 Jun 2015
        • First Look

        First Look: June 16, 2015

          Publications June 2015 Review of Accounting Studies Speaking of the Short-Term: Disclosure Horizon and Managerial Myopia By: Brochet, Francois, Maria Loumioti, and George Serafeim Abstract—We study conference calls as a voluntary disclosure channel and create a proxy... View Details
        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
        • Article

        Four Things No One Will Tell You About ESG Data

        By: Sakis Kotsantonis and George Serafeim
        As the ESG finance field and the use of ESG data in investment decision-making continue to grow, the authors seek to shed light on several important aspects of ESG measurement and data. This article is intended to provide a useful guide for the rapidly rising number of... View Details
        Keywords: ESG; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; ESG Reporting; Data Analytics; Sustainability; Sustainability Reporting; CSR; Transparency; Investment Management; Socially Responsible Investing; Sustainable Finance; Sustainable Development; Inclusion; Inclusive Growth; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Corporate Accountability; Investment; Management; Climate Change; Corporate Governance; Diversity; Integrated Corporate Reporting
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        • 18 Dec 2007
        • First Look

        First Look: December 18, 2007

        Analysis from a panel data set of research analysts in investment banks over 1988-1996 reveals that star analysts are more likely than non-star View Details
        Keywords: Martha Lagace
        • May 2012 (Revised July 2012)
        • Case

        Credit Unions: The Future of the Cooperative Financial Institution

        By: Robert C. Pozen and Grace Hou
        Credit unions are a specialized type of depository institution with a cooperative, non-profit structure and a federal tax exemption. They originated as small, cooperative institutions with an emphasis on uncollateralized consumer lending to the unbanked... View Details
        Keywords: Banking; Credit Unions; Banks and Banking
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        • December 2024
        • Case

        Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM): The AI Journey

        By: Shikhar Ghosh
        In early 2024, Bill Fandrich, Executive VP and CIO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM), faced a critical decision about AI adoption within the organization. Fandrich had championed AI implementation at BCBSM. After successfully developing three AI... View Details
        Keywords: Blue Cross; Automation; Generative Ai; Health Insurance; Insurance Companies; Innovation; IT Strategy; Organizational Transformations; Technology; Non-profit; AI and Machine Learning; Health; Digital Strategy; Digital Transformation; Leadership; Technology Adoption; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Innovation Strategy; Health Industry; Insurance Industry; Michigan
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          Reza R. Satchu

          Reza Satchu is a Senior Lecturer in the Entrepreneurship Management Unit at the Harvard Business School where he teaches The Entrepreneurial Manager, The Founder Mindset and Founder Launch. He is also the Founder, Managing Partner and majority shareholder of... View Details