Financial Decisions - Publications - Faculty & Research

August 2018
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Garanti Payment Systems: Digital Transformation Strategy (B)

By: Shelle M. Santana and Esel Çekin

Supplements the (A) case. Işıl Akdemir Evlioğlu, executive vice president of marketing at Garanti Payment Systems (GPS), a subsidiary of Garanti Bank, is grappling with three questions. First, should GPS create its own mobile app for credit card customers or leverage... View Details

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Yueran Ma

research interests are finance and macroeconomics. Related to my experiences growing up, I am very interested in understanding financial frictions, including their origins and broader implications. I am also interested in studying... View Details

15 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

High Ambition Leadership

Fredberg, and Flemming Norrgren. "The world of business has been governed by an implicit leadership model," Beer explains. "With the exception of a minority of CEOs, however—those we interviewed and others like them—the purpose of the firm is defined by a single-minded... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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

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Hayling Price

deliberately wanted to go as far from my comfort zone as possible; I wanted to understand the calculus underlying the decisions that drive our economy." At Parthenon, Hayling had to "develop recommendations that I could back up... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services; 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

01 Jun 2009
Lessons from the Classroom

The Challenges of Investing in Science-Based Innovation

because you're talking about discovering something that's completely new," she says. "That requires a different kind of management strategy." For example, the financial metrics used to make management View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Auto; Pharmaceutical

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 2017
News

In Service of Others

decisions you made, where your word is your bond,” says Zak. About eight weeks into his first year at HBS, Zak began to appreciate the extraordinary power of engaging with his classmates and professors. “I became a passionate believer in... View Details

01 Jun 2015
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The Military and the MBA: Gene Markowski (MBA 1973)

“You can’t just give orders in business.” —Unlearning some of the lessons of the military Gene Markowski (MBA 1973) served as an Army Huey helicopter pilot in Vietnam and received the Distinguished Flying Cross and many other honors for heroic action. He retired from a... View Details

Keywords: National Security and International Affairs; Government

2010
Other Unpublished Work

Share Issuance and Factor Timing

By: Robin Greenwood and Samuel Hanson

We show that characteristics of stock issuers can be used to forecast important common factors in stocks returns such as those associated with book-to-market, size, and industry. Specifically, we use differences between the attributes of stock issuers and repurchasers... View Details

Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Equity; Stocks; Stock Shares; Investment Return; Investment Portfolio; Price; Performance Evaluation

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18 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

GM’s IPO: Back to the Future

decision by the Bush White House to provide more than $20 billion to GM, Chrysler, and their financial subsidiaries, the auto task force put together by President Obama managed a restructuring of both... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto

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Loan Assistance Programs - Alumni

you must have filed a financial aid application for HBS Need-Based Scholarships and Loans while at HBS. For these programs, the financial aid assessment considers HBS need-based scholarship, the recommended... View Details

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

01 Feb 1997
News

Merton Discusses Risk Management at Dean's Seminar

the "disaggregation" of financial services. "For example," he said, "mutual funds rather than banks now provide many types of services." The cumulative effect on households is that individuals must now make major View Details

Keywords: Elizabeth McNair

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 Sep 2010
News

Becoming a VC Insider

is the carry divided within the partnership?” If the carry is divided equally among senior and junior partners, that speaks to a firm where everyone has a voice on decisions. But an organization where most of the carry goes to senior partners suggests a hierarchical... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments

06 Dec 2021
News

HBS Curricula Explore the Complexities of Innovation

and evaluate data-driven insights to inform managerial decisions. Giving Executives New Insight Through its Executive Education programs, taught on campus and online, HBS is advancing business leaders’ knowledge of the digital world, giving them the skills and insight... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

23 Aug 2016
First Look

August 23, 2016

Kotsantonis, Sakis, Christopher Pinney, and George Serafeim Abstract—The authors’ aim in this article is to set the record straight on the financial performance of sustainable investing while also correcting a number of other widespread... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

June 2012
Article

Decoding Inside Information

By: Lauren Cohen, Christopher Malloy and Lukasz Pomorski

Using a simple empirical strategy, we decode the information in insider trading. 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: Strategy; Financial Markets; Forecasting and Prediction; Law Enforcement; Opportunities; Geographic Location; Business Earnings

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