Publications

August 2001 (Revised October 2001)
Case

Shinsei Bank (D)

By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Perry Fagan

One year later, Yashiro and his management team can be proud of the young bank's first-year results, but face a set of difficult implementation issues. View Details

Keywords: Financial Reporting; Restructuring; Management Systems; Management Teams; Success; Banking Industry

July 2001 (Revised March 2002)
Case

Progressive Insurance: Disclosure Strategy

By: Amy P. Hutton and James Weber

Progressive Insurance had refused to play Wall Street's earning game. Progressive didn't manage reported earnings nor did management give guidance to analysts. Management then considered taking their unique disclosure strategy one step further to become the first to... View Details

Keywords: Earnings Management; Stocks; Corporate Disclosure; Insurance; Volatility; Insurance Industry; United States

05 Jun 2015
Blog Post

The HBS Investment

but no one has mentioned the cost perspective. Given that the total tuition comes to over $200,000 for the two years and you all have or are going to complete this process, what exactly is in your bank account now?” A collective hush... View Details

20 Jan 2010
First Look

First Look: Jan. 20

state-owned firms, to bring them more into line with Chinese interests. China's accounting system had already undergone significant reforms during the two decades when its economy had grown to become the fourth largest in the world.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2015
First Look

First Look -- September 1, 2015

(Study 2). Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49533 forthcoming Review of Financial Studies Do Measures of Financial Constraints Measure Financial... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Web

CORe Final Exam Preparation | HBS Online

module deadline. Participants do not need to make appointments to take the final exam. The exam is divided into three parts — Business Analytics , Economics for Managers , and Financial Accounting — and you... View Details

01 Jun 2015
News

Five-Star Research

measurable impact on a business’s bottom line. For Luca, who has authored several studies on the topic—and is himself an occasional Yelp critic—online reviews are “one of the most powerful information sources that has emerged in decades, if you interpret them... View Details

Keywords: April White; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

29 Jan 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019

forthcoming Journal of International Economics Corporate Debt, Firm Size and Financial Fragility in Emerging Markets By: Alfaro, Laura, Gonzalo Asis, Anusha Chari, and Ugo Panizza Abstract— The post-Global View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

23 May 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017

arbitrariness of the set. Drawing on Gestalt psychology, we develop a conceptual account that predicts what will—and will not—act as a pseudo-set and defines the psychological process through which these pseudo-sets affect behavior,... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

Mar 2012
Article

Does America Really Need Manufacturing?

Too many U.S. companies base decisions about where to locate production largely on narrow financial criteria. They don't consider whether keeping manufacturing at home makes more sense strategically or take into View Details

Fast Answer

Company, topic, & industry alerts

company, topic, or industry of interest. Click Create alert (near the Search button), Complete the settings, then click Save Alert. Financial Times Click Alerts Hub (bottom of the page under Tools). Follow instructions to set delivery... View Details

Web

Managing Service Operations - Course Catalog

depends upon it. Yet, service organizations are often designed and managed in a way that prevents us from realizing our potential. Service organizations are complex and diverse, and they continue to grow in prominence. They account for... View Details

01 Jun 2011
News

Show Me The Money — Or Not

Issue Focus: Entrepreneurship Related Links The Best-Laid Plans A Growing Drumbeat With a total of $150,000 in cash awards and in-kind legal and accounting services up for grabs, the financial upside of... View Details

01 Dec 2019
News

Organic Matter

with nearly 30 times the heat-trapping powers of CO2—represents 10 percent of US greenhouse gas emissions; according to the EPA, dairies and other livestock operations account for a third of that amount. California Bioenergy, founded in... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; green business; agriculture; alternative energy; Agriculture

20 Feb 2019
News

Dean Nohria: Business Schools have a Vital Role in Teaching Trust

In a recent opinion piece in The Financial Times, Dean Nitin Nohria outlines the School’s commitment to educating leaders who are “deeply committed to values and ethics.” “Business schools—including HBS—must teach students how to be... View Details

June 1987 (Revised August 1988)
Case

American Bank

By: Robert S. Kaplan

American Bank is developing a new system to compute product costs. The deregulated, more competitive environment for commercial banks has created both problems and opportunities for banking operations. In order to price existing products and assess the desirability of... View Details

Keywords: System; Consolidation; Commercial Banking; SWOT Analysis; Fair Value Accounting; Cost Management; Price; Banking Industry; North and Central America; United States