International Financial Integration - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World

proactive effort to be as effective and clear as possible in their communication to both internal and external stakeholders. Importantly, a vast majority of the initiatives that companies in our sample are implementing do not require... View Details

Keywords: by Raffaella Sadun, Andrea Bertoni, Alexia Delfino, Giovanni Fassio, and Mariapaola Testa

29 Feb 2024
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on Social Enterprise

by co-directing and moderating the fintech and financial inclusion panel for the 2024 Africa Business Conference. With my co-director, we drafted the objectives and summary of the panel based on trends in the field and sourced senior... View Details

04 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Smart Cities are Complicated and Costly: Here's How to Build Them

Chombosan Much promotion of smart cities assumes that municipalities will take a proactive, top-down, technology-first approach to urban progress. Thus far, these initiatives look for some forward-thinking city official (or immensely deep-pocketed private investor) to... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction; Green Technology

16 Nov 2010
First Look

First Look: November 16, 2010

source of the recent financial crisis. It may be more accurate, however, to say that a deregulatory mindset was an important source of the crisis—a mindset that, to a very significant extent, grew out of profound changes in academic... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online

current course offerings for this selection. Starting Aug 06 8 Weeks $1,850 + applicable international taxes Payment deadline July 31 View weekly calendar Enroll Now Starting Oct 01 8 Weeks $1,850 + applicable View Details

13 Oct 2009
Research & Ideas

7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm

“Crises offer rare opportunities to make major changes in an organization because they lessen the resistance that exists in good times.” "Leaders must be willing to ask for help," he continues. "They should rely on a mentor, an View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Alexandra Stanek

understanding financial statements, accounting, all the fundamentals managers need. But the larger virtue of HBS is that it’s a place to be challenged. To be in a setting with 90 very sharp people and be able to speak up and represent a... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

03 Nov 2023
News

Global Networking Night; Sweden Club Holds Climate Forum

of International Management Rawi Abdelal, titled “Dignity, the Populist Backlash, and the War in Ukraine: How to Imagine the Next Global Economy.” According to the club’s president, Raj Patil (OPM 42, 2012), approximately 60 people... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

25 Mar 2015
HBS Case

Tate’s Digital Makeover Transforms the Traditional Museum

Avery, it is essential for organizations diving into digital not to give in to the temptation to farm out blogging and social media to outside companies. "You have to be confident that whoever is speaking on behalf of the institution has View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online

honest insights about the industry through various lenses.” Lugas Prancafitri Chief Financial Officer at BNI Ventures What You Earn Certificate of Completion Boost your resume with a Certificate of Completion from HBS Online Earn by:... View Details

06 May 2021
HBS Case

How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups

1990s to build an entrepreneurial ecosystem that could harness its business-minded immigrant population. Strategic investment had given rise to creative events and spaces, like the international Art Basel fair in Miami, new performing... View Details

Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo

09 Jun 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

Monetizing IP: The Executive’s Challenge

terms. One example is MPEG-2, a digital video compression standard used in products including DVD and high-definition television. The standard was developed by the International Organization for Standardization, but during the completion... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Video Game; Web Services

25 May 2021
Research & Ideas

White Airbnb Hosts Earn More. Can AI Shrink the Racial Gap?

lodging demand. "If other companies invest in building similar race-blind algorithms, that may even the playing field for users." The research results could also have broader implications for promoting racial equity at a wide range of businesses, from View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Technology; Accommodations

18 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 18

Quarterly (forthcoming) Abstract Socialization theory has focused on enculturating new employees such that they develop pride in their new organization and internalize its values. Drawing on authenticity research, we propose that the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

2010
Working Paper

Just Say No to Wall Street: Putting A Stop to the Earnings Game

By: Joseph Fuller and Michael C. Jensen

Putting an end to the "earnings game" requires that CEOs reclaim the initiative by avoiding earnings guidance and managing expectations in such a way that their stocks trade reasonably close to their intrinsic value. In place of earnings forecasts, management should... View Details

Keywords: Stocks; Performance Expectations; Goals and Objectives; Risk and Uncertainty; Growth and Development Strategy; Decisions; Risk Management; Budgets and Budgeting; Earnings Management; Value; Projects

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SSRN

04 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 4

downturns. In particular, the case examines the financial accounting, auditing, and internal management control practices around the Repo 105 transactions, which had a significant effect on the leverage... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

12 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

Pay Workers More So They Steal Less

from chain stores and interviewed managers of nine convenience store chains. The first data set, for the year 1999, came from 76 stores in a midsize retail chain and was used to weigh cash shortage and inventory shrinkage, the two most important sources of View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Retail

08 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Long Distance Relationships: What if my partner can’t join me at HBS?

to explore a traditional career in a fast-paced and exciting environment, so I spent 2 years working as a consultant at McKinsey & Company, Sao Paulo. After those years in consulting, I decided to roll up my sleeves and work on the implementation of great ideas by... View Details

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Harvard Business School

commercial banking, international finance, and credit and operational risk. He served a four-year term on the Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Banks. During a successful 14-year career as principal/partner at Ernst & Young,... View Details

08 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Recalling My First Cold Call: A Conversation with Second-Year Students

2022) Halperin, a student in the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program, is the co-president of the Harvard Business School (HBS) Women’s Student Association, social chair of the MS/MBA program, and the international representative of... View Details

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