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  • 30 Apr 2013
  • First Look

First Look: April 30

intermediary to divert consumers to its favored destinations. Applied to Internet search engines, we investigate a diversion mechanism based on Google's exclusive award of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Apr 2010
  • First Look

First Look: April 13

the largest financial services providers in the U.S., indicate that customer sensitivity to service time varies widely and predictably with observable market characteristics. In turn, we find evidence that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Jan 2015
  • First Look

First Look: January 20

Costing to Identify Value-Improvement Opportunities in Healthcare By: Kaplan, Robert S., Mary L. Witkowski, Megan Abbott, Alexis Guzman, Laurence Higgins, John Meara, Erin Padden Abstract—As healthcare providers cope with pricing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 4

converted from not-for-profit to for-profit. The case describes its Accountable Care Organization (ACO) and asks whether it should continue this experiment. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • June 1992 (Revised June 1993)
  • Case

Crystal Meadows of Tahoe, Inc.

By: William J. Bruns Jr.
An introductory case in cash flow analysis and the preparation of statements of cash flows. Based on the 1991 income statement and balance sheet at a ski resort company, the case provides additional information which allows a student to prepare both a direct and an... View Details
Keywords: Cash Flow; Financial Statements
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  • 04 Dec 2006
  • Research & Ideas

The Money Connection—Understanding VC Networks

networks." There's a general understanding of the role played by proximity and likeness in establishing local network clusters—but how to account for the appearance in a network of a distant player with... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services
  • 2021
  • Working Paper

Shareholder Activism and Firms’ Voluntary Disclosure of Climate Change Risks

By: Caroline Flammer, Michael W. Toffel and Kala Viswanathan
This paper examines whether—in the absence of mandated disclosure requirements—shareholder activism can elicit greater disclosure of firms’ exposure to climate change risks. We find that environmental shareholder activism increases the voluntary disclosure of climate... View Details
Keywords: Shareholder Activism; Climate Risk; Corporate Accountability; Climate Change; Corporate Disclosure; Corporate Governance; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Shareholder Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Natural Environment; Environmental Sustainability; Financial Services Industry; United States
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  • 21 Aug 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018

Tracking Performance Indicators By: Beveridge, Christiana, Sofia Warner, Greg Leya, and Thomas W. Feeley Abstract—Given that accountable care organizations (ACOs) have not achieved the degree of cost reductions and quality improvements... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 08 Mar 2017
  • Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Can the Proposed American Health Care Act Improve on 'Obamacare'?

freedom of individual choice should always trump government intervention but, perhaps more so than in other developed countries, this sentiment enjoys widespread support in America. The government should not be able to mandate that I buy... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch, Dr. Gordon Moore, and Emily Boudreau
  • 02 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 3, 2008

Exercise of Leadership, a New Model Authors:Werner Erhard, Michael C. Jensen, Steve Zaffron, Kari L. Granger Abstract This paper is the (pre-course) introduction document to an experimental course developed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • March 2011
  • Article

What Do Dividends Tell Us About Earnings Quality

By: Douglas Skinner and Eugene F. Soltes
Over the past 30 years, there have been significant changes in the distribution of earnings (cross-sectional variation has increased, with increasing left skewness) as well as in corporate payout policy, with many fewer firms paying dividends and the emergence of stock... View Details
Keywords: Distribution; Business Earnings; Change; Policy; Stocks; Investment Return; Performance Consistency; Quality
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  • 01 Dec 2008
  • Lessons from the Classroom

How Many U.S. Jobs Are ‘Offshorable’?

determined that between 22 and 29 percent (25.2 to 31.8 million) of all U.S. jobs are potentially offshorable. Those cited included high-paying, high-skill jobs such as financial analyst and microbiologist.... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 01 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 1

http://www.people.hbs.edu/liyer/BCCI_JEBO_Final_Sept2013.pdf August 2013 Contemporary Accounting Research The Role of Performance Measures in the Intertemporal Decisions of Business Unit Managers By: Bouwens, Jan, Margaret A. Abernethy,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Jan 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Working for a Shamed Company Can Hurt Your Future Compensation

iPhoto In the blink of an instant, a corporate brand can turn from sterling to tarnished. Just ask Volkswagen or Wells Fargo—two prestigious names that have become associated with scandal in recent years, and now become synonymous with... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services
  • 03 Aug 2010
  • First Look

First Look: August 3

is that trying to negotiate all terms in a term sheet will be less effective than focusing on the terms that are most important to the specific entrepreneur in question, taking into View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Apr 2016
  • First Look

April 12, 2016

"the right environment" to promote accountability and head off future disasters. The corporate leaders we have interviewed say that culture isn't something you "fix." Rather cultural... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • October 2001 (Revised November 2001)
  • Case

Provident Life and Accident Insurance: The Acquisition of Paul Revere

By: Mihir A. Desai, Frank Williamson, Mark Veblen and Yuming Zou
Provident Life & Accident Insurance Co. has made an initial bid to acquire a primary competitor, Paul Revere, from conglomerate, Textron. The due diligence process uncovers a significant block of problematic disability insurance policies. Provident is forced to assess... View Details
Keywords: Insurance; Financial Management; Mergers and Acquisitions; Policy; Investment; Business Strategy; Cash Flow; Price; Bids and Bidding; Financial Reporting; Business Conglomerates; Insurance Industry; Service Industry
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  • 18 Dec 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018

companies. Ambuja is a leader in CSR activities and is attempting to quantify its impact, both positive and negative, using the “True Value” framework developed by the global accounting firm KPMG. True Value... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 21 Jan 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Altruistic Capital: Harnessing Your Employees’ Intrinsic Goodwill

Measuring Social Impact Historically, economists and firms alike have banked on the theory that workers are motivated by earning financial incentives and boosting revenues. And in designing development projects for developing countries,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 06 Aug 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Go Global—or No? Can You Make the Case?

Ever wanted to judge a Harvard Business Review case study? Here's your chance. In its June issue, Harvard Business Review published an account of the fictional company, DataClear, authored by Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle