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    Edward J. Bednarz

    Bednarz secured Pinkerton’s position as the market leader in the office security business. Between 1968 and 1976, Pinkerton’s financial performance was among the top 50 companies in the United States in terms of both return on assets and market value. As Chairman,... View Details
    Keywords: Services
    • 19 May 2011
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Mandatory IFRS Adoption and Financial Statement Comparability

    Keywords: by Francois Brochet, Alan Jagolinzer & Edward J. Riedl
    • 02 Sep 2009
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Information Risk and Fair Value: An Examination of Equity Betas and Bid-Ask Spreads

    Keywords: by Edward J. Riedl & George Serafeim; Banking
    • 24 Oct 2008
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Signaling Firm Performance Through Financial Statement Presentation: An Analysis Using Special Items

    Keywords: by Edward J. Riedl & Suraj Srinivasan
    • 08 Oct 2015
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Market Reaction to Mandatory Nonfinancial Disclosure

    Keywords: by Jyothika Grewal, Edward J. Riedl & George Serafeim
    • 14 Aug 2009
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Insider Trading Preceding Goodwill Impairments

    Keywords: by Karl A. Muller III, Monica Neamtiu & Edward J. Riedl
    • 17 Oct 2008
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Consequences of Voluntary and Mandatory Fair Value Accounting: Evidence Surrounding IFRS Adoption in the EU Real Estate Industry

    Keywords: by Karl A. Muller III, Edward J. Riedl & Thorsten Sellhorn; Construction; Real Estate

      Robert J. Dolan

      Robert J. Dolan is the Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Rochester and began his academic career in 1976 as a faculty member at the Graduate School of Business of the University of Chicago. He joined... View Details

      • March 2007 (Revised March 2012)
      • Case

      Edward Jones in 2006: Confronting Success

      By: David J. Collis and Troy Smith
      When Jim Weddle took over as Managing Partner of Edward Jones in January 2006, the brokerage firm was at a critical juncture. The firm's distinctive strategy had enabled it to grow from its roots in small-town America to become the 4th largest broker in the U.S. Weddle... View Details
      Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Performance; Competitive Advantage; Financial Services Industry; United States
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      • May 2020
      • Teaching Note

      Edward Jones: Implementing the Solutions Approach

      By: David J. Collis
      Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 719-411.Updates the classic Edward Jones strategy case as the firm shifts to a new "Solutions" business model from its previous "product" model in response to changes in the brokerage industry, technology and demographics, and its own... View Details
      Keywords: Management; Strategy; Value; Business Model; Financial Services Industry; North and Central America
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      • 10 Dec 2008
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Market Reaction to the Adoption of IFRS in Europe

      Keywords: by Christopher S. Armstrong, Mary E. Barth, Alan D. Jagolinzer & Edward J. Riedl; Banking
      • 16 Mar 2015
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Higher-Ambition CEOs Need Higher-Ambition Boards

      Keywords: by Edward J. Ludwig, Anna Elise Walton & Michael Beer
      • 10 Jan 2013
      • Working Paper Summaries

      The Novelty Paradox & Bias for Normal Science: Evidence from Randomized Medical Grant Proposal Evaluations

      Keywords: by Kevin J. Boudreau, Eva C. Guinan, Karim R. Lakhani & Christoph Riedl; Health
      • 04 Feb 2014
      • Working Paper Summaries

      From Crowds to Collaborators: Initiating Effort and Catalyzing Interactions Among Online Creative Workers

      Keywords: by Kevin J. Boudreau, Patrick Gaule, Karim R. Lakhani, Christoph Riedl & Anita Williams Woolley
      • 24 Oct 2008
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Platform Rules: Multi-Sided Platforms as Regulators

      Keywords: by Kevin J. Boudreau & Andrei Hagiu; Technology
      • 15 Dec 2020
      • Research & Ideas

      The Unspoken Messages of COVID-19 Restrictions

      they are also signaling to people that it might be safer to go out now,” says Michael Luca, the Lee J. Styslinger III Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Policymakers trying to avoid draconian... View Details
      Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Food & Beverage
      • 15 Jul 2008
      • First Look

      First Look: July 15, 2008

      environments. Reduce the Risk of Failed Financial Judgments Authors:Robert G. Eccles, Jr., and Edward J. Riedl Publication:HBS Centennial Issue. Harvard Business Review 86,... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • 04 Apr 2023
      • Book

      Two Centuries of Business Leaders Who Took a Stand on Social Issues

      While shareholders still reign supreme at many companies, a widespread shift toward more responsible business practices is driving more leaders to take a stand on social and environmental issues today, says Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones. Jones... View Details
      Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Consumer Products; Fashion; Retail; Green Technology
      • 11 Aug 2009
      • First Look

      First Look: August 11, 2009

      margin can obscure the more subtle intensive margin effects of changes in financing constraints. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-010.pdf Insider Trading Preceding Goodwill Impairments Authors:Karl A. Muller III, Monica Neamtiu, and View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • 08 May 2007
      • First Look

      First Look: May 8, 2007

      appropriately recognized that work. Purchase the article: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b02/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=R0705D Surviving Your New CEO Authors:Kevin P. Coyne and Edward J. Coyne Sr.... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace