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  • 03 Dec 2018
  • Research & Ideas

How Companies Can Increase Market Rewards for Sustainability Efforts

ESG principles, according to the paper. Such a big pool of potential investments can make it difficult for investors to distinguish between companies paying lip service to ESG, known as greenwashing or goodwashing, from those that truly get better results in their... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 08 Aug 2018
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Parmigiano-Reggiano, Jane Austen, and Other Things You Didn't Know About Finance

MarsYu Who says finance is boring? These stories, written about HBS faculty research and case studies, cover such diverse topics as financial adviser robots, the rise of impact investing, and the tell-tale signs that brokers are giving... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services
  • 01 Jun 2010
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Social Reporting

to investors and other stakeholders during a financial crisis? How do I drive CSR through my organization? What's The Best Way To Report Nonfinancial Metrics? One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • Profile

Dave Vitello

“take the accounting and financial management base I built at Deloitte and pair it with the strategic thinking I gain at HBS.” The environment is perfectly suited to his ambition. “Each class, whether it is dedicated to strategy or not,... View Details
Keywords: Financial Services
  • Student-Profile

Rohan Kekre

financial system. The next two years were an incredible learning opportunity, as I got to serve financial services clients reevaluating business strategy in an extremely challenging economic environment. The... View Details
  • July 2014
  • Article

Network Effects in Countries' Adoption of IFRS

By: Karthik Ramanna and Ewa Sletten
If the differences in accounting standards across countries reflect relatively stable institutional differences (e.g., auditing technology, the rule of law, etc.), why did several countries rapidly, albeit in a staggered manner, adopt IFRS over local standards in the... View Details
Keywords: International Accounting; Financial Reporting; Network Effects
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  • 06 Jun 2012
  • News

Fellowship Funder

School to help provide financial aid to a broad range of talented students who otherwise would be unable to attend HBS. “Commitment to meritocracy is one of our core values as a nation,” explains Mencoff. “Especially in this intensively... View Details
Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles
  • 17 Apr 2012
  • First Look

First Look: April 17

IFRS Adoption and Financial Statement Comparability Authors:Francois Brochet, Alan D. Jagolinzer, and Edward J. Riedl Abstract This study examines whether mandatory adoption of International View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 10 Feb 2014
  • News

King of His Castle

Renaissance fair world to be pleasure, not business. Instead, he turned his ambition toward a business degree at Harvard. Among his favorite classes were David Moss's Business, Government, and the International Economy (BGIE) unit, and... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken; Arts, Entertainment
  • Web

Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy - Course Catalog

dramatic events in the international economy, such as recurrent banking and financial crises in several countries. Much of this explanation focuses on the role of confidence, expectations, and crowd... View Details
  • 01 Feb 2002
  • News

Q&A: Wrestling with the Unthinkable

casualties," he said, would be the likely result. Counterterrorism and international affairs have been central elements of Bremer's career. Entering the diplomatic service immediately after graduating from HBS, he embarked on several... View Details
Keywords: counterterrorism; terrorism; National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs
  • March 2001 (Revised February 2004)
  • Case

Power to the States: "Fiscal Wars" for FDI in Brazil

By: Laura Alfaro, Yasheng Huang and Marios S. Kalochoritis
On January 6, 1999, Itamar Franco, the governor of the state of Minas Gerais, the second-largest state in Brazil, declared a 90-day moratorium on its debt payment to the federal government. The announcement triggered a run on the Brazilian currency, the Real, and... View Details
Keywords: International Relations; Investment; Financial Crisis; Borrowing and Debt; Brazil
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  • Profile

Ann Chao

at my disposal to pursue my passions. How has your overall HBS experience shaped your goals & career path? From the beginning, the consistent message I received from HBS and my classmates was to pursue my passions and resist the pressure to go into a View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media
  • 05 Jul 2016
  • First Look

July 5, 2016

quantitative and evidence-based evaluation of enterprise performance and to financial valuation. The approach is generalizable to any modern industry and integrates existing well-known frameworks. The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Jan 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Calling All Managers: How to Build a Better Call Center

call centers, with their attendant voice response units (VRUs—also known as automated voice response systems), need not be so inefficient. When a company manages its call center well, effectively linking a triad of service, information technology and View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services; Financial Services
  • March 2006 (Revised April 2006)
  • Case

Geeli

By: Li Jin, Kenneth A. Froot and Si Ping May Yu
A well-performing Chinese manufacturer faces major impediments raising funding to grow. Highlights various imperfections that shape the financing decision. View Details
Keywords: Capital Costs; International Finance; Diversification; Financial Instruments; Cost of Capital; Global Strategy; Financial Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; Hong Kong
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Layla A. Ramirez

is responsible for operationalizing, integrating and continuously improving Justworks DEIB strategy throughout its workforce, workplace, and marketplace. Prior to joining Justworks, Layla held DEIB positions at Amazon Web Services (AWS),... View Details
Keywords: Financial Services (All); Financial Services (All); Financial Services (All); Financial Services (All); Financial Services (All)
  • May 2006 (Revised November 2006)
  • Case

China: To Float or Not To Float? (F)- Alcatel and Strong Chinese Competition

By: Laura Alfaro, Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
The Chinese operations of Alcatel, a global communications solution provider based in France, were faced with strong local competition and a difficult market. It remained unclear how Alcatel would be able to recover growth in the Chinese market. Initiatives were... View Details
Keywords: Currency Exchange Rate; International Relations; Growth and Development Strategy; Research and Development; Competitive Strategy; Horizontal Integration; Communications Industry; China; France; United States
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  • Profile

Olujimi Williams

different continents, in addition to classes and seminars, “I got financial training plus managerial experience,” Olujimi says. “The global experience gave me a chance to explore many international settings... View Details
  • 02 Feb 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Mapping Your Corporate Strategy

more powerful than 1,000 words (or even twenty-five ad hoc performance measures). The financial and customer objectives describe the outcomes the organization wants to achieve; objectives in the internal and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace