Standardization - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Video Blog: My Experience in the Joint MS/MBA Engineering Sciences Program

View Video TRANSCRIPT Kaelyn Griffin: Hi, my name is Kaelyn Griffin and I'm a second-year MS/MBA student here at Harvard Business School. In this video, I wanted to talk a bit more about how I view the MS/MBA Program and why I decided to apply to it. I actually applied... View Details

19 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Unlocking Your Investment Capital

if the firm held a diversified equity portfolio like the Standard & Poor's 500. Assets with only passive risks are typically zero-net-present-value investments. Q: Why does the required amount of equity cushion that a company should... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

01 Oct 1999
News

Culture Clash: Exploring Cross Cultural Conflicts in Business

organizational values and business ethics, Paine has long focused on American companies engaged primarily in domestic U.S. business. But faced with an increasing number of questions from international students about whether U.S. corporate View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

10 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Look at Globalization Now

interview with HBS Working Knowledge's Martha Lagace, he discusses what companies should bear in mind going forward.Lagace: People often equate globalization with the idea that globally standardized products are displacing local ones. In... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

26 Aug 2014
First Look

First Look: August 26

in the ten-year forward real rate. This finding is at odds with standard macro models based on sticky nominal prices, which imply that monetary policy cannot move real rates over a horizon longer than that over which all prices in the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 May 2004
Research & Ideas

When Reputation Trumps Regulation

cooperation of foreign regulators to meet the evidentiary standards of U.S. federal courts. Oftentimes, relying on foreign regulators for evidence gathering means that enforcement is very difficult. Q: You report that 15 percent of all... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Depression or Euphoria? Navigating the Market’s Mood Swings

The financial field may be permanently changed by the explosive ups and downs of the tech sector, but old standards of quality and planning will still make or break new businesses, HBS professor Howard H. Stevenson said. In his keynote... View Details

Keywords: by Carrie Levine

September 2008 (Revised September 2011)
Background Note

Note: Credit Rating Agencies

By: William E. Fruhan

The note examines the role of credit rating agencies in capital markets, with emphasis on the role of these agencies in the recent credit crisis and recommendations for change. View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Capital Markets; Credit; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Standards

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December 2012
Article

Evidence on the Use of Unverifiable Estimates in Required Goodwill Impairment

By: Karthik Ramanna and Ross L. Watts

SFAS 142 requires managers to estimate the current fair value of goodwill to determine goodwill write-offs. In promulgating the standard, the FASB predicted managers will, on average, use the fair value estimates to convey private information on future cash flows. The... View Details

Keywords: Goodwill Impairment; Fair-value Accounting; FASB; SFAS 142; Fair Value Accounting; Standards; Cash Flow; Agency Theory; Motivation and Incentives; Forecasting and Prediction; Goodwill Accounting

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02 Mar 2020
News

Cheese Whiz

At Specialty Cheese Co. in Reeseville, Wisconsin, founder Paul Scharfman (MBA 1979) heads up a company that makes one of the state’s best-known exports: cheese. But as its name suggests, Specialty’s 250 employees manufacture products more unusual than the View Details

Keywords: manufacturing; labor; innovation; cheese; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

10 Nov 2018
News

The 71-Year-Old Ultramarathoner

the standard 26.2 miles—until he was 60 years old. After showing up without training, he notes that his first experience was a good lesson. “I paid for my lack of preparation, but made it to the end,” he told the WSJ. “Ignorant grit can... View Details

Henry Ford

cars per day. Ford was the first auto manufacturer to focus on a single model with a standardized chassis made of interchangeable parts. Ford became a national celebrity when, in 1914, he announced a basic wage of $5 per day for an 8-hour... View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

01 Apr 1999
News

Club Events Reflect Diverse Student Interests

The breadth of interests and experiences among the School's MBA students can easily be seen when looking at the diversity of student organizations. In addition to the standard business topics of investment banking, marketing, and... View Details

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Jaime Mendez

method to the test by entering a business case competition sponsored by Columbia University and American Express. Despite being two members short of the standard four-person team size, Jaime and his colleague, Liz Montano, made the finals... View Details

01 Mar 2004
News

Ex-Con Talks Ethics with HBS Students

(HBS ’04), the event’s organizer, “Patrick highlighted for us students how easy it can be to let your standards slip over time and the importance of conscious consideration of business ethics. We were struck by how open and honest he was... View Details

Keywords: Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

01 Mar 2011
News

Faculty Books

how we act unethically without meaning to. They demonstrate how ethical standards shift, how we neglect to notice and act on the unethical behavior of others, and how compliance initiatives can actually promote unethical behavior.... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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1.20 Joint Degree Programs | MBA

procedures that govern academic and student life at both Harvard Business School and the second Harvard graduate school in which they are enrolled. If a community standards concern arises involving a student who is simultaneously pursuing... View Details

25 Aug 2021
News

Reimagining Chicago’s Schools

Back in 2011, when Melissa Zaikos (MBA 2000) first began digging deeply into the standardized test scores of the Chicago Public Schools system, she saw that elementary schools seemed to be getting better in the Chicago area. But once... View Details

01 Dec 2003
News

Alumni Luminaries Discuss Careers, Values with HBS Students

was evident in the questions put to a panel composed of this year's winners of the School’s highest honor, the Alumni Achievement Award. These distinguished graduates were selected for their contributions to their companies and communities as well as their high View Details

21 Aug 2008
News

Stylin’ at Gallatin

percent of the discarded materials were recycled in some way. Three thousands bricks were reused in the renovation. Gallatin is the second residence hall and fifth building on the HBS campus to achieve LEED certification for construction that meets sustainability View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

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