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  • 01 Sep 2009
  • News

Executive Pay: Onward & Upward

require listed firms to have a majority of independent directors and mandate compensation committees to be entirely composed of outside directors. The exchanges also require firms to get shareholder approval of overall executive compensation plans. 2004 The View Details
Keywords: Corporate Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 30 Jul 2010
  • News

Notes from a Hammock

best-selling trilogy of mysteries. The Girl was published in 2005, but it sometimes seems Larsson is writing after the meltdown of 2008, and with the benefit of hindsight. His hero, Mikael, an investigative business journalist, speaks contemptuously of View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • November 1999 (Revised July 2003)
  • Case

Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc.

By: Paul M. Healy and Jacob Cohen
Pre-Paid Legal Services' business model reveals two key issues--managing the sales force and sales growth and managing claims. Students analyze the economics of the business and consider how to measure firm performance, how to evaluate and reward the sales force, and... View Details
Keywords: Financial Management; Financial Strategy; Salesforce Management; Marketing Strategy; Accrual Accounting; Business Cycles; Forecasting and Prediction; Insurance; Business Growth and Maturation; Insurance Industry
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HBS Course: Starting a Private Investment Firm

private investment lifecycle. Individual accounts are required to access. Strict data download limit. Preqin
Information on PE & VC firms, funds,... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2003
  • News

Bottom-Line Discrepancies

particular, the changing nature of employee compensation. By taking these items into account, one could reconcile tax returns with accounting statements. In the last decade, however, a huge, unexplained difference between the two methods... View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 16 Sep 2010
  • News

Idea Takes Root

reports that the IIRC has the backing of the International Accounting Standards Board, the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board, and the International Organization of... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Corporate Services
  • 15 Apr 2011
  • News

Students Hear Wall St. Critics

cited the FCIC’s January report that found failures in financial regulations and enforcement, corporate governance, risk management, and accountability and ethics at all levels. Overarching this, Angelides... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance
  • January 2004 (Revised April 2004)
  • Case

Ford Motor Company: Quality of Earnings Growth Analysis (A)

By: David F. Hawkins and Jacob Cohen
Even though Ford Motor Co. reports improved profitability, an equity analyst issues a sell recommendation and Standard & Poor's downgrades long-term debt. View Details
Keywords: Quality; Business Earnings; Valuation; Investment Return; Profit; Financial Statements; Revenue; Auto Industry; Consulting Industry
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  • 2016
  • Working Paper

Managers' Cultural Background and Disclosure Attributes

By: Francois Brochet, Gregory S. Miller, Patricia Naranjo and Gwen Yu
We examine how a manager’s ethnic cultural background affects managers’ communication with investors. Using a sample of earnings conference calls transcripts with 26,430 executives from 42 countries, we find that managers from ethnic groups that have a more... View Details
Keywords: Disclosure Tone; Individualism; Conference Calls; Ethnic Group; Management Style; Communication Intention and Meaning; Ethnicity; Corporate Disclosure; Financial Reporting
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  • October 1993 (Revised June 1997)
  • Case

Champion International

By: David F. Hawkins
Management must decide which first quarter's earnings numbers to report. The company is classified by its securities market as a "growth" company. The corporate controller prefers a quarterly earnings figure that represents a decline in earnings. View Details
Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Financial Reporting; Judgments; Leadership; Management Teams; Corporate Disclosure
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Fixed Income Research: bond data, ratings, and reports

Research Topics Suggested Resources Bond data FactSet A comprehensive platform used to analyze financial data from global fixed income markets. Individual accounts needed. Please see More Info page... View Details
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Sustainable Investing - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Sustainable Investing Course Number 1495 Senior Lecturer Vikram Gandhi Professor Shawn Cole Spring; Q4; 1.5 credits Paper/project The course won the 2021 Teaching Recognition Award for Excellence in Sustainable Finance Education from the View Details
  • 01 Sep 2009
  • News

How to Fix Wall Street

the nation’s financial firms would help restore public confidence in the sector and move us closer to an effective program for preventing another crisis. But, so far, nary a tweet. — HBS professor Lynn Paine chairs the MBA Program’s... View Details
Keywords: Lynn Paine; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

    Frederic G. Donner

    An accountant by training, Donner was recognized as one of the sharpest financial minds in business. His overwhelming command of the financial aspects of running GM led him to... View Details
    Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
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    Bibliography - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

    Society of the United States, 1859–1964 . New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1967. W. E. Cheong, “China Agencies and the Anglo-American Financial Crisis, 1834–1837,” Revue Internationale d’Histoire de la Banque . Vol. 9 (1974). Galbraith,... View Details
    • 01 Sep 2005
    • News

    Will He or Won’t He?

    Cox will undo much of what his predecessor, William Donaldson (MBA ’58), accomplished during his two-year tenure; others aren’t so sure. Quoting unnamed “people familiar with his thinking,” the Financial Times (June 29, 2005) said of Cox... View Details
    Keywords: Government
    • January 2021
    • Supplement

    Aster DM Healthcare: Budget Exercise

    By: V.G. Narayanan and Amy Klopfenstein
    In April 2020, Alisha Moopen, Deputy Managing Director of Aster DM Healthcare, a network of clinics, hospitals, and pharmacies in the Middle East and India, must create her company’s budget for the 2021 fiscal year in light of the onset of Covid-19. The pandemic had... View Details
    Keywords: Decision Making; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Judgments; Decision Choices and Conditions; Cost vs Benefits; Finance; Borrowing and Debt; Financial Institutions; Banks and Banking; Financial Condition; Financial Liquidity; Accounting; Budgets and Budgeting; Management; Crisis Management; Health Pandemics; Health Industry; Asia; India; United Arab Emirates; Dubai
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    • 06 Aug 2013
    • First Look

    First Look: August 6

    http://www.cengage.com/aushed/instructor.do?disciplinenumber=1028&product_isbn=9781133626701&courseid=MN05&codeid=2A3A&sortBy=copyrightYear&sortByShow=all August 2013 Journal of Financial Economics View Details
    Keywords: Anna Secino
    • 10 Mar 2017
    • News

    As Head of Fidelity, Abigail Johnson Is Just Getting Started

    buyout plan, looking to trim 3,000 senior staff from its 45,000 employees in order to make room for younger hires. According to industry analysts, the moves are designed to protect and expand upon Fidelity’s status as the largest American online brokerage, with 17.9... View Details
    Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments
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    Preview the Harvard Business School Online Learning Experience

    characterizes a successful entrepreneur and the skills you need to thrive. Download for Free Business in Society E-Book Define your purpose, make the case for corporate social responsibility, further your education, and help enact change in your organization. Download... View Details